New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-15
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS INTEND.


WHAT THE REPUBLICANS INTEND.
THEY PROPOSE TO HAVE A VOTE ON INVESTIGATING
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS, TOO, OR ELSE TO flLf
BUSTER INDEFINITGLY-A DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF
TIE MATTER.
IBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUHE.l
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Republican position
is briefly this: The Republicans claim the right TO
offer their resolution as an amendment TO that pro-
posed by the Democrats and to have an opportunity
to debate it and to vote upon it. This is night
which they say the Democrats have always claimed
when q political question has been raised
and when they were III the minority
and the right which they have always
secured in the end although sometimes they nave
been forced to resort to ibusteTing before 1t has
been recognized.
If the Democrats are not willing to grant
this privilege TO the Republicans, they announce
their intention of flibuserlng indefinitely They VIII
continue to break the quorum Of the House as long
as the Democrats are unable TO keep il with
out their aid. because that is the easiest
way in which the plans of the lat
ter can be impeded. Ii their opponents
should during this week or next obtain quorum ol
their own members then Speaker Randall showed
in the XLIlId Congress how it was possible to
keep up fibustering for an indefinite length OF
amendments to the rules will not interfere with the
ordinary dilatory motions.
The Democrats, on their part, are equally deter
mined to pass tie resolution without amendment.
"What objection have you to Mr.. Hac's Tesolu-
tiOn ?" was asked Of of the most active OF the
Democratic leaders to-day.
IF he would simply move to amend by adding
Oregon and Mississippi l. for one, woald be willing
TO vote for it, was the reply; especially II he
would say that there was anything connected
with the election IN those States which
affected the result and which is not already
known. The objection to his amendment Is that
he puts long political speech into the middle OF II
assuming that dishonest; acts have been committed
by prominent Democrats These assumptions
are not true and il would be DEGRADING
to the House, and insulting to the men
whose honor is involved, for us 10
entertain the amendment at all. There Is not q lne
of new matter in the whole thing. Every OncOl The
dispatches published may be found IN the lnlsly re-
cords of Congress. III" Republicans 90 not want an
investigation 10 take place, and they have taken hs
method of loading il down with irrelevant matter
bat does not this resolution make allegations
against Republicans - he was asked; and have
not the Republicans equal ground tor ODJcctIhg 10
Yes was the reply. at does make allegations
against Republicans, but they are i"nhded upon
evidence which we expect to produce" :,
"Nhat Is the scope OF your resolution womb
it include anything which took place after the
counting Of the votes was completed"
"Wen. the phrase all the facts which IN the
Judgment of the committee are connected with or
pertinent thereto is broad one, and 1t might
include events that have happened SINCE
the count was completed III the several States.
When witnesses who know anything are placed
upon the stand, they very likely 10 tell all they
know and il is possible that the Investigation may
extend to the occurrences here in Congress