The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-17
Bed Rock Facts are What the UOngrrs.
SlOnal Committee are Reaching In
The Louisiana Returning
Board Matter.
Rich aud Interesting Develops
ments Showing How the state
Was Carried for Hayes.
How Democrat Negroes Were Whipped,
MObbed, Cut and Left For Dead, and
Republican Negroes Went About
With RevOIyers and Knives
and EleCtiOneered.
Not u Cnnnrd,

A Washington special 10 the 81.
Louis Republican,, dated the 18th, says:
Several days ago IL WAS reported
that General Hancock was tn he su.
persedrd in the command OF the At
lantic by General Sheridan. lmme-
diately on tie publication OF the report,
both Sherman aud Grant hastened 10
make explicit denials of the report,
aud 40 It was set down rs n canard.
70 day, have lie rned from I'M
questionable authority that change
of command was ordered that the
order was made out at the War De.
partment, and signed by Townsend M
coming from Sherman; that M 1t was
about TO be issued to Generals Hancock
aud Sheridan, Sherman came into the
office and cOuntermnnded 1t.
General sberman's ResoIuie Conduct
Farther than this he ordered all the
leaves OF the pages in the records
which bore evidence OF the order to he
torn from the books. This Is but n
sample OF the mean tricks the admin
istration officials are now indulging In.
In the Senate Republican senators are
daily engaged In sharp practice. II
has new been nearly forty-eight hours
since the mem orial Of the Democrats
who visited Louisiana was ordereO
printed, but M yet It has not been
done, although the invariable practice
is to have printed copies laid on tn,
senator's desks within very fee
hours after the document Is orderI d
printed.
Investigation I'm Nebraska.
Letters have been received here ask
lug the House to investigate the can
wasting Of the vote In Nebraska
Father Taft IL accused OF sending L
that State, by u messenger nance
Irish, some most extraordinary ORDER
which If given TO the public woul,
sink him still lower in the estimation
OF the legal fraternity Of he country
1t Is more than probable that lrisl
and the officials of Nebraska will b.
subpeuaed duces tecum.
1be oregon Election.
IL is also known that Taft sent
special agent in the employ OF tn
department OF justice to San Francis
co with written instructions for tn
conduct of the Republican electors an
managers of the Republican campaig
Ia Oregon. These instructions wer
handed over to Morton at San Frar
cisco, he then being there on the Oh
nese commission,
CoDkIing's Retirement.
Senator Conklin said to-day Thu
there was probability that he woul
retire from public life. 1t Is know
that he Is greatly inclined to 60 vii
the Democrats In the present eme
geucy, ii the Democrats use no ince
diary tactics. The Republicans ha'
been greatly alarmed over this, and
night there arrived here from Ne
York, five or six Of his friends, head,
by Cornell. They are with him no
in ful6lment of their promise to the
party friends at home, that tn
would tndeavor to keep COnkli
within the ranks.
GOV. Tiiden Confident.
Persons who have seen Gov. Tild
within the last few deys report him
being very confident that he would
peacefully iDaugurated President. h
friends are not idle, and great mo'
ment il said TO 10 on foot which "
soon be made public. Gov. It'd
and his intimate advisors are In
ceipt OF
In whatever form may be needed fr
Conservative Republicans from
sections OF the country. These ass
ances come from reliable and prom
ent men, aud invariably go to show /
now vastly greater majority Is
Tilden than he received on the seve
Of November.