Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-25

HAULNAW III -
RETuRNIEG BOARDS TO BE INVEST
GATED.
Washington special to n. Y. Herald
Persons who claim to speak with
knowledge of what is going 10 D.
done when the Senate sgain meets, d
seFt that Senator Conkling VIII elthe
offer himself, or will have offered
carefully drawn resolution reciUhni
that there are grave accusations made
upon ground apparently Involving
the right Of the President 10 lh'
Office held BY him and that such
accusations ought 10 be set a.
rest by official inquiry into the
alleged facts. The scope of the resolu'
ton, II is stated, will not attempt TO
implicale President Hayes, but II is
asserted that II does involve senator
Stanley Matthews, Secretary Sherman,
and Congressman John A. Garfield,
all OF Ohio. The impre, sion is that
Senator Conkling will not personally
offer the resolution, but that itmay be
done by Senator Howe, OF Wisconsin,
or Senator Jones, Of Nevada, and that
lie language will be so carefully drawn
a 10 make II very difficult for the
Southern Democratic Senators 10 vote
against It. II is iuther claimed that
Senators Sherman and Mcdonald, of
the judiciary Committee, with Judge
Davis, Of Illinois, who is counted
neutral on oil political issues, will sup.
port the resolution. The opposition
anticipated is from Southern Demo.
cratic Senators entirely.
Among the facts relied upon 10 show
that The Louisiana electoral vote was
b~argained for are, It Is said, sfidavi's
Uf Messrs. CatsanaVe aud Kenner,
members Of the Returning Board, who
claim that they have not been dealt
with according TO the original bar
gain. Documents will also be relied
upon to furnish close connection be.
tween acquiescene In the count in
lheH ouse and the promises entered
into by President Grant aud Mr..
Stanley Matthews. 1t is under the
prelense Of an effort to relieve the
Republican party Of completely In
alleged bargaining that this examina.
ton is proposed to be made. II is said
that proof will be brought that the
"Visiting statesmen" made certain
promises to Packard and the Returning
Board which have not been fulfilled
In fact, the whole proceedings Of the
"visitiDg statesmen" are to DO over.
hauled, with the hope TO cover them
with dirt, or to expose what they have
said, done or promised.
A report appeared to-day that Con-
gresham Springer, OF Illinois, had
some information on the subject of This
proposed investigation, Mr.. Springer
was visited and said he knew nothing
in detail Of the matter, but he had been
asked by leading Republican Senators
what would, in bis judgment, be the
curse Of the Democrats in case a
movement for inveiligation was made
BY the Republican side. lie replied to
this, that he could not see how the
Democrats could refuse q fair invest.
CATION OF what they have denounced rs
the greatest fraud Of the day. If they
did the Republicans would say, you
refuse TO second us In m effort 10 in.
vesligate the charges you have your
selves made. This closes your mouths
hereafter; you can no longer accuse
u.s."
Mr.. Springer adds hat a COMMITTEE
of inquiry in such a mater ought t
be composed of the ablest men, so tina
the result should have the confidence
OF the country, and that the ilvesligs.
ton mist be lhorough-going, and GOV,
er the whole Struggle down to Il:
final decision, both in Louisiana
Florida and Washington. When ask,
ed what Democratic support the res,
OlutiOn would have In the House, NJ
Springer said he could not imagine
that any Democrat would vote aguiusr
1t, not ven those who voted against
iilibusiCring, and he did not believe
that any of the Southern Democrat.
would DO Inclined to take that ground,
lie thinks there is no doubt whatever
Of The passage Of the resolution IL OF.
tered. Ordinarily there would have
to be a twO-thirds vote on a suspension
Of the rules to introduce it but II the
resolution should recite that II had
been alleged that bargains had been
made by any member Of the House il
would become a privileged question,
aud require only a majority vote.
A prominent Republican Senator
said about this matter in private con.
VeTsatiOn:
"Itis Of course impossible to forelel
what the inquiry will show, but i
will either show thar there was ne
corrup! bargaining, in which case the
Democratic howl about Republican
frauds must cease, or II will show cor
rupt bargains, and In that case Il may
show either that Mr.. Hayes was elect.
ed, in which case he is all right, and
the authors of the bargaining will bC
punished, or that Mr.. HAYES was no
elected and that Mr.. Tilden was, II
which case the Electoral Commissio,
bill provides a judicial remedy 10 thes
words:
"Sec. 6. That nothing in this Ac
shall be held TO impair or affect an,
right now existing under the Constitu
ton and laws TO question, by proceed
lngs In the judicial courts Of the I'm.
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