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more direct and closest representative OF the
people. Tho theory should be that 1t is the
people and not Tilden who have been swindled
ana that the true idea Of investigation is to
vtndtcate their outraged rights; not to re-
pl.yy Iilden,s personal property"
., how Ho, would .I y9u steer between the scylla
Charybdis of Tildsns claims p
That's the difficulty. That Is
WHAT IS BLOCKING THE WHEELS OF INyEa-
| TIGATION
Mt this moment. III we could agree upon some
method that would simply punish the pe1pe-
traitors OF the frauds, provide against their
repetition in the future, and establish sal,l-
tary and lasting remedy for the political evils
which the success Of the frauds has entailei
Hpcn tns country, without landing TiIden
in the White House, there would be no diff
csilty Hhatgyer In reaching an agreement as
| to method"
| Cant that be done?"
| i don't see how, unless TiIelen should sud-
denly 90 tho Democratic party the greatest
service o. his life by dying and leaving Hem
drtcks as the heir apparent, in which case
there would be no difficulty in pushing mat
ters to o conclusion
"Do understand that the possibility OF
| llhen.s getting In is likely to be fatal to the,
plan OF reopening the ease2"
| Not absolutely. But it Is really the only
serious stumbling g-block"
has no method OF avoiding this possibility
| been suggested 2"
| OH yes. Several methods have been sy,e-
gested; but only one seems to me to be FEAST
| What is that ~
House to inquire first, whether the last Elec-
tFai college fairly represented the expression
fof the will OF the several States second.
whether the Electoral Commission exhausted
! the powers delegated to it by Congress; third
whether by it's failure to exhaust it's povars
its decisions should be reversed, either on ae-
count OF the discovery OF new evidence or
because OF official knowledge of evidence
event OF q reversal of its decisions the SUBJ
lect-matter of the dispute accrues to TiIden
rs REMAINDER, or revertS to the people by
| right OF eminent domain
That is to say, stripped of legal techuolo-
gy, you would have the Judiciary COMMITTEES
investigate with the understanding that the
finding should be that there was
NO ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE,
and that the House must proceed to fill the VA
cancy under the forms OF the constitution the
same same as ~ i there were q tie or three candi-
dates, .tTs, each &c z. lacking majority p
"Do you suppose any Republicans would
sustain such movement ?"
i presume not. Several Republicans would
sustain movement having In view the seat
ing OF 1ilden, because they would by that
means revenge themselves on HAYES whom
they hhte, and provide for confusion and dis
rnptieh IN the Democratic party similar to that
which Hayes has caused In their own ranks.
This would be killing two birds with one
stohe, and 1t is exactly what such Republicans
as Conkling, Ben Butler, Blaine, Bill Chand-
Ter andtheir lesser confreres want to accom-
plish venture to say that, on q fair count,
OF noses, there are more Republicans than
Democrats Ia Congress who would like to see
from this date"
The author of these coo-headed utteranees
ayers and one of the shrewdest calcplators
in the Democratic party. During the cleo
toral struggle he was one OF those who
believed In flghting it out on the line of the
constitution and laws as they stood, at ali
hazards; opposed the electoral bill; refused to
accept or ratify the decisions Of the commits
sion' ana finally voted for the House resou-
rightfully elected President Of the United
States. But he now holds that Tilden. i'm
order to give legal form and substance to his
claim should have come to Washington and
received ne oath OF office from Justice Cliff
his failure to do so set aside his right to the
succession 10 case Of the removal Of Hayes.
asked him why Tiden did not take that
precautlon, adding that it was a wonder that
50 acute q lawyer as Tilden is should have
neglected such an important legal FORM
Whereat my friend waxed emphatic and
gave vent TO his disgust: 'I'll tell you why
he neglected it! Because he was too cowardly
TO get him TO do it. But he henrd that IL aras
i'rorfs 1ntention 10 arrest him and throw him
into Fortress Monroe on charge OF treason
and conspiracy to abet and promote sedition
and rebellion, and there wasn't persuasion
enough on earth to induce him to risk his pre-
cious old carcass in the face Of such threat
OF bodily consequences %
u never heard that before tt is really an
bit Of history the most interest
ing bit have heard in q long time"
Quite likely The reason you never heard
It before Is that 1t was known to only a~few
mem ber5 OF the House and half o dozen Sem
ators, and | expect am the first to speak of
t. But you can depend on it that that was
,he reason why
rfIDEF DID NOT TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
n due form on Sunday, the fourth Of March.
8T7. His failure to do 80 disguised and dis-
leartened even those who had stood by him
turing the hlibustering, and gave the finish
ng, stroke to his career of mingled intrigue
md cowardice."
These hasty notes Of a half hours conyer-
alton Will serve to give you a keener and
weller view OF the situation here In several
u It's most important aspects than any dis
eT Ttaton Of my own could do. I think you
nay rest assured that whatever may happen
o Hayes, the antipathy Of leading Demo-
rats TO Iilden is too TrecOncilabIe and too
widespread to allow him tO reap any personal
dvantage from the complications that are
lkely To ensue ACB.
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