The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22
The Louisiana Delegation Protests
Against the Commission.
The President D,o'ares the Commission
tho Only Thing the Divided Cabinet
Could Unite On.
The President will Exhaust The Catalogue
Of N0n.Partsan Fair-Mn ndei Mcn
Before lie Gives Up Ills
Fav0rie Scheme.
tspeeial TO tho N. o. Democrat ]

WAsutNaTos. March 2t.-Gsnerai Glib
son takes ealmer view OF the present
situation than any OF bis colleagues Of
the Louisiana delegation. He says That
he had m interview with President
Hayes at John Sbsrman's house prior
to tho Inauguration, in tho course OF
which Hayes told him that ho favored
the plan OF sending commission to
Louisiana TO report on tho condition Of
affairs there and would certainly do 30.
Gibson hos resisted the commission
programme vigorously, ever since
Hayes was inaugurated, but he says
that he has been prepared for 1t and be-
private communication. he has kept Gov.
Nichols prepared for 1t from tho be-
ginning.
To-day, when the President an
nounoed the determination OF the
Cabinet TO send the commission, Glib.
son said to him: ''Mr. President, /
cannot find words In which to express
my grief at this determination, nor need /
try to express to you the disappoint-
ment with which the announcement Of
your determination will be received In
New Orleans and throughout Louis
lana. The languages Of your inaugural
led my people to hope for the best at
your hands. This determination will
certainly fall very far short of their
hopes" ...
The President replied: II am very
sorry to hear you say these things, Gen.
Gibson. assure you that nothing ID
farther from me than an unkind feeling
toward your people, but earnestly be-
lieve that this policy is best calculated
to promote the common interest OF all
the people Of your State"
At this point Mr.. Ellis addressed the
President and said:
"Mr. President, 1t is very hard on
our people, after having been deluded
and robbed, to be compelled to wait
vet lenger and dance attendance upon
o commission to wait and suffer, while
their fate hangs upon the conclusions
of four men, who may do one thing and
who may do another"
LHG IIG5tdehb ASpAiS0'
EFT is hardly worth while to reopen q
discussion upon those points, Mr.. Ellis,
The proposition to withdraw the Fed.
eral forces encountered opposition in
the Cabinet aad divided the admins
tration against itself. The plan which
we have adopted was discovered, after
exhaustive discussion, to be the only plan
upon which the Cabinet could unite and
thought it better that, upon q question
OF so much gravity, the Administration
should act as unit rather than Us @
divided body.
Mr.. Hayes then turned to Col. Levy
and said that he should select us mem
bers of the commission gentlemen who
had the confidence Of the whole country
and should await their report with per
feet confidence that it would be justi.
fed by events and approved by results
At this point, the interview between
the President and the Democratic Con
servative delegation In Congress from
Louisiana terminated, but as the gen
tlemen were leaving, the President
detained Gen. Gibson and said tt
him that the only embarrassment hi
apprehended was a possible difficulty
in getting the men he wanted to serve
on the commission, but he indicated
that he would exhaust the catalogue O.
non partisan fair-minded men before
he gave 1t UP. BUELL..