, 1880-11-23
A Huge ltLuNDER.

WHEREBY rtrE nEruDttCAN MALO1ttTY IN ISpI.
ANA IL ofrlc1Att'f CTR iE,ws ANN vorEs'
Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.
IHpIASApnr.Ia, int, Nov. as..-tItsv. 1ruy, scc-
retary nf stntc Ehnnkltn, md Auditor ttf Stnto
Manson cAnvnsacsf tho Presidential yutU Of In41f-
nnn this AFTERNOON, receiving certificates from
all tho cnuuttea III twetve districts. At tic
eleventh hotlr It WIS discovered that tho MIR
slal appointed for tho Eighth District had not
put III MI nppcar1lnce. antl tclner4,tn received
from tho Clerk Of Montgomery County
tho Hoard TINT tho yuto OF TINT county hui.
neither been certified to nor called for. This
discovery fell like n hnulbs!,uIl into
tho camp Of tho unwary, and Gen.
Harrison and his partner. Mr.. W.. II.
Miller. wcro hurried TO the rooms nf tho NoHrt
to sec whether 1t wonld be possible to dcny tho
canvass. An examination Ut tho law LETT tho
Hoard In doubt as to any discriminating powers,
and 40 they concluded to return tho vote
80 FAR ~ IT WAS CEEtr1rfED T0,
md adjourn, with tho mental reservation TINT.
when tho vote Of tho Eighth District was prop-
erly certified 1t should ho ntldc.l. Tho
yoto ns canyhssed Ia NJ follows: Gnrflcld.
2l2,14d; lIancock, 2083i5: Wenvcr, 1UG!ss,,-
leaving Garfield plurality Of 3.77l,
!nstend OF 6.400. ne It should he. Ind tho Eighth
District been canvnssed. In m Interview this
ovontng, Aulitnr-of.stnto Manson snltl that tho
Marshal appointed In tho Eighth District, CIa,,!o
Mntthews, was n graduato Of Grfencnst1o Unt-
ycrs!ty, and resided In VoymllliDn County, two
miles from IllatlAlc and twolrc miles from
Clinton. llo thought It likely TINT tho com,u!s-
sion notifying him OF his appointment Ind by
mistake bceu sent to Canton. and TINT he Ind
not only not received It., but Tint ho
nm NOT KNOW Of Hin AlI4,tSTMgNT.
as 10 cansassfng tho returns hereafter, Gen.
Mnnson sa!d ho did not believe tho llonrd hnd
tho lcgHl right to do go. Tho Inv was very spo-
cilc, stating TINT tho Marshass snl return tho
certificates to ths Sccrctury nf Stnto between
thu hours Of md II oil thu third Ma,liny In No.
ve!nbcr, ami that thu G0yernnr, SccrctAry, md
Auditor OF StAte shall eMuvlss tho ynte between
the ht,rs If l. anl said ny. llo did not see,
he sail, how they could 'cgally extend this tIc,
reinnrktnK, with II significant arnitt. that, II tho
Mar4hal of tho sixth District tad failed ta eosne
to time with tho 1900 Republican majority, the
| Noard would hAvo
COUNTED INDIANA FOR HANCOCK
hy giving tho certificates to tho Ilurcock Elect
ors. "We should hnvo had better right to hMvc
done this thnn the L0uEsana Returning Hoard
dbl tn glyo certificates to tho tIayre Electors Ia
| th,lt Stato." Tho Guncrnl wna trunk enough.
howoror to atl1nt that tho law was n vors-stupltl
os,o rcmnrktnH ttat II this l1nlcr shnll call tho
nttontIun Of tho Legislature III It sufficiently ta
Load to lta amendment, tho tnistakpwi hut hnyo
bocu 1nAtlo In vnln. Leuding Republicans. 10 FIR
! as thoy have bcen notified If tho blunlor, cx
| press themselves horrilietl Mt this narrow
| escape, Tor, hat tho election Of Garfield dr.
| po1ltlcd upon tho vote Of Indiana, thoy now
| ao2 hnw easy It would hav0 hceu for two ar
throe Dcmooratio Marrhals, representing Nc-
publlp1tn Districts, to have remained away, A1N
thus Kiven tho Btate to fnheoek. As II Ia, Cur
iles's plurality Is cut own TO 317l. 1t is now In
| order tor
| CLAUDE MATTHEW'S
| to rsso md explain why ho fatted to como tt
| tlme, and among tho first laws amended by the
incoming Republican Legislature should 10 the
ono regulating tho canvNssing Of tho Prcsf.
dential vote. Altogether, 1t ta ono Ut thu worst
| blundors which has over occurred In tho h!atory
Of tho State, aud, under other circumstances, II
Is ensy 10 eco how Gen. llanc0ck might hast
taken Ills sent I'D President, nlthough fairly je.
fcatol boforo tho pooplo.