Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-23
Washington.
HAYES ON INVESTIGATION


r.. HAYES ON INVESTIGATION. ss,-..
Washington advices of the Goth inst,
say that President Hays while main
tanning his natural equanimity in tenn
per was not inclined to look lightly ON
the house proceedings of the past week.
| He did not think it was matter to
| treat with Indifference; great events in
history had sprung from smaller begin
ngs. Tracing the movement from
its birth the President has been struck
with its rapid growth. He points to the
significant circumstances that such in
dependent and Influential men as Alex.
I'll. Stephens are already powerless to
stay caucus mandates Whatever the
result of the investigation might be,
! whatever disclosures mightresult there
from, the president said he entertained
no fear that anything could be brought
home to him; if any person made any
promises in his behalf or entered into
any bargains, they did so without his
knowledge, and he hoped their acts
would be exposed. The president re-
CARDS the action of southern democrats
i'll supporting the investigation scheme
as ungrateful in the highest degree.
When he assumed the executive office
he found the south, or at least a large
portion of it, distracted and torn assun-
der by political strife almost bordering
on revolution. .".1. ,#'..'
The president claims that he gave the
south peace; especially South Carolina
and Louisiana were restored to the rule
of the native population and the carpet
baggers ceased to be an clement in
southern politics. The president asserts
that he acted from a strict sense of pub
| lie duty and claims no reward at the
| hands of the south for doing what he
was bound in conscience to do, but he
cannot avoid being a witness to the in
gratitude evinced by the representatives
of the south to the man who above all
others has had their welfare and happi-
ness in common with the rest of the
ence to his title the president conceded
that it could be contested but there was
only one way to test the question, and
that was by a of writ quo aOa7qd1ato which
was the only remedy provided by law.
When he became president the act Gre
ating the electoral commission speci-
ally declared that nothing therein
was to be construed as impairing or af-
fectlng any right then existing under the
constitution and laws to question by
proceedings iE the judicial courts of the
United States the right or title of him
self and Mr.. Wheeler if any such right
at that time existed. The president ad-
mitted that Mr.. Tilden's only remedy
at present is by writ ofquo aUarra,ao and
such writ or prerogative writs are not
obtainable as a matter of right but only
in the discretion of the court and he
doubted whether any court would grant
It. The president also comedies the
power of congress to pass retroactive
law to provide other means of testing
the title to the presidency, as the office
can never be said to be in the past but
is always in the present. AS to his i'm
parchment being ordered by the house,
the president said he had not the remot-
est idea that such an occurrence is
among possibilities; but he is alive to
the exigencies that may arise, and he
says he will see to it that the public
peace is maintained and laws enforced
at whatever cost. He proposed to fol-
low the policy already marked out by
his administration and will take no
backward step. -.. a eI
LDERO ADHERENTS.
Washington advices of the 10Th say
information has reached this city that
the adherents of Lerdo. in Mexico,
have abandoned efforts to incite revolu-
ton. Our government has commune
Gated to Minister Foster the facts con-
corning the depreciation on American
territory by Indians who cross the bor-
der from Mexico, and Foster will inform
President Diaz.
RECEIPTS OF THE PATENT OEFICE
from January 1st to May 1st, 1873, were
$263, 1868. The expenditures for the
same time, exclusive of $45, 900 for re-
pairing of models injured by the fire,
were $18S ,577-an excess of receipts
over expenditures of $75 5,585. At this
rate the surplus for the wear would be
1886, ,755; 6. much larger amount than
has ever been derived in a single year.
Last year there was $31, 900 surplus
The amount in the treasury to the credit
of the patent office is 81 ,1S9, 007.
TREASURY STATEMENT. I
U. ). bonds to secure national hank
circulation. .................... S34, S53, $50
Bonds TO secure public deposits. AZ, els, 0C0
U. S. bonds deposited for circulation
woek endrng to-day ....-........-. 194, 800 |
National bank circulation outstanding
--currrncylnotes .....-........ 3as, AS, 5i1
Gold notes. .......-.. !, 432, 100 |
Internal receipts to-daY..-.- 405, 697 |
CUSTOMS: --:-5----. 320 $50 |
Bank notes received for redemption
for week ending to-day aoo Og1 |
Corresponding week of 1877 ...... g. 219 600 1
Receipts to-day. ............... 760 600 !
Subscriptions 10 the four per cent loan ~ G'If /
To-Day .--.-.....-.............. 400 900 /
- THE INDIAN BUREAU. --s.-
Washington advices of the 18th. say
further investigation into the unfavor-
able reports affecting the Indian office, |
which were outlined in yesterdays dis
patches, goes to substantiate the proba-
bility that convincing proof of mis-
management cannot much longer be
kept from the public. 1t may be already
said to be almost certain that the bu- /
reau will be transferred to the war de- I
partment Feeling against the bureau
among western senators and represen-
tatives, who have given the subject at
tention, is universal. Commissioner
Hoyt, they say, has declared that no
western man is fit to have anything to
do with Indian affairs, and they saw also