The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-05-29
THE ELECTION FRAUDS.
Intrigue of A. n. Stephens and others
I W.. with Administration Repuh-g y
40 Leans TO Defeat IN, !.
THE POTTER RESOLUTION AND AFF1RM
THE sACREDNEss OF HAYES II ast
Ss.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
PUDIATED BY THE
REPUBLICANS Sfis

WASHINGTON, May 22.--The Ma
tional Republican publishes to-day
an account Of what st calls an in
trigue between anti-resolution Demo-
Gratis and certain, Republicans. y
The article says the particulars Of
this intrigue as now developed, show
that with Messrs. Mills Of Texas,
Buckner of Missouri, Morse Of Mas.
sachusetts, and several others Of his
side Of the House, Mr.. Stephens was
willing to go so far as, to amend the
Potter resolution by inserting a
clause directly recognizing and EN-,
phaticalIy declaring the stability Of
Resident Hayes, title. Yi :,
The .it}easwas to enbody i'm the
amendment Mr. S Hewitt 8 somewhat
emphatic assertion or concessions,
that the titleiis sacred and irrefraga.
bile. IT is known. chat the leaders Of
the Potter wing promised to pass a
resolution emboty ing this declara-
ition as soon as tleyal,aa secured the
adoption Of the one providing for the
investigation. That they did not
keep their promise is also known,
and that they did not keep tits pro.
ven By the fact that they have stu.
.diously refused to recognize any OF
the ant.greasers in any way what,
ever. However this may be, the in-
trigue referred to had an indirect
bearing upon that promise, and may
have been the cause of it. ifs be-
The Representatives, who were en-.
gagged in the movement were Of the
kind known as administration men,
and the President himself was a par
ty to their consultations. It is
known that on last Thursday night
Aiessrs. j. D. Cox, Amos Townsend
and one or two other Republicans
met the President at the residence Of
Hon. Chas. y Foster, for the purpose
Of talking this matter over. They
agreed that the offer oftithes Demo
Gratis was worth booking into, and
Mr.. Cox was selected to do the look
ing. baeiti.a 1 9a 2sf /
Mr.. Cox, on Friday armed with thi'
paper, cautiously began to sound the
so-called anti.administration Repnbli,
cans, as we'll as others of. the party
who had up to that time been kept il
ignorance of the intrigue, Among
these was the Hon. Eugene Hale, wht
instantly denounced the scheme as al
Infamous attempt to divorce the adj
ministration from the party. In Hi
opinion its success would simply hayl
thrown the Presidentinto the hands o
the Democrats, and placed him undel
obligations to, a minority ofthat party
for the preservationn of the sacrednes,
of his tenure in Office. Other Republi.
cans who were approached on thu
subject expressed establishment thal
the President should have counte.
nanced such an intrigue, and AGAR
others characterized it;as an insidioul
attempt BY the opposition to place tht
administration Id the. attitude Of hay.
ing sacrificed the reputation ofsome
of its MEMBERS -snd,having abandoned
the Republican party for the selfish
purpose of securing to the President
undistarbed possession Of his Office
In short, Mr.. Cox met with euch
slight encouragement that he aban-
doned the movement id disgust. His
colleagues, especially Mr.. Stephens
were choked off or down By the oppo.
sition; and thePotter resolution was
passed as, d strictly party measure,
twentyfof the twenty-five intrignerl
voting for it. !. mit. aslis
-THE Democratic Convention, il
Pennsylvania, has nominated Andrew
H. Dill as it's candidate for Governor
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