The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-14

prominencc and somc southern friends"
=" Immediately, saw him at my rooms In the
rived f between and O'clock. and i was mid
night when no came there"
Had Mr. Lamar known that you were going
to heyo this interview 2"
Did you converse with him about u"
Mr.. Lamar had been in New Orleans during
the electoral count and all that At the time
that no left this thing was talked about. He
WIS ,b very Guet man , put sy%psnizsd deeply
anxious. Itold him what. l intended 70 try q
Tor your people 10. know. it, spoke to him In
Cincinnati. said: have no power TO com
nit our party and he said You editors arc
that other people cannot 60 Ho said he could
bId you telegraph to Lamar what time you
would be at Washington ?"
No. sir"
II wish you would tell the Committee what
view" w. ''N ~ "'"' 10 Wv ''''''0' '''' '''''
.oo HG s said after era fey questions Have you
p pSeS ' tRinS Hayes i is an" lair man n r "nd
frank man. am free to say am very much
case Hayes %Ss Freln S Of Se uh ,hed
States, We would receive fair treatment
at his hands in Louisiana. Hayes said, Lamar
not tell Lamar that. Lamar said This is very
important for your friends 70 know because II
we should lose national Government we may
be abO TO free louisiana | asked how II
looked He said it looked very squally indeed;
So far ms. no could find out Tilden should get
-" Did he say anything to you about the DIM
Guilty that MIR, Hayes cncQuntered in his course
Yes: when ! stated what believed possible
he said, Roberts you must have misunder;;
from his marty While | don't question
the accuracy Of your statement think you
must hnve, misunderstood him. cannot
hope y99 undSrsiSni him. But lear thai you
elected by ono side. will do u fayot to the other
side said: Then II that is the case 1t makes
no difference. about Louisiana, or anything
quoted TO me the Latin provcrb, Beware the
Greeks when they come bearing gifts" -. W..
Gen. Bu'lcr-Gen. Lamar doubted that Hayes
hnd made such assurances or that he would
That Is the fact. sir. He said he did not see
how II was possible | said believed | had
peculiar facilities. more than anybody. to know
what we could expect; that his friends were
disposed toward the south but they did not see
eject il he allowed himself to be governed by
certain politicians
Did you SOC any Of Hayes particular per-
Yes; saw Mr.. Foster. ! went up 20 his
house. and he asked me what had occurred in
Louisiana H. said l believe Hayes is a fair
man and a Just mon and will do right 10y you:
he VII 10 RUM VIII YoI' snh lHst W,ih You u
down. He said. There may be row about
IBIS hing. and \ {; id good that III not
II" said that he did NOT SEQ how Wa could lose
the State with 1900 majority. | SAID.
TIN, Ts!oriiy woat, laser ths Re- e.
did not 500 how with such nm immense kcpub-
lcnn majority in Wcsi Fell lana aud with the
aid oi tn army AMI navy and the United states
fttR Yflll stf a nm Hon ln
guns and vote. He said that it was strange. He
then asked me II anybody knew what the Re-
very well they were going 10 count us out, and
they will do it BY throwing out different
>" Did you know at that timer
DID You soc any other OF Iaycs's personal
~ cs, sir ; | saw agrssint many. DO you mean
MIR. Butlrr-l did mean the same thing Did
YOU me"t prominent Republicans DidyJu see
COL Ron. rts-I did no, sec him until he came
th"r' rs counsel for the ls"l uhlicans before the
| Electoral Commission. met him IN my hotel
several times. We had little talk about moth
ibid YOU I'll linn Of your interview with
Hayes
| afternoon | believe. / met Mr., Matthews with
Mr. Eyarls. He said. Eyar;s. | want you to
! know Roberts Iyarts asked me n good many
| questions abou, different things and asked me
| q come and see HIM | went 70 see Eyarls
| The appointment was made before left.
! had an Interview with Senator Matthews. Gov
| Penn went with me- To- see EvartS. GOV. Penn
| was Il Special friend II Gov Nichols and had
| been son, th.rc - Gov. y 'hoYs. i presented
! Gov, Penn % Mr. Evarts. They had a nonyersa-
| ton while went over to the window and looked
out into the street 1t was touching the state Of
thiags In Louisiana that they We're talk INK about
| Evarts said that We were making great mistake
in making violent fight ngains, Hayes. as he
supposed would he made He said that for
| himself he had always been opposed 10 the
treatment Of the South which had nearly
wrecked his party; TINT he believed II Gov
| Hayes were President there would be an era Of
| fairness and justice. Evar's repeated almost
"xa,rly what Hayes had said 10 nc that tho in
| t"llig"nce Of any country ought to govern IT,
Dor thinking about it. There was, very little
But he impressed the same ideas -
Il. Yes sir; 80 negrly that It struck me, that
ii Ma- agood thing for rs il he got m.
;, Nj. Poitrr-Did he understand what Gov.
Penn r,latons wore ,,.
guite ,-urc that ! did say that J should bring
| had headed the White League movement that
/ turned The GoycrnmcAt bottom upward in SEP
Mr. Poi,cr-when you introduced him. you
| said that h. represented Gov. Nichols
u. Roi,.rs1Yo- sir.
"Did y,u learn Of any provision on the raii
/ 81 the pl1mocrAi' to prevent the Inauguration
" There wcrc hall d dozen plans Tho North
wGs, Wa ms n$i I2Mi ain9'@ rlnn. wnre
| distributed AMI Wptter-on had a pan Tor lul-
| 0un men 10 visit Washington and witness the
| count
"Dll You have conversation with Gen.
Us. sir. / learned that -ofrct agents had
reported :" nm 'hnt ,iI l'.p'e were aroused.
,."0l il was reported by prominent R.puh-
caas, nad AZ AZ, ia'Tl ti.N, wi'G i' Grant -, IoG on,
] Nnut he meant To- dee with the troops