The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-05-25
CONKLING AND LOUISIANA.
Documents and kilograms Convince
Him that the State Was Cor.
ruptly Given to. Hayes.
J. F. Mines in N. Y. World.

At the time that Senator Conkling first
freed his mind to his friends III Utica in
regard to tho Louisiana business, ,they
had every reason to believe that h"
would soon speak on the subject in tho
Senate-as some of them know from his
own mouth. His failure to speak has
been grievous disappointment to Them
He said, cit must come r0ht, and before
long" The men to whom hc gay. the
credit of managing the alleged great
fraud there were Stanley Matthew's and
John Sherman-the latter being cTrtl'trd
with having the longer head and tn"
more GINNING. There was a deliberate.
ness and earnestness in his mode OF
speaking in regard to the electoral frauds,
there, of the "usurpation' Of Hayes, ana
the Corrupt bargain" with Nichols ny
which Packard was "driven out at the
muzzle of Confederate guns. that I'M
pressed me so much with the truth OF his
convictions as to make me Il firm bel'rv-
er in>his story. said, "Senator, Is there
any possibility of Mr.. Hayes having been
kept in ignorance of the steps that. were
taken for fraudulent count, and that
he may not have been d party to amy
wrong proceedings I" After drliberatlon
he said: II am afraid there is no r""'''
for doubt. The people who went down
there in his behalf were personally too
closely connected with him to permit
any other theory except that he was cog
INFANT of all that took place. think that
when the matter comes to be taken up
and the evidence il produced, it will bo
shown that Hayes is not merely weak,
but corrupt as well.' He spoke OF tn"
rewards that had been .heaped b. tn"
President upon the men who assisted N
the Louisiana business, as showing that
he was not merely an accessory after
ward but before tho fact. Aud ! certain
" could Understand nothing else from
bis remarks subsequently, but that he
was in possession of important docnmen-
tary proofs brought from New Orleans
and Of kilograms that had passed between
Washington and. Columbus while tho
matter was in agitation. There was ""
question in my mind that ne had all tho
proof necessary to speak, and hence the
wonder that he delayed. The Utica Ne
publican spoke boldly on this point, as
its columns will show, believing 1T had
sufficient basis for all it should say. It's
instructions were to assail the admins
tration on this point, as it (the admin
istration) deserved ond should receive 10
quarter. Certainly this would not, have
been done by an experienced newspaper
editor If he had believed he was to be
made ridiculous by being left unsurpor'-
ed in the time to come. The Republican
was distinguished for the bitterness OF
it's attacks on the President, and for its
insisting that all that VIM. +. Chandler
had said was true, and more and its
course in this respect met the hearty ap-
prevail Of the Senator in whose behalf it
claimed to speak. This was said alike
by bis friends here aud in Washington,
and without any hesitation. In our! last
conversation asked him if the paper
was right in following up the matter and
attacking the administration, and he
praised it's course and said that. time
would prove it to he correct.