The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-19
NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAYES.
THE PRICE OF SOUTHERN SUPPORT OF
TIE lDMINIS7R1 TION.
The Texas-paciac Subsidy to he the Con.idera-
tion for the Organization OF the Next House
OF Congress with IA Republican Speaker.

of Congress with IA Republican Speaker.
WASHINGTON, March 1s.-"The Admins
tration ought to organize the next House II 1t
keeps in promises 10 the South" said Demo-
cratic Senator. not recently elected. 10 prom
inont Republican in tho next House within the
last twenty-four hours. The Administration
proposes to do II. One bargain has paved the
way for another. More than any other man
Foster held Southern members from joining
tho nlibustoring movement He saw them
at nil hours. Ho reasoned with them. He
outlined Hayes's policy in his speeches. They
declined to credit his public utterances. and he
showed them Hayes's written pledges to n con-
ciiatory policy. When some Southern men,
bcrs were threatened with social ostrncism for
their opposition to delay. he stayed them with
promises and comforted thom with inside reve-
latlons of Haycs's Cabinet intentions. Two
things follow. Foster has stronger personal
hold upon some Southern Democrats than any
Northern man. Democrat or Republican. The
next House has nucleus OF Southern Demo-
Gratis who voted with Foster. on Fosters
pledgc, TO support Hayes's policy then. They
will vote for Foster TO support Hayoss
policy now. They voted then in the teeth Of n
great storm Of letters and dispatches from their
in accord with uncxampled Southern approval
Of Keys appointment and Haycs's policy.
Key was asked 70 day whether he had received
letters approving his course. He drew open
eHrea9 drawer OF them; One from a Tennessee see
position. and break away from the men who
pqyG 81 oe Party sy has for nSs
eeiycd dissenting letter; He tells
TY1HS pa%e%en and YFs csssiors He % has been ooded
pS9lntment," said he today with great sim
figious enthusiasm: and nc went on to tell Of
letters from women who talked OF Hayes as
who probably regard Key as n special dispen
sation o, providence and offices. Very owl
dcntly TO Key, and TO every one who remembers
Southern women before and since the war, this
approval of a Confederate in Republican Cabi-
There is hard logic in this movement. Said
issue. out oji tho way and there is iR2,ihips in
Pacific subsidy is not one Of them. g." II we can
not have vote on that BILL said the railroad :
leading lobbyist when Randall ruled It out OF
isana, and Mississippi will decide the next or:
ganisation 10y ecctipg a Republican who will"
Key went into the Cabinet as Coy. Browns man.
I%o Brown droVe Tabb bargain % with Stanley Matthew'S
SnS Sa Of h%s s 9s Of o III sGSsS 1
10 Matthews's promise. said: The material
development of that section OF the country has
| been arrested. and now moods and deserves tho
| consideratc care Of the national Government"
There are other proofs.
aySs Ths SrFs ans IN II d fexas PaS Th
The States most benefited by the .road arc
| to furnish the votes Arkansas three. Louisiana
thrce. and Tennessee two. II not three Other
prizes are at stake. The South has been shut
out Of office. Comparatively speqklns. virginia
than is share. Secretary sherman says: The
door opens now. and men are saving that u is
II will stay open longer" Recommendations
from Southern Congressman carry weight whe n
WSn the @eek Yass y be
leigh district In North Carolina was told Ehat his
| recommendation was needed TO fll any Federal
Office in the district. An officer in the last House
| a southern Democrat. still drawing pay MS n
pwbicnn appSoinment S as FederSI Bstriet i Atter
| ney. His case can be matched by the hundred.
Tho pressure has neither let nor limit The
| hope OF a subsidy lcvce grants and harbor inn
proyements. the promise and the distribution OF
| Office have broken Democratic principle at the
South as the ice breaks in the spring
Tho work is well under way. In Louisiana
the old Liberal or Conservative party IS strong
in. Their solid vote is ready for Foster when
| he nOeds IT, No explicit AGREEMENT has been
made; none is needed. The tacit promises Of
are enough. Said Representative Gibson re-
Gently in substance: " am a Democrat IN GER
pie a Democrat" Such a man sees in Poster
The III candidate OF House organized 10y the
Am, Admq1stTaSn n , senator SarGnd 1ny Tort
as the leader OF what Blaine habltualy calls
th9, left wing Of tho Alm,nistratlon., He Is N to
gMion has been approached. sngly and to-
gether. advantage being taken Of State dissat-
isfacton nt the little prominence accorded In
the last House to a State leader. Scales Georgia
is another point whore one. perhaps two, votes
may be found 1t is 70 be compromise, al
around Adams is talked Of MS the candidate
Tor Clerk with Foster. That secures tho Pre-.
siding Oflccr at the organization. SO far. al
this has gone without notice. Northern Sena-
tors and Democrats look on the negotiations OF
Southern Democrats the anomalous votes OF
Southern senators. as incidents 70 the effort tC
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the now House. They will not hnd them.