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to the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency, but he was not particular how th
bill would be brought up.
Mr.. Harris, in the opening Of his speecl
on the election, said be was not sorr,
that the Silver Bill would not come d
to-day, as It's friends seem 10 have no con
cert Of action, and the success Of the bill
would be promoted by postponement.
At the end Of Mr.. Harris speech MI
Hall obtained the floor and referred I
the remark made on Thursday by MI
Gibson that he (Hall) had taken occa
sion, in season and out Of season, 70 de
nounce the people Of Louisiana. he de
MED that he had ever denounced thes
people; on the contrary, he has taken oc
casion heretofore on the floor OF tn
House to speak plainly upon the griev
ances which had existed In that State
and which he had earnestly regretted
He had been profoundly moved with hil
observation Of the course Of events il
Louisiana for the past year and espe'
cially for the past six months, lntht
beginning be had watched the experiment
made there hopefully believing that the
magnanimous and conciliatory course
pursued by the President toward thai
people would be met by generous and
hearty return, but he had seen that honor
and plighted support, and the pledged re-
turn for generosity had been forfeited
that the resolutions Of the State LegiSla.
ture went for nothing, and political per
secutions were waged to-day in Louisiana
with spirit OF violence which reminded
him OF older days. He therefore could
keep silent no longer. He reviewed the
course Of events 10 Louisiana from the
close OF Grants administration, bring
ing forward prominently the fact
that the title OF the Packard gov
ernment and the Packard Legislature
had been settled by the Electoral
Commission, 1t being based upon the
count Of the Returning Board, the same
Board whose action In the case Of the
President had been confirmed by the
Electoral Commission and whose decision
had been accepted by both Houses ot
Congress. It's title had also since been
affirmed by the Senate in the admission
to a seat in that body Of Kellogg, elected
to the Senate by the Packard Legislature.
He spoke Of the call OF that Legislature
on the Federal Government for protection
against domestic violence. He did not
know and nobody could tell the reflections
that passed through the mind Of the
President on that subject. With a desire
for peace, with q disposition for concilia'
tion and with tendency toward tender.
ness, he determined TO start out and com.
nit his administration to a course, not Of
or OF laying a strong iron
hand upon that people, but Of concession
and Of magnanimity and 10 disregard the
call Of the Legislature Of Louisiana.
He went on 10 speak OF the sending
OF the Commission 10 Louisiana BY the
President, the result OF which visit was
the disintegration OF the Packard Gov.
ernment and the installation Of the Mich.
oils Government, and he declared that
no experiment in that direction had
eyer been made so thoroughly as the
President had made this one. The leg.
islature and Governor Nichols had
promised pardon for all political Of
iences. He asked the House to turn back
its mind, and be asked President Hayes
10 turn back his mind six months, to
the 1sl Of May, 1877. Would anybody
have been found then to predict
that in less than sixty days men
who, foremost Of all, had made them
selves Offensive to Louisiana Dem.
ocrats, because they had carried
ou, the law OF the State, and had thereby
because the political offenders against
that party in L ,uisiana and thoroughout
the country would have been prosecuted
Would the President have believed It
Would anyone have believed it2 Mr..
Hale went on to argue that there was no
legal grounds for the prosecution Of An,
derson Of the Returning Board, who had
been for twenty years elected TO the Leg
isla,ure from his own parish, who had
always stood high In public and private
estimation, and who had never before
been considered an outcast and malefac.
tor. In confirmation ofhis statement that
there was compact that there should be
no political prosecutions In Louisiana be
quoted from the letters Of E. V. Smalley
10 New York.
Mr.. Clymer said that every portion OF
the country, outside the borders ol Lou.
isiana as we'll as in 1t, was lnterested 10
tue proceedings now taking place in
Louisiana. In behalf OF the people whom
he represented, he could say that they
persons connected with the elec
toral fraud, as the principals, shonld be
punished and all who were abettors and
aiders should be punished, because while
the country might have TO submit to the
conse auences OF fraud In the interest ol
human liberty all the people, every.
where, should know how and by whom
The great crime had been perpetrated.
This question should not be considered
"a a local one. The whole people should
give encouragement 10 the people ot Lou
Isiana to 20 right forward and discover
who were the principals. He denied that
any agreement implied from the resolu'
lions adopted by the Louisiana Legisla
tnre or any expressions used BY Cover.
nor Nichols were binding on hlm or any
tody. The Returning Board proeecu--
lions could DO no harm in the present and
they might be OF immense yalue in The
future.
Mr.. Thompson asked Clymsr what
remedy he would propose In case the
authorities Of Loui.iana shonld prove
recreant 10 their duty and refuse to pun.
ish criminal.
Mr.. CIymer-Giye us entire authority
and We will see that the laws are enforced
Mr.. Thompson-Who do you mean BY
Ius."
MIR. Clymer-The Democratic party.
Mr. Pattsrson-That Is a nice sort Of
people TO keep order. Laughter.l
Mr.. Garfield next obtained the floor,
and said the gentleman from Pennsyl.
yania (Clymer) called upon the people oi
Louisiana 10 help the Democratic party
10 get at the great crime Of the Presi.
Dental count. This he Garfield char
acterized as entering the point Of the
wedge which was TO drive home what
was called the great crime Of the country
He did not intend TO make an inaamma'
tory speech. II there was people on
earth that had q right to be weary q,
heart Of politics and partizanship II was
the American people. He pictured three
stages which country must undergo in
the transition from \ state Of war 10 9
state oi peace. First there was the mill
tary stage, when in bloody battles the