The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-23
THE PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION ADOPTED.

Finally the vote was announced as 145 to2.
A motion to reconsider and lay on the table was
made by Mr.. Potter but subsequently withdrawn,
and the house adjourned until tomorrow.
From remark and demonstration made by
Mr. Hale at the moment Of adjournment, 1t Is in
ferred he will Tomorrow offer resolutions to eX
tend the investigation TO Oregon, South Carolina,
Mississippi aud other States
A WALL FROM THE REPUBLICAN, CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
The Republican Congressional Committee has
Issued the following address:
To The voiers OF The United States. The Demo.
cratic House Of representatives has 10 day by q
party vote, adopted resolution, which, under
pretence Of an investigation Is to lay the founda-
tion for the revolutionary expulsion Of the Presi
dent from his office, This is the elimination OF a
plot which has been on foot from the day that
Hayes and Wheeler were C0nsttutionally declar.
ed elected II made It's first public appearance In
the resolution Of the last Democratic House.
adopted at the close OF the session. declaring that
Iiden and Hendricks were elected. Tilden and
Hendricks subsequently maze similar public dec.
larati01s themselves. A few timid members have
long held back, and some Of them after being co
creed to final vOe still pretend they will halt as
soon as their partial and one sided investigation
shall be ended. In other words they intend, af
ter hearing Suberned evidence 10 bring verdict
remain in office, These men have no control In
the Democratic party. They dared not even fol.
low Alex. h. stephens In unit against caucus
dictation to the extent Of showing some sem.
blanCe of fair play. They will bempOtent In the
future, as they have been in the past. Moreover,
it Is difficult 10 believe in their sincerity in view
OF the public avOwal of their party that its pur.
pose is, If possible, to dispace the President 1t
IS matter of history that the resolution Just
adopted was framed to express this object.
GVnna a1soR RnFtt
vance as to whether he would rule that 1t was a
privileged question, The party managers were
anxious to conceal their purposes, If possible. In
this they were defeated by the Speaker, who
would not rule 1t question of privilege unless it
clearly assalled the title Of the President The
resolution being offered, he read carefully pre-.
pared opinion, deciding it to be question of the
highest privilege because it involved question
of the validity of Hayes title Here are his very
words: "A higher privilege than the one here
involved and broadly and directly presented as
to the rightiul occupancy of the Chief Executive
chair of the government, and connection OF high
government officials with frauds alleged the
Chair is unable TO conceive. The Chair finds
enumerated among the questions of privilege set
down in the manual the following Election of
President The Chair therefore rules that the
preamble and resolution embrac questions of
privilege OF the highest character and recognizes
the right OF the the gentleman from New York to
offer the same"
Upon this, the Republicans commenced strug.
gle against revolutionary scheme, which after
five days, terminated in the success of the con.
spirators. The Republicans offered to favor the
fullest investigation into all alleged frauds by
whichever party charged to have been commit
tee, but the Democracy pursued its course shame
lessly and relentlessly and stfed all inquiry into
attempts at bribery in Oregon, South Carolina
and Louisiana and murder and violence in sew
eral of the States Neither amendment nor de.
bate vas allowed. The inexorable previous
question was applied and enforced This scheme
If pursued, and 1t is now fully inaugurated, can
only have the effect of further paralyzDg bust.
ness Of all kinds, preventing the restoration of
confidence which seemed promising casting q
gloom over every household aud bringing our
nation into reprOaCh before the civilized world.
The peace Of the country is the first consideration
of patriots. This new effort of the Democracy to
inaugurate anarchy, and MexiCanize the Govern.
meut by throwing doubts upon the legitimacy of
the title OF the President is in keeping with the
records OF that party one wing Of which rebelled
against the Government, while the other wing
gave them aid and comfort. We call, therefore
upon all who opposed the rebellion Of 1861, with.
out distinction Of party, to rally again to the sup
port OF law, order and stable government and to
overwhelm with defeat the reckless agtatOrs
present distresses of the country by shaking the
foundations Of he Government they failed in a
four years war to destroy.
By unanimous order of the committee,
EUGENE HALE, Chairman.
GEORGE G. GORHAM, Secretary.