The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-10

ryr T0RGFEfES THiT PUT HAYES
~" NyO mn PRESIDENT CHAIR.

ts,,hcr the letter nor the spirit or the iiec-
,t, Law Ne.prctcd -Iouisinn"s Ter-
$50. ynconrngcd by the Nisiting States
j. .th, Great Conspiracy Lnid hare.
v,sulvgroN. June s--Thc Hayes electors
'-'.,,, ,verc counted in through IA con-
'iroov The ballots in the boxes elected the
fiIp,','u ci,ctors by nearly ten thousand maiori-
=. Ti,. Republican local leaders, had they not
w. w. ,,.,,ura,,ci and urged by Northern Re-
pD,",.,,s vnull no, have undertaken TO defy
KIN ~ the pcople of that state. They could
-, t,,, 1,no IL without the actual presence in
o,,ona Of the visiting statesmen, headed
80, shermau. Stanley Matthews. Edward |
. - and lntscs \. Garfield. This much |
I'm uol, tlain. The supervisors OF Reg
I.,r,,.. II for more than hali u dozch PARISHES
,r1nid NOT have made protests II thoy had
,,o, be,n given assurances ot iuturc rewards
A., ,.tsi,ing statesmen. To be plain, they |
sr.re uro.urol - commit perjury Ihey
,youlI not have taken such chances oi state
.'r,s,n nm he promises Of Louisiana Republi-
sons ike Kellogg They had tested his
,,ronliscs before and were not going to be
rourht n scconl time. Tho conspiracy to count
in the Hayes electors was successful, as every
i1ly knows Tho visiting statesmen. and the
5ouisnna Ecpulncan leaders understood ono
,no,hor They pulled together and pulled tho
Hayes electors through. They pretended TO
comply with the forms Of law. They did not
.rually follow either the letter or the spirit Of
thcelcction law. but they pretended to. and thus
claimed to have a technical title to the electoral
vote Of louisiana
By some strange oversight, the fruits OF this
gigantic conspiracy to make man President
tyunblushing fraud came very near being lost
Il wa, the fault of the Louisiana Republican
leaders. The visiting statesmen. having made
the return Of the Hayes electors sure through
ue Returning Board. went homo satis-
fed with their work. The most OF them
were wanted here in Washington. to
SECURE tho carrying out of another part ot
tlc grand cons piracy To make Hayes President.
The plan Of having the President Of the Senate
count the votes had. in their Judgment. 90 be
enforced They thought then there was no
oiher way ot accomll their purpose. They
did not dream 90 ans further difficulty in Louisi-
ma The lluycs electors having been counted in,
s. was thought az a matter Of course. that they
would have sense enough to hold an Electoral
College. and comply with all the forms OF law in
making out thoir returns. II turned out. how
over. that they did not know enough. The
electors did not comply with either the Consti-
tuition of the United States or the law enacted
ly Congress prescribing the forms to be OBJ
served. In the first place. they did not vote by
distinct ballots for President and BY distinct
-, -, - ". p.eii,,,,. ~, lil no, ,,,olo
pl''S lor Nc-i ies'urH'' tN'' va" "o' "'aN0
out distinct list of the persons voted Tor Tor
President md n distinct list Of tho persons
-, ,-r g. VIZ -proai1or,. ,hov jid rot
VIZ" i'I ior 'VSi''VH'' .'., "'N nv
zeal up these distinct lists with the proper
certificates from the State officers in enyelopes
i-, 49,, IL, - ,,,.o,..rttos ,baso Co :
ehu"rseu "s 'ne "a" pios'i'uVs' q" MS '"''
Nrcs 90 comply with tho constitutional anu le-al
reouiromonts were fatal defects even il there
-. 49,. .,,,.e,i,,,, ,bou, tho oioction ~ tha
M "1vn Ho p"1'''" "''"' w - -
Hayes electors by the ballots IN the boxes cast
tho uoople OF Louisiana. But these defects
-, a. ,..,.,,. 4 al, ,,,.r,t1ll,of posor,h.r
VIZ "o' "'' ~ ''''. W.. ~
Inc irresulhr' uh'oh-'i'u'l"h"l' anu h''-" ''-
turns were made up I'm irplirute. One was for
warded hy mail to the President oi the senate.
4 duplicate was sent 10y messenger, aud the
Npiioate was filed With the Judge OF the United
: as Circuit Court of Louisigua.
The messenger selected hy the Hayes electors
l. carry the dupl cate return TO the President 81
tlf senate WIS Ihos c. Anderson. lie didnot.
IwDyHr. cArry IL. lie was sunlrnh'I hy the
Morrison Committee. and WIS kept IN New Or
lau~. Who brought the dupli'al return has
I.fyH been proved. II Is certain thnt II WIS
- At } .r- ~, because on the am oi December,
1~ih th' int" 40 whlfh the duui i'ats oi the lltst
J t4ru was presented u. th- iItsl1cht o. lAc
ut'. Anderson WIS ~ y lN pIrhhs'
Iun Ir. -l4rui % a." I, h.i' notlri the mos
Moor who NII bring tho ilAfIli'AfH OF tNo lr~t