The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-24
Senator Iiill and Tie Presidential
Fraud.
WAs,uNl.rnv nA.al. ,1

WAsulNGroN, OctoberlI.
The recent letter Of Senator Hill. @!
Georgia, dcnouncing the Presidential
frauds and condenning the President
and his appointments to office aud his
policy generally, is the cause of much
surprise '.,.y. Up to the closing hours
OF Congress, in June last. the President
had, apparently, no better friend or
warmer defender than Senator Hill.
Only few days before the adjournment
] Of Congress Mr.. Hill IN . ..l:!:a!:.;!. 81;
terview, spoke Of Mr.. Hayes rs honest
and upright, and in no way responsible
for the frauds by which he was elevated
to the Presidency. A member of the
| Cabinet says that Mr.. Hill's open ad.
vocacy Of the President was at times q
source Of embarrassment and ANNOYANCE.
and that the President would have much
J preferred il had Mr.. Hill been less yehe-
ment in his support. In his letter Just
published, Mr.. lIill says: Hayes is As
bad man rs Andrew johnson would
have been had lie appointed Booth to a
seat in his Cabinet" Those here who
are thoroughly acquainted with Mr.. Hill
believe that this sudden and radical
change in his opinion OF the President.
put forth pretentious!y at this time, when
there seems no occasion or excuse for it,
Is TO be taken rs a notice Of Mr. Hills
intention to attack the administration on
the opening Of Congress. Mr.. Hill is an
exceedingly earnest and determined man,
and is never satisfied with quiet role.
During the last session Of Congress,
through the efforts OF prominent Demo
cratic Senators, no attempt was made To
bring up for party discussion in the Sen
ate any questions growing out Of the set.
tlcment of the last Presidential election.
In the course of the debates in the SEN
ate, both in open and in secret session,
all aliusons made to the subject by Sen.
atOrs Of either side were couched in the
spirit Of moderation and Of cancellation.
II, rs MIR. Hilis friends appear to think,
1t is his purpose to prccipitate on the
floor of the Senate this question, it will
afford all the opportunities for sensations
that he or any one else may desire. To
reopen the question in the Senate will be
to inauguratc q discussion that would
spread over large part Of the ensuing
session, and which would be bitter and
violent in the extreme. 1t is said on the
authority Of Mr.. Rogers, the private sec
retary OF the President, that Mr.. Hills
assertion that he has made no recOminen.
dations to office il not borne out by the
facts. To the contrary, Mr.. Rogers says
Mr.. Hill has made number of recon-
mcndations for Office, and several of the
persons recommended by him have been
| appointed.
a friend Of the President handed Sen.
ator Hills letter TO him, and its perlisal
caused him the most intense surprise. AZ
he still has the most lively recollection
Of the almost dal'- visits paid to the
White House by M: Hill in the early
spring of 1877, and his continued subse-
quent assurances Of confidence and ap-
proya. The President was then re-
minded of n remark made to him in
April, 1877, by prominent Southern
gentleman, not an oilcchoIder, who has
known Mr.. Hill for many years. The
remark was almost in these words "NIr
President, mark what I tell you; YOU
think Mr.. Hill a firm friend OF yourself
and of your administration, but the day
will come when he will turn on you.'
II may be that Mr.. Hill vii! content
himself with the issue cf his letters and
will not undertake To stir up strife on the
floor of the Senate, but the intempe.att
language which he uses fully justiiies the
conclusion that he means to pitch in.