Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-18

TENDED influence.
We trust we shall hea,
very little if any more of this
ridiculous twaddle.
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May II. 1878.
Editor SENT1NxL:
! In Congress both houses have beer
occupied with routine matter, which
mas been sunk so deep in insignificanct
ny political excitement over tho investi
CATION ofthe electoral fraud in Florida
through the confessions of McLin and
Dennis, that We pass the routine bust.
ness unnoticed by, and turn our pen to.
wards the enlightening Of your readers
as to matters that are boiling up in the
political cauldron, after remarking that
both Senators Gordon and VOORHEES, spoke
their pieces on the repeal Of the resump.
tlon act, as the we'll known reputa ton
OF these speakers ALWAYS guarantee, and
there being no reply as yet by the anti
repealers, the battle did not come off, as
| we predicted in our last, but remains in
| stat" quo to be- stirred up at some future
day.
The exposure of the American Fraud
has at last been agreed upon, and Mr..
Hayes's title to the White House will be
thoroughly shown up to be so thin
that no honest man of either party will
care to take a2X more than q parting
glance at EiAU outrageous usurpation.
The adoption of some plan as 60 the
manner ofproceed & has been the only
cause of delay. Finally it was decided
that the joint Congressional Committees
should be called together and their adj
vice adopted. In a very short time a
special meeting was convened, at which
were present, Senators Wallace, McDon-
aid and Ransom, with Representatives.
Banning, Morrison, Clark (of No.,
Blount, Hunter, Blackburn, Wood and
Speaker Randall. Mr.. Wood asked to
be excused temporarily us his Tariff Bill
needed his attention in the House, but
before withdrawing he gave it out as his
decided opinion after mature retlection
that it was the duty of Congress to in
vestigate the fraud, and he would ar
IDENTIFY support ary plan the committee
deemed proper to carry out the object of |
the meeting. Tho conference session |
lasted ono hour and bali, and it was
decided 1adaimously that TIL, prcsilcn-
tial election should I've Investigated, and
that the Judiciary Committee, of
the House be directed to proceed there
with Immediately. and that that they he
invested with full power to send tor per
sons and papers Some obstacles would
De removed, 80 that the Judiciary Com
nittee should have full sweep, and pro-
ICED with the Investigation at once.
Ion. Proctor Knott, chairman of the
committee was here waited upon to see
what the prospect of getting at the bot.
ON facts right off were, and he reported
o the meeting that the order for the in
estigation of his committee should be
'sued by the peoples Representatives {
y the time they ended their presen +
labors, and tho House subpoe- ]
as Tor the witnesses should be issued c
and the investigation $
ushed without moments delay. Dem I
is and McLln, who made their recent .
'ntessions of their guilt in the Florida +
ectoral count, are here and will be nut +
pom the witness stand right away, as Y
ell rs other important Radicals no +
% here in the city, and arc just fairly n
nrsting to tell all they know on their Il
'rtners i'll crime, such as Hayes, Sher. f
an. Garfield. Mathews, Zach Chandler. e
I'd many others too numerous to NEIL
On. The weeping. and wailing and
lashing of teeth by the above Radicals,
worse than any description of such c
tteringin Hol; Writ, and our pen is too h
eble to attempt to delincate the terror
these fellows in anticipation of their y,
ident conviction and punishment. 81
Even Packard who has been appointed A
unsul at Liverpool, with a salary of di
1'ooo per annum, in order to get him SC
OF the country, and away from the W
committee that he may not er
ach on the. administration, is weaken m
and hesitates to accept the bride, and al
Is it will be impossible for him to leave CO
country before the middle of June. A.
@ tact is terribly crushing to the Adj Gil
nlstration, as they infer from his refu- &
to go, that he intends to go before by
committee and show them up. The la
is moving heaven and ri
TN to get him ms we'll as Dennis and
Lin out of the country, and it is E,
ought they will all be arrested by tbs ~. -
use and kept here until their evidence Al
be placed before the committee.