Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-05-22
Address Of the Republican Con-
gressiOnal Committee.

| To the voters of the United States
The Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives has to-day, by party vote,
adopted resolution which, under
pretense of an investigation, is to lay
the foundation for the revolutionary
expulsion of the President from his
Office. This is the elimination of a
plot which has been on foot from the
day that Hayes and Wheeler were
constitutionally declared elected. It
made its first public appearance in a
resolution of the last Democratic
House, adopted at the close Of the
session, declaring that Tilden and
Hendricks were elected. Tilden and
Hendricks subsequently made similar
public declarations themselves. A few
timid members have long held hack,
and some Of them, after being CO.
creed to final vote, still pretend
that they will halt as aoon as their
partial and one-sided investigation
shall be ended. In other words, they
intend, after hearing suborped evi-
dence, to bring in verdict that
Hayes is usurper and that he shall
not remain in Office. These men
have no control in the Democratic
party. They dared not follow Alex
ander II. Stephens as unit against
caucus dictation to the extent OF
showing some semblance of fair play.
They will be impotent in the future
as they have been in the past. More
over, it is difficult to believe in their
sincerity in view of the public avowal
of their party that their purpose, if
possible, is to disptace the President.
1t is matter of history that the
resolution just adopted was framed
to express this object. The Speaker
of the House was consulted in ad,
vance as to whether he would rule
that it was privileged question.
The party managers were anxious to
conceal their purposes if possible,
In this they we're defeated by the
Speaker, who would not rule it q
question of privilege unless it clearly
assaulted the title of the President.
The resolution being offered, he read
q carefully prepared opinion deciding
it to be a question of the highest
privilege because it involved the
question of the validity of Presi
dent Hayes title. Here are his very
words:
"a higher privilege than the one
here involved, and broadly and di
rectly presented, as to the rightful
occupancy Of the Chief Executive
Chair of the Government, and the
connection of high Government Off
cials with the frauds alleged, the
Chair is unable to conceive. The
Chair fpds enumerated among CUES
tons of privilege set down in thu
manual the following: The Election
of President. The Chair, therefore
rules that the preamble aud resolution
embrace questions of privilege of thu
highest character, and recognizes til.
right of the gentleman from New
York to offer the same"
i Upon this the Republicans com
menced the struggle against thu
revolutionary scheme which, afte
Ave days duration, terminated in thu
success of the conspirators. Thu
Republicans offered to favor the full
est investigation into all the alleged
frauds, by whichever party charget
to have been committed, but tn,
Democracy pursued its course shame
lessly and relentlessly, and stifed al
: inquiry into ths attempts at briber.
in Oregon, South Carolina and Lou
isiana, and murder and violence il
several other States. Neither amend
ment nor debate was allowed. Th
: memorable previous question was ap
piled and enforced. This scheme, i
pursued, and it is now fully insugu
rated, can only have the effect o
further paralyzing business Of al
I kinds, preventing the restoration o
! confidence, which seemed promising
: casting gloom over every house
hold, and bringing our nation int
reproach before the civilized world
The peace of the country is the frs
consideration of patriots. This nev
, effort of the Democracy to inaugu
rate anarchy and Mexicanize th