The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-05-23
THE GREAT ELECTION FRAUD.
n Men who rcrpctratcd II sim Def
ant In Their Guilt.

ant In Their Guilt.
During the debate on tho bill for tho
admission of Dakota into the Union a
tauntirg remark by Senator Edmunds
drew firm Senator Vest, Of Missouri. tho
rctort that 1t ives Mr.. Edmunds who crca-
ted the celebrated board which put
Hayes into the presidential chair" Mr..
Fdmunds rcJoincd:
IwEsh 70 shy with emphasis thnt l believe, and
| think ninotenths OF the people % the United
States who know anything about II believe, that
President Hayes waS lawfully and fairly and
justly elcc:ed by the votes Of the states according
TO the constitution OF our country.
This sudacious assertion was at once
met by Senator Vest with the question
why Packard. who received for governor
of Louisiana n larger number Of votes
han Hayes received for president, was
thrown out of office and sent az consul to
Liverpool. while Hayes was sworn In as
president OF the United States. II have
beard" continued Mr.. Vest, "tho ablest
Republican In this country. tho foremost
In every combat for the Republican party
and Its suprcmncy-I have heard Roscoe
Conkling say p o this floor that II was
by fraud that Hayes came 70 be prosi.
dent"
mr.. Vest walked up most Of snakcs.
Tho old memories emo crawling out Of
their holes. tho old hnpudcnt p~rctcnses,
tho old defiant Insults TO right and Justice
and common scnso. II happens that sew.
conspiracy Of tho great fraud arc Rcpub
ncan members Of the senate: Elmunds.
tho creator Of the electoral commission:
Hoar, q member OF the Infamous eight;
Sherman. the visiting statesman and man
aging man In Louisiana and tho ~discovorcr
of Eliza Pinkston; fIawlcy. a member Of
h second Louisiana commission, charged
by Hayes with tho arrangement Of the
Packard difficulty; and Chandler. Of New
HAMPSHIRE, whose fertile brain first
grnsped tho possibilities of tho situation
ON the early morning after the day when
Tildeu was elected. and who completed In
Florida tho work which he began at the
Fifth Avenue hotel In this town. They
oil hal their say concerning their rcspec-
tive parts In tho fraud OF 1870; and the
result was TINT q considerable part Of the
time OF h senate on Tuesday, Wcdncs
day and Thursday of last week was taken
up by this unexpected o~vcrhnuling Of
shameful history.
Tho whole story was spread again upon
tho record for the benefit OF tho latest
generation Of voters, down to tho very
last hush money paid by John Sherman TO
tho negro Cascnavc three years after tho
contamination OF the crime. md 70 the
list OF consp!rutors, accompliccs, princi.
pal and subordinate, who were rewarded
with public office by Hayes and Sherman.
at all annual cost of $223, 600 TO the
treasury Of the United States.
Yet not one Of the defenders md up.
holders Of the fraud answered tho plain
question asked by Senator Vest, Of Mis-.
souri,. Not II of them could satisiac.
torily explain why. II Hayes was fairly
and honestly elected rs president, Packard
was not the legal governor Of Louisiana.
With great force Mr.. Vest recalled the
memorable warming Of Mr.. Blaine: You
discrcdit Packard and you discrcdit Hayes.
You hold that Packard Is not the legal
governor Of Louisiana and you hold that
Hayes has no title"
We should DO glad TO announce that In
tho sober views of eleven years after, and
under tho Christening influence of politi.
cal ricisSitudca, some ono OF these princi.
pal actors In the crimc Of 1870 showed
signs Of rcmorsc. That Is not the case.
Without q single exception. their attitude
Is rs %impudcnt and defiant Us T. was when
their party was In the full enjoyment OF
tho stolen goods.-Now York Sun.