New-York tribune., 1878-04-30
PUZZLED ABOUT FLORIDA.

,,,, ,,v>,ocpATs UNCERTAIN WHICH PARTY WOULD
pp MOST DAMAGED by AN INVESTIGATION
MLIX's AND DENNIs's GRIEVANCES.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBuNE.l
w.surxcToN. March 29-Mr William e. Chan-
dler thinks that the McL;n and Dennis confessions
were brought out by the harsh treatment Whicn
tbey received from the Administration.
The story is that while McLin was nominated to
no Associate Justice in New-Mexico the President
was not anxious 10 have his nomination conhrmeu
NV the Senate. There circumstances IL Is salu'
which tend to prove that the President had prom
ised n Western Senator that II McLih was
not confirmed friend of that Senator shouh'
he appointed The latter very naturally laoored 10
secpre the defeat of McLin. Another western sen
otor within an hour after Mclins rejection went 10
tho President and asked for the appointment OF
different person when he learned that the otice bau
already been promised $780,,
Denn,s,s cause of complaint is that he was driven
Of the Secret Service by his chief, Brooks, and
~, ,he Secretary of the Treasury. He had not APP
,Srortlv beep model Secret Service officer, but bad
Loou travelling about the country, neglecting to
,,o,for,o the duties TO which he had been assigned
KnoIIv the chief wrote a sharp letter to him. re-
,LiD, him for his course. This letter was si. l
a. the Secretary Of the Treasury before being
,ooiloa. and Mr. Sherman said that If there
was any reason why such letter should
h. written there was a good reason why Dennis
sbmld be removed To this Brooks, i'll his letter 10
Dannis said that be made no reply The result
0os Dennis's immediate resignation, and his en-
plovment by the Democrats.
MIR Springer of Illinois, is managing the tlorlda
tusiness and is said to have been designated as the
person in the interest of Ex-Governor Tilden who
shall receive all correspondence from the agents in
Florida and confer with them.
L 4 ~. ha do
of .he confessions recently published have appar-
entity not been determined upon by the Democrats.
The reasons for this delay are, first, because 1t has
not been determined whether it Will be a wise party
policy TO begin the investigation to reopen the
electo al count and secondly, because the Demo-
crafts are not altogether certain that if such course
shoud be decided upon here in Washington the rank
and file of their party would sustain them eau
cus will probably be called to decide this matter
during the present week
There is also an apparent hesitation on the part Of
the Democrats to pursue the Florida investigation
for another reason 1t is probable that If all the
facts connected with the counting of the vote
in that State were to be brought Out
even if the confessions of Dennis and McLin were
admitted to be true the Democrats wOuld after all
get the worst of it, For instance, much stress is laid
upon the alleged tamperng by the Republicans with
Alachua County where ii is asserted the Republi-
cans added 219 to the vote found in the box at the
close Of the polls. If the Democrats should prove
this it would also probably be shown by the Repub-
IeaDs that if the 219 votes were added,
the frauds committed by the Democrats at
the same poll were by no means neutralized, and
that if such tampering with the result actually
took place. it in order to prevent the Democrats
from gaining any advantage by having stuffed
the ballotbox durisg the day, and increased their
vote at thSt precinct 900 per cent beyond
what il ought to have been. Such facts as these
If brought ont, would probably be more damaging
to the Democracy than anything they could prove
against the Republicans. -
There are many indications that few Republi-
cans are in sympathy with the Democrats in tins
movement against the electoral settlement of last
year, and are encouraging il. Ii has been lnti-
mated, to-day, by some Republicans opposed TO the
President, that Ex-Governor Packard who has re-
turned to New-0rleans will soon be heard from In
way to attract general attention.
The House Committee on the Electoral Count
will probably abandon the idea of securing con-
stitutiOnal amendment, and adopt the bill agreed
10 by the Senate Committee.