The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-25
THE STOLEN PRESIDENCY.
goW THE ELEcrORfL yOTE or FLOR
mi VAS COUNTED FOR H5 YES


vre.,dent OF tho Returning Hoard Max
,.x A.. clean breast Of ~ Dtsciosuies
rromp,ed by LEADING Republicans start
,,.c We,eiaitons Expected from Louisiana.
w,.nlrGroS. April "a Murder will out.
H., l,il. aro gathering about the men who
,,r,miued tho great fraud OF 1876. The first
,.,,,o,tion Of coming developments is given out
tm Fiorda
IN .uhslenre thie intim0ion Is that S. =. Nc
,o h,c secretary OF Statc Of the state Of Florida
.l ee ,6ic,o President Of the Returning Board
'It.,l -,aic has madc q confession in which he
s.oi,.o. tho secret history OF the methods 10y
vhich the electoral vote Of that State was
oonnted f,r Heyos and Wheeler. Just what
nclin hn. confessed conno, ho determined Ivy
ue vague outline given In this mornings de-
sn,,,hos, but enough is known here to warrant
~, al,,cnent lhat when this confession II made
,,,li, II will connect Hayes. through some "
~. n.r.onal representatives who were In Flor
,Ia nj tb. time with the monstrous frauds by
whial The HAYES electors were counted in. II
IA un,i. rstood from reliable and wcll-iniormcd
,.r,ons that eyery statement Of fact made by
M,Lin il, nl,undanuy aud overwhelmingly cor
rptoraicd by the confessions Of scores ~ per
sons Hepublican onlceholdcrs who were either
parties TO tho frauds or cognizant of them.
An,r diligcnt inquiry and a careful canvass
.,,'u. tI,,ses oI copgrcsa 7 nm sotianod th,,
not moro than Ave Senators ana an equal mum
bor If Representatives had any previous knowl-
edge u what has been going on in Florida. II
IA not truc that tho Blair movement in the Mary
land Legislature had any connection with the
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asemon' anu oo",'o""noe 'ni'h'' " ho' u"
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l''h 'no'"o.' VI 'no Na'o"', n'p"u''oah
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regard 'o 'no c'ce,on IN floriu" ana A"u'eian"
WmVn "ou'u euiNc '"c pcopie vi 'nis country
uump WIN ah"Hemeh, nc oNluehuy hne"
Al a'ou' ""'s ""s so'he On III flor'uh. ho-
mining MN vo-uV oi this cohNors"'oh. L
%Aeu Nun u mo hHu REFERRED NJ Uni" ,hio 10 tho
e9hl"'s'on OF mcihh' his reply was ulpioin"'ic'
ne saw II" MOI necessary 'or me 10 'e" you
""c'h'r KNOW hny'hihg "oou' ne LIN - con
i'ee'"h W h"s, ou' 'nls can shy u"' uhu WHOM
"u'" "oot' fm'i"" hho Louis anu VIII como
ou'' anu "hch uoes 'ne i'epupiIehh parry VIII
W Oo"'pN'ou W c"' 'se'' iooeo it"i" wv iuon
""o no, "''' Know vi 'he n'"i'S o' "hlc" .ne
~'c'prh' Veuos oi tho-e S'au's were couhted ior
h"y'9' vt Wore pd'r'o1'" "W"uS III tho ir"uus
pS Mh''n "'s T"suit "as accuhpllsheu
10 you MINK 'hu' Hepuohoah nompars OF
no"troSs VIII 10 cuinpchou w. NWe WIN 'he
p''npDamS ga Ill pto''ui"s roilcu' ior 'n'S Erc"'
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isi,na mo, WIZ ,,r,, now, ~ ro,,ro,,,,, hir,
srI j., snost no HE .n,hnri,,. of o,,,,so ,t,nr.,
would he M o,h.r ol,ornp,iyo for ,hs Ien,,LI.
can ,,ar,v hu, ,o d.,ou,,co ,h,oo or,n,os ,ho
NJ, ,yho con,,i,,ad ,ho,, o,,d ,hoa, ,,I, niI,,
and ob,,,cd then Tho norty can,o, s,on a,
mis- ovnr. a p,ua, dou,nd tb,, tI,.a. crtr,oa
apI r,aso crI,inala abnlI ha ,uni.had on1 an
e.ap,nIe made for MI time Ia romer
Thi. cent,aman who uacd such ,icorous Ian.
cuope II, sneakine of tho revoioiions that nrr IN
cont, and tho oonaanuencos which tnus, folIov
IA - nromj mani ,houeh no, - ,ioIcnt on,oncnt ~
me Fraudulent Administration uow many
Republican Coneressmen there nrc who think
T. he does do not know. know several how
eyor who do NOT bcsitnto to cxnross themsclvcs
o,,ite freely and forcpJv ON mis- sub;.ct Tvo
Repuhlie,n S.,aiors havo Voluntarily told ,nc
that thoy would vote for the Blair Ono Wnrronto
bill or a,v other measure that would nrovide a
lecal method Of eettluc HIVES ont Of the Whit.
Uouse and puttinr Tildon in. because they be.
leyed that tho agitation OF this question would
continue until tbis result was reached for the
grost ,oest of the pconle have coIno Ia b.,lievc
maj Tilden was houcs,lv elected.
Haycs and his friends haye undoubtcdlv had
soma intlmotien of whst was poinp ON In Flor
iia and olsewhere Within n few wecks nast
nearly every mn, 4, Florida and Louisiana
VINO had ,nv oa,nection with the frauds there
md who had nN heretofore been provided for
have been apnoInied TO offices of more or less
lmtortance. Tho pominn,ion Of George T..
smith to lao Colleotor of the Port of Nav Or
Loans vns made hecauae no woa in n n,ai,io,
nv ",'' '"''o w '''" ''S "PP'
.'"'' ~ "", "so W 'orcc rom hhuclnoh ""u
"o'o.o"Viuio9Vc. ."eto'" oih"n "ne
s""N'id'o iVf OukTOsb ON the hcpuullc'ul ticket