The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-30
TllEFLORIDA EXPOSURES
MIR. HA YES HOLDING THE PRESIDENCY
WITHOUT ANY TITLE TeHT.
Gen. Banks and the sRuth-3Oston ApDI0-
sizes tor the Course of Her Rep
resentatIye.

ten. BANKS amd the sbuth-3OstOn Apollo
sizes for the Course of Her Rep
resentative.
Especial Correspondence Of the Demoorat.1
RIGGS HOUSE,
Washington, April 25, 1878.
The confessions OF the men who stole
THE VOTE or FLORIDA
have had curious effect upon the public
mind ut tho North and upon the current Of
thought in Congress. True, these confess
sions do not add anything to the stock of
knoWiedge. They were not even unexpected,
for both Democrats and Republicans have
known for some time that they were coming
and what their tenor would be- But they
have subserved the purpose OF tearing away
many imsy wells OF pretense, and OF laying
bare great many shams. Hitherto every
proposition to reopen
THE QUESTIONS GROWING OUT OF THE ELEC~
TORAb COUNT
has been met almost alike by the friends and
| the oppnnenta nf Hayes, both Hetuy5rHts md
Republicans, with the plea that there was no
appeal from the decisions Of the Electoral
Commission, and that the danger Of civil
| strlte ensuing upon reOpening Of the case
would be worse evil than to let the results
OF fraud stand. The logic Of the supporters
OF Hayes, reduced to plain English, has been:
Yes, We grant you that Hayes was not
elected But the Electoral Commission was
| organized to determine the succession did de-
termine 1t, It's decision was ratified by Con-
gress and Hayes was inaugurated; therefore
| there are so many steps to retrace In order to
get back TO the face OF the returns which
really elected Tilden, and those steps are
fraught with such peril to the peace OF tho
| country, that 1t is better to let Hayes stay
where he is than to renew the agitations
which attended his counting In"
| This logic found willing disciples and was
accepted with wry face by unwilling ones
too, for that matter, 30 long as the men who
did the dirty work Of the great crime held
their secrets. 1t was easy to say: Suppose
you reopen the case and take up those lines of
investigation which the Electoral Commis-
sion refused to touch; suppose you renounce
| the ntunde doctrine and go into the question
OF fact as TO the original returns; don't YOU
see that that would stir up Pandora box of
conflicting testimony, breed new perjury by
the ton and plunge the country into con-
troversy the end OF which no man may fore
seeY'
THE VALUE OF THESE CONFESSIONS
lies In the fact that they afford at once and
Ior al a crushing answer to all such pleas as
the above. Immunity or no immunity, you
cannot in law go behind the confession Of
criminal, when that confession eliminates
nobody but himself. The Florida case is clear
and com plete Every man who had anything
to do with the frauds that gave the State To
Hayes is voluntarily on the witness stand,
and there is nobody TO say that they have
falsely confessed. There are
THREE MEN WHO KNOW AID ABOUT THE
FLORIDA FRAUDS
besides those who actually committed them.
they are VIM. h. Chandler, VIM J. Purrnan
ana Francis G. Barlow. of New York pIIr-
man has already given in his testimony ON
the ioor OF Congress. Barlow has given his
iinierentlally, at least, by his withdrawal from
the business while ii was in progress and his
refusal to have anything more to do with if.
ana William =. Chandler has given his iT,
private and will, at the proper time, give it
publicly. There is therefore, no earthly
chance OF rebuttsl Of these confessions. he-
cause there is nobody to rebut them. They
stand as complete and as irrefragable a Tnasg
OF testimony as ever was written or printed.
In short, to ali moral or equitable annaaranns
they settle the else.
In the face Of them Mr.. Hayes has no mora
title 70 the Presidency in equity or in morale
than he has to the stock, fixtures and good
VIII OF the DEMOCRAT. But ne has
A TECHNICAL TITLE
"a y, laW that ls good until the action Of the
Electoral Commission is reversed or nulliied
1y the same power which gave it being. n ia
settled and conceded on all hands that no
process OF eviction under existing statutes
AN nave any force as against Hayes tenure.
THE QUESTION IN THE MINDS or f,osappaa.
MEN
g. therefore, what is the readiest method bv
Which the needed authority can be provided
me plan suggests adjudication of the whole
question by the, Supreme Court Another
epas.,t, ooas 70 re regular Investigation by joint
Ornmlttee OF both Houses Of Congress-. to
IND out and report the facts accompanied by
uch recommendations as may be deemed me-
essary; All agree that the first step ia to
et me iacts INTO the shape Of official history;
settle beyond cavl or peradventure Of
oube the point that fraud was Committed
nd That the fraud changed the result Tbig
,iil not Dc difhcult to do. But the subsequent
THE SUCCESSION
matter Of moro intricaey. On this point
ariouS suggestions are advanced. One Ia to
Iilden for the remainder OF the
erm another is for the Senate TO elect a.
ahi otlicer who shall take the presden-
al chair in constitutional succession as Vice
resident, another is for the House to elect.
nd another is 10 proceed TO
NEW ELECTION
lis fall by the people for the unexpired term.
give these suggestions as part Of the gos-
p ol the Gay But one thing seems TO be q
atter OF common consent, or RAPIDLY be-
>Ining 50, and that is that Hayes can hardly
'pe 70 serve out the term Of four years un-
oiested. his may be described as q grow
9 sentiment iil which is rapidly crystaliizing
W " d ). iiAed convection. ~ seems now to be a
'rt OF taclt understanding In general terros
1t cannot be said to be d finite enough to
lggest methods for the accomplishments of
e end involved. These methods are matters
subsequent consideration. At present it
sufhment TO say that nearly everybody re-
ards MI Hayes as doomed man.
! ne following paragraph Of news explains
The Commercial Club Of Boston. throuob
representative Morse. have invited a numf,er
PkESEFTATTyB souTHEEy MEN IN CONGRESS
am ~ with them On the twenty seventh in
M 'rsai ~ J ODE. i9 70 remove the erroneous