The New York herald., 1878-06-11
WASHINGTON.
A Chapter Of History on the
Electoral Count.
SENATOR Hill. MISREPRESENTED.
How Filibustering in the House
Was Prevented.
STORY or THE LOUISIANA SETTLEMENT.
General Grants Responsibility
for the. Result.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM SLOWLY FADING.
The Man Of Assessments Doing the
Departments.
STORY OF THE LOUISIANA SETTLEMENT.
General Grants Responsibility
for the Result.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM SLOWLY FADING
The Man Of Assessments Doing the
Departments.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, June 10, 1873
HISTORY ev THE ELECroRAL COUNT AND THE
LOUISIANA sErTLEMENr-How GREAT
CIVIL CoMMoTIoN WAS PgEvENTED-rHE
ACTION OF GENERAL GRANT.
Senator Hill was misropresented In a Now York
journal to-day having said that he GOT written
signatures OF forsy-two Southern members 10 pledge
that they would resist nbustering ana SEQ tot that
the electoral count completed. Mr.. Hill wishes it
known that hc saia nothing OF this kind, and that
there Vas NO written pledge at all The plain iact
well known AZ the time, and reported IN full in The
HERALD Of the 18th of February 1871 is that joint
caucus Of the democrats was held the evening OF
the 18th to consult about The policy Of the party
gard to the electoral count The Florida case had
besn decided against Mr. Tildon, tho LOUISIANA case
was TO come up In tho House on Monday the 10th.
and como Of tho democrats wero urging that the
House, by fllibustering delays, would prevent tho
count going on, hcnco the caucus, al which Mr.
Reagan, OF Texas. offered the following resoluton:-
Resolved That the count the electoral vote shall
execution Of the act Of Congress creating the Eloc.
tora Commission, whose decisions shall bo cevcd
and ACTED upon In accordance with the provisions Of
the said law.
Senators Bayard ana Herman and Messrs Hill, Sin.
gleton. John Young Brown and others spoke in favor
Of this resolution, and It was said the time that
Mr. Hill made one OF the most forcible and eloquent
speeches OF hts lfc on that occssion Representatives
Hurd, Walling and Southard OF Ohio, and Lynde ana
Thompson opposed. but the resolution was adopted
almost unanimously in tho end. and 1t Is
fact that tho Southern men, forty-two in
number, were amsng those who supported Mr.. Rea-
gan's resolution The action the caucus settled tho
question of flbustering, as was understood at tho
time, but Mr. Hill says truly when he denies that
khar0 va anv writ tten podO nv vhodv
THE woRMLEY coSFERExcE.
Tho Wormley conference, OF which so much has
becn said, did not take place until eight days later
Va tho 25tb OF February. At IL were present Mr..
Watterson, OF Kentucky Mr.. Ellis, of LOUISIANA; Sen
ator (now Secretary sherman, General Garfield, Mr..
Foster, Mr.. Stanley Matthews, Ex-Governor Denni-
son, Of Ohio; Major Burkex of New Orleans, and
Or two others. Mr. Hayob views OF the Southern
question, shown in his leaer OF acceptance ana as
Known 70 his personal friends, freely stated and
gavo great comfort to the Southern men, though they
were nos new TO them. There views Mr.. Hayes has
carried out and his policy has given peace and
quiet to the country. But It has done something
else for has saved tho republican party against It's
will from beng any longer connected with such
as forged Mr. Levssce's name TO nm electoral ccrtif
cate and with the Andersons OF Louisiana.
II needed 'bargains" carry the count through.
Speaker Randall determined from tho nrst hat tho
count should be honestly carried through without
his hop the llibusters never strong enough to
cnrry their designs. Mr.. Randall has received
tho credit no for his resistance
70 pressure brought upon him to join the hlbusors
and rule in their favor
FILIBUsrERs.
Congressman Washington q. whittnorne, who was
oi the hlibusters, hrst. last and all tho time
he EXPRESSES himself says to-day that their plan
tempated final stand upon tho vote OF Vermont
when tho question ofthc rrcgularity In The status OF
OF the electors of tnat State 10 be contested
and the yeas aud nays called upon every motion,
intention being to protract the counting of tho
down to within twelve hours OF the 4th OF March, and
frighten the Senate into slecting President pro
tem., who should become President OF the United
States by the failure to complete tho electoral count
In tho struggIo OF tho republican Senators to mako
their selection IL was hoped no says, that
they would bo divided between Senators
Conklng and Morton, and that tho democratic sena-
tors could dictate tho election OF a who was 10
agree becoming President of the United Ststes, to
order Presidential election within sixty days
from the 4;h Of March. This plan, he says, failed,
Mr.. Randall falling to recognize the member who
to make the nlihustering motion Vermont. But
theschemc never had enough support TO give II a
chance OF success
There several plots OF this kind, and doubtless
certain number OF men adhered TO them, but whom
ever they the test thoy broke down. and they
failed because tho caucus OF the 18th OF February
showed that the majority OF the democratic party was
nrmly opposed TO any irregular or revolutionary pro-
cscdngs II is quito iruc that OF that majority tho
Southern men formed large part Their course at
that time deserved and won the confidence Of tho
country. They showed an unalterabc opposition TO
violence or anything that might produce II
TnR LOUISIANA SETTLEMENT.
Nor was the Louisiana question settled by any
Wormiey conference, agreement or any bargain what
ever unless General Grant was tho bargainer, aud
nobody has far accused. him that. In tho last
lays Of February President Grant was in frequent
eonfercnco with Major Durko and other Louisiana
democrats who, II hts dcsirc. kopt him fully in
formed Of the condition OF affairs In Louisi.
ana from thcir point OF view, and
lhey had his often repeated ASSURANCE, as your
sorrospondent knows, shat he would not change tho
condition OF matters tho state, but would refuse
recognise either Packard or Nichols, leaving tho
Icr TO DO settIcd by tho new administration in tho
ssy IN which his own full Information had convinced
bin It must be sosIicd, by the withdrawal Of the
,roops which he know would result tho supremacy
Of Governor Nichols.
GENERAL GRANTS HONORABLE STARE
General Grauts honorable IN all those transac
~ Is but little known. The following dispatches
now for the nrst timo made public, show that the alb
solute weakness OF Packard and his inability main-
tain himself without federal help known TO Gen.
sral Grant early Id January not only by Packards
confessions, seen In these dispatches but by tho
testimony OF republican Senators, all Of whom
assured him that unless he at oncc used tho
army and the federal power for Packard no must fall.
Df course those appeals and confessions wcre kept
very secret, put It was on them that General Grant
pnsed his opinion Of the situation which he uttered
whom In February he openly said that the American
people wcrc tired OF seeing state government exist
only by tho help OF tho army. ana that II Mr. Packard
could not maintain himself without tho help OF tho
federal government no must fall
DISPATCHES
The following series Of dispatches sufficiently
showed President Grant Packard's weakness In Janu.