San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-09-25

p.,,i,l;.., CONGREGATIONAL
%epoisea W i NJ n,as,..ni oi the
n na.I ~ hr.n5ed nimseIf as a per
Doa.' 80" ,ha ,"s,;monv be had gwen
y a ,he s,a,e .leetion OF that
,oor0 ad had J;srr,ccd himself by his
y lii 81 ,sSc,l;,v and disregard OF law
,prh;', hoIi;pc nj. Gubernstorial Office
y, WI" Ia, Inc other members OF the
~ o. a., ,sc,c bis fir associate. and il had
h"o" cLsr,c,nrized by Hon. Vim. A.
No. n. "n dissr.ro 10 civilization, q"
anJ wss covcrcd with universal su,-
n;c;or. And vct General Garfield and
r,s Ro,ub,ienn eonlederalcs, 10 reject.
In, tho nroposi,ion for n Joint confer
enee declared that they had no reason
m doubt that a perfectly honest aud
ust declaration OF the results OF tho
cISc,ion in Louisiana would be made by
M ,rihn,nIi That this declaration
was n deliberate and conscious false.
hoo5 mn.t he accented M certain, un.
Icss wc con defend these DISTINGUISHED
st,,csmen Inv a,tributinp TO them den
s;,v nj iynorauce Respecting ll.known
ove,,s n. diserncciuI 10 them as lying.
Tha, General Garfield had lent him.
selr IN tho Returning Board in It's con.
s,;r,cv IN obeat Inc peoplc of the
Jin;iea State, il still more fully con.
6rmod bv IA action while .canyassing
,ha vo,o. 1, reIusod 10 gil the yacan.
40 IL ;ts bodv and supDly the wanting
no,;,;cai element IL wrappcd itself in
H. ,nan,lc oI DARKNESS by excluding
,,or H. Sessions The nublic. the general
nress renorters, the Supervisors aud
Resistrars of elections. and the candid
ates FIR Office md their attorneys. In n
numbor or instances the sealed returns
from distant Parishes were clandostine.
il. oroood and the papers tnmpered with
aHcr tbcv had been received by the
Roord An these facts were known to
Gonor,l Garfield H. was simply i'm
noss;bIc IN attend its daily sessions aud
scruiin;ze lis action without realizing
That foryc,v ncriury, and fraud, were
i;horaIlv wover into It's work. Ga the
,IIcrod ground Of intimidation it a..
ar,n,iv vioin,ed the law from which il
dnr;yca ;ts authority. by throwing out
,ho hollots nj 1000 or 5000 legally
ouo,i6oj voters. in order to secure a
Republican victory. This acton was
founded solely on ihis ground 'herc pr'
inc or fraudulent returns; and mas
much M tho Board could tax no action
in onv way on the subject of intimida
t;on without n strict compliance with
tho detailed and circumstantal pro-
visions of the State election law, and i:
tho fact il undenied and undeniable
that no such compliance was made, the
Roord Ind no Jurisdiction whatever ex.
cent IN count the votes returned. Its
action in counting them ior hayes nnu
Wheeler was therefore an na'er uehano'
OF the laws OF the state hhgr"h' ou',
rage upon justice ana uecchcy' anu
hideous mockcry OF repfescn'a'N'
Government. rms, geh''cnlen' 10 ny
indictment against, General uaineiu
tie was mn accoinpllce w INC crimo VI
cheating the people OF INC ,InlIec
States by placing III 'he rresincn''n
Chair a man VINO was never. cicc,cn
and by thus act OF reason ahh'nst 'rc'
institutions has forfeited MS rignl 1t
the snttragcs OF the American people
or.rp,t GARFIELD AND THE ELEc
M romAI coMAllssloN.
| But this is not all. Alter the Louis
lana fraud had been consummafcd, ant
the apprehension OF civil war led TO tint
proposal Of an Electoral Commission t.
settle the disputed question, Garilelt
opposed the measure Tor two remarka
BILE reasons. He denied tho necessity
} for any such tribunal, on the grount
that the Vice President had the RICH
I to count the vote and declare the result
y e., ,os,i,. Al ,Lo Io.J;no mo, n
H. oo,ntrr nj wLotevor n.rtv nm,
, w., oonnri;n, :, .r rntrolnn i;rc n
.nas, 49, 49,, r.;,h DO oioo,;o,
l pr Wash;n,o, b md Sr,,ch;na Jnwn f.
" "n io7G ,hn aorn,;nnn, 10 ajoo,
, ,nu nn,d !, r;uh,inllv dnne no Conores,
~ ,,dor h, nn,bor;,v and 6;rection
W,t Goror,l E.rhaiI tnew that Nh,
Voc Prns;dent wos rcadv IN ,ss,,mo til,
i;n,,,tol am,hnr;,, I'D that ,ho pros;
J. ,,;,h 10 ,,n,', ond navv ,ya
Ill u.1,,, y, VIZ" haot II; wb liz ho so ~ ,hn
III, ,Sa ,,,an Of an El,c,nro, Comm;ss;o,
~ n;nh P"r noss;hIv 900 ,hn prcs;Jnncv :,
G n,s. p' T;lGen Ills nartv Ind tn,
o :,;. hah;"d !, ama ha nam hnu
.hn. nSw ou" would bn omnloved IN,
Wv l"" IL 80 - s,ro,~onsIy nnnoSnd ,ho r.r,;c
, mI a. tn,turos Of 10 oIactor,l ,I,n Nj;
un:, a i.ul" ,rovna nt omnoS;,;or w,. m
.uo,Pd' snahin ,ha JHp pmm;ss;o r"t 20 ",
~ . mo .ha ro,urns md III, tbo roe,
G eon" y; d "o T ri w,o ,ltnoo,h"
.". ..,uai ,nr now |, nnwn ,hronnl
na,niai dnormonts I'm, ne ..v;sitir,
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