, 1878-01-19
THE FRAUDULENT PRESIDENT
The Electoral Crookedness" to be Inquir.
cal Into.

The Electoral Crookedness" to be Inquir.
ed Into.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan 3-Montgnmery Blair in
the house of delegates to-day introduced a res
olution memorializinS congress, which sets
forth:
That the late electoral bill provided that no
decision of the presidential election under that
act should preclude a judicial decision Of the
question that act contemplated a decision of
the question of the case submitted to the elec-
toral commission by Judicial tribunal, pro-
vided the commission held itself incompetent
to decide; that the commission did hold itself
incompetent to inquire whether some state re-
turns were true or false, and that the president
is seated in virtue OF rotorioasly fraudulent re-
turns, which Justice Strong, whose vote seated
him, has admitted, and the president himself
has admitted by disregardins returns in the
matter of state officers whose titles were iden-
teal with his, whilst reputation of these re-
turns by the, incumbent for all purposes save
his own election is an admission that it was a
fraud to use them for that purpose. The mo-
t.xes which induced this partial reputation
greatly ag,ravate his offense; that by the pub
IisHed statement of John Young Brown, which
has remained uncontradicted since April, 1877,
it appears this Reputation was a condition i'm
posed by said Brown and his associates then
holding the balance of power in the house of
representatives, upon which alone the incum-
beat would be allowed to be counted into Office
upon these false returns; that this condition
was accepted for the incumbent by Stanley
Mathews, and Chas. Foster. then and since his
closest friends and most authoritative represen-
tatiyes that Brown and his associates had
been elected as adversaries of the incumbent,
but separated from the great body OF their po-
litical associates in the house of representatives
to carry into effect said arrangement; that at
the time of entering into it they We're leading
advocates of bill then pending IN the house
to grant subsidy to the Texas Pacific Rail
road company, which the president elect was
known to be opposed to, and it is y Just infer-
ence from all the circumstances that whilst
they were willing to defeat his Inauguration
for this reason, they could not venture to act
with their political opponents for that object,
if such cooperation involved also surrender
of the local governments of the states in ques-
ton. as we'll as of their electoral votes to their
political opponents; that TO remove these OBJ
stscles it was stipulated, in effect, that the in
cumbent should treat the returns as fraudulent
so far as they affected the local governments of
said states by withdrawing the U. s. troops
the presence of which alone it -ssas knewn gave
them any force that It thus &ppears that the
constitutional question, so gravely and eiabOr.
ately debated in congress, before the electoral
cemipi:s;0h and in the public press as a aaes:
ton on which the presidential contest hinged
and with which tAe public mind was SO long
exercised, had no part whatever in determining
the contest, but that it was in fact determined
by party of men, elected by one party but
epenly acting with their opponents in the in
terest of a certain railroad corporation, at the
decisive moment that every interest OF the
country is greatly prejudiced. and its most VI
| tai interests are put in jeopardy by SUFFERING
the people to be superseded as the political
power and substituting for them such moneyed
organizations as will pay for defrauding them
| that, in the opinion of your memOrialists, the
continued prostration of the business OF the
country is largely due to the fact that the con
fdence of the people in the conduct of public
| officers is shaken that An irresponsible execu
| tive administration has been installed which
has not the support of the country or either Of
its great political parties; that this conflicts
| with the whole thecry Of our institutions ane
| Of those Of the mother country, whence they
| were derived that to carry on and get posses
sion of the government the incumbent mus,
seek support from those elected as his Oppon
| ents that this relation is in itself eorruptine
rs shown by reason as well as experience; thai
| no successful public service can be rendered by
an administration whose title to power rests OF
| fraudulent returns, manufactured by its OWI
partisans, and made effectual by an agreement
| with subsidy and jobbing men Of the opposing
party that an indispensable first step to any
reform in the public service is to restore tn,
government to the people; that it is only BY
men who have been elected by the people am
who are free FROM all entaneling alliances will
iobbins interests from which all the grea
abuses have sprung that any reform can be ef
/ fected Your meMeri2lists therefore pray tha
needful legislation may be ADOPTED to ascertain
judicially who was elected president at the re
cent election and to give effect to the will o
the people, and will ever pray, etc.
| Blair advocated his memorial, urging il
adoption and reviewing generally Presiden
HAYES title to office.
/ Iieb, republican, moved to lay on the table
and called for ayes and nays, which resulted
.yes Is, nays 81 It was then referred to tn
committee on federal relations
The T-i5uae's Washington special says Blai
| expects legiOns of memorials similar to tha
presented BY him IN the Maryland legislature
which viii be forthcoming from various states
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