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Special Correspondence of the 0ssERERH
WAsH1NGToN,D DC, ,April26, 'T8
While the old world is max
ing history so fast it is not pos
sible for the new one to remain
stationary. 1t we cannot have
wars and bloodshed, and terri
torial changes we can atleast cx-
lhibit great deal in our inter-
nal affairs that is OF more than
usual interest to ourselves, and
much Of which will have great
effect upon those who come af-
ter us. Look at what the last
few weeks have shown. 1t Is
now reasonably certain that
BIair's Maryland resolutions
were only part of a wide scheme
looking to the investigation of
the title Of Mr.. Hayes. Ben.
Butler, it is certain, had and has
his agents in Florida and Lou
isiana, making secret but dill.
gent inquiry into the events OF
last Fall and Winter. So had
the friends of Mr. Tilden. So
it is said, had Mr.. Conkling.
The great confidence of Mr..
Blair, heretofore mentioned in
this correspondence, that his
resolutions would be promptly
acted on in Senate and House,
arose from the fact that he ex-
pected damaging exposures of
Republican fraud in those two
States. Those exposures are at
hand, so far as Florida was ex-
pected to produce them, and
will no doubt be forthcoming
from Louisiana. -McLin, of the
Florida board of. canvassers,
has, it is said, gone so far as to
say that the result of the Presi-
Dental vote in Florida, as de-
clared by his Board, was not
the same it would have been if
there had not been an outside
Republican pressure upon the
Board. That means that the
Radical politicians who visited
the State declared the result,and
not the proper officers. He
says further that since the State
was given to Hayes he has dis
other frauds, besides
those he confesses to having
had a knowledge of at the time
the Board made its decision.
Dennis, the ruling spirit in the
county where the greatest frauds
were committed, makes full
Now it is a plain and simple
question, and one not to be con-
fused. with any other, whether
or not it will be the duty of
Congress, if it is made certain
that the vote Of Florida be-
longed to Mr.. Tilden, to pro-
vide q way by which he can Sc
cure the Office now held by Mr.
Hayes. The law creating the
Commission provided,
in general terms for the preser-
vation of the rights of the two
parties, no matter what the de-
cision Of the Commission should
be. Will Congress give effect
to that provision? While it
seems to me this should in some
way be done, l am free to say
here is little prospect of it at
present.
Besides this truly great snbject
here have been other matters Of
of late. The voting of
81, ,292, 900 for "river and harbor
improvements" by the House, if
endorsed by the Senate, makes
he beginning of new era in our
system of Government. Two
of the money would un-
Iuestionably do all of the work
provided for which is Of general
interest to the country. The 9TH
r five and one-quarter millions
IRE simply SO much money to be
brown by the Federal Govern
nent into remote sections of the
While the measure Is
lot strictly the work of Demo-
rats it originated in a Democrat
c House, and the party will be
leld responsible for il. We shall
laVe to wait hut little time and
0 read what is written and to
lear what is said, and have no
oubt the House Democrats who
oted for this undemocratic thing,
yill be heartily sorry and ashame1.
AUSTIN.