The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-15
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WHOLE NO. 14O.
which he climed into the presidency ;for it
was the electoral votes of Florida, South
Carolina ard Louisiana that made him
president. His administration will 90
upon the, principle latter me the
deluge.''
There are evidences that large ele-
ment Of tho party, led by Blaine, will
refuse to ratify this suicidal contract,
and that radical split in the party may
be the consequence. Blaine, with char
acteristic boldness, steps to the front.
and (March, 6) moves that Mr.. Pitt Kel-
logg be sworn in as senator elect from
Louisiana. Blaine said:
I do not see to>day-and that is
the main point desire to present
how any Senator who voted in
this chamber that the electoral vote Of
| Louisiana was legally and properly cast
for r. B. Hayes and yourself, Mr.. Pres,
ident, is permitted to doubt that S. B.
Packard is equally Of light the Governor
OF that State. There may be some tech
nicality there may be some keen form
Of logic which hive not yet heard. aud
which I doubt if shall ever be able to
comprehend, by which man who had
nearly a thousand votes more than the
electoral ticket received was not elected
Governor when the electoral ticket was
chosen, and frankly repeat that / am
not permitted to doubt-no man is per-
mitted to doubt legally to-day-certainly
the other side Of the chamber is not per-
mitted to doubt legally-that the electoral
vote Of Louisiana was properly cast for
Hayes and Wheeler.
And at the close Of ringing and pow
erful speech Blaine thus alludes to the
alleged contract to sacrifice the south>
ern republicans to the necessities Of the
hour.
I know that there has been great
deal said here and there in the corridors
of the Capitol, around and about in by
places and high places, of late, that
some arrangement has been made by
which Packard wasn't to be recognised
and upheld that he was to be allowed
! to slide by and Nichols was to be ao-
copied as Governor Of Louisiana. I
want to know who had authority to-
make such an arrangementP wish
to know ii any Senator on this floor will
state that any person, speaking for the
}. administration that was coming in or
that was going out. had any right to
> make such an announcement. / deny
: it. / deny it without being authorized
! to speak for the administration that now
= exists, but deny it on the simple. broad
: ground of the impossibility that the ad~
lninistration Of President Hayes could do
it. Ideny it on broad grounds that Pres
> ident Hayes possesses character, common
> sense, self respect, patriotism, all Of
!. which he has in high measure and in
eminent degree. l denyit on all the
7 grounds that can influence human action !;
}. on all the grounds on which he can be
held to personal and political and official
9 responsibility. deny it for him, and I
: shall find myself grievously disappointed
}! wounded and humiliated, il my denial
9 is not vindicated in the policy OF the ad-
d ministraiion. But whether it be vindi-
g Gated or not, care not; it is not the duty
9 Of q Senator to inquire what the policy
It Of the administration may be, but what
q it ought to be. and hope the republican
,. Senate will say on this point, there shall
/ be no authority in this land large enough
Q or adventurous enough to compromise
o the honor Of the national administration
$ or the good name Of the great republican
IL party that called that administration into
existence. [Applause in the galleries,
e which was promptly checked BY the
presiding officer.
= This defence Of Hayes is simply an
: Indictment. It looks as If the contract
!. had been made and would be executed.
Is On March the vote was taken, il the
in republican senate and Kellogg was votei
r. down, IS 70 20 Booth, Burnside, Chris.
re- fancy, Conkling, Davis. Jones Of Ne
IS vada and Morrill, voting with the Dem
IL ocrats.
Hayes garland Of triumph promises
to become crown Of thorns. Th,
Democrats assail his title and the south
ern republicans will como to regard hin
ID as their mortal enemy.
he In the meantime he has selected
!. good cabinet: :-Wm. NJ. Evarts, or New
:. York, Secretary Of State; John Sher'
= man, OF Ohio, Secretary Of the Treasu
IL ry; Geo. W.. McCrary, Of Iowa, Sec
lis retary Of War Richard N. Thompson
a. Of Indiana, Secretary Of Navy; Char:e
Devens, Of Massachusetts,. Attorney
- General; David NJ. Key, Or Tennessee
=. Postmaster General and Carl SchurZ, .
in Missouri, Secretary Of Interior. Th'
b. appointment Of Key Is - tub thrown 4
- the southern whale !" for Key is Dem
Ocrat was an officer in the confederate
% setvice. The appointment Of Carl Sch
Of urz II concession TO the Greeley Liber
Of ais Of 1872. Altogether the cabinet Is .
:. strong One--much superior to Granta
:. conalomorasec of unknown incompeteu
=. cieS. Il = however > hard money! cab
II fnetD Of tbs hsrdsst kind. Evaris, 6hel
: man, and Shurz, arc al pronouncel
|eDemies cf the gresnbAck, and unds
= their lead We can expece no steps back
=. ward from the Saicidal financial poliC
q which baS alrsady coyerod ~ hnd VII
y wrecks md ruins.