The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-18
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they would have carried FIVE or six of the former
stateH and the Democrats would have carried
New York, Indiana, Oregon, Connecticut, Maine,
and perhaps other Northern States Republicans
want Solid South for effect on Northern voters.
Exchange
1t is an open question which Of the two bosses,
Kelly Of New York, Or Mclaughlin of Brooklyn,
did the most toward slaughtering Hancock. In
the three Brooklyn Congressional districts the
Democratic msjoIity is $3.50 1t should also be
remembered that the Republican candidate in
the Second district was Daniel 0'Reilly, an in.
dependent Democrat, whose twelve thousand
and odd votes came quite largely from the Dem.
ocratic party. Besides the rottenness In Den.
mark and New York, 1t is evident that there was
something triae decayed In the city Of Brook
lyn,-Pihs. PcSt.
Mr. George Bliss and Mr.. John Davenport
knew what they were about when they induced
Noah Davis, rather than Jake" Patterson, to un.
d6rtake the hearing of complaint for criminal
libel which was not brought by the person al.
legged to be libelled. Jake" could not have been
more servcesble, nor could have delivered an
"opinion" more exactly in conformity with the
opinion which Metsrs. Bliss and Davenport wo'd
have written for Jake" II Jake" had delegated
to them his judicial functions-Nttg York World
14M.
The Republican papers defend the honesty and
efficiency Of the Executive Department at Wash.
ington by declaring that the records Of those de.
partmerts are kept in tuch condition chat no,
body could possibly find out the compromising
papers which they contain, even though he were
told in advan ce what those compromising papers
were, Is there Hebrew named Apela any.
where in the city IN Y. World, 11th
A Formal Protest has been presented to the
boards Of county Canvassers In the county Of Co.
lumbia, Cortland, franklin, Rensselaer, Oswego,
Ulster, Orleans and several others, against count.
ing the Republican electoral ballots which bore
double Endorsement. The protest in each case
is based upon the claim that those ballots do not
conform to the requirements Of the statutes OF
this State are therefore illegal ballots and cannot
be legally counted. In some cases the county
canvassers referred the protests to the Law Com
mittee and adjourned to await their report, while
in other cases II was decided to count the votes
and send the protests with their declaration OF
the result TO the Board Of State Canvassers In
cast with those ballots was lost by tie vote, and
that, too in board Of canvasSers largely Repub.
lican.-N. Y, World, 18th
With New York thrown out Garfield would still
have majority Of the ELECTORS appointed" and
would be chosen President. II the representa-
tions Of the Republicans as to the condition Of
Louisiana In 1876 were true there was really no
election at all In that State and its electoral vote
should not have been received, but 1t he'd to be
counted for Hayes and not thrown out other.
wise Tilden would have had the majority of the
ELECTORS appointed" The same necessity com
PEELED the Republicans to count the vote Of the
illegal elector in Oregon. To change the result
Of the present election Congress would have to
follow this example and count New York for
Hancock or else throw out enough ofRepublican
States to give him q majority. Buffalo Courier
Dem Nop, lOh,
It ttequites no stretch Of the imagination to un
derstand why the Republicans would not like the
national accounts for the past twenty years over
hauled. 1t is also credible that just before the
election, when Hancock was possibility, the
departments were ransacked for records which
1t was d. sirabe should not fall into the hands Of
investigators hostile to the Republican party,
II has happened, when Congress was nosing
about for proof Of administrative corruption, that
an officially deplored but very handy fire gave
prominent Republican oficehoders good cause
to smile in their sleeves while they wrung their
hands with painstRking anguish, -PhiG. Chron
icle (CeR.) NOU 1Oh.
We observe in some Democrats disposition to
pass an opinion, er cathedrd as 1t were, upon the
allegation that the city and State Of New York
were carried for Garfield by fraud. We regard
this disposition as unfortunate because to decide
the question before hearing the evidence is to
give to the prOCureIs Of fraud precisely the Inn
munity they most greatly desire. In this respect
the people will not act as did the infamous Elec
toral Commission of 1877-that is to say, they
will not refuse to hear the evidence before max
ing the decision.- Illinois State Register (Dem)
The Southern papers voice the opinion and
sentiment Of the South. We want peace and
will make any reasonable sacrifice to obtain and
keep It, We are disposed to throw no obstacle in
the way Of the new Administration but rather
to support 1t earnestly and cheeriully not to say
patrlotlcally This we do without loss Of self.re.
spect and this we can also do without abandon
ing our party allegiance. The probabilities are
that we shall have another mild Ohio Admins
tration, and that the new President will be much
more seriously embarrassed BY the extreme
wing of his own party than by any faction at the
South in or out Of Congress- A policy Of true
Cancellation is worth trying by the Republican
party. An attempt to revive the reconstruction
era will be loss to the whole country,-AuguStd
(Ga Chronicle (Den) Nov. 9h
The Southern people, after the election as be.
fore 1t, have no higher or other aims than union
and peace. They want honest government light
taxation, equal laws. They acknowledge the su'
premacy Of the laws Of the United States over the
laws of any State, but they insist that the United
States be represented everywhere, and In every
capacity, by capable and impartial officers who
know their duty and will do It, irrespective Of
party Charleston NetVs (Den,) NOV 9h
We feel that the South should be as true to the
Democratic party in its hour ofadversity as It has
been when victory seemed about to perch upon
It's banners. This course should be pursued with.
out showing any bitternesSOr sectional animoSi
ty. II the incoming Administration should pro
pose anything for the good Of the country 1t shod
receive the support Of our members Of Congress,
who will thus prove that they are patriots, not
partisans; but II the Republicans endeavor to
adopt measures contrary to the spirit Of our inst
tutlons, there should be no hesitation In oppos
ing them -Mobte Register (Dem,) NOv Sh.
We have long seen and acknowledged that the
solidlty OF the South was serious obstacle to De.
mooracy, but division for divisions sake was an
absurdity. ANY policy which divides the South