The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-06-06
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UNCOVER THE FRAUDS
VIEWS OF JUDGE HoADLEY OF
CINCINNATI.
The Hayes Plan to Steal the Presidency ana Adop'
the Principles OF tho Democratic IarU !"
to the South and so Happily san on


cred frauds IN regard 10 any o'a'e Mii"00 W y"
not miscouned, think 1t would Dc extremely
wise to extend the investigation to such cases. ~
Ia, of course. not worth while to traVel over 'ne
ground already familiar to the people ou' hnom
ofno more useful or beneficial work Ihau tnHt VI
searching to the bottom OF the wrong Wn'ch nuS
resnlled IN the occupation Of the White House by
the only man-Peter Cooper accepted-"non Tue
neonle distinctly repudiated for the ofieeof Presi
dont Ifibe American system Of republican gov
ernment with Presidential election every four
years "a to costlnue there must be confidence on
the mart of the people that their votesin the ballot
hoy will have their proper effect in the count II
Il be once established as the doctrine OF our Con
stItrtion that the theft of the Presidency can be
punIshed only after four yeas enjoyment oil the
snoils wa NAV be sure the position will be stolen
ouadrennially with perfect regularity, The oil,
ference between a free people and an enslayed
people lies In the fact that free man Will submit
10 N, wrong which there is even a distant prospect
ofrlghtlng, and will exhaust legal remedy before
abandoning the demand for justice.
The programme of the Hayes Administration
soems IN have been to steal the Presidency, adopt
the prlncIples OF the Democratic party 30 iar ss
relates 10 the South, and then rely for protection
against investigation into the fraudulent beget,
thus to be created at the South, the dislike to Mr.
TIlden founded on his known hostility to the
Texas Pacific Railroad, and like schemes Of plum
der and above all on what may be called the
bourgeotste feeling which controls so many minds,
namely. that anything should be submitted to Tor
the sake of peace and to make money-the same
feeling which in France enabled Louis Napoleon
to enjoy so long a triumph over the Republie,and
and witch In this country has already secured
wear md probably will result in three years more
of fusurpaCion-the growth of which sentiment IS
to me the mos. alarming feature of the times, II
is 10 be remembered that nobody proposes the dis
turbance Of the public peace. The question be-
fore Congress and the country is, shall we be per
mjtled to know the length and breadth Of the
wrong done in the last Presidential canvass, and
which The Electoral Tribunal refused to investi'
gate? Opposition to Mr.. Pottersresoution means
thesulng ofinqulryin the greatestabuse which
has ever been successful in America, and the OPP
nosilion Is itself substantially confession on the
part of these who make 1t that the belief IN 'he
enormily Of this wrong is justified by the facts.
Had the Electoral Commission taken jurisdiction
listened 10 the testimony and adjudged It's value,
It might. with some plauSibity be claimed that
Mr. Hayes's tile was a decision after inquiry, but
tbe Electoral Tribunal simply decided that they |
would not investigate, and did not desire to know |
The law which created the Electoral Tribunal |
contains the following section:
sEcrroY6 That nothing in thiscct shall be held !
to impair or affect any right now eHsIlng uhuer |
the Constitution and laws to question, by proceed
inps I'm The judicial courts Of the United STATES |
tbe right or title Of the person who snail be de, !
clarpd elected, or who shall claim 10 be Presluent |
or Vice President of the United States II any such
right exists.
It's. therefore perfectly clear from the statute |
which created the tribunal, and from the record
ofthe decisions of that tribunal itself, that what
ever claim Mr.. Hayes may have to the Presidency
wss in no way strengthened or fortified by the &C.
ton of the Electoral Commission, the statute haV'
ing reserved the right OF the people TO judicial
Investigation by the section have quoted, ana
the Commission having decided nothing except
its own incompeiency to go behind the face OF the
returns The result of all this in its application
to the present and future condition Of things is
obvious. Mr.. Hayes is actingas President because
the Electoral Tt bunal held that 1t had no power
to examine into the facts Of the election d''Haae
the returns of the canvassing boards, even though
these returns were the result of frCud, forgery and
violation of legal duty.
In the case of Florida, the State itself protested
againsi the return of the majority Of the Canvass
ing Board and the votes cast for Hayes ana
Wheeler by the electors whom this majority de-
G AIRED elected The Judicial Department decided,
Epeaking through the Sapreme Court in the case
NJ ihe Governor, that the Returning Board had no
authority. such as that claimed and exercised in
favor of the Hayes electors to throw out the Yoles
of counties aud precincts so as to change the ma
iorty from the Democratic to the Republican slde
The Circuit Court in quo warranto against lhe
Hayes electors Ousted them and inducteu the III
den electors, The legislative department By law
denounced the fraud, and directed recahVass
of the State according to the principles required
by the decision Of the Supreme Court ana lhe
Governor certified to the reCanvass notwithstdhu'
ing all which the vote of the State OF FLORIDA was
counted by the Electoral Commission tor Hayes
and Wheeler. because the Electoral Commission
hold II had no power to listen to the voice OF the
State except as expressed through the illegal &C.
tior NJ the Returning Board The case OF Louisl'
ono ,vos IN substance, worae, for the majority OF
9ve tbe Tilden electors was but little less tnan
o nm and because in all substantial particulars
tbo1aw attempted to invest the Returning Boaru
with mower over the returns was disregarded
and violated. In Louisiana the fraud began with
the 1log al TPglNlIhllOll VI NONN7i '+'''-
under a circular from headquarters notifying 'he
registrars that their future standing ana nope Vi
emoluments within the Republican party uepeuu'
ed upon their successful registration OF hepuD!l
can votes In every publication that nave seen
in defense Of the Returning Board OF LouisiahS
tb,s ILLEGAL reristrstion is assumed to have been
without objection, whereas in point oi iact' II ~
one of the most corrupt and hagDuous TRANSACTIONS
in tie whole series Of wrong perpetraled ID thS'
State. have not the figures before me, but they
are of access, and will show with little diSsec'
tion immense additions over the registration OF
prete uded colored vote. In addluoh 10 llls al
attempt was made to exclude 10000 lawful Demo-
cratic voters ofthe city of New orleans rom Tue
registry By what are known ss The sewing ma
chine sfhiavits" Of four policemen. ms now
ever, partly failed nor was there any intimidation
or disorder at the polls, or during registration; put
at quiet election and with the largest vote IN
proportion TO It's population ever cast In the state,
Louisiana 1epudiated Hayes by majority which
on the FIVE highest electors, amounted TO over
5000
The law provided that the Returning Board
should be composed of members Of diherentpolt
ical parties The law provided that alleged ln-
timidation should not vitiate the popular will as
expressed through the ballot box unless 1t occur
red during the registration or the election, ana
was evidenced by afidavits accompanying the I
returns. No division of opinion was permitted In
the Returning Board. No such affidayi@ accom-
panied the remrns, but long after the eectlon,and
when 1t was known to be necessary to carry out
the scheme Of the conspiratorsa at Washington, and
uuder the eye and, as It is averred, with the con-
nivance of the visiting statesmen afidavits were
manufactured so as to give color to the predeter
mined action of Wells and his associates.
In the State Of South Carolina it Is believed that
but for the illegal action of the general Govern
ment in taking military possession ofthe State be-
fore and at the time of the election even the fac.
of the returns would nave shown a clear majority
for Tilden This being so, we have dc faeto
President not elected whose title is not fortified
ty any judicial or other decision, but with regard
N ,phtoh tho ,ight IN a indicial investigation has