The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-23

q gignntic wrong had been pcrpetrntcd ~ the
thc right and their duty 70 correct that wrong.
-Neu York Tribune.
The Returning Board of Louisiana
unquestionably did not believe any such <
thing. When they found that, after
having liked" the State 10 turn out .
fraudulent Republican majority, tho
face Of the returns rave an aggregate
majority of $500 votes for Mr.. Tilden,
they deliberately threw out enough
Democratic votes to give Hayes about
5000 majority. This was the process
used by these "honestn Republicans
in 1874. when 1863 votes were cast,
resulting in giving the Democratic
State ticket a large majority. The ke-
turning Board reversed the result. and
a committee Of the Republican House
of Representatives having been sent to
investigate the fraud, q report was
signed by Hon. Charles Foster, recently
elected Governor Of Ohio by the Re-
publicans, and BIZ William w. Phelps, a
leading New Jersey Republican, and
Hon. GARRISON N. Potter, Democrat, in
which the following statement was
made: 1--WE hold, therefore, that in
November, 1874. the people Of the State
of Louisiana did fairly have a free,
~peaceablc and full registration and
election. in which a clear Conservative
majorify uGs elected to the lower house
of the Legislature, Of which majority
the Conservatives were deprived by Me
unjust. Mc1al and ARBITRARY action Of
he Returning Board" Nevertheless,
after thls Conservative Legislature.
lawfully elected. had assembled, the
Federal Government dispersed il at the
point Of the bayonet.
In 1876. as in 1874, all the election
machinery was in the hands Of the Re-
publican party; United States troops
and Federal Deputy Marshals were
posted all over the State; special di-
recfions had been issued by the Re-
publican State Committee to the State
Supervisors Of parish registration TO
count in a Republican majority. The
machinery of fraud was organized to
perfection; yet there came forth q
Democratic majority, During that
campaign every Supervisor Of Flee
tons received the following circular:
H-EApQuARrERs REPUBLICAN, PARTY on
LOUISIANA. Rooms JOINT COMMITTEE On IAN.
WASTING AND ASSASSINATION. MECHANICS
INSTITUTE. New ORLEANS, September ~,
is,a.-To supervisor o. hngissra,ann; ra awn - y
this committee, from examination Of the cen
sus OF 1875. that the Republican vote IN your
parish Il 3.CO1. and the Republican majority u
k.sol. You are expected 10 register and vote
the full strength Of the X publican party "
your parish: Your recognition by the mex,
State administration will depend upon you
doing your full duty in the premises. and 70,
will not be held 10 have done your fun duty
unless the Republican REGISTRATION n,,i n YOU yo,,
IA nf least 1900. All local candidates and com
mittces are directed 70 aid you TO the utmos
and wisI bc Afforded YOU; but you must oh
tain the results called for herein without TAI
Once Obtained. your recognition will be am
pie and generous. Very respectfully you
d.. NJ. A. JEwErr. Secretary.
That Is, of course, a plain, v
nished demand to count in a Reput
lican majority, no matter what the re
suit Of the voting might be. The 81
pervisors did so to the extent of thei
ability, but they failed, and what the
failed to do the Returning Board Iii
by cooking returns and inserting lyin
afidavits Of "intimidation,n concluc
ing by throwing out the lawful Demo
cratic majority.
The vote Of Louisiana in 1876 WI
one hundred and sixty thousand min
hundred and sixty-four, the large
vote ever cast in the State, shown
that the Republican charge Of intim
dalton was utterly false. In order I
complete the crime two Of the allege
Republican Electors certificates wei
= forged and sent to Washington.
We take pleasure in reminding Il
New York Tribune Of these cogeI
facts, which it appears to have owe
looked. Our Republican fellow-cit
zens have very short memories, v
know. but they should refresh them o
c~asionally. What the Louisiana X
turning Board did believe was TIL
they lost the election, and they kno
that they we've ordered by the Repu|
lican leaders at Washington to "say
the State,' even II they had TO pc
petrate the Gigantic wrong" v
have referred TO, which nullited Il
popular vote and seated a man in Il
White House who was never elccts
President OF the United States. |
DESTROYS were the pious Republics
leaders that the Returning Boa
should commit the crime that they 9
ganized a committee OF "visitiI
statesmen" among whom was N
John Sherman, who kept the Q
ncrvcd up to the wicked work viii
they were required TO do. Il =
Tribune wants any more facts we "
give them; but most Republican {
gans have not only admitted that tn
party stole Louisiana, but have boast
Of the robbery, on the ground that 7
Republican party being a sacrosar
organization, 1t is the will Of God Il
IL shall be kept in power by any meaI
however criminal -L0uisrSlIc Cours
journal.
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