Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-05
THE IMPEACHMENT OF HAYES.

Vtcscs Of a Member of the Potter Committee
as to the Evidence Of the Louisiana
Bargain.
Washington (Aug. y Special to Chicago
Times.
A member of the Potter committee said
to-day, while talking on the subject of the
investigation, that from the evidence now in
and the papers mentioned by Col. Burke in
his testimony, some of which are yet to be
put in evidence, it seems clearly established
that the Wormley conference actually took
place. and that compact or bargain or un-
derstanding of some kind was entered into
to this effect: That Nichols was to be re-
cognized by Hayes as the lawfully elected
Governor of Louisiana, and that Nichols
would protect the Republicans of the State,
would enforce the laws. and not complicate
the situation by the election of two United
States Senators. 1t was also understood at
the conference that if these assurances could
be given on either side the friends of
Nichols and Wade Hampton, in the House
of Representatives, would draw their sup
port from the filibustering movement, and
the count would proceed to its final COM
pletion, resulting in the declaration of the
election of Hayes and Wheeler. From this
CNAOCASO ~ e11oo appeals thdt OAA o0hOcSs
March 4, before Hayes was inaugnrated
and COL Burke, and he assured them there
that his policy would be conciliatory, and he
requested them that opportunity be allowed
him to remove the difficult, les and prepare
the way for the completion of the bargain
made by his friends. This request, coming
from the President, is the first intimation
hot 70, 4 %x~N Now
Orleans to accomplish the overthrow of the
said in their dispatch to Gov. Nichols that
| Hayes seemed anxious and earnest in the
| proper direction. "Proper direction was
we'll understood by Nichols, Gibson and
Burke at that time. "The MacVeagh-Har-
| Ian commission" continued the Potter in
vestigator, ''thus becomes the final chapter
in the bargain by which Hayes, whose title
is no better than Packard's was, and whose
previous record was all on the side of the
Packard and Louisiana carpet baggers
agreed to abandon the Packard government
and the Louisiana Republicans and recognize
the Nichols government upon the I'M
| Outstanding that sufficient Democrats would
withdraw from the fllibustering movement
| and cooperate with the Republicans in tn
House in securing the completion of thu
count of the electoral votes. IF this be no
a corrupt bargain and sale,' added the Con
| gresham, sit is difficult to understand VIVA
would constitute such thing. 1t is the opin
ion of the ablest lawyers with whom hav
| conversed that if proof of this bargain il
| completed, the House of Representative
will be forced by public sentiment to pre-
sent articles of impeachment against tn
President, and that the Senate, as now con
stituted even, would almost unanimousl
find him guilty, and remove him from Office
This, of course, would open the way forMl
Wheeler to step into the Presidentis
chair, but the proof which would b
sufficient to remove MIR. Hayes on i'm
peachment would show that Mr.. Wheeler a
we'll as Hayes was corruptly bargained TO
and counted in, and that in the light G
public sentiment at such time it is not be
lieved Mr.. Wheeler would or could acceI
the place. This would require the Presider
pro tempore to be inaugurated as Presider
nd interim until another election could tax
place, which could not be under the constitr
ton and laws prior to November, 1879, eve
if conviction should be had at the next ses
sion of Congress, but the probabilities 81
that in case of impeachment, the trial wi
take place after the 4th of March, when Il
Senate would be convened in extraordinar
session for that purpose. The Senate woul
then be Democrat, and the President p1
tenapore, who would be inaugurated in cas-
of conviction of Hayes, would be Dem.
| Graf