Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-03
A Double Issue.

IE& SS1e& o1 me coming p0lltlcal contes s0 about to be joined at Washington. The are two: one Of fact, and one of law. The il s< O< fact diveSted of all subordinate ma tGx. E this: admitting that some sort of fei e-xl szpexxizsa of elections is not improper <szH the supervisor have power not only to SC cre evidence of fraudulent voting, for punish E1t afsawzrds in the courts, but may he g fz-sbe1 and prevent the casting of fraudulen v1eeS hy the summary arrest of the person sreki-x to pepetrate the fraud The Democ zcy say to the supervisor, in effect, prOsecnt al vO1 please afterwards but you must no Ina1Fere with the act et voting even where EPsIa that fraud is being practiced,
 We nus frankly admit that the question i uus free from doubt, but our own inclination E sroggsy to the Republican view. For al rrzrs5czI purposes a fraudulent vote, once il the box, S Iass as effective as an honest vote Few Intelligent people now doubt that in re psz.aS instances. notably in the presidential sSsSsSo1 GE lS6S. New York elections have beer SezG-zinsd by fraudulent voting. We have n dogzf- oo ths other hand, that many elect Soz< ia the SOutbeEn states were likewise de s<r@sra by Republican frauds In noinstance Nrsk E S0U1h. has any election, dishonestl, gIEz by fraudulent voting to one or the otheI pxzsy- been set right by subsequent proceed @S Of the s0ooessfuI party. No party once wzuzg<GLly n office ever turns itself out k zzz be acknowledged. therefore tAr she-e can be no effective check E2su frx19ule1f voting which does not keep sz& frz06zBezt ballot out of the box.
 In u1Slv, De1ccrxts urge with much force, SAE rS=e cxR be TO free election in a country wa=S o5cGx may prevent honest voting by wholesale xrTesk Undoubtedly officers as- szuEzE sscA zuthority should be held sharply r=szsuz@7sise- and no punishment could be too sevss fzr szpGTisor who knowingly pre- vszEE tse bS1eS vote Of an opposing party f-Sz sang pSgsed S great. however, has hatz zzs z5zse Of the suffrage by fraudulent zcG-zEzE=i01- fraudulent registration, and E-za3zBen persecution of voters whose names E- Erar=Sy oa tbe Esss that we should be sa-y 90 sze any checks now placed upon such E-EHe= r-DsRed except such as are plainly un- EEx CT 2Bc5zstituf5O8sl In judging of this uzrz= we bsse tRzi President Hayes-for the 6n1- 6aclsi9u VII rea with him-will not take Ezv 1z--vw partisan view Of the question, nor ke Dnxes tE Fbe clxn0C Of ''stalwart" Repub- 6-zzz s4m thzz be will consent to any compro- rsxs wlilcA VII Bst interfere with the proven Essn aT F-xaG x1 tbe polls.
 SarA a the question of fact-sne not alto rszaze- wi1hou- dDus6-znd one which the Pres S5=zr a,-saz Ot all things to treat as statesman zzt nm zsa politician The question of law waa-A mzE zr5se If IAse President should differ w&A CSng-~ss regarding the issne of fact, is ar5esEy r4iis wbtss- the American executiveis is szzZ.azz5hlE ss CSagrsss sn the British plan, or w1se<ls- he IS solslv responsible to the people TAk gaesr5E ~7l arise should Congress insist zRssn -1ackizr~ measures to which the Presi- aEE sas-rzx 10 she appropriation bills thus sAr=zz=uirg ss disas&nd the army and the civil s-xast sz czzs tbe execuiive fails to yield upon Ez mEz=x Sf 6isEsuie WIfh Congress
 CTSsn ans psGn. F Soes not not strike us that ssss-x sssa8z be xny difference Of opinion. The Esuzs sF Esgrsssa-z.zves, originating all the szuE5y sSIlz- mxy very properly refuse to vote r1usner Ew sa5er1x they deem objectionable Ex-s arr sbe constitutional right, however, as wFasasa the suTsg9ies necessary for what Eagzr xs'uacss- 90 sse the grnper administration Ec -ar government la sr31 to force the Presi- Hs1r ak uszs.sn- so ussasEres he deems object a8zaaSses EF shrr CGn force him m that way, they czH wrA ssR1I C4k5n sf right force the Senate ss Esz raaEEiIz8c-- and thus gradually en- rz@ 1E -gsErsl ngs snly of the legislative but If 1hs sTsauzEre Fsswe-- We shall then have a FsHsaasHG ws3 is 4 mere Egure-head with <allHusz responsible 3Os so him but tothe House gf Es=r=ssznzzT4Sas and rhe American Senate VII Aszs 1x present ca-o03inate power, sz 5alz 51z2 4 s1a,acziazse position like that of slss E-Tasa Hsa=- cE EssrAs- Can anyone claim rn1r Su,a x-zs sse intent of ake founders of our CSlssirznagE. sr zAzz- ssca hxs been inc practice under 6 IF Ease Pres58ezs really believes the s1Fssr-sssrx- law ss Se proPe- measure, we EaEu< Ais wzI Ss1zsEzae tS veso any and every EEI zAaE w5l 5f<srsg T-s usefulness, throwing Ele r-srsszssSadErF upon C@zsUess of disbanding CIT mzfaHv r ezr5l service if they dare to pE-ar-zs,t ss s1cA eEzrvz5r5sx-
 We d= n1s Gzssr51- tkzSt the De-nccAtic par rv 6s efrarr se sc85 ur so s1p5d &s te court des- r7H,sasn EE4s1 s3cA sz 5ss1e &s this would pre- sruE Saxs ssr wAE= L has g&inesl by the con- sslsAxE1su # tht SoEzh Ihz1 party has been sr.siIIy Bss5z- Ssre2Eth fOr the psSs five years IT .EbE Hss ses z cs<ar m2joEiiy of votes in a single NarsaE-z Ssass In the elections of last EaH ReruAEcxzx captured governOrs from tirm ia Oz5A Cc1z<czScu. and Oregon. and thr brsgizEEzErs oE New Jersry- In Indiana, bE errzhT uas5,a wIFh the Greeutackers, they uaH1As-E indeed to elec1 s Senator; while the bs.s5sl4-ures st oass and California, holding sxex. ehase two msre Democratic Senators, SC thak rA~Sr b05d o< the national Senate canno wyH he sAAkEz for many years tO come. IT the Hsszse. 0n the oGke= hand, Republicanisu Las hu few Dorv seats to gain 10 return tc the coukru1 of that branch of the national leg sazE~e- It a very certain. toe. that the nex ceuszs viii strike hard 5Iow at the suprema eys ct the Sagad South. taking away quite ar fusp1wsxzs fSvce from that section, and trans ferria< t to the West
 WIfh the 1eu Presidential contest and the c1uErd of the House in great doubt, it will take uo very great bluRder on the part of the party tn es1krol Of Congress for the first time siacS the WAT, to turn the scale against them \ e<i<f glance al the present political situation ard .t the tendenciex of the late elections vii show upon what very unsafe ground the Dem Serxs5c party Is now sanding:
 The period reaching from Reconstruction t the middle of Grants second term was one c manifest, and, we must candidly admit, of de served Republican decline The foolish nom inaEioa of Horace Greeley turned popular dis satisfaction from its natural course in 1S72, bu ft took full effect in the elections of 1874 TA~a . reaction began in the opposite direc tfmr Vn fS-g naoule wavernd hetweeu dis