Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-16
Panic at the White H6,,,e,

dler, and the general demand, for searching
inquiry into all the matters relating to the
electoral count, have startled Mr. Hayes and
his associates. The first alarm was sounded
i'll the midst of their festivities. They see
the handwriting Oh the wall, and they know
it's deep and damning significance. Attain
ing office and enjoying honors through q
fraudulent continuance, they have not forgot
ten the sixth section of the bill Which created
the eight by seven commission. The follow
ing words were intended to sugar coat the
bitter pill, when they were reported by Mr..
Edmunds year ago, but they have come to
have momentOus meaning now.
SECTION 8. That nothing in this act shall be
held to impair or affect any right not existing
under the Constitution and laws to question,
by proceeding in the judicial courts of the
United States, the right or title of the person
who shall be declared elected. or who shall
claim to be President or Vice-President Of the
United States, if any such right exists.
are made good, that is to say, if there was a
bargain, or corrupt collision, as is alleged,
by which Hayes was to be declared" Presi-
dent, in consideration of certain services h :.
was subsequently to render, could Congress
hesitate to make formal declaration that
he had been corruptly chosen, and was not
such proof as is said to exist, there would be
shorter method than contest before any
judicial tribunal that might be authorized to
try the case.
The question is wholly political, and ought
not to be carried into court, if there be any
possible mode of fairly deciding the merits
without that resort. The merits were not
considered at all by the Electoral Commission.
They were deliberately excluded, as was the
protfer of specific proofs of fraud, based in
the case of Florida upon q decision of the
highest tribunal Of the State, having Re
publican majority on the bench, made by
the votes of three Judges of the Supreme
Court, who had uniformly sided with and
composed more than third of the Repub-
lican majority.
Small as is our estimate of Mr.. HAYES, we
do not believe he could continue to hold Office
if Congress should solemnly declare he was
unfairly counted in. The moral effect of
such declaration would be far above any
judicial decree, because it could not and ought
not to be attained without the aid of Repub-
lican votes. The country and the friends of
fair play would look with dstrust upon any
merely partisan Judgment. There are up.
right Republicans in the Senate and House
of Representatives, who are fully capable of
rendering an impartial decision on this great
question, with the new lights that have been
thrown upon it since the electoral count was
completed, and with the evidence which is
promised to be produced before any proper
committee of investigation.
When these facts are considered there will
be no difficulty in understanding why the
Fraudulent President has suddenly changed
front i'll regard to the nominations for this
and other cities, and has sent out a flag of
truce asking for a suspension of hostilities.
Up to few days ago Hayes, Evarts, Schruz,
and the rest of them had determined to CON
tinue the Custom House fight at all hazards,
and to press their so-called policy to the
bitter end. The developments and the de-
mands of the press have caused panic
Their thoughts are all turned on what they
call peace and conciliation.
This remarkable change will hardly have
the desired effect. Something more than
patronage is involved in the controversy
which has separated the Republican leaders
from Mr.. Hayes and his strange collection of
incapables, called a Cabinet. Mr.. Hayes,
Mr.. Evarts, Mr.. SchurZ, and their colleagues,
after parcelling out the best offices among
their personal adherents and among the man
ayers u TIE IrauQ, tnen raised the cry OF
civil service reform to cover their seltshness,
while they denounced the leaders of the
party as fayoring corrupt system, although
these gentlemen only demanded that the civil
service rules should be applied honestly.
The personal surroundings of Mr.. Hayes,
and not the Republican leaders, are respon-
sible for the counting-in process, and for the
completion of the business in the House of
Representatives. If any contract, agree
ment, or bargain was made, they and they
only were the parties of the first part. If,
be preserved at all, the responsibility for this
crime must be placed where it belongs.