The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-01
INVESTIGATION.
plan of tine Republicans to Revenge
themselves on Hayes.
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rifle nre the charges in the Red Repuplicahs
manifesto signed by Bill Chandler, tilau pom
ticans here believe that q. part OF the pro
gramme Of malignancy will be an lnvestlga-
fion into the alleged bargain mace by hays.
Inv q Senate committee. This, then, clearly
Indicates what rabd Repubcansm can ana
intends to do i'm it's. war upon Hayes. It was
Thought that this investigation Wouio nave
been made when Harlan's nom,nastloh ny az
muntls' Judiciary COMMITTEES, put Ine move
ment against Mr. Hayes was not then crystal
lied into the aggressive, Solo communion
that now stands ready to oppose him 10 the
death H. D.u,o
Gratis would offer any opposition to resolu-
tionlookng toward an investigation o. tnls
alleged bargain with the Confederate briga-
sidcration that might, perhaps, restrain :. Cie
Republicans of the Bill Chandler type. LII Is
a fact that Mr.. Chandler, In his letter, openly
confesses the fact that Mr.. Hayes was count
ed In, and that he would not nave pee,l ilad IL
Secretary Sherman. Now IL one bargain is
to be investigated 1t Is but reasonable to sup
pose that the other would be opened to In.
Guiry Perhaps there Is no devisable plan OF
awakening more bad blood than the scheme OF
opening up the exciting contest settled last
spring by Che counting in of Mr.. Hayes.
A prominent anti-Administration Repub..
lican said to-day, in discussing the pollcy OF
his party: "A negative course with us now
means death. The Democratic party has al
ways been an aggressive one, and IN that alone
lies almost all its great strength We propose
to adopt its policy of aggression. Only SUCH
policy can be able to unite us. There has
been altogether too much conscience in the
Republican party, and that Is what we are at
fcted with now. The Democratic party is
not troubled in that way. 1t il like the Roman
Catholic Church 1t has within it's own bounds
means Of dissolution for the sins OF any OF its
members"
The good, innocent administration people
say that Hayes and his Cabinet pretend to
see nothing in Chandler's letter but the wall
OF a disappointed of1ice-seeker. A member
of the Cabinet In referring tonight to this
letter, charging compromises, fraud, ETC.,
upon the President said that 1t could be re-
garded as nothing more than the same old
story He did not think it contained any
new charges nor did he think that 1t would
carry with it any weight. He said that the
removal OF Federal troops from the State
houses at Columbia and New Orleans was
not the result of any compromise, and was
only decided upon by the President after the
whole matter had been thoroughly considered
la the Cabinet, and, however unwholesOme it
NAV have been at the time to the Republi-
cans, robody now doubted the propriety OF
that step.
So fai. as any arrangement OF the kind
charged has been entered into by the commits
sion that visited New Orleans, he said that
the men who composed that commission
were too respectable and pure-minded to be
guilty OF such wrong. Upon the whole, he
looked upon Chandler as very bad man, who
was only growing now because he failed to
get the office he wanted. and which he
thought. he deserved for the part he played
In Florida.