The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-15
Mr.. Hayes's It'll Investigation.

Mr.. Hayes Title---investigation
The Judiciary Committee OF the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, most wisely, although tar
aay.eame TO the conclusion eight 70 ono
10 report adversely upon the BLAIR nom
sense. e., the Maryland memorial and
K1NMEIL bill. This decision, which declares
the title OF Mr. HAYES settled, will, it Is ex-
pected, be reported to the House to-day.
u The one dissentient from the decision OF
the committee was Mr.. PROCTOR KNOTT, OF
Kentucky-a gentleman not at all remarka-
BILE for good sense or craftsmanship. why
Mr.. RANDALL put him at the head OF the
Judiciary Committee we know not. 1t was
certainly not for his fitness. lie is man OF a
single speech: his celebrated comic effort
upon Duluth. After that the addition to his
fame has not been very much to be priced.
But the decision loses none Of its force by
the dissenting voice Of Mr.. KNOTT. When
adopted by the House it will be the express
sion OF the opinion Of the Democratic party.
So that whatever may have been said OF
the investigation Of the returning-board
frauds and the scandals Of GRANTS rascaly
count, certainly the charge that the Demo-
Gratis intended to revofutionize the Govern
ment by turning out President HAYES is
rendered absurd and must be abandoned.
And now that the investigation has begun
the Democrats are entitled to all the advan-
tages which it can give.
Thus far there Is enough to give addi-
tIonal strength to facts and probabilities
contemporary with the eSecrable history OF
the election OF 20. All intelligent and fair
minded people knew at the time that the
very men whom GRANT sent to observe the
count saw the yillainies and became parties
to them by endeavoring TO screen them as
we'll as lcgalize them. To this has been
added the crime OF seeking rewards for the
wretches who counterfeited and lied to per.
vert the result Of the elections. The men
who made these efforts for the rewards were
inculpated with the crimes they sought to
reward. ..a
They failed to do all they wanted for the
villains, and Senator STANLEY MATTHEWS,
seeing that storm was brewing, undertook
TO flank it by his strategy in attempting to
quiet ANDERSON. He being generous and
earnest man, and anxious to shield the Pre-.
sident from difficulty. exposed himself, and
the ssartful dodgers" headed by SHERMAN,
slipped out through the opening left, and
MATHEWS is caught in q deadial'. Mr..
HAYES yielded too much; but it is PLAIN
that he did not understand the game, and
lett Just enough Of the work Of rewardins
the rascals for services rendered, incomplete,
to bring on thestorm of the grumblers, and
hence the trouble tina: has set all hands to
washing dirty linen and cleaning their own
skirts. We are still inclined to the opinion
that Mr.. HAYES is not complicated with the
scandals Of the election. Nevertheless, as
the investigation is begun we cannot reject
the developments, nor can their conse-
quences be escaped by those whom they
bear upon. --~---
Could the SHERMAN letter promising re-
wards be produced that would settle things.
In its absence there is circumstantial evil
dence enough to satisfy all that promises
were made, and the fact will have its infu-
ence upon the public mind.
All designs upon Mr.. HAYEs's title being
repudiated and out Of the question, and the
course OF the Investigation being we'll de-
fined and not at all likely to run into parti-
san excuses, we cannot now apprehend any
great excitement, any very Injurious re-
vlyal OF sectional animosities. The deyel-
opments are calculated to do injury to the
Republicans; but then it is apparent that
they have been taken for confessed, since
the northern Radical press has not at
tempted to defend those inculpatedin them;
but-they have sought to cut loose from
them and let them drift. The acts OF re-
warding the services of the false swearers
and hallot-thieves and forgers have been
discovered and repudiated on behalf Of the
Republican party. Those concerned in the
scandals have been informed that they must
take care OF themselves, and that the Re-
publican party cannot excuse "Jcsuitry in
politics-the doing Of evil that good may
come"
Nevertheless, the Republicans cannot
avoid the scandals in that way. In their
house the crimes were committed, and they
are responsible for them. Upon them the
consequences must fall.
The Tirginta Patreni is not yery courteous; we