In the early morning of March 2d, the count was completed, and Hayes and Wheeler were proclaimed by the presiding officer of the Senate, Mr.
Mr. Hayes
declared
President.
The truth in regard to the whole transaction of the election probably is that the Democrats did in some places in the South intimidate
The truth in
regard to
the election.
During the counting of the electoral vote it was suspected that the friends of Mr. Hayes were giving some assurances to the Southerners in
Mr. Hayes's
Southern policy.
The result was that, although the Republican candidates for Governor and for the members of the legislature in these three "States" received