New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
S0gE POINTS EsrIBLiSHED.

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There are few points which have been
conclusiyey established 10y proof that the Pot
ter Committee would gladly have ignored
entirely. Ii is we'll 10 notice these before the
discussion Of details begins
|. Ii is conclusively proved. by the admissions
Of Smith Weed in his secret dispatches 10
Gramercy Park, that the actual majority OF
The votes IN South Carolina was Tor the Hayes
electors. Yet it is admitted that MI.
Weed. the favorite Lieutenant aud right
hand man of Mr.. Tildcn III New-Hork
pofitics. tired to secure the votes OF South
Carolina for Mr. Tilden 10y bribery. Ii Is
conclnsively proved that the Board in that
State was at no time for sale, that Mr.. Weed
was fooled by the reports brought to
him bv person who was anxious
to get $1,000 for his services as
intermediary. and that W. T. PeltOn, Mr..
Tilden's nephew and confidential secretary,
went to Baltimore expecting, rs he admits,
to receive and 10 pay over The money Tor tine
purcbaSe. The vote Of South Carolina, then,
was cast exactly as the majority of voters IN
tended and desired. Democrats trlcd to buy
its vote and failed.
II. 1t is conclusvey proved by the admis-
sions of Manton Marble iii his secret tele-
grams to GTamercy Park, that the actual
result in Florida depended upon the decision
made "a to one precinct III Alachua County
and the return from Manatee County,
there beng only about one hundred majority
either way. 1t was secretly telegrdphed 10y
Marble that " ii would not strain Board much
"to throw ont" the disputed Democratic
votes in Manatce. His opinion of the worth
less character of Democratic claims in that
case was confirmed by the Board, which also
threw out the DISPUTED Republican votes in
Alachua. There is not a particle Of proof that
either of the members of the Board ever was
for sale The two Republicans were strongly
convinced of the Justice of tholr case from
the beginning, and in every decisive action they
were sustained 10y the Democratic member.
Marble and Woollcy both transmitted to New
York propositions designed 10 sway the deer
sion by bribery, but failed. Evidence taken IN
Che Congressional contest III ulat state has
proved beyond dispute that tire Republicans
were right III their claims, and that the
votes believed 10y them to have been
ras. were actually and legally cast for Re
publican electors But the essential question
is not whether the Board may have been
mistaken in judgments The vital fact Is that
it decided according TO the law as laid down
ly the Democratic member the Attorney
General and its honest convictions, and was
not for sale, although the Democratic leaders
tried to bay IT'S drcision
ILL., 1t is concusivcly proved, in respect TO
Louisiana, that a reign Of terror and violence
i'm several parishes, caused by Democratic
10 H. # ttpt
imposslble. for active Republicans TO bring
out their vote. such WAS the terrorism
that the proper officers did not dare
Tor their lives, to make formal protests
until they had escaped from the reach OF
Democratic asSassius. Some OF them were
aftcrward murdered because, having thus
escaped. they told the truth. For the express
purpose Of preventing the success of party
by such means, State law had intiustcd
extraordinary and arbitrary powers to
the Clnvassing BOard-pOWers which would
neither be needed nor conferred in civilized
state. Those powers were exercised by
strong Republican partisans, and there Is
not the faintest shadow of a reason
for believing that they required or had
any other inducemcnt than sense
of Justice and an intense hostility
20 the party of assassination and massacre
The Democrats insist that their Gssas,ins
should have trumphed, and that there was
Great Fraud" because massacre was de-
fcated by the exercise Of extreme and arbi-
trary powers conferred by law. The Republi-
cans, on the other hand rejoice that for once
the revolver and shotgun failed TO elect a
President.
" 1t is cOnclusiyely proved that the Demo
Gratis, being defeated elsewhere, uied to OBJ
tain 10y bribery III Oregon vote to which
they had no shadow OF claim. The offer OF
money went from Mr.. Iiiden's own house,
and the money itself afterwards went
from banks and bankers with whom
he has close and confidential relations,
at the request of his impecunious nephew.
That attempt to swindle the country failed, as
similar attempts had failed in South Carolina
and Florida. And now the thWared assassins
are yelling Fraud" because they could
neither get the power by murder nor by brib-
cry.
Mr.. TILDENS CEhTIFIC4TE or CH1R-