The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-11

to reward it. The officer in question is
placed upon the stand, and under oath be
declares that he is unable to say whether he
wrote certain letter or not. Later on an
adventures testifies that she wrote the let
ter, and tells story so hippant and prepos-
ferrous that no one believes her. Catching
at this way of escape, the official again goes
on the stand, and this time swears positively
that he did not write the letter. The orig
inal letter is not produced. and therefore
the proof of its authorship is not conclusive,
although the person the letter was designed
to influence swore positively, not only that
he received it, but that it contained only q
reaffirmation of verbal assurances he had
exacted and with which he was not satisfied.
1t Is now asserted that the original letter
is in possession of the committee of
congress- and if this should prove true,
there is no getting away from the conclusion
that a member of the cabinet was party to
the national fraud, and that he committed
perjury repeatedly, to screen himself from
the consequences The original Sherman
letter has not, however, as yet been pro-
duced, and until it is both It's author and
the president are entitled to the benefit of
any doubt which may exist as to Sherman's
agency in this transaction. III the letter
should be forthcoming, and it can be shown
to have been written by Sherman, he can
not escape impeachment nor can Mr.. Hayes
CoCdpc III Tic REcdb nduu, duo
like impeachment, except by instantly DIS
missing Sherman from his place as one of
his advisers, and as the chief financial officer
of the government. 1t seems to us this con-
clusion is inevitable.
Mr.. Hayes, however, is confronted with
the facts, which he can not ignore, and in
view of which immediate action on his part
is demanded. 1t is not even disputed now
in any quarter that Tilden was entitled 10
the electoral vote of the state of Louisiana.
The way he was cheated out of it has been
made clear; the parties to the fraud are well
known, and about their guilt there can be no
reasonable doubt. Very nearly every one of
these is rascals now holding federal posi-
ton. They have obtained them from Mr..
Hayes. While 1t is possible that when he
appointed these men to offices of honor and
trust, he supposed that he was rewarding
ordinary party services in doing so, and that
he acted on the advice of others and without
knowing the real state of the case; Mr.. Hayes
can not screen himself behind any such
theory for one day longer. The following is
the damning record which proves how the
men who cheated the American people out
of their right to elect their chief magistrate
have been rewarded:
Madison J. Wells, of the returning board,
surveyor of the custom house, New Orleans.
Thomas G. Anderson, of the returning board,
special deputy collector of customs.
l.. NJ. Kenner, of the returning board, deputy
naval officer.
G. Casenave, of the returning board, brother
in custom house, appointed by him:
Y. a. Woodward. clerk In returning board,
clerk In post office.
Michael Hahan, state register of votes, SUI
perintendent of New Orleans mint.
Abel, Charles s, Vernon parish, secretary of
the returning board, now clerk in the custom
house.
Anderson James F., East FelItiana, SUPER
house. since removed.
.Astwood, H. C., ouaehita parish, now deputy
Init Sfofa hal
Blanchard, b. p, Orleans parish, republican
campaign committee, now clerk in the custom
house.
BrIen, A. j., Orleans, supervisor second ward
Brewster, o. H., Ouachita, canvasser, now
surveyor general of Louisiana.
Clover F. A, East Baton Rouge, supervisor
OF registration, now inspector In custom
Creagh, Patrick, Orleans, supervisor third
ward, chief laborer, custom house.
,, D9inkgraye. John II. ouachita, organizer in
prominent part in getting up protests.
Grady, MI, Ou@chita, supervisor OF iegls-
Green, William H. Orleans, state registrar,
minute clerk for returning board, inspector,
clerk i'm custom house.
Hardy, w. r., Ouachita temporary district
attorney, inspector in custom house.
Jewett, ID. j. Nj. A, Orleans, secretary of
state republican committee, inspector in Gus
kellogg, W. p, Orleans, governor, United
States senator.
hempUOn, A. VIZ orleans, commissioner
ward Eleven. poll ?, boatman IN custom house.
Levisse, A B., Csddo, elector, collector OF In
ternal revenue.
Underwood, Napoleon, Orleans, supervisor
Twelfth ward, inspector in custom house.
1t seems TO us that while these rascals are
kept in lucrative federal offices the question
which seemed TO concern our republican
friends so much a short time SINCE: us
President Hayes to be impeached?" is to be
determined by Mr.. Hayes rather than by
anybody else.