The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-23

hAr I'm Al ion M n ie
tribute pntronoge iiherollv IN rouoh ,bo ,ronor
channels to The South mioht hnIid m = nartv
thore of which ,hov would ha ,to ,nodors
VINO wrur rup rn.,rops2
The other class of Southern Do,nocr.,s ,,ho
were in fnvor OF n trade with Unves's ronro.
sentntiycs wore few in number lint verv ac,i,o
md uuscrupulous. They were oftor Tho ansh
pots-local us well ns national. II Jouisiaua
and south Carolina vera turned ovcr In ,bo
Denocrn,s ,b.v vnuld roam n r;,j, bor,,a, a,
home. and nrohnl,lv stand n hotter chnnco nj
getting favors from Hayes thnn from Tr,len.
II vas NOT long aftor Congress- met in Docom.
Der before there wns an understanding betveon
the personal friends of Uuyos and these two
classes of Southern Democrats. and had the
Republican. boon nil. to cnrrv on, their original
programme of counting in Unyes Ly the
President oi the Senate. the Deuonrnts in the
House would have boon powerlcss TO pre-
wont f. boonusc onnugh 81 their sn,thcrn
colleagues womb bnvc loft thon Ia bronx
their majority or st lenst hive made a
Respectable showing. with the Rcpublicans from
the House in the attendance mon IN, CONT.
II was this disnfr.ct,on IN their ranks that pnr-
alyyed the Democratic, majority in the IIouse Of
Eepresentntiycs II might have be.u nossiblo
for Mr. Tildru To have won even in the face Of
such odds had no n,rsnnJ n holder coursothnn
he did. But what could he have donc2 He
might hive selected wiser managers than rem
resented him nj Washington. This everybody
will admit; but could they have grnnpled with
and ovcrthrovn tba ,rnos,n Tim, mad. tho ,ri.
uu,nh 81 fraud noseihlo2 II vcns tho R.rulii.
cnn S,nntors who would NOT oyrae ,bot the
President or tbc sano,o should conn, tho vo,cs
who defeated the rrorrnn,ne ~ tbc radical
conspirators to which Gen. Grant was COM
mittnd
Had the Democrats boon unitcd thcv corld
have taken advantage Of this division in tho
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h'pupi'ah parry. Ihey hau carry ana accurate
information in regard to IT, They had an OBJ
nortunitv Of n,nLine, farms with G.p Gr.nt
pVnun"y VI making 'r"hs WIN Yer "rah'
Whl'h Would nave secured the recognition
81 the Nichols Government in Louisiana
and thn Counting of tb. vnta ~ Tim, Set, for
" r. ''"N W W. w ~ '''', 80 ~
il"'n' put inns ch"h'c was lost ana NJ 'he
eleventh hour victory might have been snatched
from the very laws of ,lnf.ut bv the election of
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''hAlis I" p' ir'siu.hl oil tue S'ha'", uu'
here again trca'hery did it, work. Had the
Rnnuhli,nn Senators ,vhn v,.r. WILLING =, ioin
,,,h. H., -, ''l','~ -, 'o''
WIN inc D'mocrht- anu citci tonkling lresl-
dent 81 that body been certain that at the crjti-
'"n moment til' southern Democrats could be
d'Pen led uinu. ih"y would not have ialinrcd
and finally abandoned the project, And this
brings me 10 sronk of
Mr. Combines COURSE.
about which =, much has been ignoran,ly or
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"''"'' ''"7'' ".''"' 'i'' '""N'lhS M'S "'N'I d"
party 10 any bargaining with the ID mo rats.
II everything that na-s.l l.ty,een him and tho
i''"'-'"''y i''A'lS N"S uu'hiu'S Slr'au upon
the record. Mr.. Conkling would not suffer
in the slightest d..,roe He hal dnults
""' u''''a
Wv ''''"" '',' "'r "o ""n''"
lu'r removed by Juilelal invest CATION.
lie believed that tho Commission had the con-
stit,ifinunl rich. f., ,.o L.bf,t ,b.. r.,,r,s I,
w. ''''"' '''' 49, ~
ii1i ~! thr powers nnStcss mas. anu h' be-
ll.NS tlal 'h ross mas N" iiEhi u irt -fnin"
WI, tn"r tu" acton ~ u state - irnudu. entity
crrllnrl ny ~ huihorlu's or not These being
u. i-l.n - Ut. r. "lnral TOM mission; ~, IKE
an n'l.Gt hlIn' So Npi --ri hlilS ~ To Demo,
,I"S VIII whom ne u-Sp,lNti. Ihty urged
man I'D N.l'Nl w accomplish. mont oi Tue fraud
ny arriving WINE nun en- uEh N"ruuiiran SEN
Hiol- " reverse t"c decision ~ the Srnai"
d.h". ,u T. M"uh see what could be accom-
rl1n,d. he i"uni 'hat y woui be greater
uhu'lWklhs lAah ~" c"uiu ~ ms thrn STATE OF
nsnlth N~e upon hin-'ii II would require. on
W. i"Il, Elrai nI-um'ht up9h " Wh.ic J. u
lrlhi, .tis', mo IN" MGR physi'hl li rthHi ms
woult p@rmt. ,Acr9riinSy n ahandunsd.
r'.u-n TON uii'y ne !,hIu;s'' rdiAcr nun ms
ue'rtInIihhtion 70 ms, thh' VIZ Lou slhhH case
snou.H ~ s'ht n.k 1" tile Com mission. WIN IN
stIu.',vh~ .' ,Nunlh. mn ,.lt lrpntt upph llc
la',S lhNoNrr ,h'TeInni in'r, was no iailure
on W" lit' on itr, ''hKilhg 70 krci my engage
i'.n' WI. w br'n" i",s sinlly l'l W. .rssph
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