New-York tribune., 1878-10-17

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A TALK WITH EJGfNh HALE
TIE TRBUNE's DISCLOSE "E1 Az ACT on EEIfibO-
TIVE JUsHCE-NR HALE TO CALL FOX An ~
yEoTIGAIlON or pLM"ClAIIC FRAUD NH>i
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lBr TELEGRAPH 7" Tih THIbONEi
WAsHl,GToN. Oct. lG.-lhe Hon Eugene H"''
was asked to-day for an opinion win Teg"ru 10 'o
cipher dispatches, and what they prove anu '"'"
probable effect
"Wcl.." said be, "it : an lIlrstraNon "i the
italian proycrb. No poor devil ever went ""i 20
shear aud came back 80 shorn aS the beiro'ra''
party il i5s quest Tor fraud " Presidential e'''-
ton Of 1876. And now although PT'iiy HUch
every Democratic lt"dor 10 and out oi Congress Us
very eager 20 throw IL. whole di>r,pu.o Of
Tho ,pa.fcr upoD TilCau. ylE as | rerollcct the
facts concerning the resolution in the House
of Representative which set the Potter topfit;ee
on foot investigating fraud suspect that a great
many Of the leading men on that SIDE Of the louSo
had at that time a su-picion that TO good would
come 10 them by a thorough Investigation. The
real leaders the old heads of the parity never took
much stock m ths Potter resolution. Hewitt, who
I have no dOu.,t truthfully denies any participation
in the Southern telegramS had little OF nothing 10
do with forcing tho resolution through Neither
did Fernando Wood, nor Mr. Morrison, OF ILLINOIS,
who was in Louisiana himself, nor MI
Saylcr of ONO, who was in South Carolina. MI.
Springer, who is generally placed by his party ont
side of the door to give notice ofaIybodys coming,
, slo, ;f,l,ra !. q s,,rprise was very earnest
% ~ 50 '"', = 1... ,Ir,,t h,,t ,,orcralIv
IN putting the resolution 'I"uhH o"'
speaking the old managers, as rccoI"ct the tact7'
acted ~ hourh they were somehow afraid that the
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IhIlG "ouI" yum az "S"'''' '"' " .... r
Then you think theY knew ol inc 'N''''"'' VI
a.. al lfi,l M
n, - T,,.,,,.,- y 80. osLad
AhE lI''nONh' ""' ~ ,;,,
so many dispatches coulo h"t h'Ne '.'' s'''N
back and forth as The TRIBUNE has brought 10
Hgb+ without there being more or less knowledge of
,t,a,,a bor 7 H;ro5 ,,v amendment to the Potter
N' anu WIZ" oii, ~'' ~, ...;..
resolution, which IN terms called Tor an 'h'eNuEI-
ton not only of the Oregon dispatches, but OF the
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the Returning ohceIs, or IN the case ol oou'u N"V
hna the elector every rlau in the Democratic party
=; +Lo uous. excapti.,, Alexander n STEPHENS
Al 'n0 ,7; ilo"9o 80 - it,r+ o,,t tLo end.
stoOd 10 MS P"S' 10 S"u' 0". 'NV
ment The lucky fact that the dispatches
1,,era ,,reserved togctLer with the uapar-
ouaI.d o,t.,,,,ss of TIE Turg1,vr has now
alio''" 'N''1F'i4 =.
let daylight INTO me "hoi" S'iJ''I' one S''p, ret
rbutiye feature about il j., that while the Demo
-. H., baro+or,ro 6a.r 1us+ilv setting ND the
o'"'s nave N'''0-oi' - .U''l,' -. ,t -, ,i,o
cry of fraud upon our part, 10 smut OUT Io"I 'He
nublic mind the contamination of violence in the
c.b 40 ,ou "a .,,r e,,,,,irioD of fraud ppon their
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part. these revelations nave lot Ie u''' ''hIe
brought to the notice Of the American people the
Tremendous fact that the Democratic party was
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ptHba uP"h TaIi Wig !nav ,o 80 ,,d ,nrr
ioIo .p' I.NI NI ~ ;. .i' t,,t ' s. fiirrs INIT NV
uel az 'Ic uaLus VI l'H ord
the trcc use OF the money OF us IC,I C|"4u"' - a."
the bribery OF election returning OuCeis aDu AN'F
dental electors" -.
10 yOu crelI lle assertion H'ue ~ H"Hir vi M
Srlends that Mr. lildtn VIII utuy any Aho"Icusc VI
Iht clpler ulspaIcnesi .,. ~,