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SENATOR OONKLING AGAINST
HAYES.
Tho Senator and his Friends In Ear.
nest-The Mode Of Attack which
he Proposes.

Tho Senator and his Friends In Ear.
nest-The Mode Of Attack which
he Proposes.
ALBANY. June 20-A great deal of
! comment has been excited, pro and oon..
by the fact that at the banquet on board
the steamer John H. Starin. given to
Senator Conkling by his official and per.
sonal frieuds just as he was sailing for
Europe. no mention, whatever. was made
Of Hayes, the fraudulent president. Some
Of the Hayes newspapers venture to 10
suit the senator, saying that although he
talks against Hayes, now, he will come
back into the ranks Of Hayes and his
supporters, on the opening Of Congress,
like whipped spaniel They little know
the man they abuse, nor do they appreci-
ate the depth and determination Of that
Republican sentiment which they now
presume to beilttie and deride The truth
is that the senator means war, and war in
earnest 1t will be
Am able to affirm. from positive In.
formation, that Mr.. Conkling will not
follow in the wake OF Blaine, whose pro.
gramme is ~ attack the administration
ON the Louisiana case and the Southern
policy generally. Not that Mr.. Conk.
ling approves Of the so called Southern
policy, in any manner. He condemns as
decidedly as any one, what he calls the
surrender to Nichols, in Louisiana. say
ing that when Hayes abandoned Packard
he virtually ackno wledged the worthless.
ness of his own title. But, as l have
said, hts attack will not be directed to
this point 1t will be of a moro radical
nature, and will be aimed at relieving the
Republican party and the country from
the wrong committed when Hayes Was
Ifraudulently counted in, and declared
elected as president, after be had been
defeated.
Mr.. Conkling has resolved, at the next
session of Congress to propose legisls
ton providing for judicial review aud in.
vestigation into the case of disputed
returns, such as those of Florida and
Louisiana The great difficulty in the
way Of any such investigation now lies
in the fact that there is no law providing
the method Of testing judicially the title
OF any one assuming to hold the Office OF
president. In the last session of the
house Of representatives., Mr.. David Dud.
ley Field introduced bill intended to
supply this deficiency, but the Republ,.
cans were thea bent upon securing the
election which they claim to have carried
and MIR Fields bill did not become law
THUS nothing WAS done. and it is sup
posed that the case is closed, and that
Hayes tenur> cannot be questioned. be,
cause there is no statute upon the sub
ject The right exists il posse, but no
means OF enforcing it has been provided
Such means Mr. Conkiing intends shall
no longer be lacking.
Precisely what provisions will be con.
tanned in the bill which Mr.. Cenkling is
to introduce, will not undertake to say
but am enabled to declare that he is con.
iident that under the present circumstan
ces it will be passed through the senate
without difficulty, and it is not likely that
the Democratic majority will interpose
any insuperabe obstacle to its final en-
actment. Besides, large portion of the
Republican representatives will be favor.
able to it, the flush of excitement, the
consummation Of the fraud, and the in
stallation Of Hayes having passed away
and sober sennnd- thausht having own
WINGED the most intelligent Republican,
that they committed a fatal. an almost ir
reparablc bluader in loading their part,
with the ntamy of such a swindle.
While | do not attempt to set fortl
the details. or even the general provis
ions Of Mr.. Conking's intended bill, il
IS proper to say that, among some in
telliyent lawyers who have discussed tho
subject, the idea Is that the original juris
dction IN the natter should be confer
red upon the supreme court, by empow.
et'ng any state which feels itself aggriev
ed III the declaration of the electoral
count, to commence proceedings before
that court tor the ratification of the nj
legged wrong 1t has also been suggest
ed that in trying such a case, the supreme
court should have peculiar jury. com.
posed of the most dignified, responsible
and judicious elements of the country
For this purpose the chief justices OF
highest Judicial officers of the the thirty
eight states, whether known as chief
justices or not, are to be taken, aud from
among them all the chief justices of the
supreme court is to draw by 10, jury
Of twelve persons. who are to sit III tins
sugust tribunal This is one Of the
ideas which has been suggested upon the
subject, but don't think it is the idea OF
Senator Conkling.
However it is useless to discuss the
minutie Of this remarkable scheme 1t
enough that design Of such charac,
ter is ente. tanned by the Senator from
New YORK. and that a very influential
body Of Republicans will support bin in
carrying it through 1t is also note
worthy that the great hero Of those Re.
publicans is Gen Grant. and that they
propose to make him the candidate OF