The sun., 1878-12-04
THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRA TIC CONSPIR-
ACY IN SUPPORT or HAYES.

WASHINGTON. Dec 3.-The people, in the
| late election. have branded the fraud. and the
leaders who connvcd at it, Enthusiastically. Tho
Republicans. who initiated it. have had a meas
ure Of success by rrpudiating Hayes. Tho De-
mocracy-whosc leaders bargainod with Hayes
| put and kept him in office. and elected aud re-
| pudiatcd the man elected by the peoplc-have
lost. and have received notice that the fate of
the party is scaled while so led The hour has
como. therefore for the honest masses OF tho
Democratic party to look the facts in the iHce
and act upon them.
That the Democracy was sold by its present
leaders, and Hayes put in and kept in office in
pursuance Of bargain. the transaction On its
face proclaims No sale Of merchandise Was
ever more clearly established by the proofs now
| before the public. An interview between Mr.
| Hayes and Col Roberts. who WAS altcrward on
| d0rscd by the ChaSman of the Democratic eau
| Gus. was published about the Let of December
| 1876 In that interview Hayes declared that
lie should regard Mr. Lamar. Gov Hampton
| and men Of their stamp as the representative
men OF the South. and would invite them to
seats in his Cabinet This statement. which
| showed that negotiations had been opened was
not contradicted Nor was the statement pub
lished in the Washington Union shortly after
ward. that the Chairman Of the Democratic
| caucus had declared that tho President Of the
| Senate had the right 10 count tho vote, contra
| dictod at the time. This was pretty good evil
| dcncc that negotiations had been con-
| cluded. Mr. Hewitt has since declared
that he had been told OF n similar declaration
| by the Chairman Of the caucus and by another
| leading Southern member Of the House. The
| League, which Mr.. Ben Hill admits TO have been
| formed early in the session by him and enough
| Of the Southern mombers to control the House.
rogatve claimed for the President Of the SEN
ate There can. therefore. be no doubt that tho
prcrogative would have been sustained by the
House. and that Mr.. Hayes would have been
Installed by It's assertion. but that Mr.. Conkling
| and other Republican Senators who had COM
| mittod themselves at the previous session
| against II. refused to disgrace themselves by
| asserting a power for their President which
they had so recently and unequivocally denied
To avoid conflict with his party Mr.. Conklng
suggested the Electoral bill. and the Democratic
managers carried it through on the pretcnce
| that IT was the only way to avoid war. they
| had previously intended to carry through the
| other programme. well knowing at the time
that Conkling WAS opposed to the preroRativc
| claimed Tor the President Of the Senate that
two-thirds OF the Republican Senators were
| publicly committed against IL: and that there
WAS every renson to believe that enough Of
| them to defeat 1t had resolved 20 act with Conk-
| ling. They aiterward recognized the fact that
| thie war cry was false prctcncc. by refusing TO
allow the House 70 ratify the action Of tho Com
mission until Messrs. Garfield. Stanley Mat
| thews. John sherman and other Republican
| leaders whose sanction was deemed necessary.
| had agreed AT the Wormey conference that tho
carpet baggers. who had the same claim to tho
| State Governments which Hayes had TO that Of
| ITt.f.. H.. q -
John Young Brown has since publicly an
nounced. what the action Of the Democratic
managers itself sufficiently demon strntes TO bs
| true. that they would not have allowed Hayes to
| be counted In. even after the decision Of the
| Commission. from any fear Of war. had not this
| point been yielded
| These circumstances demonstrate that the
| Democratic leaders connived at the fraud In
pursuance OF n bargain. But IL is unnecessary
| TO look beyond the Ectoral bill itself TO see
that il was the result Of an Intrigue 10 set aside
the Will Of the people II proclaims on its face
ts purpose TO put HAYES In Office and 10 CONCEAL
the hand hdi ltfied him into po'rer. Notonly
does It give Hayes's political friends control of
| the Commission. but il gives it to them because
| they we're his political friends. Judge Bradley
Is no exception to the statement. although he
was selected differently; for tho bill obliged
those who did select him 10 choose between
him and other Republicans. II is Therefore
mere duplicity for the contemners OF the
! Electoral bill 10 assert that they expected
| Commission constituted 70 decide political
question. every member Of which was chosen
because of his party relations 10 ignore politics
in its decision. Only children could be deludel
with such "a cheat. and the clamor against
| Judge Bradley for not separating himself from
his associates In deciding for his party eandi-
| date ia itself confession OF the cheat for il
shows that they did not expect different action
from his associates. and they had no reason
whatever for distinguishing him from them
And Mr. Hayes has paid the consideration
agreed upon with the Southern Democrats who
eonnived al his installment 10y surrendering
10 them the government Of the States and turn
ing out tho carpct-haggcrs. who had the same
claim to their Offices that he had to the Presi-
denry, and by putting one Of these men In his
Cabinet. Whit further proof could be asked Of
the bargain
We will show hereafter that Il was adapted
also, 10 carry ont the bargain, 10 tho traditional
policy OF the Southern lenders "