The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-03-28
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HAYES BACK Down.

turned his back on all Of them Il. B
ready, and has certainly not deceived
US. Without further comment M
give the way it was dpne in the word, a
of Buell., the special correspondent q
the New Orleans Democrat, who ali
this time has been sweet on Have.
and actually believed "he would do
more for the South than Mr.. Tilden
dare do:''
General Gibson takes q calmer
view of the present situation than
any of his colleagues pf the Louisi.
ana delegation. He says that he had
an interview with Pres dent Hayes al
John Sherman's house prior to the
Inauguration, in the course Of which
Hayes told him that he favored the
plan of sending commission to
Louisiana to report onthe condition
of affairs there and would certainly
do so.
Gibson has resisted the commits.
sion programme vigorously ever
since Hayes was inaug,rated, but he
says that he has been prepared for il
and believed taat it would come, and
that, in private communication, he
has kept Governor Nichols prepared
tor it from the beginning.
To-day, when the President an.
nounced the determination of the
Cabinet to send the commission, Glib.
son said to him: "Mr. President, |
cannot find words in which to ex.
press my grief at this determination,
nor need l try to express to you tho
disappointment with which the an
, nouncement of your determination
will be received in New Orleans and
. throughout Louisiana, The Ian.
guage Of your inaugural led my peo-
pie to hope for the best at your
f hands. This determination will GER
tainly fall very far short of their
: hopes
f The President replied: 81 am very
r sorry to hear you say these things,
e General Gibson l assure you that
nothing is farther from me than an
j, unkind feeling toward yonr people,
$ but ! earnestly believe that this poli-
CIV is best calculsted to promote the
$ common int, rest of all the people Of
, your State"
t At this point Mr.. Ellis addressed
the President and said:
, "Mr. President, it is very hard on
r our people, after having been delud,
ed and robbed, to be compelled 10
wait yet longer and dance attendance
: upon commission; to wait aud SUI
fer, while their fate hangs npon the
conclusions Of four men. who may
}, do one thing and who may tin an.
e other"
. The President rel''ie.t:
il ut is hardly worth willie to re-
}. open discussion npon sfrrse points,
" Mr.. Ellis. 'rhe proposition, 10 with.
4 draw the Fedora! forces encountered
d opposition in the Cabinet and din.
;. ded the administration against it
: self The plan which we have adop.
Il ted was discovered, after exhaustive
discussion, to be the only plan npon
e which the Cabinet could unite and |
e thought it better that, upon ques,
6 ton OF so much gravity, the Admin
a istra.ion should act q. unit rather
g than as divided body"
8 Mr.. Hayes then turned to Colonel
/ Levy and said that he should select
J. as members of the commission gen.
" tlemen who had the confidence of the
q whole country, and should await
their report with perfect confidence
r that it would be justified by events
" and approved by results.
l. At this point, the interview be
d tween the President and the Demo
d cratic Conservative delegation II
:; Congress from Louisiana terminated
d but as the gentlemen we're leaving
% the President detained General Glib
'e son and said to him that the only EN-
e. barrassment he apprehended was
y possible difficulty in getting the mel
IS he wanted to serve on the commits
st sion, but he indicated that he woult
exhaust the catalogue of non-parti
san fair minded men before he CAV
y it up.
re observation-disclosures
it The trade winds are produce
,e by the diurnal revolution Of To
t. earth, extending from 20 degree
is North to 20 degrees south of th
,e equator; and sailors hail with 10
ID their advent into them, after bein
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