New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-22

The text of Secretary oheI a., Tho
potter,s Committee is printed ot;,,o
pon,blicans intend to take q" r.
,ort in answering the a0'"'" s,,'S',a
- II appears that MI "noi ni""
- -" and number of protests receiNeu
Dou,ocratic Congressman from theH ooh-
ny D have staggered the promoters OF the
..aIl On tbe Presidents title considerably.
The Renublcan Congressional Committee Is
,,. 80 begin work for the Fall campaign.
II has encouraging assurances from dllerehU
parts of the country
THE REPUBLICANS AGGRESSIVE.
~uo DEMOCRATS ALREADY A LITTLE DEnoRALlzED
AT THE sITUAuoN--A CONFERENCE WITH SEC
EETARY SHERMAN.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSRl
VI, .,,,,,orox NAV 21.-Mr Potter returned from
,ryork this morning, but called no meeting of
~. s,ocial committee on account of the absence OF
10 Of ;ts members The organization of the com
,.o may therefore be postponed for several days.
T. - meantime no one Is authorized to speak for
.h,ooromittee with reference to its plans.
rch Domocrats say that those Republicans who
..-,oir of Mr.. Randell's selection of Republicans
20 serve on the committee treat the Speaker unfair
- They assert that on Mr.. Potters suggestion
Mr Randall invited MIR. Hale to nominate
fonr RenubHcans and that his suggestions were
foIloved except that General Buffers name was
substituted for that of Mr.. Dunnel, of Minnesota
The Democrats also say that the Republican portion
of the committee compares favoraby with the Dem
ocrate majority, and that the Republican cause
cannot suffer in its hands. Messrs. Reed and
Hiscock are both bright men and lawyers of UNI
usnal ability. They will probably make up in zeal
for what they lack in experience and Will see to it
IL falypn without IFS being
exposed This estimate of the men is probably a
mister one than that which some Republicans were
disposed to make yesterday.
Mr. Morrison says that the committee cannot be
much in favor of revolution while Mr.. Potter, rep
resentatiye of Eastern money interests, is It's
chairman and himself, representative OF q Ger
man district, stands seeond!upOn it. Mr.. Morrison
denies that the committee will have any revolu-
tlonary purpose, and doubts if anything new Will
be discovered in regard to the election in louisiana
The investigation made a year ago by the conf
mittee of which he was chairman, was very
thorough One Referring to the Republican COM
plants about the appointment of General Butler to
be a member of the committee, MIR. Morrison
said that the Republicans are mistaken, and
that General Butler may prove to be
most troublesome investigator for the Democrats.
He believes in Governor Packard's election, and it
his election. proving necessarily at the same time
that the State was carried for the Hayes electors.
The Democrats who are responsible for setting on
foot the electoral investigation are becoming much
demoralized, now that the excitement of last week
is passing away, and as they see the de
FAINT attitude which Secretary Sherman has
assumed, and his open attack upon them
and their resolution. The Democrats have expected
10 sustain their case against Secretary Sherman by
the production of pretended copy of letter which
il has been alleged ne wrote to Mr.. Weber, Super
visor Of Registration of East Feliciana Parish,
promising him an Office either IN that State,
or if he preferred it, elsewhere, providing
he would make a false protest setting forth
that the election in his parish was not free and
peaceable This protest was to be made
the basis of the rejection of the vote
of the parish by the Returning Board. This pre-
tended letter Secretary Sherman denounces as
forgery. and thinks he will be able to prove that
those who have been exhibiting it for the purpose
Of securing the passage of the Potter resolution
knew it to be a forgery when they used it. Those
who have seen the document in question say that
no one has yet been able to produce any original,
and it is believed that the forged letter itself has
been destroyed, photographs of it only having been
preserved The laws of the District of Columbia do
not denominate forgery the production of a
photograph of any false document
Secretary Sherman declares that he will be able
to prove and he intends to prove, that this whole
movement is a base conspiracy. He will from the
start put the Democratic majority Of the committee
on the defensive. There are many Democrats who
do not conceal their disgust tonight at the trap
into which they have been led, and who say that no
evidence that can be produced will ever be accepted
by the country without suspicion in case Secretary
fpf ha oil ola
letter are sustained
Secretaries Sherman and Evarts, Senator Stanley
Matthew'S and several others held a consultation to-
day. at which Judge Shellabarger counsel for the
Republicans, was also present, for the purpose
Of deciding upon the best course for the Republ-
cans to pursue in view of the false statements
tanned in the preamble of the Potter resolution. 1t
was agreed TO insist upon examining everybody as
serted by the Democrats to be in any way IN
Volyed, and all others necessary 10 prove the
facts of the election in the disputed
parishes of Louisiana. 1t was also decided to at
tack the Democratic position and assumptions from
the start and promptly expose the main features
OF the Conspiracy to prepare and palm off on this
committee false documents and forged testimony
One or two Of the lawyers who visited the Southern
States and are familiar with what was done there
viii be invited here to assist in the exposure of
tuis Deinocfatlc pot Inc cniel management OF the
Republican case will be committed TO Messrs
Shellabarger and Wilson.
The accusation against General Noyes is that he
promised offices during the count in Florida in the
name Of the President, and had letters from Gov
ernor Hayes authorizing this. The President denies
that any such letters Written OF authority got
and II Is certain that the attempt to manufacture
case IN FLORIDA will fail dsastrousy as the at
tempt TO involve Secretary Sherman by means of
forged letter. The Presidents nearest friends saw
that he knows nothing of the details of what
was done by the Republicans in either
Louisiana or Florida From +b -