The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-15


(Mr. Bayard), and to his course on the
Electoral Commission, and said that SEN
ator, as a member of the Commission,
never once voted with the majority ofthe
Supreme Court Judges on that Com
mission, who were regarded as non-par-
tisan.
Mr.. Bayard-Oh, yes the Senator
has not followed the facts of that case at
all.
Mr.. Blaine--So far as the test questions
came l do not know what the little cour-
teses aside may have been. On all test
questions known to the public, think
the Senate is uniformly on record against
the majority of the Judges.
Mr.. Bayard-The Senator has not read
the record and does not seem to know
much about it,
Mr.. Blaine-I except Cronin's case, |
think the Senator did drop partisanship
on Cronin's case. Continuing hisremarks
Mr.. Blaine said Now, Mr.. President
this is a simple question; it is simple
invitation to this side of the chamber
from the other to abandon the ground on
which the people of the United States
have accepted the election of Hayes and
Wheeler, Yesterday spoke of back
door whisperings and talk in the corridors
and asked if any Senator knew that there
was any sort of understanding. [ asked
then and ask now if there is any gentle
man on this floor who stands voucher or
sponsor for that understanding? There
has been put in my hand at this moment
a telegram which l feel authorized to
read, nay, which am requested to read,
and I think it may throw some light on
the subject. profess to be a plain, blunt
man. / do not want any hide-and-seek
on this subject. l want positions to be
clearly taken and frank y avowed, l
read this telegram not exactly bearing on
the Louisiana question, but kindred to it
and possibly dispatches are circulating
in New Orleans this moment for the sur
render and abandonment of that State.
The dispatch is handed me by the gem
tleman on this floor, and claiming to be
a Senator.elect from South Carolina. 1t
is as follows:
COLUMBUS, S. G., March 8.
10 Hon. D, T. Corbin:
l have just had long interview with
Haskell, who brings letters to me from
Stanley Matthews and Mr.. Evarts. The
purport of Matthews's letter is that |
ought to yield my rights for the good of
the country. This is embarrassing be-
yond endurance. Ifsuch action is desir-
ed | want to know it authoritatively.
am not acting for myself and cannot as
sumo such responsibility. Please inquire
and telegraph me tonight.
D. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
I asked who had been doing the whis-
pering in the corridors, and the answer |
comes from Columbia. Is there any Sen
ator on this floor who desires to stand |
for that dispatch, or for the policy that it |
covers? Is there any Senator here who |
proposes to abandon the remnant that is |
left of the Republican party between the
Potomac and the Rio Grande, and that it
shall 90 down ''for the public Sood," as
Mr.. Stanley Matthews put itP Being a
little of a partisan, differing in that re-
spect from the Senator from Delaware, l
am not ready for that. do not propose,
either at the beck of Stanley Matthews
or Mr.. Evarts, to say that the public
good requires that the remnant of brave
men who haYe borne the flag and brunt
of the battle in the Southern States
against the prosecutions unparalleled in
this country, shall retire "for the public
good" Loud applause | do not pro-
pose it. | am here to do battle with any
one in my humble way who espouses
that policy. l lay that gage down for any
Senator who stands sponsor to the sug-
gestion of Stanley Matthews and MIR.
Evarts on this question; nor am to be
from my position by quota
ton from the late President of the Uni
ted States, of whom l would only speak
in terms of personal respect, because the
late President of the United States, hav-
ing, like every one of us, the right to
change his mind and alter his views of
public policy, did not in the dispatch read
by the Senator from Delaware, maintain
the same attitude which he maintained
in the dispatch which I shall now read:
Sunday evening, at headquarters Of
The Department of the Gulf-Washing-
ton, Jan. II, 1877-To Gen. G. G. Augur,
New Orleans 1t has been the policy Of
;he administration to take no part in the
settlement of the equestion of rightful gov
srnment in the State of Louisiana, at
least not until the Congressional COM
nittees now there have made their re-
port, but it is not proper to stand quietly
0y and see the State government gradu-
lily taken possession of by one Of the
claimants for Gnbernatorial honors by
Illegal means. The Supreme Court set up
" Mr.. Nichols can receive no more re-
,ognition than any other equal number
If lawyers convened on the call of any
,ther citizen of the State. A Returning
Board existing in accordance with law,
having judicial as well as ministerial
powers over the count of the vote and in :
declaring the result of the late election, !
las given certificates Of election to the
legislature of the State; legal quorum ;
# each house holding such certificates, =
net and declared Mr.. Packard Governor.
hould there be a necessity for the rec 9
gnition of either it must be Packard
1ou may furnish a copy Of this dispatch
0 Packard and Nichols. GRANT. :
The President, 1t will be observed, .
tated the case in January, with the !
acts all before him, as have stated to- =
ay, and he gives very correct portrait =
re of the Nichols Judiciary, so highly
auded by the Senator from Delaware
he Senator from Delaware said the few 7
nnocent remarks l made yesterday :,
ounded to him like the fire bell in the
light; they seemed destined to rekindle
be fires of sectional aggression. The
enator and myself represent different