Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-09-09

the popular vote but by clear minority of
the Electors appointed by the states respect
lively. COOyercOme this majority and continue
itself in power required the commission OF
crime without parallel in the history OF
/ free government No sooner was it known
that the States of South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana bad cast their votes for Mr.. Tilden,
/ then conspiracy was set on foot by the lead
erS OF the Republican party to count them Tor
Mr.. Hayes, without every one of which his
election was impossible. The machinery for
| hands and they resolved to use it. With this
| view, emiSsarieS were sent to those States,
| all under their control, and in some instances
composed of the most dsreputable charac
tiers. President Grant issued an order to the
Army to protect these Boards in their action.
This, together with the rewards of office, was
| all they needed to induce them TO give certi
fcates of election to the Hayes Electors, not
withstanding they had been clearly defeated
at the polls in both Florida and Louisiana.
After reciting the details of the infamous
proceedings in both States, by which the fraud
was accomplished, the speaker said:
Gen. Garfield, who was one of the Electoral
| Commission, in his opinion i'll the louisiana
case, said:
"1he determination of the Board, if not
overruled by the Courts of that State, is the
final and conclusive decree of the State itself.
Neither Congress nor this Commission has any
authority to inquire whether there was traud
or error in the process by which the deter
minatiOn was reached
In the Florida case where the determine
ton OF the State Canvassers was Orerruled by
it made no difference. These decisions of
Gen. Garfield were made under an act of Con-
Commission, to decide what persons were
duly appointed Electors" from the states of
Florida and louisiana, and he took an oath
slider all questions submitted to the Commits
SiOn.''
L have shown you how he performed that
duty. How he kept his oath let him answer
to his conscience and his God; but for that
fraud practised upon the American people
W m res
The facts as have stated in regard TO Flor
ida and Louisiana all substanIiated by Of
fetal documents. 1t was thus by the fraudu-
lent and false count OF votes cast by corrupt
State Canvassing Boards, sanctioned and con
hrmed by a subsequent decision OF the Elec-
tOral Commission by n vote of eight to seven,
that the managers of the Republican party
succeeded i'll forcing into the Presidential Of
ice a man whom the people OF the United
States had repudiated. Could greater crime
be committed against the rights OF the people
and representative government? What be-
comes, my countryInen, of your boosted right
to participate in the election of the chief mag
istrate of tho Nation, or any other ofcer,if eff.
feet is not to be given to your votes when cast?
Why go through the farce OF an election, when
the result is to be determined not by the ma
jOrity of the votes cast, but by the false count
OF corrupt Returning Canvasoers: am sure
the blood OF all honest men who hear me, no
matter what their politics, viii boil with in
dignation at the thought Of being governed by
officials placed over them by the false and
fraudulent count of corrupt Returning Boards,
and yet this is just what the people
of the United States have submitted to,
far relates to the Presidential office,
since the 4th of March, 1877. suppose the cleo
ton for President this year should turn upon
the vote of Indiana, and that II majority OF the
votes cast in that State should be Tor the Gar
field Electors, notwith standing which, her
State Canvassers and Democratic Governor
should falsely and frauduently ceI tifT to the
publicans in the land would sanction the out
rage and uphold the action of the Electoral
Commission, appointed to ascertain who was
duly elected in Indiana, which should decide
that the certificates OF election given DV the
Democratic Governor and State CinVassing
officers however false ana fraudulent were
conclusive upon Congress when it came tn
count the Electoral votes? And yet this is
just what the managers of the Republican
party did in regard to the count of the votes
cast in Louisiana ard Florida four years ago.
Nay, more, the very persons who participated
in or made the false count, have since been
REWARDED WITH IMPORTANT OFFICES.
Wells, President of the Louisiana Returning
Board, and Anderson, one OF its members
were both appointed to offices by IIayes-the
former, surveyor, and the latter, Deputy Col
lector of the port of New Orleans. The other
members of the Louisiana Returning Board
except one, whose relative received an APP
poinLment with their clerks, many of their
relatives and others connected with the Lou
i>iana iniquity, have been appoint ed to offices.
Stearns and Mciin, the two members of the
Florida State Canvassers who gave the false
certificates of election to the Hayes Electors,
were both ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to Office by
him. OF the visiting statesmen" sent by
Grant to New Orleans and who by their pres
encc gave sanction to the false count of the
actually advise it, Hayes has appointed Sher-
man, secretary of the Treasury; StoughtOn,
Minister to RUSSIA kassOn Minister to Aus
tia; Noyes, Minister to France, and Wallace,
Governor of New Mexico. The total amount
sons connected with the Returning Boards of
Florida and Louisiana are S2il 80. Now, my
Republican friends, do You approve of this?
If not, how can YOU vote for Gen. Garfield:
HE WAS ONE OF THE VISITING STATESMEN
Sent to New Orleans by Grant to witness the
counting of the votes by the Returning Board
md fin a nf
their false count He subsequently sat as one
of the Electoral Commits ion, and decided that
the certificates of election given the Hayes
Electors by this Returning Board, however
false and fraudulent, were conclusive. If Won
vote for him under such circumstances. Go
yOn not indorse and approve the action of
the Returning Board in making iraudu-
lent count III the the first instance, and the
Electoral Commission III aterWard deciding
such fraudulent count to be conclusive?
Iiotn parties claim to he for honest cleo
tions. [ have shown you what the control
ling influence IF the Republican party means
by honest elections, that is elections super
vtscd and controlled BIZ their own partisans
clectioEeering at the public expense Il sys-
TEN which their own candidate for President
pronounced unjust. What the party under-
the cases OF Florida and Louisiana, such Il one
aI will declare their candidates elected with
out regard to the number of votes they re-
ceiye. President Hayes rewarded with Office
the men who frauGulently counted him in,
and the American people are now asked to
elevate to the highest office within their gift
Il man without whose vote in the Electoral
Commission the great fraud could not have
been COnSuninated.
Is it not an affront to n freeman and an hon
est man of any party to ask him to do such
thing?
The speaker then briefly reviewed the finan-
cial question and the relations of Labor
and Capital, cOmplimented the Democratic
party upon the unsullied character OF their
candidates for President and Vice. Pres ident,
and closed with Il brief ailusOn to the issues
involved i'll the State canvass.
Poisonous COlOrs upon Christmas Cards.
A TRADE which has of late years
sprung up and assumed enormous di-