New-York tribune., 1878-10-16


be worth.
VOCABULARY.
Africa. ....... Chamberlain.
America. Hampton.
Bayarla......i
Bremen. Commissioner.
ChlGag0 .cost.
Chill.
Copenhagen dollars.
Denmark. Colonel PctOn.
Europe. Louisiana.
Europe. Governor Kellogg.
France. e......Fiorida.
apcc...-...GoyernOr Stearns.
Greece. Hayes.
lthaCa.......D Democrats.
Lama. .."apprOycd.
LOadon...... .Canyassing Board.
Louis. Governor.
Monroe. county.
Petersburg. deposit.
Portugal ~
Rochester. ....YOtes.
Russia. ......Ilden.
syracuse. majority.
Ouca ........tradlng.
Ylenna.. payable.
Warsaw telegraph, telegram.
Numbers:
River........O.
RhIne .......1.
hoselle......2.
Thames. 3.
iludson......4.
DanuDc..-...J.
pOtOmac.....6.
Schuylkill II.
Mississippi 81.
Missouri. .....0.
Glasgow .... hundred.
Edinburgh. Thousand
Dumb Words or "aulls':
Anna
Captain
Charles,
JIue.
Jones.
Lieutenant.
Thomas
William.
THE SITUATION.
The first returns from South Carolina in NOvem-
ber 1876 gave the State to the Democrats. but
within few days the aspect of the situation greatly
changed. 1t soon appeared that the vote on Gov
ernor vas close, and that TIden's vote was consid-
erably behind IIamptOns. So uncertain'was the re-
suit that on the l1th Of November, four days after
the election, General Wade Hampton telegraphed
t. Now-York that ms own majority was about
400 and that of Tilden somewhat less, while Gov
srnor Chamberlain mt the same time teegrapbed
that after giving the Democrats everything that
they could plausibly c.llm, the Republicans still
had majority OF 5000 on the Presidential electors
and 2 100 ON the State ticket. Other Republican
authorities claimed majority in the State Of 1000
for Hayes, and $500 for Chamberlain. The fact
was that the returns on their face las it afterward
appeared) gave the victory to the Republicans by a
pretty close vote; but in two counties, Edgciield
had been so 6agrant that there little doubt the
Canyassing Board would throw out their entire
vote. and this would put both Hayes and Chamber
lain very far ahead. The Canvassing Board con
sisted of III. f.. Hayne, Secretary Of Statej L. C'
Damn, Controller General William Stone, Attorney
General: +. l.. Cardozo. State Treasurer; ii. w.
Puryis, Adlutant and Inspector Generals and NJ. j.
Hirsch Chairman Of the House Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections All these officers were Repub-
licans; Hayne CardozO and Puryis were cOlored
men, Hirsch was n candidate for the office OF SOc-
itor of the lid District, and did not act with the
board, which was thus reduced TO five members. IL
was the duty of tho board TO receive ana canvass
the returns of the County Election Commissioners
for Presidential ELECTORS, Members OF Congress,
Members of the Legislature and all State officers
except Governor and Lleutenant-Governor; the
votes for these two officers were to DO canyassed by
the new Legislature.
The chance of Tilden's securing South Carolina
under these circumstances appeared so slight tnat
when Mr. Marble, Mr.. Woolley Mr.. Coyle, ana
the other eminent Democrats dispersed themselves
over the South for the purpose OF " Watching the
count the public apparently forgot to observe VINO
took charge of South Carolina, and the daily papers
which fully reported the movements OF the gentle
men who visited New-Oreans and Tallahassee
omitted 10 record the names OF the committee de-
tailed TO proceed to Columbia. Several eminent
Democrats, however, had reached the capital OF
South Carolina by the middle of the month. Among
them were Senator and ex-GoyernOrT. F. Randolph
Of New.Jersey, Senator John B. Gordon of Georgia.
Montgomery Blair, A. II. Fl. Stewart and Captain 6.
n. Fox, ex-Assstant Secretary of the Navy. But 1t
was to none of these gentlemen that Mr.. Tilden in
trusted the real business of the campaign. Most OF
them appear to have confined their activity to the
management of legal proceedings in the State SUI
preme Court to a supervision Of the proceedings OF
tho Returning Board, and to other legitimate ac-
tions; and it Is almost certain that Ex-Governor
Randolph at any rate-to say nothing OF the others
had no suspicion that still hunt" was going on
all the while, under daily instructions from Gram