The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-26
THE CONFERENCE AND THE COM.
MISSION

w ule tne people Oh tne WnOle country
except those few who make a trade out of
politics and who seek for political advant-
age out of southern disturbances or report
ed dlsturbances-are naturally impaiien,
at anything that looks like a support of the
pretensions of either of the rival claimants
to the gubernatorial chairs of Louisiana
and South Carolina with the military arm
of the government, the president is deter
mined TO act with due care and caution.
He has, therefore, invited both Chamber
lain and Hampton, respectively, claiming
to be the lawful executive of South Caro-
lina, to a conference with him at Washing.
ton, 80 that there may be such full, fail
and free presentation of the subject as viii
enable HIM to judge intelligently and act
advisably upon the matter.
For a like purpose he has determined to
send commission to Louisiana to ex-
anime the whole question concerning the
political situation in that state 30 that, OIL
the coming in of their report, he may bt
prepared so to act that, having acted, he
will be compelled to take no step back
ward. The utmost care 10 being taken 10
the selection of the members of this COM
mission so that their report, whatever j.
may be, may if possible command the re-
spect and approval Of the country. Th'
personnel of this commission 10 as yet un-
announced, and it is stated that it will no,
be until the commission is full but
enough has already transpired to show q
marked contrast between the action of the
president ard that Of his immediate pre-.
d ,cessor when, four months ago, he, ALEC,
sent commission to Louisiana, as well al
to South Carolina and Florida. Like hi.
cabinet, the commission will be thoroughly
non-partisan aud national in its construc
ton, and constituted for the purpose, moi
of sustaining particular theory, but Of
ascertaining the actual facts. The manner
in which General Grant constituted hi
commissions, and the materials of which
they were composed, are too well known
and too well remembered 10 make il
necessary to make further allusion to them
This determination of the president, il
that it will cause delay in the settlement
of these vexed questions, will naturally
cause feeling of disappointment to larg,
portion of the country. 1t will be claimed
and with great apparent force, that all tn,
facts are now known and that no confer
ence or inquiry by 81 commission can ado
any new light to the subject. This, to
certain extent, is undoubtedly true. Al
the facts are notorious and have been TO
some time we'll known and understood b,
the country, and the verdict of the peopl
has been inteligently made up on thet
facts. The president, to-day, probably un
derstands this matter as thoroughly as h
will after the conference and the report o
the commission. He knows these facts
however, as an individual, not as the preSi
dent of the United States, called upon t
determine what are the facts, their bearing
upon his duty as chief executive, and t,
act upon such determination. The differ
ence between Rutherford B. Hayes as al
individual citizen and Rutherford B. Have
as president of the United States, in thi
matter, may be Observation-Disclosures tn,
cases are not exactly parallel-by the com
mon case of q murder. The judge VIII,
tries the case often, as an individual, know
from newspaper reports, or otherwise, tina
a murder has been committed and who tn
murderer it but as judge he knows no
thing of the matter until, after certain pre-
scribed formslties have been complies
with, all the facts are proven before hin
in open court by sworn testimony.
On the other hand, the difference betwee
aprsSident acting In an executive capacity