Year: 1876

no returns. but that sthe State is all right
for Hayes and Packard" The vote is now
to be handled by the Returning Board.
The present members of this Board were
condemned by a republican House, in 1875,
of having fraudulently manipulated the
vote Of 1874 The formal words in which
this was officially done were these -


Whereas said committee has unanimously re-
ported that the Returning Board OF that State in can
vassng and compiling said and promulga'ing
the results wrongfully applied erroneous rule OF
law by reason whereof persons were awarded seats in
The House Of Representatives 10 which they were not
entitled and persons entitled 10 seats were deprived OF
them;


Resolved, That II is recommended to the House Of
Represcn atves in Louisiana 10 take immediate steps
to remedy said injustice aud TO place tho persons right
lully entitled IN their seats.


The unanimous report" finding fraud
was signed by Mr.. Wheeler, now republican
candidate for the Vice Presidency.


Nor is this ALL OF the members of this
Board, so condemned but still holding
Office. one, Wells is now, by President
Grants appointment and a republican
Senate's confirmation, Surveyor of the Port
of New Orleans. Another, Anderson, was
rewarded by having relative appointed
cadet at West Point. Two others received
their reward from Governor Kellogg in
local sinecures for relatives The demo-
cratic member resigned. 1t is now proposed
to fill one vacancy in the Board by the ap-
pointment of Flanders, federal office
holder Assistant United States Treasurer,
the manager for Packard in the last Louisi-
ana Republican Convention, and who
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Can the national republican party afford
to countenance and to take advantage of
such methods as these, no matter how
strictly they may be according to the letter
of the law? Can it afford to be put before
the country as the alder and abettor in such
manifestly unjust, such glaringly indecent
proceedings? And can it afford to declare,
by the help of returning boards so
constituted and of political appliances
of such nature as we have recited, that it's
candidate is elected, unless this shall be
shown to the entire satisfaction of both
hope for a political future, if they have
any regard for the esteem of the nation,
they must to-day prefer that Mr.. Tilden
shall be returned. 1t is almost impossible
for them, under the circumstances to obtain
verdict favorable to their candidate which
shall not bear the fatal taint of fraud; and
we solemnly warn them that it is quite i'm
possible in such case for them to escape the
indignation of the North, which will cling
to them and inevitably sweep them out of
political life. Under the circumstances the
democrats have only to wait. They occupy
position of advantage which only their
own folly can deprive them Of But the re-
publican position is painful in the highest
degree To satisfy the public mind that no
wrong is done, where SO many circumstances
point to deliberate intention Of wrong, is
very difficult for them. To count their can
didate in without SO satisfying the public
mind and disarming suspicion is to court
disgrace, and at the next election to meet an
irresistible burst of popular indignation.
They may, by the methods which they are
using and which we have described above,
legally return MIR. Hayes. and as the Jour
nal of Commerce, q democratic journal,
correctly says in paragraph which we
quote elsewhere, there will be no legal
method of setting aside the result. The
nation must peacefully accept such legal
result. But the republican leaders will, in.
the act dig deep their own graves, and two
years hence they will be buried without hope
of resurrection.


Is Mr.. KELLY an owner or part owner OF the Ex-