Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-22
& Political Fntri9uc.

I'll: Washington Republican says: IAN
intrigue between tho anti Greascr democracy
and the republican leader 10 the House was
ATTEMPTED lsst week under tho inspiration and
leadership Of Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia. whose
Independence OF caucus dctstion has been com.
mcntcl upon. The particulars Of this intrigue,
So Row developed show that with Messrs.
Mills, Ct Texas, Buckncr, of Missouri, Morse,
of Massachusetts, and several others Of his
side OF the House, Mr.. Stephens was willing
to 20 50 far as to amend The Potter resolution
By Inserting clause directly recognizing aud
cmphatical!y declaring tho stability of Pre6l.
debt Hayes title. The idea was to embody in
the amendment Mr.. IlcWltt'5 somewhat en-
phatc assertion or concession that the title Is
| sacred and irrctragahlc." 1t is koown that
the leaders O! the Potter wing promised to pass
resolution embolylug this declaration as soon
az they had secured the adoption OF the one
providing for the Investigation. That they did
not keep their promise Is also kuown and that
they did not iu!cnd to keep it is proven By the
fact thai they have studiously refused to reoOg-
nize any OF the auti Greaser5 in any way what.
ever. However this may be, the intrigue re-.
lcrrcd to had on Indirect bearing upon that
promise and may have been the cause OF It,.
The republicans were engaged in the move
men were of the kind known as Administration
uco, and the President himself was a party to
their consultations. Il is known that last
Thursday night Messls. j. D. Cox, Amos
Townsend and one or two other republicans,
met The President at the residence OF the Hon.
Charles Foster, for the purpose; of talking
this matter over. They agreed that the offer
Of tho democrats was worth looking Into, aud
MIR. Cox was selected to do the Looking. Mr.
Cox having reached terms that were satlstac.
tory to his associates, as we'll as to lrStephens
and his fellow anti GreaserJ, the latter, to the
number ct twenty. two, slgnlhed their earnest
| ness in the premises by signing written agree
mcnt To vote with the republicans against the
Potter resolution, provided the republicans
would iola with them, alter Pottcr's defeat. IN
q resolution affirming the irrefrag ability OF tho
title and providing for more liberal investiga.
lion. Mr.. Cox. on Friday, armed with this
PAPER, cautiously began to sound the SO called
anti Administration republicans az we'll as
others OF the party who had, up TO that time,
been purposely Kept 10 Ignorance OF the ln-
t,iguc. Among these was the Hon. Eugene
Hale, who Instantly denounced tho scheme as
an infamous attempt to divorce the Admins
tratiou from the party. In his opinion its sue.
cess would simply have thrown tho President
into the arms Of the democracy, aud placed him
under obligations to o minority Of that party
for the preservation Of the sacredn OF his
tenure Of office. Other republica as who were
approached on the subject expressed astouish'
meut that the President should llavo counte-
nanccd such an Intrigue; and again others char
actcrized it as an insidious ATTEMPT by the OPP
position to place the administration 10 the at,
tiude Of having sacrificed the reputation OF
some Of its members and having abandoned the
republican party for the selfish purpose OF Sc
curing to the President undisturhed possession
of his office. La short, Mr.. Cox met with such
slight encouragement that he abandoned the
movement 10 disgust. His anti Greaser COL
leagues, especially Mr.. Stephens, were choked
off or down by the opposition, and tho Potter
resolution was passed as strictly party measure,
twenty Of the twenty-five intrigucrs voting
for l.,