The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-09
THE PRESIDENCY.
THE DEMOCRATS IN FAVOR OF A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.

THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
bitter Democratic Opposition to Tildrn-
Hayes to 60 Out of the Presidency
hut Tilden Net to Go In.
Especial Correspondence Of the Deraocrat.l
RrGGs MOUSE. }
Washington, D. c.. May g. 1878. !
The first formal discussion of
THE PROPOSITION TO INVESTIGATE THE Er,E1,-
TOEAL FRAUDS
has taken place In the representative Demo-
cratic body-the conference of the House and
Senate campaign committees last night The
Star Of to-day has the following report of the
important part Of the proceedings:
The subject OF the Florida investigation
came up in the meeting Of the Democratic
campaign executive COMMITTEES last night.
and the result OF the discussion was that those
rushing pell-mell to have the investigation or
dered had better move slow. A Democratic
senator put the case in manner which creates.
aprotound Impression. Now said he, there
gel, ilden In the White House. What, then,
will an investigation accomplish 2 Ii an in
vestigaton is solemnly ordered by the House
OF Representatives, It must be for an object
more ore, than the mere fact of making campaign
result can only be, If the Florida fraud is
proven, the taking of some steps to get Mr..
Hayes out Of the White House. Now, II the
Democratic party enters into the matter at
an, 1t must be with a purpose to overturn
iished. 1T must, if fraud is proved. vitiate
that which has been accomplished by it, and
the inevitable end would be movement to
disturb President Hayes in his seat He
In the way Of party capital. He thought that
Il the Investigation Is entered into, the Repub-
licans will take advantage of such proceed
ing to give out that the Democratic party
is endeayoring to disturb the peace Of the
country, to create revolution, and to
turn Hayes out and put Tilden in, when the
TACT is that Iilden's own party don't want
him In the White House. Again. he thought
IL an investigation was vigorously pressed 1t
would solidify the factions in the Republican
party, and give cohesive strength to an
organization that the drift of events Is fast
disintegrating. He said that while no sane
man would deny that Hayes got the votes Of
Florida and Louisiana through fraud, ye. he
subsequently, attained solid title to his Office
through a bill which was passed by Demo-
cratic votes. AS an upshot of this plain talk,
1t was decided to restrain the Hotspurs In the
party, and the resolution for investigation
which was to have been brought forward in
the House on Monday will not be offered.
There Is some truth in the above but the
real expression Of the conference is carefully
concealed in order to make the pro-Hayes ut
terances of the Senator quoted seem to be the
paramount conclusion of the conference. /
have been favored with full and accurate
account of
WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE
and while for the present am not permitted
to publish 1t in detail as to what was said and
who said 1t, am free to saythat the general
tenor OF the deliberations was preponderantly
in favor of investigation. or course the con-
clusions Of this conference on that subject
could have no greater significance than the
conclusions of any conference Of influential
Democrats, for the official object Of the meet
ing was to discuss the preliminaries of ths
impending campaign, and thus the investiga-
tion was discussed purely as an incident.
1t is to be said, however, that extreme
caution and the fullest deliberation has been
resolved upon and will be observed before
any practical steps are taken. It is signif- |
can't that, while there are many Democrats |
who take pains to point out difficulties and
IN THE WAY OF IsvEsrJ- |
CATION
md who lose no opportunity to throw gentle
lashes OF cold water on the project whenever |
hey get an opportunity, there are none bold |
enough In their personal fealty to Hayes to |
AXE square, undisguised ground in relation
o the subject. In quiet way, and without
much attention, Hayes has placed |
good many Democrats in both houses of
congress under political obligations, while
Mrs. Hayes, with infinitely keener tact than
my lady has displayed In the White House
or years, has built up tower Of social
bnr hnin |
o Democratic directions where, obviously, it
vtli do the most good. To these restraining
nfluence5 add the fear that, II an investiga-
ion were once set on foot, it could not be ar
ested e, short OF installing Mr.. Tilden in the
Shite House. and you have some idea of the
auses which operate to delay and impede the
rOgresS Of justice.
1t is a melancholy fact that, between the
lsreputable methods by which he obtained
he nomination at St Louis. and the pl,sil
Uttered himself and the party to be robbed
the fruits Of victory,
T1LDEN Is
as 50 outraged the sense and demoralized J
le cohesion Of Democratic representatives.
1at majority Of them regard his possible
ccesslon TO the Presidency as calamity
reater even than the perpetuation Of fraud :
lcarnated in Hayes. TO show you how
trong this feeling was, will detail part of a
| had recently with one of the
loSt able and influential Of Western Demo
rats, man who was chairman Of an impor-
INT committee under Kerr, and who though {
bitter enemy Of Randall was deemed TOO :
nportant and influential factor In the party = :
} be discarded. This gentleman is, more : :
yer, one OF the most irreconcilable Of the :
pponentS OF Hayes; has never had the =
ghtest intercourse with him, personal or : !
therwise, and has never omitted to denounce ;
le fraud by which he was counted in. With {
1ch antecedents it Is naturally to be ex- : :
ected that this gentleman would hail the :
respect OF investigation with unmixed de- i
ght But he does not
Meeting him on the Avenue day before yes = =
'rday, asked him what he thought Of the +
respect for an investigation, and whether he :
alieyed it could be conducted 50 as to vindi- /
lte the outraged rights Of the people and q !
le violated sanctity OF the ballot-box with :
1t being perverted to the personal ends OF =
liden and his Gramercy clique OF seven-by- :
me New York bummers
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