Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-30

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aieAanaes n 0'spAens mas Deen ls1eiy
interviewed ~ correspondent Of The
BaIlimcre Ssa ca the subject Of the
Z nfou0sess Investigation az TIE electoral
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o. hePFesehtanses anu reports hir.
Stephens as SAYING
sy1.hat while ,nve.s;v,s;,,r n,e,.lw e.
Ike purDoee Il r,,ts;ng icrr,slt- a. 1900
testimony IN REGARD 4 = anv ftsuds ro,-
neefed With The tate nre-;dens;.l ela~-
/ lion u,ight he tolerafed 80 ~. re,.,,g.s
| the nfesent movement : : ,no~s nnssrsI~
unfortunate and misrhievon. IL MI
20 the po~ifion that he an.s;on of -
| Presidents tile i defsn;feIv ara ;rravr,-
cabiv seffIed hv tf.hnuas ere;regv -
cal and eonst,ts.,;onas Sc Ess,.d .hs.
the reouen;nv ~ thaf o,,es,,or 4 .rv
wav msphi lead 20 she moi da.ge.o,;t
agitation thai ever shook this cogntrv..
| ne used : very strnng iIIusfras;cr : M.
CONNECTION. Twas not unIske he sa;d.
the opening Of the eaIes q he'll. IS De-.
cribed by Milton. As IN that ease 40
IN this. Il might be thae flse hand thas
threw omen Tie rstes could never close
them. As regards the constitutional
disposition Of die presidential question.
| he held that Congress had the power
| IN provide the ways and means for eonnt-
| ing the vote and Determining the result.
| II Is true. In his opinion. that fhe proper
way Of performing that duty was for
Congress 10 count the vote and settle M
disputed questions itself, but II has also
the power. for patriotic purposes and to
preserve the peace and harmony of the
country, 10 choose another and perfect
~ constitutional mode of deciding the
question. IL did SO in this case by the
creation Of the electoral commission.-
By the constitution an election of Pres
ident and Vice. President is expressly
provided for, Is well rs the mode and
manner oil counting the votes and prc.
claiming the parties elected. It's also
expressly provided that Congress shall
have the power to pass all necessary
laws for the execution Of its specifically
delegated POWERS
ain his Indictment fhe dee;s;on HAVING
been rendered AZ stated CONGRESS caS
no more 90 behind or undo that dee;s-
ION than could any court in the eountrv
even the highest. set aside anv act al
Congress upon the ground Of fraud IN
the election. of those By whose votes 4
measure might have been PASSED. For
instance, said he. suppose an act Of Con.
eress. or of any State Legislature sbould
Be passed in the regular forms and sub-
seouentIv Eve. or anv other humber Of
members or Senator'S. bv whose votes
il was passed. should be exnelled for
having obtained their election nv br;be.
nv. or fraud As stependous ne. anv tho,
ever occnred In This conn,rv who he.
lieyes for moment that anv eourt could
set aside such AN ACT. either of CONGRESS
or State Legislature. because sol such
indisputably proven corruptiona In
governments there ,aust he limits m IN
yestieations of This sort and their effects
Hinder our const;tut;onaI forms regul..
tine legislation. Federal as we'll as State
each house Of anv legislative bodv has
the right to Judge soislaw.nalsuag1
of the election Sifu &
members. IL one or more memfse
come with a pyima facie certificate and
are sworn in. but afterwards are turned
out upon the exposure OF fraud. crime.
or other disqualification. whatever act
or measure or election NAV have been
passed or decided while such persons
were holding their seats can never n.
forwards be INQUIRED into TOUCHING its
validity. however monstrous NAV have
been the fraud subsequently, discovered
IA have been nernetrated either in tbe
election or by returring officers. Not
yerv unlike Is the present case of al
leged frauds.
9sTn th;s case n ;s we'll believed HAT
enormous frauds were rernetra,ed II
Florida and Louisiana. but CONGRESS
nrov;ded tribunal under the powers
which Il possesses for settling the oues-
t;ons which grew out of the d;snuted
returns, and in his opinion Congress in
dong SO exercised ITS high functions IN
c .:.n..:n ws power uuaei 'ne 'on-
s.Tn r.ov;a;no Ca AZ .,..,or.I .or
mission. therefore. il but executed. un-
der the difficult circumstances then pre-
scented, a PLAIN duty and after the de,
s,s'on " .n's SV Ts u ,:nal,. nau
claimed NJ. HAYES President of the
United States for four years from the
4th OF March, 1877. The validity,
. .ne.eiole' o. ms ule 20 .ne oince 40.