Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-04
The Presidential Fraud,

Gratis 10 the House vii! take STEP =: e3p"u tie
question pi presi,l"ut lay Ill to i j. cIbce
as son h: !. : b he ac''nn o. tie SHINY
trudci 4, moc1atic csu2u: last r;g3t 10 he
c,ci,a;y sct@i.tsisu ~. Wbether tie pre-
i;uiuar7 steps vii &C iakso bT dlT. Ca1ksoo
\. Potter 90 II,rday rs Gas beeu announced.
or b7 some ooe else. ta1 cot cv:D decided az
On. nor is it cert,io tbst ii? oaiI viii be opeu
ed ca Moodsy, as the rrapirsiioHs 10 tie ~s7
Of rcsoIutioDs,- etiaaVi,s g., IL, r;quiTc
lime.
T. is c,rtslo, however, That Mr.. Montgomery
Blair has bcen at work seeking proper AMI
subactycut ally through whom he can reach
the attention Ct the ilnusr With The budget OF
material at his command, all ct which Is
Intended 10 rchabiiliatc Ti!den, IL the at,
,itute of a Presidential claimant. Sir.
Blair sludiou.ly avoids any admission that
be has bad anything to do with his Flolid2
exposure, as it is called; but It is fair to pre-
sumo that bis reticenca Is Dotflog moro Eor
less ,bas The result of professional caution.
Il is further certain that be roets with more
svmnstbv aud encouragement from Nortbcrn
Than from Southern democrats. TIE former,
Ike lockwood, OF New York, aud. presuma
rly, Mr, Potter, are more directly ameraOlc to
the Tildeo iLauercl than he latter, nearly Gil
Of whom hate or dcsIi5. him because OF bis
emil Southern claims letter and what they are
plaasod to term til moral an1 political coaard-
ice at the time CT the Inauguration. Besides
this. there is au evident desire among scuo OF
The Southern leaders to stavc eft the iGre.tiga
ion, either because Of their alleged bargains
With the Administration. as charged ny MIR:
Wiliam T. Chandler, or because Of the alleged
fact that il would expose their offers Tor such
baryaio. Io other words, the Soul etn dIsln
clination to come to Tilden's relief Just COW is
supposed to b. prompted ty selfish fears and
interests, not the least among which is a fear
Of an txposure Of tie manner 10 which Sana-
tors Lamar, G. .riou, aud others succeeded 10
rettjoy on intimate terms with President Hayes.
| There is nevertheless mi Jrly OF the tW1
wings of the democracy 10 The House 10 favor
| Of H.. Investigation Ioformal cons u';a'lons
have been held, poses have been counted, sod
| the result is a decision tu 70 ahead.
Mr.. Proctor Knott ii an aspiraDt Tor Tie
Louor of leadiag the investigation, aod may
succeed, because be is Choirmsn Of the JUL
ciary Committee, before which the k!umelI
QUO wsrranlo bill is nov peOdirg There is q
tear, however, that knott does not cars
| weight enough for the management Of such 40
| important matter. For this reason, as
| veil as the fact lht Mr.. Potter ls coo
| .idered the ablest lawyer in the Nav \ ork
delegation, Mr. Knott will prob!bly be sGub
| bed, asd the honor. if suoh i; can be called,
given TO the New York representative. Mr.
Mills, OF Texas, the author OF the resolution
| which passed the House OF the Forty fourth
Congress declaring Hayes election fraud, Is
also ambitious; likewise the supple Springer
ADD Joe Blackburn, the Letter OF when charac
ter'z d he complei,n OF the electoral count at
midnight Oh Friday as 40 act 1t to be commit
| ted on haDgman' day. Bu. 1t Il probable The
| plans and all their details will &c settled TO- the
cau,ul which meets to day.
Ia republican circles this subject Is taxed Of
with az evioeot determination to meet the
| democracy more than hst way, and 10 utilize
the nroposi;iou OF the National RanubIicaa to
Offset az cx partc investigation with demand
for swceriUg ,Xpo:urc Of sii the frauds OF
| both sides that may haze been committed. Al
iudiuc to this proposition, Attorney General
| D.vcns remarked 10 oae Ct tbe reporters CT this
| j3urnal yesterday -
| II dislike to say anything that will go lnlo
public print. for do not think 1t would be
prener. But will say that il there Is to be
ary investigations let there be foil one 10 oil
of the States; aud have Oh doubt that II WI!
! be found that Alr. Hayes has been elected by Il
mu;h larger nsjoriiy Of the ell C ora! vote than
has been given him.
| Postmaster General Key. NOT 10 be accepted
as good republican authority ty aoy MEANS
answered 90 oquiry regarding his OPINIONS as
follows.
TWAS q clos, election, s1d men differ abju;
t-lhat is, rs to who was clfccd 4 court Was
appointed to decide upon the matter AID made
clear the doubtful issue. That court decided;
and it is tie duty Of every good cinz,n to abide
by that decision It is natural for men to dltfer
when there is so close vote; but then the
courts decision should be Gaa'.
The hot huot OF the democracy after every.
| thiog and aoything that may tend TO strengthen
| their demaDd for an Investigation has resulted
| 10 the unealtbog Of exploded slaodefs 10 the
| c feet that undue il h1enees were used success
fully to control the action It Justice bradley
| pending the decision By the Electoral Commits
sior, Some Tina ego, Mr.. Hewitt, Of New
| York, Introduce resolution cstructlng com
mittee to tqnire Into the transfer OF the iran:
chises of The Memphis and III Paso Railroad
Company TO the Texas Paclh1 Company. 4
m ember OF tie sub committee bsvlog tic To-
| vestigatiou 10 charge is authority tJr the state
meut that The papers 10 the case show that the
negotiation Of the transfer was conducted liz
New Jersey by Justice Bradley, and the same
member is reported by the Star to have said
I'VE thilk we can show before wo Get
through the secret influence that Scott bad
over Bradley, and the cause which CON
strsiled the latter, az q member Of the E!ec:o
raj Commission, to read an opinion in the Lou
siana case bearipg one way and to vote directly
in oppostion to that opinion. - WASH Rep.
ARCTURUs About nne o clock 10 the even.
ing a bright star, IF yclloWish hue, may be
observed 10 the southeas: part Of the sky about
sixty degrees high, or two thirds oftbe distance
from the horizon 10 the z!ntb or point over
head. That star is AtcturuS. tho brightest
star 10 the northern sky and the brig htest u
the heavens except Sirius. It was written 10
the book Of Job, at least thirty one centuries
ago (pfobably the oldest literary work tina! has
reached the nrascnt 6aV