The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-05-22
GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
what Hayes Thinks of the Proposed In
vestixatfon of the Florida Frands-He
Thinks Hard of the Southern Demo
Gratis for Going Back ON Him.

W
vestixatfon of the Florida Frands-He
Thinks Hard of the Southern Demo
Gratis for Going Back ON Him.
NEW YORK. May 1S.-The Times special
SAYS: "A gentleman in the confidence OF
the president and having perfect knowledge
of Mr. HAYES views respecting the recent
proceedings of the democratic majority OF
the house, said this evening that the presi-
dent, while maintain his natural
equanimity of temper, was not inclined
TO look lightly on the situation.
He did not think il was a matter To treat
with indifference; great events in history
had sprung from small beginnings. Irac-
ing the movement from its birth the
president has been struck with its rapid
growth. He points to significant circum-
stance that such independent and influential
men as Alexander H. Stephens are already
powerless to stay the caucus Whatever
the result OF the investl cation might be,
whatever disclosures might result
therefrom the president entertains
fear that anything could be brought
home to him. If any person made any
promises in his behalf or entered into any
bargains, they did so without his knowl-
edge. and he hoped their acts would be
exposed. The president regards the action
of southern democrats in supporting the in
vesiigation scheme as ungrateful in the
highest degree. irrespective of other con-
siderations. When he assumed the execu-
tive office he found the south, or at least a
large portion of it, distracted and torn as
sunder by political strife, almost bordering
on revolution. He gave the south peace.
South Carolina and especially Louisiana
were restored to the rule of the native popu.
lation, and the carpet-bagger ceased to be All
element in southern politics. The president,
r. -
lie duty, and claims no reward at the hands
of the south for doing what he was bound
in conscience to do. but he can not avoid
being a witness TO the ingratitude evinced
by the representatives of the south To- a
man who, above all others, has
had their welfare aud happiness, in
common with the rest of the Union
sincerely at heart With reference TO his
title the president conceded that 1t could be
contested, but there was only one way to test
the question, and that was by writ of quo
warranto, which was the only remedy pro-
vided by law. When he became president
the act creating the electoral commission
specially declared that nothing therein was
10 be construed as impairing or affecting any
right then existing under the constitution
and laws TO question by proceeding in the
jxdicial courts of the United States the
right or title of himself and NJ. Wheeler
if any such right at that time existed. The
president admitted that Mr.. Tilden's only
remedy at the present was by a writ of quo
warranto, and such writ was a prerogative
writ, and not obtainable as a matter OF right
but only in the discretion of the court, ana
he doubted whether any court would grant
it. The president also comedies that the
power of congress to pass retroactive law to
provide other means for testing
The title to presidency as office,
can never be said to he, in the past but is
always in the present. As to his impeach-
ment being ordered by the house the president
has not the remotest idea that such an occur.
renee is even among the possibilities. The
president is fully alive to the exigencies that
may arise, and will see to il that the public
is maintained and the laws enforced at what
ever cost. He proposed to follow the policy
already marked out by his administration,
and will take no backward step"