The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-06
HAYES WITHOUT A PARTY.
CONFERENCE or THE NATIONAL AND
CONGRESSIONi COMMITTEES.
Only Three OutspoLen Friend. or the Fraudu-
lent President - Republican Leaders de-
nouncing H. ~. Unyc. and All his Works.


Only Three OutspoLcn Friend. or the Fraudu-
lent President - Republican Leaders de-
nouncing H. u. Hayes and All his works.
WASHINGTON. April j.-Thc conference held
yesterday evening by members of the Repub-
iican National and Congressional Committees
was remarkable. less for the opinions advanced
than for tho general indications it offered Of the
sentiments Of leading Republicans. 1t seems
that the proposition of holding such meeting
originated with W. L. Chandler. who called the
meeting to order. 1t wns understood that no
definite action should be taken, and the meet
ing was in effect only n stop toward n call Of
n Congressional caucus which will reorgnn-
i2c the Congressional Committee Gorham.
Secretary Of the senate and the member from
California on the National Committee. was the
first speaker Of importance. and without COM
hitting himself fully aud cmphaticnly to per-
spnal dcnunciation VI Hayes. he suggested that
II was wholly unwisc for the party to handicap
itsclf ivy anything like nm avownl of It's support
OF the Administration. II might be- deemed
wiser to Ignore the policy Of Hayes. Gorhams
speech lois no douht on the mind OF any one
that he was uncompromisingy hostile TO the
Administration. and that the only hope OF sue
cess lay in such radical opposition to the South
ern policy Hayes, pursued rs would convince the
loyal people Of the North that the great
results Of the war had not come to he idle mat
tcrs TO the party which won them. On financial
questions there exis;cl such differences Of
opinion in the party trat he saw no way Of
rcconciing them. and he proposed rs n solution
OF the difficulty to formally turn over the sub
icct to the Congressional districts for settlement
there. each district elerting n man Of its own
financial views and uniting only on the general
| principle. call IL the bloody shirt or whut you
| Will. on which the party succeeded in 1872 and
| Carried the great mass of the loyal North in
William T.. Chandler followed Gorham in n
speech which seemed rnthnr designed To tcst
| the sense of the meeting than to provoke hos
| tile criticism. and devoted rather to n general
discussion of the necessity ~ skctchinG gem
eral policy of the party than to sharply pressing
! opposition to Hayes ns the guiding principle ~
III" campaign. In other words. without saving
| anything 10 prpVok" a rupture. he showed that
| the party would have To- come of the Hayes
| platform To- succeed.
Cen Logan joined in the proceedings with n
rather emphatic int"rrogatory as 10 IN" position
| into which the conference expected to leave tn"
| old radical element Of the party He and others
! like him had n clear. definite belief US To- the
policy which the party ought to have. belief
| which left no room for HHyos's policy ~ concil-
| alton and IL would be- we'll for the conference 10
| consider whether anything hut opposition to
| Haves could satisfy the radical wing Of the
party or anything less insure success.
| - Infil toward tn" clos" of the meeting Charley
Foster hal had little To- say. except in the way of
| afew casual Interruptions to other speakers.
Nf-Nf tllf' f'Nf' ne '.Nu ipnk anu very tnrf ~
| speech in defence Of Hayes. He declared that
the party WIS AT DEATHS door when Hayes was
inauguratcd, and nothing hut his policy. could
have given II a longer lease Of life. II was
| rapidly losing votes at the North by the
! Southern policy ot Grant. while the policy
| Hayes innugurated had made the south NOR,
managcaae and the North more secure In
spite Of the general criticism OF IIaycss Adj
mlnistrati9n, h. knew 9i none inr twenty years
genuine sensation hy saving that whatever else
could he said against H. II was an Administra-
tion which had no Rohcsons and nu Reiknaps
IN the Cabinet. no Sawyers and no McCartys in
lthe Treasury
Mr.. Hale. very much to the surprise ot many
present followed Fosters speech with warm
approval Mr.. Phillips Of Kansas another
man who supported the Admin straton. There
| the list Of It's friends ended. Other men spoke.
| There were tho short asidos of a confrren' n'e.
the informal and semi Conversational utter
| anrc- which marx the in fo mai sessions of such
a conference. In all ~ them there was no word
| for Hayes. Som" few. the few already men
toned. were opposed to a formal rupture with
| emphatic III their uu"rnnces that the only
| salvation Tor the party lay IN such rup-
| ture. The majority rather weakly suggested
| thnt some way might he found hy which the
| party could rid Itself of the damning load with
! out dropping the Presidency. There were men
| who believed the last should and must be done.
Tor the air was full Of hostility. K"puhlrun
never called Al the White House cXccut at the
| urgent request Of II constituent and then un-
| willingly. Republican Congressman We're there
| who did not hesitate speaking. man to man, Ia
| call the President If their party choice liar
and sneak. Leaders u the Republican party
| in great States were there who warned their
| friends that from small and mean man who
| had deeply wronged the party by his Cabinet n =
| policy and his official acts. nothing hut tha
| hatred Of petty nature TO those IL has wrong
| ed was possible. There We're other suggestions
| that the time was fast approaching when the
| party would bee forced to renounce Hayes and
all his works-suggestions TINT II would be-
| wiser for the party To east ont the Admin istra-
tion which was running It before the country
| cast out party and Administration together. II
| WIS decided at the close of the meeting that "A
| joint caucus Of the two chambers should boz
held heM Tuesday evening, 10 proceed 10 the
! selection Of "A Congress iOnul committee for the
! next campaign. as well rs to determine on q
| general plan Of action in the coming contest.