The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-25

hUte WILL IL IpuITlt
iaineniablc fact that upon the Vital q,ies
toiis submitted to tieill for decl ~. \
I, they DECIDED upon strictly party lines rss
\ eight Republicans voting ont way am
'' Why I was'this9 Mhein We voted TO ere
& ats the Electoral Commission we sup
/ posed, as we shad ii fight 10 SUPPOSE, th ~
N In suck III hour OF public ;peial III ~
Me, MO Senators, Ave Representative;
( and I'VE judges. belonging 70 the i, mos @,
augus, tribunal uroh earth, con'a q, ~, pe
found who would be capable o. ,ras r,,!
niitted 10 them like patriots and m, !, men len
ia according to the Constitution and ia" =,
IN The fear OF God, and II the splf'ii7Y oi
tie = honora bie coi1tnissioners. Poor NJ.
man nature is very weak, nna II ,.or y
charitable 70 presume tnat ~ any party
s Oras y 81 Il At Tie time. But still the
humiliating fact remains, . ,3n.d c Jrhrtt
yisa p so9 seven peoerats M
te I,,ro q rnnr frnnkly admitted in letter
addressed 10 Hon. Geo. w. Jones, o. o. ny.
nessce, beurlng date Fe lronr had I'd been e
that ne f Tea o1isI ana case. Nr. justice
~ Rrnl,cv said that he had serious ao ,,.r,t
IN The FLORIDA case and that ne h q, e Me
Z ten and rewritten seNf '17H7f ~
1n each case they based their dee's,Ia
@,nnn iho ground that evidence ~ he
IA q oyernor's certificate cou,u i, no nxer.
admitted by the co nnn as he Two houses
~ Eonrress possessed, and thai t ts MutS
~ n Sovereign state, expresses. AZ ~ hav.
Inc iurIsd lotion Of the mattei'. o N'''0 - !
hc injured into BY Congress.
4 ~ w IN SOME INCONSISTENCIES -
But it is worthy Of note t NJ th not CONF ne
Of the Repubica,nn me m e Explain The
nin rinr Inconsistencies Of thGT al ,aeidcS
s,,,,nrs. In the Florida case they usG.nc
a VAS not competent to give any ", es' rnrcsl-
ands the 1s ape4rs op the presence q The
aen t, S y, to show that other perSsonns
t%sn thnse regularly certified py ~. a.io NJ Nv
ernnr had been appointed eie a, issd i not,
counter proof to sbow ,sa' 10 t"v Say. as 10
ana ihem ee made to the eligibility r oa
i1I ne "Tho Commission IS o. t the
nninion that, wthout rc ere ynio and tie
question Of the ~ e,e oi the evidence
1neals, ~ show that he held the oi,ee ne U
Goes sSnn, ms. Commissioner on the ga gay r r
s electors we're appointed, , ~. ~ not be
place they deeldeI ~ .n Evidence alunde TIE
com a p.tet nncncd by the president , o.
E ppate In he presence Of the Two emitted united
and lin the second Ip,.de,,e e'o almnde to
they did 6, m, q, reys was not ineligible.
prove Shai o ,1uI; case they decided h arv
VAS not competent TO p 7'in,ea s' electors
Of such. persons e 81 60 of trust or profit
aforesaiHa, 1 II' States at the time w nrn
t u,us' were appointed, or tna5 wy state or
Ineligible under the l aUos % 70 o' be proved
any and 9ehf the said certihcates and pape sGo
a. ather words. they decided thaa !, ''," as
no difference , Whe th Sy t he tc;eensttuion
Of tEe ~ sn'i his Vote must be counted
This decision made ~, not Eoderal Con-
section 3 article =, o. TN ~ exnress terms
stitutlon. w l'erso ploh holding an OFFICE Of
i inas or pront under the United sta les
shall be appointed an electo ro,,,d de." that
Constitution s Of et't the same time hold
NO NO person 1ham s one ONCE" Two Of the
T.ouisiana electors held oflices o. tr .nd
and profit under the y, on't rffccrs of tho
s'in this connection it may De 80, st aota
at during TIE sHqYt o e. c Ice was
y, Eide cred ID BY senate committees COM M
BOSE - OF Henry Clay, slas Mright anu
Felix Grundy. who reported ta ,an; :, ,ss,on
rs n .ns tbeir so FORMER technical ruling.
inNthe Florida and Louisiana cases i "a
held that the person reguiliaariy cu,1 1 me-
TO By the Go yer or ho IT, Of their
apponiment By the returning oHcers'
We're the legal electors, ,,or,,
$500 AS TO OREGON'S VOTE. .4
They also held evidence aliunae ~ ,,'e Is, avs ia
Of Oregon the Governor and the Secre e!,a;,
of State wsas the returning board. I [I,o
certified that Odell. Cartwrlsnt ;tno ~
min had been duly appointed electors: ala
4 ,,nt THO onnmiSS sion went Denlnu tHCSo
certiticates and received evidence snow,
Ing that Watts had been duly a APR. ,e
elector instead OF Cronin: IL dl.ey ;, the
Florida and Louisiana cases. they wouia
& have been compelled to count ono vote
in the State Of Oregon, Tor l' leen, a iS5
votes, a ma jorty OF all the votes cast.
But such a decision would nave pee a
altogether technical, and not III acsoru-
ance with the right Of the case, mas,
much as the certified abstract Of voters
clearly showed that the STATE 81 Oresoi'
had voted for tile Hayes electors by u
decisive majority.
sion, in my humble opinion was IN re-
\ fusing the offer Of proof made py the
counsel Of the. Tlden electors IN so me
Carolina. IM, the cases OF Florida they,
offered TO prove that the certificates Of
the returning board were in violation OF
the State law. that every aepnr.aale, ,ho y,
illegal, null and void. and that the people
OF Florida had. in the mode presented
BY law, appointed riden electors BY 2
decisive majority. In the case OF l.oulsl-
ana they offered to prove that fraudl-
lent conspiracy had beer, entered into Int
to count the vote for the Hayes electors;
that the certificate had been procured ny
4 bribery and forgery: that, many thou'
sands OF votes for the ridden electors
had been illegally rejected by the return,
Ing board: that they had cMered TO sell
the vote Of the State. and that the III
den electors had been. appointed In tho
mode prescribed by law, by at least
eight thousand majority. In the case OF
South Carolina they offered to, prove. that
there had : been no registration OF tho
voters. that at least three thousand
illegal votes had been cast for the Hayes
electors: that In the October preceding
the election large numbers Of United
States soldiers had been sent Into tho
State for the purpose of intimidatinE and
Dverawing the voters; that said soldiers
were stationed at and near tho polls
OH election day. interfering with the ex-
preston of the popular Will. and prevent
Ing fair election. that deputy ma shals
were also stationed At the polls to pro-
vent persons desiring to do so from vot-
Ing the Democratic ticket, and that by
reason OF lawlessncss that existed in the
county of Charleston alone the RppuhlI.