The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-13
TIE GREAT QUESTION OF ALL
the PROSECUTION or THE LOtTsJiNA
RETURNING BOdRD.
sThc Republican Party Doc- Not Want, and
Cannot stand. ~ Fresidcn' wb" Has his
Place through Fraud - Grave Issues.

From n, pu9uoy. tb"noe1oi '7,ip1'io,a
The Grand Jury at Now Orleans has in
hicted the members Of ihc lc.urung "oard
which passed upon the last election IN Louisi-
ana. The charge Of perjury Is made one count
In the Indictment hut we presumc the do III
ment will further contain the point that they
perverted the cloctlcn. and declared L wrong
fully. There can tie NO dout that there is vast
political significance in all this There is pal
pably much perturbation among those who
Gxed up the Nichols Government. including
Nichols himself and the rumor even goes so
far ms that stanley Matthews and Secretary
Sherman are to hc included in the indictments
With the first rumors OF this affair. the Ncic
York Tribune. which mny be- supposed to be in
fhr secrets OF those who now manag" affairs,
devoted n long editorial tn urging that it would
bo unwlse To- inlir the partirs. II urged this
on the ground that the whole affair wguil be re-
gardcd us political and part lsan, and would do
harm rather than GOOD. Another significant
CIRCUMSTANCE is the dUtcrninatlun Ot Tiidcn To
delay his trip nhrOnd. The time and circum-
stances under which this 81 angc OF purpose
was made Indicate that he had knnwlc IL" II
what was to occur. IL ne did not actually inspire
81. Thus the move made evidently ~ ans mach.
and the battle about 20 open NJ at Nuw Orleans
involves u fresh struggle for the Presidential
office.
The outeivines from various quarters. 4 cor
yectly reported, are not oi an assuring KIND.
President Hayes hns been reported as drprr-
eating the movement. NJ involving nrru'h Of
faith on the part Ok NlchDli- and his support IRA.
Nichols has hrcn under pressure. and anxious
10 prevent the Indictment. II, speaks If II a- Il
violation of ihs legislative agrcem. At Then
Wells comes along. not to say Ic i- Innocent
md ready to meet his trial, .,ut THAT unless
others stand np he VIII ~ ~ bottom ont.
Along with this comes the report that 4 Wells
will pardon them II he dare We pause
,n the pres of ihes" strange. vet -iuruinrly
The surface interpretation H. that There 1Ii. "a
guilty cpllu-ion all around in settling np q
Louisiana business. ]. That Wells and hn'i'r-
son. with their coadiututs. counted 80 hN"..
~ some Illegal and fraudulent manner. ana l"i
The evidence Of IL in shape that the Grand
Jury has found the material On which 10 indict
thum. 2. That in tuc ilN-up. through the conf
mission sent to Louisiana, '.u this Was taken
into account. w.s clearly unde rsto ll. and WAS
provided aIain-t-Nicholls hein1 made Cover
nor under some arrangement whereby the
men;l~ Dor, OF the Returning Board were To- be-
som. sort ,. That tn" members Of the Rrturu-
ing Board lieve themselves To- have the pow
or. evidently through tho poss, -siOn Of inn
portan, secrets. t. compel Interference in heir
favor on tn" pint oi those high in OH ial
authority Ills significant in this connection,
that Wells 4, acofullN holds hi- POSITION ~ Sur
vcyor Of til, Port At S.w Orcun- ma Nirholl-
ReemS very comfortable over f'e fat. ami
this il signin ant W. have no desire 10 nut an
unfnVoruhlo construction on H. and wait for
further lights but as D. stani,. II puts several
RSSIR'tiy' AfA "A onl''"l 'o-''''n m i" very DAD
Hayes and Wheeler fairiy carried |. ui-iana N
dozed districts. " have steadily believed that
received. bui we also believed that il Hayes and
Wheeler wrrr elected. Packard was. and b :
fr3aniI9nmep p t' W,ps9n2,m 9t fraud on 'n
words about th- "nd our brii to-day on that
subject remains entirely unchanged. Their .ur"
the course row being pursued i~ IN" legitimate
outcome OF the Lon Siana settlement. whereby
Nichols was ru' n tue tun lru turlal cldraad
Packard turned out. Nul II There wls raaI