Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-02-09
FROM WA SHINGToN.


certificates from the States were opened in al
phabetical order, and read by the tellers and
passed until Florida was called. Morton
watched the proceedings closely. His face
had the expression of a bulldog, whose hold
had slipped. The papers in the case of Florida
then went to the electoral tribunal, the Senate
withdrew, and the House resumed its regular
business. The Democratic counsel will urge
before the tribunal that The status of the
Hayes electors has been settled by the pro-
ceedings held in quo lsarydmo by the Circuit
Court OF Florida and are ready and better pre-
pared to proceed than their Gdversaries
They feel entirely confident of success because
by the fifth rule they are allowed 10 90 behind
the returns. Mr.. OConner has gone to the
bottom of the Florida case, and says Tilden's
cause is unanswerablg strong. Grant thinks
the time for complete reconstruction Of
political parties has arrived After reading
recent developments most people will think
the Radical day of grace has gone by
few weeks ago the nation was looking for
ward with dread and apprehension TO the
time for the counting of the electoral votes
happily all fears have been swept away, and
the capacity for self-goyernment has been
heartily evinced in the agreement upon the
electoral tribunal under which began the
count Of the votes, and the country awaits
with quiet mind the decision Of the great
court.
Wells was willing to make fair return of
Louisianas vote if the Democrats would give
him million dollars; as they didn't, how
much did the RAIDS pay for the fraudulent re-
turns2 The certificates from Louisiana are
so tainted with fraud that the tribunal " i'll be
certain TO reject the vote of that State, and
then Hayes claim to the presidency is worth
just exactly 0.
Pickett and Maddox's exposures of the re-
turning board is strongly corroboraied bv all
the documentary evidence in the case. 1t is
not possible they could, under the searching
investigation and examination of Mr.
Field, tell coherent, consistent and plausible
ie Even if they were pariicepes criaiRiS they
would be good evidence And now the coun-
try will not be satisfied until the correspon-
dence Of Zach Chan Ter and his subordinafes
of the National Radical Committee with the
Louisiana villains is laid open to the day
The rules adopted by the electoral tribunal are
such as will insure dispatch of business What
is known as ''flibustering'' in parliamentary
procedure will not be possible and there will
also be n limit to 'chin music"
Maddox, the Secret Service officer, has let
loose deluge Of secrets Among other things
he says he didn't give Wells letter TO Senator
West, because he feared to trust the honora-
BILE (? Senator from Louisiana. This is
decidedly causic, and shows the confidence
the 'carpet-baggers' have in one another.
That eminent patriot, Ex-Governor Wells said
that "the Louisiana job was so large that he
didn't know where to begin Therefore he
thought he would tap the Democrats for n
million. Sheridans opinion Of Wells was
strong and not favorable but he seems o have
known what he was talking about, when he
said "Wel is the d-dest scoundrel ever be-
held" Had David Dudley Field not been
elected member of the House just at this
particular time, the Louisiana reurners might
have escaped a roasting Mr. Field seems to
have been in training for this emergency
The astounding testimony brought out by Mr.
Field in the past fen days precudes the utter
possibility of and eXplodes all the chances o.
Mr.. Hayes TO be the next President Of the
United States
The testimony before the committee of the
House, so far, clinches the evidence of fraud
and rascality on the Louisiana retnrnin g
board. The proof shows that mn offer origi-
mating with the board. was made TO sell The
electoral vote of Louisiana to the Democratic
party for one million dollars. This was rather
cheeky, since the Democrats had alread =
carried it, Documentary eviderce of The above
was given to the committee by the witness.
Pickett, under protest it is true but, never
theess, so much the more important. This
witness was the individual who told John
Morrissey that 'rhe returning board of Louis
lana was for sale" John replied, that whilst
he had no doubt they could be bought like
sheep yet be did not regard it as necessary -
The report of the House Florida committee
shows that the House has only TO look upon
the face of the returns and read the words and
figures in order to see that Florida gave 90
majority for Tilden and Hendricks, before
they were tempered with and altered by ;ht
returning board.
The Senate committee are stillat work upon
little Oregon, and have not yet been able &c
find an illegitimate use of money. II is pain
ful to find respectable journals looking at the
electoral tribunal as body of partisans
They have shown that they hold the sacred
ness of the Constitution far higher than The
expediences of parties.
Governor Wells is sick this morning We
do not wonder at 1t. He will be sicker vet
before the House gets through with him. BY
the way, may returning board OF the
Louisiana sort, be a Repubican form of gov
eminent within the meaning of the Consti-
tution2 Between the big Held david Dudley
of the House and the Liukcfed of Louisiana,
Wells has been dreadfully shaken up
The political aspirations of Judge Davis, OF
the Supreme Court may be inferred by the
reason he gave for declining to serve on the
electoral tribunal that it would necessitate
him TO decline the Illinois Senaorship, which
he was not Inclined to do His friends say he
has determined TO resign from the Supreme
Court on or shortly before the 4th of March
The bottom Of the Louisiana returning
board farce has dropped out, and tits conceded,
after the sickening developments made by
Littlefeld, secretary of the board, that the
whole structure must fall bv common consent.
The scene was the most dramatic ever wit
! messed when he began his disclosures His
confessions of the frauds of the board struck
CONSERVATION into the Radical ranks, aud as
he narrated the damnable transactions oil
Wells Il Co., the Radical element looked ms
If they would like TO crawl out Of sight
Whilst he is cursed for running their case, no,
one of the consprators dare impeach the
value of bis evidence. They are so distressed
over it, that not few say 1t would be best foi
their party in order TO save themselves to re-
, pudiate all claims for, and yield the State to
! Tden. Coming at this time, just on the eve
: of the grand tribunals session, this evidence
, is regarded rs the great climax of victory fol
the Democrats who have completely outwitted
the RAIDS Even IL no further rascaity could
be proven, which fortunately is not the case,
this will be enough to vitiate the result in
favo! Of Hayes. A thorough understanding
of the black deeds Of the RAIDS can only be
attained by a perusal of tins witness testi-
mony, which we would advise all of yonr
numerous readers to obtain and carefully
study. Would that we could in this letter
give his evidence in full, but The want o;