The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-01-10

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WASHINGTON,
PATTERSON EXPECTED 10 OREsIGN.
III Health to the Plea-PrObablllty Of Interest,"
1a ing Congressional Investigations

Washington, d. C., January 6.-As
the time for Congress to reassemble apN
proaches, rumors thicken of intended
investigations. 1t is said, for instance,
that an attempt will be made in the SEN
ate to declare Senator Buffers seat va
cant, but there is little foundation for
this report. The Senate has held on
several occasions; notably in that of
a Kansas Senator, that once admitted to
his seat Senator cannot be removed
except by expulsion, which requires a
two thirds vote. tits said, also, that Re-
publicans will introduce in the House a
resolution investigating the Louisiana
election, the action of the Returning
Board and all matters connected with it,
1t is doubtful whether the House would
consent to such an inquiry. A majority
of members would fail to see that any
useful results could flow from it, and
would refuse to take up the time of the
House and the attention of the country
with the rehash of old scandals to grat>
ify the malice Of few Republican poll
tcians. In the Senate there is so far no
rumor of resolution of inquiry, but it is
reported in anti Hayes circles that Mr.,
w. E. Chandler and others mean to call
upon Senator Matthews to Justify him.
self against accusations they will bring
On the Democratic side some mem
bers and Senators are not averse to an
investigation, but they say they will in.
sist on its being thorough and directed
to all sides and parts of the matter in
controversy. They believe that if every
thing which was planned, proposed, or
negotiated on the Republican side be-
tween the election for November and the
9TH of March following could be uncov-
cred, while nothing compromising Mr..
Hayes would be discovered, some of his
bitterest Republican opponnets would be
placed IN very embarrassing and equiv
ocal positions before the country. A
real investigation, it is urged, must in>
clude Florida as well as Louisiana
must cover not merely the period of the
Returning Board acts, but that of the
subsequent struggle in Washington, and
must include not only negotiations in
New Orleans and Tallahassee, but in
Washington, of all kinds and for various
purposes connected with the Presiden-
tial count
1t is asserted with some confidence
that an attempt to institute an inquiry
will be made by the Republicans in the
House, but what the precise nature of
the movement will be is as yet hardly
determined on. 1t is pretty certain,
however, that considerable number of
Republicans would like to bring about
at least a partial investigation of the
Presidential struggle, and few perhaps
would think it to their advantage to have
a complete uncovering Of all parts Of
that struggle, in the hope that the revela-
lions thus made would kill off several
Presidential candidates.
Senator Patterson.
There is no longer any doubt but that
intimations have been made to Senator
Patterson that if he wishes 70 avoid
trial for the offenses charged against him
in South Carolina, he must resign his
seat in the United States Senate. Pat
terson's son circulates the story that his
fathers health is so poor that he will not
be able to take his seat in the Senate for
several weeks. This is not true, how
ever, as his physicians assert positively
that with proper care he can soon attend
to his official duties. The Senator, how
ever, is desirous of leaving the city for
few weeks and his physicians will not
offer any objection.
A good many Republicans believe
that it is patterson's intention to resign
on plea of ill-health and allow his seat
to be filled by Democrat.