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selves 10 the future, this electien q
1876 will stand as = monument OF
what good faith, honest ~endeavor, ls-
gal forms and just authority may do
for the protection Of the electoral
franchise.
EFFEcTuAL SUPERVISION.
This bill recognizes the authority
and duty of the United States TO ap
point supervisors to guard and scru-
tinizs Congressional elections, but il
denies to the Government OF the
United States ali power TO make its
supervision effectual. TIE great body
Of the people If ell parties want free
and fair elections. They do not
think that a free election means free
d N from wholesome restraints of
law, or that the place Of an election
should be a sanctuary fer lswless-
ness ana crime. On the day of an
election peace and good order are
mere necessary than on any other day
Of the year. Ga that day the hum
blest and feeblest citizens, aged and
fnfiI IN, should be and should have
reason u feel that hey are safe in
the exercise of their most responsible
duty and their most sacred right, as
members Of society, their duty and
their right TO vote.
The constitutional authority TO
regulate Congressional elections,
which belongs TO the United States,
aud Which it is necess ~ to exert
:, secure the right 10 vote to every
citizen possessing the requisite quail
i6eation, ought to be enforced by ap-
propriate Legislation.
So far from public opinion in any
part of the country favoring any re-
taxation Of the authority of the Gov
eminent in the protection of cleo
lions from violence and corruption,
| believe it demands great vigor both
in the enactment and 10 the execution
of laws framed for that purpose. Any
oppression, any partisan Partially,
which experience may have shown
IN the working Of existing laws, may
well engage the careful attention both
of Congress aud Of the Executive, in
their respective spheres of duty, for
the correction of these miscbiefs
As no Congressional elections oc-
eur until after the regular session of
Congress will have been held, there
seems to be no public exigency that
would preclude a reasonable consid-
GRAFTON at that session Of any admin
istratiye details that might improve
the present methods designed for the
protection OF all citizens in the COM
plete and equal exercise Of the right
and power of suffrage AT such cleo
tons. But with my views both of
the constitutionality aad of the val.
ue of existing laws, | cannot approve
any measure for their repeal, except
with the connection with the enact
of other legislation which may
reasonably be expected TO afford wis
or and more efficient safeguards tor
rec and honest Congressional cleo
ions.
(Signed)
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 26. 1879.
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The most braren piece Of political
scoundrelism proposed by the present
Democratic Congress is that provid-
ing for counting the next Presidential
vote. A House Committee has agreed
apon q bill providing that when
there is a contest over the electoral
vote of q State, it shall be determined
by the Supreme Court of such State,
but that this decision shall not be
6nal unless both Houses of Congress
shall concur. In other words, no
difference what the Supreme Court OF
any State may decide to be the law
of that State, or who are the legally
chosen electors for the State, Congress
may annul the law Of the State and Sc:
aside its legally chosen electors.
This is 80 palpable an attempt to
give the present Congress, which
will count the vote in 1881, the right
10 throw out enough Republican
States to elect the Democratic caDdi-
date, that nothing but the sublimest
cheek would enable any man to sus-
tain so glazing and rascally a propo-
sition, striking as it does too at the
very root of State sovereignty, the
present shibboleth of the BeDrbon
Democracy.
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rho Southern Exodus.

WASHINGTON, May 2S,-The de-
clared intention of General Conway
TO proceed with chartered boats to
remove negroes from the Mississippi
Valley under the alleged advice and
promised protection of the President
has created much Indignation among
the members of the Mississippi and
Louisiana delegations. Several mem.
bers representing these delegations
have called on the President since
the publication Of the Conway in
teryiew and protested against the
use made of bis name in the matter.
The President. however, assured
those calling on him in connection
with the affair that be had not ad-
vised Mr.. Conway to make any such
movement. Representatives King,
Ellis and Wilson, Of Louisiana, to
day, in conversation with President
Hayes on the subject, represented to
him that, from Mr.. Conway's report
Of his declarations with regard to the
exodus, the impression would be Gre
ated that be (the President) favored
the exodus, and would extend gov
ernmens aid in fErtherauoe Of is.
The reply Of the President was in
substance that nothing whatever bad
transpired in his interview with Mr..
Conway which could bear such a
construction. His only declaration
was that the navigation of the Mis-
sissippi river should be free and re-
main unmolested. The President ex-
pressed the opinion that while any
citizen, white or colored, had o per-
feet right to migrate from one por-
ton OF the country to.n another, it
would cer.aitlT be fery unfortunate
for large masses Of coicred people to
proceed to any one particular section
Of the country, and if they saw fit to
remain il voGld, in his opinion, be
better if they could be generally set.
tied throughout the entire country.
He expressed no opinion as t, the
policy or wisdom Of the present
Southern exodus Upon bsing in
formed by Mr.. King that "a impress.
sion was being conveyed among the
colored people Of bis district that the
government would sustain them in
migrating westward. the President
said that there was no foundation
whatever for the circulation of such
an idea. He regarded the story as
being unfortunate, inasmuch as it
might teud to mislead those eol:em-
plating migration.
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Not So Particular Now

From the Denver fcol-) Tribune.
A merchant in Jackson Miss
was explaining to an old colored nal
that it was very unwise for him tc
90 to Kansas, becauseit was a bleak,
cold country, and the winters entire
ly too severe for a tropical race
MARS JONES'" asked the old fellow,
"ain't dis Kansas dey are tslkin'
about what dey nsed to call 'Bleedin.
Kansas p" The merchant of course,
said it was. "Well, den." said the
old uncle, wasn't you white folks
tighten once because you wanted to
take us niggers to Kansas when We
yo' property? ! reckon faint no
for US now dan when we wus
property. You was mighty patrick.
Ter about yo' property in dem days
yah !"
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Assassination

LopIsYILLR. Ky, May aG-Tbs
C5prier-Jogrnql special from River.
ton. Ky, says:
The Underwood war has again
broken opt on Upper Tygarts Greek,
in Garter county. EiVa Under wood,
while peacefully st work 10 o cora
Geld near bis house, was shot from
ambush Thursday, and when his
children FASTENED to him they found
hil 10 q dying condition bis chest
YES Perforated by tYo pals Heorge
Underwood, Elvs's father, was also
killed in q similar manner, and jesse
has entered the field as the avenger
of bis family's wrongs. 1t is feared
there viii We i fearfsl aMoH4i ef
blood shed, and farmers up in that
neighb9rhced, afraid Of bee?mi.s III"
victims Of some assassin's b-"", 80"
fcrsakino their fields.
IhfomaiOpl sss reeelspl from
Breathitt county that Audrey Gar
pepter, while peacefully at work in
his q Sn ysra, vas SHOT by AZ IN.
known party 10 ambush Fears are
enteitained there that this is but
the foreruuner Of more bloodshed.
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An Honest Confession.

Fnomthe Rochester DenoorGiGRd Chronicle Rep.
The Tribune is authority for the
statement that Fernando Wood con
fesses that the election laws must be
repealed or the Democrats cannot
carry the State of New.York. This
is as frank as it is true. No Demo
crat honestly believes that with an
honest ballot and o fair count the
Empire State can be carried for the
Democratic party. 1t is doubtful
whether it has so been carried for
wears, and in some instances the ey-
idence of the assertion here made is
conclusive. The honest voters of the
rural districts have always been more
or less at the mercy of the repeaters
of the metropolis. If the Tammsny
managers could ascertain how many
votes it was necessary to create, be-
fore the result was sEnoGneed, they
have been created and the State
saved" to its enemies. And Fernan.
do Wood confesses that If the United
States election laws are enforced the
Democrats cannot carry the State.
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Tsas eird OF III omen for Democrats

From the s.. Fag PiOneer-P Press. tInd.)
The United States decennisl cen.
sus has never been attraetige liter a.
ture for the Democratic party. Il
has always been the ill-omened raven
percbed on the clock Of history, and
hoarseiy croaking presages of its
coming doom. The rebellion was
fought against the foreshadowiDgs OF
the census, which with each successive
decade registered the long strides
of a silent but mighty revolution tbst
had transferred the scepter of politi.
cal power from the Slave States of
the South to the Free States of the
North, and was rapidly increasing
the relative political weight o. the lat
ter. Under ell the Screenings of 20
litieisns and parties for the mastery
of the Government this silent revolu-
ton hss been going on, like the
building Of the coral ree.s under the
vases. Whatever party raies sais
Government after The next apportion-
ment. it viii hold it, power by the
will OF the patriotic States of the
North. in which the sentiments of
nationality snd the principles of free
government prevail. and no party al
hereafter maintain its hold on Con-
gress or the Executive brnaei OF the
Government unless it be Northern
tina. is to say N~ationai-in its spirit,
principles, and aims.
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troops a vessel chartered TO transport
the immigrants, +" then announces IT
be "carries out his intention there
win be trouble" and quotes APPROX
ingly the foolish and reasonable ad-
wise of the rebel General Chalmers, of
Fort Pillow iafamy, to the Governor
of Mississippi, to arrest and imprison
ell on board.
This is treason, inspired By the
doctrine of Estates right" u mad.
Mr.. Hayes actually talks of pro-
tectlng with the power of the govern
ment the citizens of one State in
their right to imnigrate to another
does hey How dare Mr.. Hayes talk
of interfering with the sovereign
right of the State of Mississippi 10 for
bid any citizen from leaving her terri
tory where he has been harried, and
swindled and bulldozed and starved !!
Imagine Governor Hoyt saying to
steamboat men Oh the Ohio, If you
dare come to Pittsburgh and carry
away any immigrants from this
State, | will seize and imprison you,
and to the President, If you presume
to protect these men iD their claim to
navigate the Ohio and transport all
passengers who may offer, there
will be trouble"
The mere statement of the PROPOSE
ton shows its utter absurdity. But
absurd as it is, beneath it turks the
smoldering embers Of treason, that
prove how infinitely dangerous ii
would be to the perpetuity of the
Union, TO permit this so-styled Demo-
cratic party, with its States rights"
doctrine to obtain entire control of
the government.
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ton. protest against the expulsion Of
their living comrades from public Of
ices to crafty the partisan purposes
ofthe dominant party ia Congress.
Resolred. That we send greeting
to the President of the United States
and cur Republican members of Con-
gress, and We cordially thank and
honor them for the 6rr ard patriotic
stand they have taken IN opposition
to the designs of the majority Of the
present Congress, and we hereby
pledge them our earnest and undivi-
ded support.
The convent.on At SIS. adjourned
sire die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-04

The vetoes of President Hayes
come like rife shot, streigh. to he
mark, solid, compact and irresistible,
There is no fuss about them, and yet
they are always filed with new ideas,
even after o subject has been debated
for months in both houses of Con
gress. They are short enough to be
read by every intelligent citizen, and
that is one secret of their remarkable
power. Nevertheless, they present
in clear and forcible form the entire
argument against the measures We
toed. They are as full of reasons as
Of pluck, and as full Of pluck as an
egg is of meat. Every word is blow,
AID every blow hits.
The veto { the Legislative bill
states within title more than a single
newspaper co mn, not only the es.
sence of all tie argument hitherto
offered against The repeal of the Elec,
ton laws, but some points which have
escaped the attention Of debaters.
The quotation Of the report of a
Democratic Committee Of the XLIV
Congress is especially happy and
forcible. The brief and clear state
ment of the Presidents reasons for
holding the Election law constitu-
tional will stagger those who have
been in the habit of loosely asserting,
at every partisan emergency, that the
law a plainly "uuwarranted by
the Constitution" and it is quite
enough to reply, as the President
does, that many prosecutions, trials
and convictions have been had under
ii, and yet no lawyer of repute enough
to get a brief has ever dared to stake
the Ease Of his client upon a claim
that the law was invalid. MOI has
any Judge of any United States
Court questioned its validity in any
reported case. The usefulness of the
law in preventing frauds is amply
shown by the two reports in reference
to elections 10 this city. At one cleo
ton, before the law was passed, q
committee OF Congress reported that
los votes were east for every 100
persons actually qualified to vote,
and for every Lightweight persons
who actually voted. As the Message
says. II. was plain that if these
frauds could be continued and re-
"pested with impunity, free govern
"ment was impossible"
Back of the question whether this
particular statute is n%leritorious or
not. lies the graver question whether
the Nation shall be stripped of all
power to protect the purity Gifts own
elections. The President makes very
plain the intention Of the Confederate
Brigadiers to denationalize the Uni
ted States 10 strip the Government
of ali pswer save such as it may ex-
ereise through or by spferance of
State authorities and to cripple end
emasculate O statute which Congress
does not venture wholly to repeal.
1t does not seem to him that the
shadow Of power, without the sub
stance, should be all that Is left to
the United States. 1t does not seem
to hin that these who failed to de-
stroy the Union By force should be
left free to DESTROY it by freud. In
that opinion a solid North viii sus-
tein the President -NeU York 1iri6
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From &s my.

There is perhaps no tonic offered
to the people thai possesses rs much
real intrinsic vai4e IS the Hop Bit
ters. Just at this season Of the yesr,
when the stomach needs an appetizer,
or the blood needs purifying, the
and best remedy Is Hop
Bitters. An ounce Of prevention is
worth a pound Of cure; don't wait un-
ron are Frustrated by q disease
that may take months for you to re.
cover in.-Bosfoa Globe.
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ACyeiope In ,ne " ess.

81, LeuIs. May a9-A St Joseph,
Mo-. despatch says:
AT 6 o'clock this evening a cyclone
swept over a part Of Holt and Nova
day counties. near Barnard aud b.
liekow, about "a miles Bcrtb Of ST..
J oseph. 1t moved with tie velocity
of 60 miles al hour, demolishing
houses, uproo,iug and twisting Off
trees and destroying property Of all
descriptions. IT moved in a north
eastefly direction, AID when several
miles east Of Barnard suddenly dis
appeared. a track Of territory half
a mile wide is devastated. A num-
Der of casualties occurred, but the
names cannot be given tonight.
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SAN Francisco. May SGT
Dye, formerly public a~dmini.,y
Of Sacramento county. and M, n.
Ger in crime Edward Andersen pa'
hanged a. Sacramento -d.v -.
murder Of A vi. Tgllis ias Tue
Last night Dye took leave
ana MS moroiug babe +
ehil .seD, father aEd L -
some time psst be behaved
aud violent maaHer. but as tho
Of execution approached be 90
down and preserved a rational
mesnor. except occasional ,e,r
outbursts- At az early hopr
morning a crowd gathered /, @
street and ON the tops OF houses
the court house, but o1ly ofHe;,I
the spiritual advisors and reprssoaas
tIves Of the press were admi,tsd
the court yard of the prison. Dg,.
the morning Dye made arrapoemaas
for the disposal Of his property. vSTs
Anderson, who had press,r
throughout his imprisonmen, nm"
ed tranquility, remained 10 cam.
eDce with the clergyman. Az ia
A NJ. the prisoners we're notified
prepare fer the scaifold Aude,a
came from his cell smiling and 80
possessed, while Dye was 80 ov'.
come with emotion as to REQUIRE .na
port. At noon the prisoners asee,da4
the scsffold. ShrOuds were drsw-
over them, aud the clergyman read
a statement concerning Andersen
spiritual condition, and also STE,
ment written bS Anderson ad nj,
ting the business Of the penalty. ana
expressing a hope Of redenproD
Dye in the meanwhile grew pale AMI
vomited twice, but remained oui-.
The clergyman than began a prsve,
the nooses were adjusted, the bjscL
caps were drawn over the doomed
mems heads, and at 1918 the G,,n
fell. The necks Of both men we.a
broken BY the fall, and 10 f@uur,.s1
minutes they were pronounced dead
A post-mortem on the remains G fD,s
instituted, with a view Il "a
pertaining the condition of the brain
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-04

liz At tie close Of the war, any man
had predicted that the generation
then living would witness the whip
ped rebels in control of the govern
ment, be would have been deemed q
crazy fool. Yet the rebel BRYCE
diers have rot only control of both
Houses Of Congress, but on Friday
last, when the loyal people OF the
nation were strewing with flowers
the graves Of the heroes who died Id
that wal for the preservation OF the
government, these same rebel Briga-
diers were debating in the Capitol OF
the nation whether it was notedylsa-
Die to refuse appropriations for the
maintenance of the army of the Unit
ed States
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sad Poisoning Case inrFermoni

lsp4yg Pnya, ", May -.
Newark, ten n~tilesEdistabt fropi he'S
a party If nine children yesleFaay
drank water from & brook which hsa
been polluted by the carcases o. .
horse and several sheep, aud were
poisoned. Seven Of them died soo1
after, their bodies becoming pnlIia
and demanding immediate burial
The Others eaEaot survive.
Morse lost tive, Mrs Aldrleh 'S0.
Mrs Carpenter three, and two o1ne'
children of Mrs Carpenter are we
ones referred to as dying, taking ne'
entire family. There is great exelts,
mont 10 the community abont 'ls
ma.fPr
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Now that the riot investigating
committee at Harrisburg has reported
that certain members and others
have been guilty of violations OF the
Constitution and laws Of the State,
the next step ia order is to see that
the viOlators are properly and prompt
" punished. 1t is not to be expect
ed that private prosecutors will vol
anteer to perform this service to the
State. 1t is the clear duty OF the
Legislature to e that the Constitu-
ton and the laws are enforced, at
least so far as its guilty members are
concerned, and he that dsllies with
his duty will be damned by ell honest
citizens Of the State.
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S.i.iy Of CorruEsinE Lcsis'a."ss

HARRISBURG, Pa, May 29-The
House Riot and Bribery COmpittes
made a report to night, il whien ihef
reach the conclusion that the pillow
ing named persons have been GUILTY
of corrup: solici atoms OF members
of the Legislature in connection VIE
the Pittsburg Riot billi Represents
tives Rumb-rger, Of Armstrong eoaa'
ty, and Smith and PETROL, OF Phiia'
delphia W. III Kemble. and ex-keP-
resenla.ice Chas. b. Salter, OF Phlla.
delphia Alex W. Lsisenring, oil
pasban Jesse + Crawford Of bllil
and Christ IN ing. Of eqnesheng
counties Fhe repor; is GnacSopRs
nied by any recommendation, but II
il understood that a resolution OF ell
RqlsioH IL tLp $3.50 cf Rum0eFge-
Smith and ReiroE will be rfsred neAi
week.
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-pemorans,ns plssase.

With kidney trouble a man = u
tcrIy demorsiized Restoration e
perfes, health gan be attained pZ ips
use Of kidney. Wort. 1t cures 40
dull distress in the back and side, anu
removes gravelly deposits 3
thartic but does not debilitaie.
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erred victor,

GENERAL GRANT is now ABOUT
ready TO turn his face bomeward-
lie will leave Yokobomo by the next
Pacific mail steamer about the last of
June, and will reach San Francisco
in the neighborhood Of July 20. Ar
rangements are being made by q
number Of leading citizens Of the
country to give him e grand recep-
ton on his arrival at San Francisco.
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Ne They Will.
rom ,be Baiilmore Ga-ere fpem.

From the Baltimore Gdzete (Dem.)
Our Democratic brethren in Con-
gress are thinking seriously now OF
passing the Apropri Ion bill accord
ing to the model prescribed by Hayes.
After doing this they propose TO blow
a horn and ego TO the country"
Some of them will be likely to re-
main in the country when they gel
there
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EVER since the Republicans aooi-
ished the income tax the Democrats
have been anxious to restore it, and
the movement for that purpose in the
present Congress comes entirely from
that party. The Southern Briga-
diers are especially anxious for its
restoration, as the tax would fall
principally on the North, and as they
saw make the id Yankees pay the
the cost Of tie wal they forced on
C1,4k
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THE Republican Convention Of
Ohio, on Wednesday last. nominated
an able and popular State ticket, and
adopted . strong platform Of princi-
pies which oil can subscribe to and
support without cavil. This means
a solid Republican vote and an as
erred victory