The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-02


ofGoyernor Hayes, One gentleman particularly
Governor Moves Of Ohio, WAS understood 70 repre-
sent him and speak with the authority OF warm
personal friend commissioned with power 10 act
In his behalf These men referred 70 the general
distraction Of the country snould MT; llldeh Oe
elected the Int nse anxiety OF Jhe hepuDllCah
party OF the North, and their full sympathy with
us. III
EXPECTED LIBEnAL REWARD,
cannot say how army action may have been
Influenced by the intense excitement that prevail
ed around me, or how far my partisan zeal may
have led ME into error. Neither can say how
far my course was Influenced by the promise
made by Gov. Noyes that II Mr., Hayes became
President, should be rewarded Certainly these
influences must have had strong control over
my judgment and action.
Reviewing my action at this distance Of time
with all cAlmneSs with my ardOr cooled, ana my
partisan zeal chilled by the President who mas
basely beied and mercileSsly destroyed the ke'
publican party of the South, and crushed the very
men who did so much for his election, am per
suaded thai the Florida canvass was not conduct
cd with that cool, calm Judgment ana honest
unbiased decision that should have characterized
proceeding involving such vast and Important
interests Instead Of this now see that the whole
proceedings went through upon the highest wave
Of political excitement that partisan feeling,
stimulated to the utmost by the most powerful
Judgment, and political expediency ruled the
hour ....
HOW THE CHEATING WAS DONE,
large number of precincts were either contest
ed by the Democratic or Republican party. Vol
luminous testimony was filed and lawyers on both
sides argued each for their side Of the issue that 1t
was the duty OF the Board to throw out and not
include In the count or retain and count precincts
on the ground Of ilegallty, on the conduct OF the
election or fraud that was charged to exist, The
Attorney General OF the State and members OF the
Board had decided that the Board had quasi-Iu
dicial power and the right TO exclude precincts
from the count Of returns when shown to be so IT.
regular, false or fraudulent as to prevent the
Board from ascertaining from them the true vote
With this view Of its duties the Board entered up
on the work Of the canvass with the conviction
that they were invested with large discretionary
powers which were of mixed character, pollti'
cal and judiclal-the political largely predomlhA'
ting. Partisan zeal and strong pollucal Ties hau
powerful influence In the exercise OF these powers
and the Republicans having majority oil the
Board the canvass was largely IN their IaVOr
T1LDEN ENTITLED TO THE VOTE OF FLORIDA.
The result proved that If the Board had acted
In accordance with the decision Of the Supreme
Court of the State defining the powers and duties
of the Board in reference to throwing out pre-.
cincts since rendered there is no question of the
fact that Mr.. Tilden would have been entitled to
the vote Of Florida, excluding the returns from
Baker county which was counted, and which
have since learned from the parties who made 1t,
was a falsely manufactured return, and including
the true return, which corresponded with the
precinct returns from that county, would certain
ly have given the State to Tilden
BALLoT.Box sTUFFING.
Archer precinct No. Q, AllaChua county, was in
Cluded In the count. The fraud committed In
this precinct was not shown to the B oard by Dem
oCratic lawyers although contest was made, and
much attention given to this precinct, but have |
recently learned from Republican leader of that
county that after the returns had been brought to
Gainesville, the county seat 2l9 votes were added
to the returns BY the Inspector and Clerk of said
precinct
In Leon county, "a Small Republican ballots
were stuffed into the ballot box at precinct No 0.
Yet II was made to appear even to satisfaction
of the Democratic member of the board, that those
were not false ballots Subsequent confessions |
show that they were stuffed into the box had |
seen Joseph Bowers, one Of the Inspectors, have |
similar tickets to them a few days before election |
and cautioned him against their use unless they |
were generally used, and l afterwards learned |
that he had given them up.
In Jefferson county in certain precincts at |
which Mr. Bell was inspector, 100 votes were |
surreptitiously added to the ballots and counted !
No charge was made as to this fact before the |
Board The confession Of ]. Bell, since made to |
me- disClOses the fact that had the 2l9 votes fraud
ulently added to the Archer return, the IA votes |
stuffed in the box in Leon county, and the 100 |
votes surreptitiOusly added in Jefferson county |
aggregating 1913 votes, been rejected, and the |
Democratic rejected precincts which were exclud-
ed for irregularity and illegal, contrary to the de-
cision of the Supreme Court, been retained and |
counted, Mr.. Tilden would have carried the State.
The conclusion therefore is irresistible that Mr..
uyau ant cd n nlantOFn1 uAf nnt
Hayes,
MJTIvEs THAT LED TO THE CONFESSION.
In making the statement my motives will doubt.
less be questioned by many but the facts will |
stand alone as the truth, without any mole mo-
tive to sustain them
am free to admit that, viewing things as l
now do and rememt ering Mr.. Hayes was Contin-
ually inspiring his personal friends and trusted
agents. by every means In his power, to secure
Tor him the electoral vote of Florida and Louis
ana, and believing 1t to have been conscious
wrong on his part, done with the knowledge that
he had not been elected as his subsequent repu.
diation of Governor Packard, whose title was
title was bound up in his own, and his willful
and cowardly desertion of the very men who con-
tributed so largely TO his election, have shown
Ny contempt for the pitiable ittleness of the man
is beyond my power Of eX preston. Mr. Hayes de-
nies the validity of his own title in denying Gov
ernOr Packard. He has ignored his Florida
friends, showing that he believed them unworthy
and tainted with fraud, yet ne held on to the
Presidency which, in his own opinion, was Sc
cured by the very fraud. He has CoWardly aban. |
doned and betrayed his Southern Republican
friends through fear Of being oused from an
Office he believed he never was elected TO by the
people,
Whatever may be the opinion of men in regard
to my motives, give them the facts and leave
tsignedl sAM'L B. McL1N.
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sworn to before the clerk Of Thomas county, Ga.
HE DISCLOSURES OF DENNIS THE LITTLE GIANT,
New York. April pa Herald Jacksonville,
Florida special says Dennis, the Allachua Gi !
ant, reached this city this morning aud was at s
once taken charge Of by his Republican friends
A hero in his own ranks, he boasts he never broke
his word or went back on friend in his life !
After giving Secretary Of State Bloxham his con,
fession, he said: am not going to deny or affirm
anything about the statement or about Bloxham
Whatever did with him was done in the strict. {
est confidence, and even If he has violated 1t | {
will not. II Ia certain that the State of Florida {
went for Tilden on the face of the returns and he
should have had IT, There has not been a time l
In the past three months when, IT, had been con.
Vinced that crushing proof Of the fact that Tden
carried the State would turn Hayes out and give :
Tiden his rights, would not have gladly farn-
ished such proof. | told "Uncle Ben" General r
Butler what could do, and while he thinks
HAYES SHOULD BE TURNED OUT :
He thought it best to wait till some action had r
been taken by Congress in the matter. talked /
with Senator Hamlin about 1t also. The Presi- .
dent had these facts in reserve all the time Gen
eral Noyes and the rest Of them told him, met
him frequently, and he always treated me very S
kindly, saying he had been told about me. He =,
gave me notes to the Departments asking that | /;
be given place. wanted to be an auditor and l
| declined three places, holding one only few
weeks, opposed Hayes because he was a traitor
TO the party that put him in, and treated my
friends badly. AS Conklin says: 'Ifthe country S
only knew Hayes as well as Congress does he '
would be dispatched on all sides"
HAYEs's GUILTY KNOWLEDGE. a
NOyeS kneU Of every increment that UaS made IN a
Florida, and Hayes kReD il through him. know |
his to be true and can show it when the time r
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