Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-04
TIE HAPPY FAMILY.

Hoo the Citichens Of the Visiting States
aueM are ConsinN Home to Koost.
The Cincinnati 7'mes-organ of the Re-
publican party in Ohio-says:
John Sherman in the cabinet, Governor
Noyes minister to Paris, and Stanley Mat
thews in the Senate-these are the visiting
statesmen who went to New Orleans a year
ago, to give the returning board the COM
fort of their presence, and the encourage
ment OF their sympathy and their advice.
Harlan on the supreme bench, and Wayne
MacVeagh offered high mission these are
look on the other Anderson, of the re-
turning board, on trial, and his conviction
expected tomorrow: Wells in jail, and vain
ly seeking 5000, 900 bonds, and the admins
tration tells them that they cannot expect
either sympathy or active help. If the men
who encouraged the Louisiana board were
receive single word of good cheer, of
friendly assurance, of earnest confidence in
its integrity?''
And the Springfield Republican thus de-
mands an explanation:
''The conference of those Republicans
who were at New Orleans during the cleo
toral count, resulted in the determination to
make public, over their names, at the proper
time, a statement that, from their journal
and from all knowledge that came to them
during their sessions and consultations in
New Orleans, it appears that the pending
prosecutions of the members of the return
ing board are unjust and outrageous. They
insist that no such acts as are charged against
the board were committed, that they had
very full knowledge Of what was done, that,
i'll fact, Democrats, as well as Republicans,
We're witnesses of all the action taken with
the returns, and that the only possible in
depreciation of the present course toward
the returning board is that it shows deter
mination to conduct a series of prosecutions
solely for political effect.
What Packard says:
IL know nothing personally Of these mat
ters, because l studieusly avoided all confer
ence or consultation with the visiting states
men. have heard great deal since, how
ever, and am free to say to you that don't
believe Wells and Anderson intend to be
crucifed that John Sherman or Stoughton OF
the rest of that party may enjoy eternal life.
| would not change places and situations
with Mr.. Hayes to-day
The compliments of the Washington Pos,
to John Sherman, r. S. p:
s'Whatever may be John Sherman's pub
lie pretenses of indifference to the appeals,
or of impregnabillity to the threats of the
returning board, and however glibly he may
have lied to General Boynton and other
newspaper correspondents, it is fact of oul
own knowledge that he has privately exhausted
his influence to induce Mr.. Hayes to com
promise himself, by act OF utterance calcu-
lated to put obstacles in the way of the prose
cutions now pending in New Orleans. Mr.
Sherman stands in the attitude of a criminal
between whom and damning exposure there
is no stronger screen than that of such
thieves honor as may reside in the bresats
of the malefactors of the returning board. Ev.
idence, documentary and otherwise, is extan
to convict him of category of crimes
among which conspiracy to forge and falsify
election returns is the least heinous.