Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-02-01
THE FRAUD OF 1876
Recalled by the Recent Death of E1-
President Hayes.


Recalled by the Recent Death of FIX
President Hayes.
From the st. Louis Republic
1t has always been contended that
Mr. Hayes was not rightfully elected
president, over Samuel j. Tilden, but
that he was seated by fraud. The
presidential election of 1876 occa-
stoned one of the most critical dis
putes to which the working of our
political institutions has ever given
rise.
After the election it was found that
the vote in Florida and South Carolina
was very close and the result uncer-
tain, and that in Louisiana, though
the majority of the vote cast was un-
questionably Democratic, the result
might be reversed under the power of
the State returning board to throw out
returns vitiated by alleged violence
and fraud.
The Republican national committee
decided to adopt fraudulent means to
promote the election of Republican
electors, if fair means would not avail
A conspiracy was hatched in New
York to throw out some of the Demo-
cratic votes in the three States in
which the result of the election was in
doubt and return Republican electors.
AS result, in Florida, South Carolina
and Louisiana, two sets of certificates
were issued and sent to Washington
one for the Republican electors, ard
one for the Democratic electors. Pre-
vious to this a committe of Republi-
cans had been sent to New Orleans to
witness the canvas in the interest of q
"fair" count The Democratic ma
tonal committee also sent committee
there, among whom were John NJ.
Palmer, Henry Watterson, Samuel J.
Randall, VIM. r. Morrison, Oswald Ot-
tendorfer, of New York, and Colonel
J. o. Broadhead, of Missouri.
There was much dispute and con-
tention over the returns, and many
claims and protests. No agreement
was reached, and after q stormy peri
oil Of filibustering two sets of certifi-
Gates were issued There had been
controversy pending for some time in
congress in regard to the matter OF
counting and declaring the electoral
votes of the several States, and the
matter was still unsettled when the
returns of Florida, South Carolina and
Louisiana were presented to congress.
A joint committee of the two houses
was created to devise method for
settling such disputes as might arise.
Out of this was born the electoral COM
mission. Five members of this COM
mission were to be appointed from
each house. The associate justices of
the supreme court for the First, Third,
Eighth and Ninth circuits were desig
mated to act with them after agreeing
upon a fifth justice, to be added to
their number. In this way the COM
mission was made up of Senators Ed
munds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Thur
man and Bayard-three Republicans
and two Democrats Representatives
Payne, Hunton, Albeit, Hoar and
Garfeld-three Democrats and two
Republicans, and Justices Clifford, Field,
Strong and Bradley, the last named
being the one agreed upon by the
others.
The Democrats who voted for the
bill creating the electoral commission
expected that David Davis, of Illinois,
would be the fifth justice on the COM
mission, and the fifteenth and last
chosen member of that body. Instead,
Davis suddenly conceived an ambition
to 90 to the United States senate,
resigned his justiceship and became
ineligible. 1t was then that Joseph
Bradley, of New Jersey, became the
balance of power. He was Repub-
lican. The decisions of the contested
returns were all in favor the Republi-
can claims by q vote of to I, and
Hayes was declared elected. A word
from Samuel J. Tilden at this time
would have created revolution, but
Tilden was patriot, as well as states
man and politician, and he refused to
lend himself to violent measures.
Hayes cabinet consisted of VIM. NJ.
Evarts, of New York, secretary Of
state; John Sherman, of Ohio, secre-
tary of the treasury; George w. Nc
Crary, of Iowa, secretary of war;
Richard w. Thompson, of Indiana,
secretary of the navy; Carl Schurz, of
Missouri, secretary Of the interior;
David NJ. Key, Of Tennessee, postmas-
ter general, and Charles Devens, of
Massachusetts, attorney general.
IowA's WONDERFUL ICE CAVE
One of the greatest curiositics in the
Mississippi valley is natural ice cave
which is located in the bluffs of the
Iowa river, within less than mile of
Decorah, the county seat of Winnie
sheik county. This unique curiosity
is indeed natural icehouse-a cavern
in which great icicles may be found at
any season Of the year, being espe-
cially fine in summer, particularly
when the weather is hot and dry out
side. The bluff in which the cave is
located is between 200 and 400 feet in
height, it being necessary to climb
about IS feet up the side of the bluff
to reach the mouth of the cave. The
entrance is fissure about 10 feet in
width and between Is and 20 feet in
height, from which a constant current
of cold air issues. Thirty feet from
the mouth of the cave the passage
turns to the left and downwards, to-
wards the river bed. The slope is
gradual, however, and the walls and
roof are within easy reach all the
while. After you have reached spot
100 feet from the opening you entered,
it is noticed that the walls and roof
are covered with frost. Twenty feet
further a thin coating Of ice is noticed,
which increases in thickness as you 60
into the bluff.
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED-That
as man treats his horse, so he treats