The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-22
Mr.. Tilden's Suit.

apply to the friends OF the President OF the
United States who regularly once
month, or about that often, declare that
new scheme has been originated for testing
the title OF Mr.. HAYES to the office which nc
holds. The Washington Republican OF Sat
urdav repeats this story as If it were true
one: and speaks as if upon good authorit!'
<U anv weight is TO be attached 10 the
views OF men eminent in the counseis OF
Mr.. TupES," says that journal, "there
can no longer be any doubt that there Is 10
he an attempt to get through the next Con-
prcss DAVID DUDLEY FIELDS quo soGrTonto
bill providing 8 course OF procedure TO test
the question OF right to the Office OF Presi-
dent, and il successful in this it is certain
that such proceeding will be Instituted
with 4 view of BUSTING President HAYES
upon the evidence taken ny the congress
sional committees sent to the doubtful
States, and now in the hands OF the great
contestant
The fact that the article from which the
above-quoted sentence was taken appears in
t he Republican is not to he considered as
proof that that Journal is the Presidents
organ, but rather that il is not. Mr.. HAYES
/ s too wise man to feel the least concern rs
to the result Of any such proceedings rs the
Republican speaks OF. Whatever may have
been the result OF the popular election,
there can be no doubt as to the elect or tue
action Of the two houses o. Congress and
OF the decision OF the Electoral Commits
sion. Mr.. HAYFS's title is now too Soodt to be
successfully questioned i'll any court, sup
posing that one could be found or cStah-
lished which could take jurisdiction OF 4
suit Tor settling the title to the Office OF
President Of the United States. We have
heard gentleman who made fine run for
en- Office OF profit in this city declare that
he undoubtedly received a majority OF the
votes cast by the people: but we never
heard him question the soundness OF the
title of the man who under the forms OF
law went into the Office. We have heard
some people say that two or three OF
our Virginia senators were not elect
ed br the people: but we have
never heard anybody express doubt as to
holding their seats by title us good as that
,oi the senator who received the largest
popular majority. So Mr.. IIATEs'S imper-
feet title has been made good by act OF Con-
gresS We infer, therefore. that Mr.. HAYES
"takes no stock" in these sensational arti-
Giles. lie wants peace. and the country
wants peace, and there is no probability
that he is troubling himself at all about this
matter.
But the Republican tries to give piat>i-
bili,y to its story by undertaking to show
how such scheme might prove successful.
1t declares that lit is quite clear that there
has been m Interchange Of views during
the recess between Mr.. TlLDEN and his
friends and the diSa1iected leaders OF the
unregenerated Republican party, who, now
that their occupation is gone since the
bloody-shirt was washed Of its stains, are
fain to conSort with the enemies OF those
who gave il the much-needed ablutlon,
and will hesitate AT nothing which
promises aid and comfort to the former
and discontinue to the LATTER" That
is well phrased. The Republican Senate
wouldn't pass such bill as the scheme
assumes it is necessary TO pass, and the
Democratic House won't pass it, but
such combination OF disatfected Republic
cans and Bourbon Democrats is TO be made
as will give the troublesome bill majority
in both houses! Now, what sort Of Demo-
Gratis are they who would conspire with
BLAINE, MORTON, BUTLER, CHANDLER, &c,
against Mr.. HAYEs:-and against the south
ern people, seeing that it is because he has
freed Louisiana and South Carolina that he
is to be dispossessed Of his Office? There
are no such Democrats to be found in Con-
gress. The story assumes that all the Dem
ocrats in the Senate are Of this foolish sort,
or otherwise it would be impossible for the
few disaiiected Republicans to get the bill
through that body. This assumption Of
itself stamps the story as unreliable.
Possibly it might be we'll to pass q law to
provide for such case as the contest which
last November existed between Messrs.
HAYES and TILDES. But that contest is
ended. The law must be for future use.
And il the story We are speaking OF has any
foundation in fact it is to be law for the
settlement Of presidential contests hereafter
to arise. The present President is in for
four years.
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