National Republican., 1882-11-27
BLuNDER NUMBER ONE.
Southern bourbon Prcas On the Swind
Hing of dhntupra.

Hing of ChnimerB.
1t seems that they sent up from Tate County to
Jackson Miss, tally sheet giving 1i72 votes 10
"J. X. Chambless." The readers of Sundays Pic
dyttne had the particulars by telegram, and will
not doubt that General Chalmers was unquestion-
ably elected, To deiraud him out OF his certf-
cate is shameful and indefensible, and legal tech
nicallties cannot excuse II. The Mississippi De-
mocJacy ought not to be defled by any such
there really Is a person named ~. X. Chambless 7"
| who actually was voted for In Tate County, the
officials at Jackson will not be excused for count
which could have been Iectiiled by returning the
tally sheet for recorrection.-NeO Orleans Picdy-
| Wle (DcrL), November 20
| A few days ago, when the Democracy swept the
country and carried almost every State by majorl
| ties Unprecedented, the question was asked,
| " Does not this destroy the Republican party p
mo" was the confident reply; "the Democracy
| Republican party" We all hoped and believed
this was untrue Yet before the smoke had cleared
| from The field we find the secretary of state for
Mississippi wiping out the majority received by
| General Chalmers, who was an Independent can
| didato for Congress, upon grounds so frivolous
and unsubstanIiaI as to disgust all fair minded
| men, and the governor of Mississippi issues the
certificate Of election TO Mr. Manning, the Demo-
cratic candidate. True, the dispatches say that
| the "bar sustains his action" but I" his action
| will come before bar-that of public opinion,
that will not be slow 10 condemn it i'll unmeasured
| terms.-NdshuHe american (De1RD
The governor and secretary of state Of Missis-
sippi have done wrong in giving the certificate Of
| election 10 Van Il Manning and not to ]. K. Chal-
| mers, as the elected representative of the second
Congressional district. They have done what
| Democrats have always, especially at the South,
| condemned-gone behind the returns and made
verdict III contravention OF the TACT that Az votes
! from Tate County were counted and returned by the
| commissioners for Chalmers, as against l66 votes
| for Manning. They had nothing 10 do with the
tally on the reverse side of the returns. The re.
| turns were absolute and oficially certified the
DECISION Of the commissioners, who, If they
| believed that j. K. Chambless and not ]. X.
| Chalmers had received the votes, would
| doubtless have SO certified. The returns and
not the tally is what the governor and secretary
| of state should have been guided by. They
should have made themselves acquainted with
the fact If they were not already, that the ,4I2
v1tes of Tate County were not cast for Chdmbtess,
| IT being well known that 10 such person was in
the race. The Democratic party cannot
afford to make the bad record of seating Manning
and unseating Chalmers. We are in u fair way TO
many years of power, and we cannot afford TO
| wreck these chances by doing wrong for the sake
of seating Mr.. Manning The Appea has labored
| see him VictoriDns but we believe he has been
defeated and that Chalmers has been elected and
we will not countenance what we believe TO be
| wroug.-Memphis Appeal (Dcm), Nor. 81.
| The whole city was startled last Saturday night
| by the ConmerctarS extra announcing tnat the
secretary of state had, after canvassing the vote
Of ,ho second Congressional district given his
certificate of election to Hon: Van ii. Manning
instead of Gem. Chalmers, whose election by a
understood by the public and conceded by all
men, irrespective of party feeling or desires.
| Jhere was put one expression on reaulng tne
extra, and that was surprise and indignation.
| Throughout the day yesterday the same subject
was generally discussed and commented on with
the one. result of dlspproyal, and. in too
MIR. Manning himself could surely not
have had the least expectation or desire TO gain
his commission OH SO irivilous ground as cleri-
| cal blunder in the spelling of name whether in
tentional or by accident 1t was notorious that j:
| r. Chalmers was a candidate for Congress and
! that James r. Chambless was not. No mention
had been made anywhere. OF any ticket in Tae
County having the name of J. r. ChambleSs on it.
| The Chambltss name is familiar to the people of
Tate County, large family OF that name residing
in the county. In fact the county was repre-
sented three years ago in the State legislature by
Mr.. Chambless. The voters of TATE County knew
Chambless, but for J. r. Chalmers, and the
| ballots now in the ballot-boxes in Tate County
will disclose what no one denies-that 1,472 Of
| them contain the name of J. X. Chalmers, and not
| one that of the name of j. X. Chambless. 1t may
be that General Chalmers was not the Commercial 8
choice for Representative from the second district.
1t was not its desire to sec any man, Democrat or
| Independent succeed the present and brilliant
member Hon. Van II. Manning, but in the recent
| famous and strenuously contested canvass Gem
| eral Chalmers was undoubtedl! elected Ecks-
| burg (Miss.) Commercial (Dem.), Nop. 90
| JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 20.-Your correspondent
was, perhaps, somewhat hasty in stating in his
| special on Saturday that the bar of Jackson ap-
proved of the action of Secretary Myers and Gov
erpor Lowry in issuing certificate OF election to
| Van Ii. Manning instead of General Chalmers. on
the prete1t of Irregularities i'll the vote of Tate
| County, us before set forth. On the contrary,
many prominent lawyers think the decision
| should have been favorable TO Chalmers. AS re-
CARDS the general sentiment OF the people, the ten.
dency is TO regret the action OF the governor and
| secretary both Oh account of Its uniairness and
because Q} the harm ii may result an to the Democratic
| party. Chalmers Is takingaactive steps toward a
contest for the seat in Congress.-Jaceson Mics.
| Dispatch 10 Menlphls dppeaL