The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-31
L0UISIANNS G0VERN0RSlllP.
WHY PACKdRD'S TTTLE rs BETTEN
THAN THAT or HirES.
Gov Rcitorv's Statement Of the Cn.e-Wov
hnyes- Friend Mntthcws Induced Grant
not TO Recognize the Packard Government

Hayes Friend Matthew. Induced Grant
not to Recognize the Packard Governments.
WASHINGTON, March 9O.-The IouisianA
Republicans print in this mornings ReplJiicarA
In the form Of an interview with Kellogg n care-
fully prepared resume OF their case. The fol-
lowing paragraph contains in nutshell the
whole Of Packard's case:
All Of The ballots poed for Presidential electors
state onccr. These ballots were put in The -aine box,
counted ~ tle SAM Commission, r., certified tg.thsr
sssy promgesaiea ., e by them ana dcpo,tci with tho
ar. We on legal returns IA existence Thcse returns as
xesp y i9e1 INV y .ai a. ssn a.i ne electors
nunhied more Hoiss 'en 1t hc claimed thathc wa, not
sSS,cd siSSsod and that a" the f'''de"u" electors were
In rcply to the question " Why did no, Prcsi-
dent Grant recognize Mr. Packard2" Kellogg
makes the following statement:
srSbs e sg @ ma rachsd Ma wss Gen GTsn, ce
" ,n, ,' l,ir'tiu % 70 await We ierort OF we
ins The net. connccisd win the election Before he
NE Electoral Commission passed cegsTcs. 4 q.
tho vote OF Louisiana Tor ti0v iinyDs. Gen ,;rant
told me that The tribunal did decide 10 count Lou
not see how he could 40 Otherwise at, The le.
el,ion called upon him with Congressman Darrail,
reason 10 th W Ky p i ns m ~. hfd g'pa
COY Hayes then found that President Grant wa. dis
inclined to formally rcc,gnile Packard during iii admin
hear whatever cchsnre might attach e. that nct while
II would be u no lasting bcnent to Mr Packard
This statement is entirely correct, and there
is more behind it. know that up to within q
fcw days of the completion of the electoral
count Gen. Grant remained firm in his deter
mination to recognize the Governor Of which-
over party the Electoral Commission decided
the electoral votes OF Louisiana should bs
counted for. II" had repeatedly told the Louisi-
ana Democratic represcntatiy,s this. He
TO him and told him him thnt Hayes did moi
want him TO recognize Packard. as it would en-
barrass him in the event of his coming
in. When Grant was satisfied that Hayes
really meant to throw Packard overheard and
r 'o-nl1c NICHOLS b, began 10 sec great many
Reasons why he should do tho Job for him. III.
nally Matthews found Grant was strongly in.
elned that way that hg urged Grant to author
as soon as the electoral count WAS completed the
troops would be ordered away from the Stits
House. This Grant agreed. on Feb. 81. Matthews
might do. ani thereupon the following note
was handed To L,vy ana Ellis If thr Iousiann
delegation in the Clerks oiilcc Of the supreme
Court.
cAr'c oi "ny,r>nuOn ou the subject oi Lpui,ians
afHrs. he stated o. me that the Pr -ienul
a.hi. Intention To- ncuy con Gugur l., t5csrsIh iiS
ne "Nisuw military order; is,uce for preserving ihs
cNc'pi soiar simply to require the o troops wher
Sa.hoH. me 70 comn9a aie al, dge'afa-iSn d' to Ms
Bills W the Lou,.nnA 4, legation sIisLAi MATHEWS
In aocorlan .n with this agreement Grant lid
issue. on Mar li !, an ordrr which WIS clearly
intended Gen. Augur should Interpret ~ per.
enwory or!' to Withdraw the troops mmedi-
when he roccivcd It ON Mar Ii 3. it having been
delayed. 10y some means. nearly iorty-eigM
hours. 1t is understood here. however, that
Gen. Augur wns privately not .lcd to maintain
the status quo. which he did. Grant. Just be-
fore be- leit Washington for The West. told
upon in some WAY by Matthew'S in this Louisi.
ana business; but he stated positively thai
Matthews told him Hayes did moi want Packard
recognized.