Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-18

ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
The Republican Congressional committee
has issued the following address:
To the I'Oters Of the United States:
The democratic House of Representatives
has to-day by party vote adopted resolu-
ton which, under the pretence of an investi-
tiOnary expulsion of the President from his
office. This is the elimination of plot which
has been on foot from the day that Hayes and
ed. 1t made its first public appearance in the
resolution of the last democratic House
adopted at the close Of the session declaring
that Tilden and Hendricks were elected. Til
den and Hendricks subsequently made sim
liar public declarations themselves.
A few tlmld members have long held pacs,
and some OF them, after being c0efeea to the
soon as their partial and One.sided investiga-
tiOn shall be ended. In other words, they in
tend, after hearing sub9rned evidence, to
and that he shall not remain in office These
men have no control iii the democratic party.
Ihey dared not even follow Alexander II.
Sslephens IN 9 revolt against caucus dictatiOn to
tle extent OF showing some Semblance OF fair
pay, They will be impOtent in the future as
they have been in the past. Moreover, it is
difhcult to believe in their sincerity, in view
OF the public avoWal OF their party that it's
dent.
1t is a matter of history that the resolution
~.
The Speaker of the House was consulted in
advance as. to whether he would rule that it
was privileged question. The party mana
gers were anxious 10 conceal their purposes, if
possible In this they were defeated by the
Speaker, who would not rule it a question of
privilege unless il clearly assailed the title of
the President. The resolution being offered,
he read carefully prepared opinion deciding
il to be question OF highest privilege because
il involved the question of the validity of
Hayes title. Here are his very words:
than
volyed and broadly and directly presented as
to the rightful occupancy OF the chief eXecu-
tive chair OF the government and the cOnnec-
tion of high government officials with the
frauds alleged, the chair is unable to conceive.
The chair finds enumerated among the ques-
tiOns OF privilege set down in the manual the
following. Election of President The chair
therefore rules that the preamble and reSOlu-
tlOn embrace questions OF privilege OF the
the gentleman from New York to offer the
same"
Upon this the republicans commenced a
Whief, afier five days W duration, terSinated i in
the success of the cOnSpratOrS. The republ
cans offered to favor the fullest investigation
hH a hye bean bnds by hShvsr @ G
mOcracy pursued its course shameessly and
relentlessly and stitied all inquiry into attempts
and pvt voeSse in snd
OF the states. Neither amendment nor debate
was allowed. The inexorable previous Ques.
tiOn was applied and enforced.
This scheme, If pursued (and it is now fully
inauguratedD, can only have the effect Of fur
ther paralyZIng business of all kinds, prevent
ing the restoration of confidence, which seemed
promising, casting gloom over every house
hold, and bringing our nation into reprOach be-
fore the civilized world.
The peace of the country is the first cOnsid-
Grafton OF patriots. This new effort of the
democracy to inaugurate anarchy and Mexi-
canlZe the government by throwing doubts
upon the legitimacy of the title of the Presi.
dent is in keeping with the record of that
party, one wing OF which rebelled against the
government, while the other wing gave them
aid and comfort We call. therefore, upon ali
who opposed the rebellion of 1861. u,,,nout dis,
tinei0n d, party to rally aps,n to the smnnnrt
OF law. ofaef. and at..ule government. and to
QyerWhe..i with defeat the reckless agitatorS
who, to gain political power, would add to the
present diStresses of the country by shaking
the foundations of the government they failed
In four years war to destroy.