The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-18
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Republican l. adcrs Drnouncing
the President.

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was remarkable, less for the Opinions
advanced than tor the general lndlca
tons II offered Of the sentiments "
leading Republicans, IL seems .'"'
the pruuOsIllOn Oi holding slc' u
meeting originated win W T., Chhn'
,ilcr, MO called The meeting 10 "fdcr
fl was understood that no definite NC
lion shOuld he taken, and the meeting
was in effect only IA step To yard a call
uI "a Congressional cnucu which VIII
rrurgnuizc The Congressional Commit
tee. Gurham, Secretary Of the senate,
aud the mrmber from California on the
National Committee, was the FIRST
speaker o. importance, aud without
committing himself luIll and emphatI-
cully 10 personal drnuncialion OF Hayes,
he suggested that IL was wholly unwIs,'
for the party 10 haGdicap Itself by any
laing like Al nv0wai Of It's support OF
the administration, II might be- deemeI
wiser 10 Ignorc The poil"y OF lla\r S'
GurInm's speech lett no dOu't on the
mind OF inyoue that he vas uncom
prumislugly hostile 10 the ndmlnlslra
lion, and that the ouly hope Of success
lay III sucI, radical opposition to the
southern policy Hayes pursued MS
wuuId Gunl incc the loyal people OF the
Nurlh tina, Ir great results ol the wal
had not come 10 be idle matters To TIE
party which won them On financial
questions there existed such difference
1T Opinion ia the party that he saw no
way Of rrconciling them, and he pro-
posed ~ a solution of the difficulty to
IloymaIly turn over the subject to the
Congressional districts for settlement
there, ca,Il district elrctiug n man Of its
oSn financial views and uniting only
on the general principle, call 1t the
bloody shirt or what YOU viii, an winch
the party succeeded ia 1872 and carried
the y,rat mass Of the loyal North IN
1876
William T. Chandler followed Cor
nam in II speech winch seemed rather
designed to test the sense Of the meet
ing lhau to pro>0ke hostile criticism
and devoted rather u a general discus.
| sion OF the necessity OF skclcllH9 Il
General policy Of the party than tn
Sharply pressing opposition TO lla\e-
as the guiding principle o! til" campaIg"
In other words, wltuout saying any
thIng to prDyoke II rupture, he showed
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that the party would have 10 come Oh
the IiaJe, platform to succeed.
General Logan joined IN the pr"cre'
Iny, with IL rather emphatic inlerroG'
atoIy ~ to the position IN which thr
conference expected to leave the "id
radical element Of III" party. ii" amt
others Ike him ma n clear, 'lriln,l"
beI,cl as to the policy which the party
ought to haze, II bcIirr,hat lett N" room
tor Hayes policy of reconciliation,
and it would be- well for til conference
to consider whether ANYTHING hul OPP
position to Hayes could satisfy the
radical wing % the party or anything
less insure success.
Untl toward the close Of the meet
inc Cnarlc\ Foster had had little to say
except in the way OF u few casual IN
lcrruptions to other speakers, Neaj
the close he began a long and very
earnest speech in defense of Hayes
lie GccIaIei tina! the party was a
deaths door when HAYES was inaugu'
rated, aud nothing hut his policv coul'
have given it a longer lease of life. ]
was rapidly losing votes at the Nortl
bj the Southern policy of Grant. while
the policy winch Have s had inaug
uralel had made the South more maa
agah.Ic and the North more secure. 1t
spite OF the general criticism OF Hayes
administration. he knew Of none fol
twenty years more crcditabie, and here
Foster made n genuine sensation hl
II Wing that whatever else could be sale
against it, it Was an administrator
winch had no Robesons and no Bcik-
maps in the Cabinet. no Saw ers and NJ
McCartys in the Treasury.
Mr.. Hal very much TO the snrpris'
OF MANY present, followed Foster
speech with warm approval. Mr.. IhIl
lips, OF Kansas. was another man whit
supported the administration. Thrr
the list OF its friends ended. Olhc
men spoke. There were the shor
asldcs OF a conference, The lnlormt
and seml-COnyersalional uttcrancr
which mark the informal sessions o
sucu q conference. In all of then
there was no word Tor Hayes. Som
lew, the Jew already mentioned, "er
opposed to Il formal rupture with tn
administration. Some otner lew wer
emphatic in their utterances that TIL
only salvation for the party lay in sue
a rupture. The majority rather weak,
suggested that some way might b.
found by which the party could rid 1t
self Of the damnlng lond without drop
ping the President, There were mel
who believed the last should and mus
he done, for the mr. ~ full OF hostility
Senators were there VINO admitted tina
they never called at the White Hous
except ut the urgent request of II COLI
stltuent, aud then unwIllmply. Rcpub
lean Congressmen were there VINO dl'
not hesitate, speaking man to man, Z
call the President OF their party.
choice IA liar aud a sneak. Leairrs o
the Republican party in great STATE
we're there who warned tbe:- friend
that from u small and mean man, VIII,
has deeply wronged the party by hl
Cabinet, his polio, aud his official acts
n%othins tut the hatred OF u petty ma