The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-01-11
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-Bill Chantl-
ter's letter has stirred up the Radical
monkeys, and those whom he charges
% having been parties to the Prooi-
dental bargain are rushing.t0 the front,
protest too much. There Is absolutely
no new charge In this new broadside
against Hayes which has not altoady
been made public In the newapapels.
1t Is given. only new ~life. now because
Chandler, over his own signature,
charges that which Is universally b.
tieved-that there was Presidential
bargain. He has succeeded, however,
In smoking John Sherman 0ut Of his
hole, who uses the channels Of the As
sociated Press to deny that he knew Of
the existence OF any bargain, Of that he
was party to It. This Is absolutely
untrue. Sherman did know Of the
negotiations, and while they were pend
tug he visited President Hayes, then
Governor, at Columbus, and apprissd
him OF the proposed bargain. More
over, he signed with Gen. 0Arfleld,
Stanley Matthew'S, Charles Foster,
John Young Brown and Others, an
agreement which has never yet been
printed, and of which Major Burke,
Major Burke, however, In like man
ner, although he does not deny the
existence Of the bargain, attempts TO
fbelfttle it. During the excitement at
tending the electoral count Burke was
'inthis city, and yet concealed the aRree-
ment he carried In his pocket, and Il
was shown by him aud read by menu
bers Of the Louisiana delegation, who,
unlike Randall Gibson, had not SUBJ
sceibed to It. Subsequently, after Hayes
was sinaugurated, and he was confronted
with the vexed Southern question,
many of the Southern men who became
impatient over Hayes delay in not
recognising. the Nichols Government
urged Major Burke by telegraph, whip
was then Ia New Orleans, to make the
Garfield agreement public,
because, as they then believed, Hayee
was going to violate the agreement,
and 1t was deemed expedient to make
it public to influence his action. Burke
wtthst0Od the pressure, and under the
advice of Gov. Nichols refused to re-
spond to the frequent opportunities
made, upon him from this point by
telegraph and tho result is that the
basis OF the agreement has never yet
,seen print, and msyhaps never will,
because the main features have been
carried out. ia Burke, like Ben Hill,
doesn't want the Presidential question
reopened. This however, does not
affect the fact; that there were two
agreements made with Southern re-
preventative men to let the count 20
on. One was in indefinite TERMS. and
was signed by Stanley Matthews and
Charley Foster on behalf of tho Re
publicans, and by John Young Brown
and Others on behalf Of the Democrats
This was made public under the pres
sure of newspaper comment but the
tbOss" bargain, through which filibus.
tering was overcome and the declara-
ton OF the count was allowed to be
made public in joint convention oi
both houses, is the paper which Major
Burke still holds, and the one to which
Bill Chandler alludes. 1t will never
be printed unless President Hayes
violates any additional features it may
possess. 1t is held over him as sword
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