The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-03
THE GREAT CRIME AND IT'S
RENEFIC5ARIES.

BENEElC1ARIES.
1t is in order this year to keep the
Great Fraud of 1876 prominently
before the public eye. There are
many Republicans who reprehended
it and who have always contended
that it was.the work solely of a lit
tie knot of politicians. They have
especially claimed that Hayes and
his administration had nothing to
do with the Fraud and extended no
recognition to the miserable tools
employed in its preparation. The
story SO far as concerns Louisiana-
whose Returning Board formed the
head and front Of the crime-is re-
viewed in a few words by the New
York, World: The returns of the
voting in that State in 1876. IS made
and forwarded by the Republican
election officers to the Returning
Board, exhibited a majority o f6,4o5
for the Democratic electors. Those
returns were not accompanied by a
single protest on accol MT of fntimi-
dation or fraud at the polls, except
ing in the one parish Of Concordia.
To reject any of the returns except
ing in that parish, therefore, could
only be an act of rank usurpation.
The Returning Board had no lawful
control over a return unaccompanied
by a protest, excepting to count the
return. But in order to get q pre-
tense for reversing the popular will
as expressed in the election, certain
Republican supervisors of election
we're induced to make ee post facto
protests against pretended occur
rences during registration which it
vas claimed had tainted the subse-
auent returns. There was a vacan-
cy in the Returning Board. The
law required that the Board should
consist of persons taken from all po-
litical parties. But the Board, when
it assembled, refused to fill the va
cancy aud sat throughout as a parti-
san board consisting only of Repub-
licans. This illegsny constituted
tribunal labored with the returns
during twelve days and twelve
nights, and finally succeeded in
throwing ont a sufficient number of
Democratic ballots to give q major
ity to the Republican electors and
to Packard as Governor.
This establishes the yillainy with
absoluteness. It leaves neither crack
nor, creyice for the conspirators to
crawl out of. 1t establishes the
Fraud with the incest technically.
The completely of the Republican
party as a whole in the infamy was
established by tile rewarding of the
criminals, high and low, by the in
coming administration. We,subjoin
the BgGcE A6Sg:
CONNECTED wITH THE RETURNING
BOARD.
j. Madison Wells, President Re-
turning Board, Surveyor Portos OF
New Orleans.
Thomas G. Anderson, member Re-
turning Board, Deputy Collector
Port of New Orleans.
g. Cassanaye, member Returning
Board, brother of u. S. Storekeeper,
New Orleans.
Charles A. Vernon, Secretary Re.
turning Board, Inspector of Custom
House.
Charles S. Abel, Secretary Re.
turning Board, Inspector of Custom
House. 4
York N. Woodward, Clerk of Re-
turning Board, Clerk of Custom
House.
w. S. Green, Clerk of Returning
Board, Clerk of Custom House.
P. P. Blanchard, Clerk of Return
ing Board, Clerk of Custom House.
G.. R. Davis, Clerk of Returning
Board, Clerk of Custom House.
Charles Hill, Clerk of Returning
Board, Clerk of Custom House.
George Crindley, Clerk of Return
ing Board, Clerk of Custom House.
John Hay, Counsel of Returning
Board, Special Agent Treasury De.
4 partment.
4 A. c. Wells, son of ]. Madison
Wells, special deputy surveyor,
New Orleans.
T. A. Woolfey, affidavit taker, U,
S. commissioner
R. M. J. Kenner, brother of return.
ing board Kenner, clerk of Naval
Office.
STATE OFFICERS AND MANAGERS.
4 Michael Hahn, state registrar
superintendent Mint.
James P. McArdle, state regis.
trar's clerk, custom house.
w. P. Kellogg, Governor, U. S
Senate.
S. B. Packard, candidate for Gov.
ernor, consul to Liverpool.
Geo. L. Smith, candidate for con,
gress, collector at New Orleans.
James Lewis, police commission
er, New Orleans, naval office.
Jack Wharton, Acknowledgment.
Louisiana, U. S. marshal.
A. S. Badger, general of state mil
itia, postmaster New Orleans.
D. j. M. A. JeWett, secretary re
publican committee, inspector O.