Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-03-26
PRESIDENTIAL FRAUDS,

ABSTRACT OF THE MAJORITY RE
PORT or. THE POTTER
COMMITTEES.
HOW TILDES AND HENDRICKS WE'RE
COUNTED ouT--A CLEAR AND con-
cIsE REVIEW or FRAUDS PER
PErRATED IN FLORIDA
AND LOUISIANA.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-On Satur-
day, Mr.. Potter, Chairman Of the In
vestigating Committee, submitted q
report which he had prepared, to The
Committee, and it was adopted by
vote of six Democrats TO three Repub-
licans, General Butler being absent
The three Republicans, Messrs. His
cock, Cox and Reed, will prepare a
minority report. Mr.. Stenger, the
Democratic member OF the Committee,
who was Chairman Of the sub-com-
mittee in Louisiana, will not make
separate report, but will add an exr
preston Of his views upon certain
points in tho testimony to Mr.. Potter's
report. Mr.. Potter's report 10 neces-
sarily long, as it deals with all the
points that have been before the Com
mittee except the cipher dispatches
which will be made the subject of a
separate report and will be presented
TO the Committee to morrow. Potter's
report is regarded by Democrats who
have perused it as singularly impartial
and judicial. They say it is entirely
devoid both of rhetorical ornamental
tion and vituperative denunoiation,
and derives its force solely from close
and logical deduction Of the facts pre-
sented TO the Committee. Some of
the Democrats regard it as wanting in
color or not as strongly expressed as
the facts warrant, and it is not unlikely
that some members Of the Committee
belonging to that party will present
an additional expression Of their views.
The report of Mr.. Potter in opening,
sets forth what it was proper for Con-
gress to investigate and what not and
the difficulty of conducting an investi.
cation into conspiracies which have
been successfully carried out while the
successful party remains in power. 1t
admits that the confession of the con-
spirator who have become dissatisfied
is worth little, but points to fact not
generally understood, about the essen
tial features of the election and canvass
in Florida and Louisiana. There is no
substantial dispute before the Commit
tee, the Republicans having called
no witnesses in Florida and few in
Louisiana except as to the conduct Of
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law mrecung tne rres'dentiai electors
10 DO appointed py votes cast, ano
claims tnat the liiden eioctors' having
received . ma)ori'y OF 'ne'o'es cast 10
TINS otate, were tnereoy necessarily en-
Tilted 70 DO declared eiec'ed, ana tna'
the csnvaSS'ng poaro, oy relectne
without warrant Oh . law poruon Oh
the votes 80 as 70 show majority ioi
hayes, uniawiuiiy counted liiaen OUT
IL states that canvassers deiayed theii
announcement until the day electors
were 70 meet sndvote, sothat, aithougn
sctlon was instantly taken 70 ous'
hayes electors, no decision eo0id DC
nau until 'ne nayes e'e''orS nAd me'
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iho report 'neh reci'cS Inc Juogmen'
oil the supreme court winch suose
qnentiy- decided that the Hayes author
iues were not slected nor entitled td
cast the vote oil the State, and that the
Tilden electors were, and also the
Judgment Of the Court IN the action
brought BY Drew, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, to obtain a re
canvass, and decided that the canvass
ers, in refusing to count the votes cast
had deirauded Drew and uniawfully
seated stearns'
A RroAsvAss SHOWS riLpKs ELKcroRi
CHOSEN,
The Legislature oil the State there
upon directed a recanvass Of the elec
toral vote in accordance with this deci
sion OF the Supreme Court the judges o
which were Republicans, and rccan
vass showed the Tilden electors chosen
The Governor then issued his certif
cate to the Tilden electors as the true
electors, but the Electoral Commission