West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-17
THE SITUATION.
rSpecial N. q. Democrat.1

logic and his application Of the
records of Edmunds and Hoar to
the pre-ent case will compel the
Tribunal to throw out the vote OF
Louisiana but the Republicans
claim, in all confidence, that. after
all aryumen, has been exhausted,
the vote viii he eight 20 seven re-
cogniz ng the Kellogg government
"a duly authorized to commission
electors.
The second position Of the Dem
ocra,s is that. admitting the leg ].
i;y of the kellogg government
and the constitutionality of the law
creating the Returning Board. the
frauds known to have been com
United by the board are sufficient
to vitiate Tho whole result. On
this point will come The contest a.
10 the admission OF testimony. The
Democrats will ask tia: the reports
Of the investigating committees be
admitted aud the Republicans viii!
ask that the rule adopted in the
florida case be extended to that OF
Louisiana, thus leaving nothing but
Two naked sets Of cer tiicates 10 be
acted on by the Tribunal.
TIE Democrats believe that the
Tribunal will not dare TO exclude
ev dence in the face Of the Develop
meats that have Oecn brought out
hy Fields committee caIcernlDg
tue fraud Practi-ed by Returning
Boards and the Developments OF
Morr,son's committee ia other di
rections bat Republicans declare
-erenclv that wnen the test vote
comes it viii! stand, as usua eight
to srven in favor # excluding ali
testimony.
The THIRD position of the democrats
is on tie ineliyibil,ty Of Brew
ster and Levisee republican electors.
rhs Republicans seem to lear this
point more than any other. tor the
reason tina, Judge b. adley is kno" IL
TO entertain peculiar ideas o.. the
subject of ineligible electors -; new
ertbelesS, it is GAINED Ivy Repub>
icans that the final vote on this
;uDint as on all others will be eight
10 seven.
This is a comprehensive sunma-
~ OF the situation. You can
guess a. to the outcrme to suit
yourself. TIE most d,Shearlening
feature Of the situation Is the AL
most universal discomfort among
III. Democrats, their lack Of cohe'
s,veness and their dstrust of eact
o,hcr.
TO my certain kno w'edg. there
are now tour distinct comOiGatiun.
OF Democrats negotiating Wit.
Hayes, directly Or ihdir' ctI y. On,
OF ;he>e comb nations looks 10 Sc
curing the recognition Of Hampton
IN South Carolina. ard Nicho. l.. i,
Louisiana, by HAYES, another look
to certain patronage for certain indivil
uak another has in view certain rail
road interests; and the fourth contens
plates certain legislation regarding wa
claims. But, while the objects souSh
by these combinations are various, thu
quid pro quo in all cases is the same; l
is desertiop of eight or ten Sonthe1
Democrats in Congress, so as to give tn
Hayes party control Of the organization
of the next House.
am not in position to give name
or particulars, at least for the present
but can say, as certainty, that l
Hayes is counted in and inaugurate'
enough Of these bargains will be consuin
mated to give the organization Of tn
next House to the Republicans, nnles
indeed, at the last moment, the men wh
are willing enough to make bargain
should shrink from the terrific cOnse
quences of popular wrath which nigh
follow the delivery of these goods.
These combinations are each in antago
nism to all others, and yet each ha
some knowledge of the proceedings of tn
Others. The result is general distrus
and no end of recrimination. In privat
circles it must not be understood tina
any considerable number of Democrat
are embraced in these combinations
> probably none of them involve more tina
seven or eight members of Congress
either branch but the knowledge tina
there is tt eachery metlitated i'll the cam
, has had the effect of demOralizing an
. disheartening the Democratic forces.
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