The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-12-12

Senator Edmunds' electoral bill
was reported last MAY. Its provis
ions are that electors for President
and Vice President shall be APP
pointed in each State on the first
Tuesday in October; the electors to
meet on the second Monday in Jan
uary after their appointment, the
disputes about the elections to be
all settled during the intervening
three months by each State, such
settlements furnish conclusive evil
dence of the title of electors. Con
gress will meet on tae second Mon
day in February succeeding the
meeting of the electors. At a joint
meeting of the House and Senate,
the President OF the Senate will
opel. the certificates and hand them
to the tellers in the al alphabetical or
der of the States, and objections
will be called for upon the reading
of the certificates When an ohjec
ton is made, the Senate will with
draw, and each house will come 10
decision as to The vote objected
to. 1t will require the vote Of both
houses to reject, if here is only
one return from a State. Ii more
than one, that approved by the de
eision made during the previous
three months by the State tribunal
must be accepted. A dispute as to
the legality of the State tribunal
must be settled by both houses act
ing separately and deciding concur
rently. If there is only one return,
and no decision by the State tribu
nal, both houses must concur be
fore vote can be counted. These
are the leading feature of Edmunds'
plan, which the Senate will discuss
this week. 1t leaves the settlement
of vote to the State, and, if the
State does not decide, either house
may prevent the vote from being
counted. The plan does not appear
to be very good one. 1t leaves
an opening for 'hitch." and the
preparation Of an unjust decision
MIR. Blaine appears anxious to
expose the ''crime against the right
OF suffrage" IT an investigation
into the methods of the late cleo
ton begins, it should extend thro'
every New England State, especial
ly at the manufacturing towns; it
SD ould have full sweep in New York |
City, where Supervisor of Elections
Davenport, in behalf of the Federal
Government, forcibly and violently |
deprived thousands of voters of |
their ballots and took away their
naturalization papers, which have
been pronounced perfectly legal by |
the courts. The investigation |
should extend throughout Pennsyl
vania, rotten with Radical election
frauds and bulldozing, and through
the West. By the time the Com
mittee gets through New England,
Blaine and his radical friends will
have enough of the investigation.
any authority whatever
but the order of the Republican
Committee, Federal
Davenport of New YORK
seized the legal naturalization pa
pers of four or five thousand Demo
Gratis and deprived them Of their
ballots. The act was one of fraud,
robbery, violence and intimidation.
NJ. Hayes and his associates think
Mr.. Davenport did very handsome
hing. Davenport, of course, Will
De promoted. Mr.. Hayes is very
anxious to have contaminated
you know COurier-Jour
The Republicans, while stepped
o their very eyes in the most stu
)enduous of frauds-frauds which
ave them a President whom the
,eop'e had rejected at the polls
ire bowling themselves hoarse over
What they call Democratic frauds
n South Carolina. 1t is like a
branded horse-thief, mounted on
stolen thousand dollar horse and
eading half a dozen others, accus-