Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-21
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- A@1 1Ccu uAu ooiuS W hoticS
~ attempts of Republican news
P1pers to belittle the results of the
nquiries of the Potter Committee.
F; = every respect the investigation
Ms 20 far been signal success.
hot only have the facts of the sup
eoenion Of the will of the people
III Louisiana aud Florida been
|Icitsd, but it has been shown
/ IAat even In the minor details of
fho villAiny nu mber of
1orgeries were committed. One of
E4he fraudulently returned Hayes
shooters for Louisiana, Judge Lev
seees, testified before the commit.
- ct Washington that his sigma
turs had been forged to q duplicate
set Of electoral certificates, thus
Z Violating the letter of the law. An
other elector testified before the
ooh-cem niittoe in New Orleans
That his signature had also been
lorged. The least that, under any
olrcumstancss, should have been
done with the vote of Louisiana,
fAir Republicans will admit, would
have been to have thrown 1t out
Mltogether, for informalities, as
h Was done in tho count of the
olectoral votes in the first election
~ Grant. But to have rejected
The vote Of louisiana would have
bean to have elected Tilden; and,
therefore, the thought was not to
- entertained. The fairest and
olearest summary we have so far
ooen Of the action of the committee
q 0ntained in the following from
the Philadelphia Times, a journal
which is edited by a former dis
tlnguishsd Republican, Col. Alex
ender Mcclure. That gentleman
says:
The Potter Investigation is not
near its end, but the holiday recess
0f the committee affords fair op-
Dortuuity to consider what 1t has
already accomplished.
Mr.. Sherman has been eutanglsd
In net Of circumstantial evidence,
70 say nothing of that which is di-
rocts but disputed, from which ex-
tricattOn seems impossible; and
4 Nj. Stanley Matthews is buried
; beyond resurrection under the
- Ir.Xr AZ l. Il. Ia
II IL no light matter for the pur-
poses Of investigation that the
4 Democrats have been able to show
q the character of the men who
f have been the managers of the Re-
4 publican party in the South. 1t
4 vas known that there were villains
3 omeng them, and now, Sc far as
louisiana is concerned, the theory
shat there were any exceptions has
been well nigh disproved. The
4enksef, Webers, Andersons, Pit
kias, Pinkstenr, and the rest, tell
their own stories, and no more is
needed to disclose their depravity.
There can be no more striking IL
lustration Of the straits of Republic.
can partizans than the fact that
7 z whether these people testify for or
against them they are obliged to
0dmit their knavishness. The
Dcre an Anderson or a Weber is
enounced, the stronger is the in
QIctment of the Republican party,
I of which they have been the evan
1elists. Certainly it is an anomaly
10 politics that if you fog a Demo-
4fatic witness you cripple Re-
Hublioan statesman.
At last the true inwardness of
Abe Southern political situation of
1879 is understood by the whole
onuntry, and although the picture
may be painted good deal black
<Sr, as well 1t might be, in truth, it
Pannot be more effective. No can.
III man, Republican or Democrat,
Will now deny that the States of
W0rido and Louisiana were
! ssv0ngfuIty counted for Hayes in
4 19uysuonce Of q conspirdcv 0rigi.
1 mating With certain members of the
/ National Republican Committee,
erecuted by Returning Boards un.
der the inspiration of visiting
\ statesnaen, and under the protection
! of the army Of the United States.
An Investigation which has ac-
! complished this much toward elic-
Ting tho truth cannot be said to
have been begun in vain.