The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence N. o. Democrat.


| g sfainpeded aud The Radicals thrown into the
| most insane psfoHysins Of plee by slight mis-.
| constitution uf the decision Of the Tribunal
which gained currency on the street shortly after
| the decision was announced The nature Of this
| tnisruneeptiun ard ts due eDrt teeton have both
| long sinee reached you by telegraph, Probably
before this reaches you The case of Florida will
| have beet settled-ptliet Ia iavgr Of Hayes by
cuunting certificate No |, or by throwing out The
vote If the State. But this s not In The diree-
| ton Of my theme. / started out 10 ell you about
The excitement which followed the first announce
| meat Df the decision
Fur more ilian Two hottfs before the time at
which IL was generally understood The decision
| would be rendeiad, all The corridors leading to
| the room In which The Tribunal WAS sitting were
| thfongeh with anxious hundreds sufging back
| and forth at every breath OF rumbt that Hoated
| Oh The aif while The space n front II The duUf
| was 81 dehsely packed that louuhiuiUn in tli
| quarter was utterly inirnssibln. Senators and
| tiepar ltnpht clerks. eUhgl cssnipn and eUl1rea
| street sweepers. highly respectable local pvliti
clans from tho iutefi0r aud shoulder hiting
ward bunnleFs from the netfUp g., tlbnwed
aud iIstlsd each 9th + In ihe most approved
| laSh n OF popular snvetetgutr aud with 81
nbditdOn hat would haye delighted the author
OF the immortal hut in91tuF tte proposition thBb
all men were crested free end equal. From time
to iih,p sUhie tnad waa would surge bach ftun
the l.uof as though making way Tor The disIin-
guiahsd solons to come aus, aud then the mob
u the outskirts would begin tu whsper. "l he
tribunal has reached deci4pn.' In ten seconds
The report would be at the other end uf the
Uapitol j. A Thousand versioUs, and every fellow
with a version would declare that be got IT from
q nan who had seen n mtnbpr Of The Tribunal
Finslit. all ths suspense was ended. and Ell.
fously, though naturally enough, II ended in
grand and general niaapprebensen Of what the
result actually was. La less time than II takes
| me to write IL, the report was out pn the street
that The Tribunal lad decided by A vote Of eight
to seven that the Hayes electoral vote should be
eOuhtedl Or course, 1t was impossible % arrest
the flight of 80 himble etory as this, aud III half
ap hour II b al penetrated TO every household IN
Warrington, and been flashed ID private tee4
grams to nearly every hamlet In The United
States. [ have never seen a csbsrd fly 40 since
the war. Then, you know. a battle could be
fought and forty thousand men killed on Eve
minutes notice hundred miles from the front
aud be army need not move out Of winter quar-.
tiers, Well, 40 ID was In the present case. The
| tremendous suspense, the painfully suppressed
excitement Of the TUpuaee broke loose at the
6rst shodow OF provocstob. aud when the re-
stfauts we're once loosehed. there was no end TO
the aight OF the sensational mistake.
ToucHtra toHr SHERMAN.
The other day The st. Louis Times printed
letter over my initials which embodied some
very plain aud concise ta.ements quite Hefious-
" affecting Johns largely. assumed and much
exploited responsibility. Fer suna reason OF
ptner. Juhs failed to respond. II must he that
bs attention ia too much enRrossed n watching
the last eHpiiing Hasps OF the Hayes cons piracy
10 enable him to take adequate note nf what
transpires Immediately affecting himself or,
perhaps John thinAs that the crimes Of ith ae-
cused him IN the letter aforesaid were COMMITTED
au,na wears ago. aud have sinre been superseded
By 4 mass Of new crimes which must be die
posed of before eogBssntp can be taken
Of thnee earlier ones, IT, indeed, the
latter have not been "nuawed 50 by The
mete lapse of time. hope John will not over.
look the important fact that, having accused him
Of censpirins, either in person ~ through his
bfokhef.in=law. Charles W, Muuiton. Of Cinrin-
natl. with gang pf "a vile thieves az ever eub
pocket or nibpad purse. 10 rob the government.
earnestly, and with tears Ia my eyps, plead for
All opportunity 10 prove the same In the uaual
manner. regret 10 announce nty apprehension
that dohn WIN fesu periee'iy saushed Win the
aocusaHeh anu VIII hes ca't ior ehe pfobi' IN
aeleotins this course ne SHOWS ulsefetion
Wmen, IN we eyes y. s"me. "'it uVueuees De
eteu''eu,e to hith; way se ne 's III tns poeiuoh
once oochpien oy 'e.h .; ra.eeisoh. r 81 tehhsfr
wanna VINO ~ ho" Seba'oF 'L"th eon'n ta.ohhe'
4, Ger ain newspaper man informed Jahn that IN
hls Ntne hewspaptT man = opinion ne N'ohh} was
ah at.lsalo ha. anu nn'eneu poi'sooh;
'shh reepp,iueu wan Hu a'f VI teHet a. thst
hlna Pefm'ee'on o. oieumetahee' nir, can
"''ofa W hafe uieuiIf "i'n u he,"tpaPef COZ,
ieepunnshMt, p " n.na'e. VI 'ne o"''e" e'eees h"st
ma a,,, ntein bis o'Rhs'F. .-.. ...,,
m1efeupYh wy he"spspeI man ,espehueu,
Mer, ss oon hnoW nov now stue 'nat - ss
Keherpl prop Ms'oh' eht can ASSURE you theF III
tbih pafteulsf instance you cannot aiioto 10 nave
nlfheuity with newspaper correspondent
Nhich, | venture 90 cay, was tine, because
am acquainted WIN the correspond Mt IN q4es'
ton, aud he would have oaved ~ john q lhteleo-
tual skull IN about ten seconds atter The com,
nencement OF me ui'houty, hhu 'ohh cohotedeh
lhat he eould ahofd 20 nave one
Thu7, perhaps. John sherman Thinks he has a
senatoriai dignity TO maintain, which renders it
'mposaih'e Tor him to indulge ~ con royefsy with
ahewsparer man, paftlenarly when The point III
o'n'toVefny Woun ha'utalsV ihvuNo, !" some
extent, Johns right TO breathe free air and walk
at large. II that be iktheorf, can assure him
that whatever may be the iaisoy OF bis position,
as matter Of general prino,ple, IN this partiou-
lar instance hla attitude s9nndest ga
cretIon' II wore John won'd bo disoteet too
rHp CHAMPION LtAn.
It was sight aeon ony once in fetime-oue
OF those eingle episodes which sometimes form
the basis Of an outire novel, written to bring ont
a character aud frame it. | mean Old Wells aa he