Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-31
THE TRUTH COMING.
Light Shining Upon Things Hidden.

Light Shining Upon Things Hidden.
States will have before them the complete
history of the then concealed means by which
the conspiracy to place Mr.. Hayes in the
Office to which he was not elected was made
successful. It was early charged that there
was some sort of bargain pending the cleo
toral count, between certain Democrats and
Republicans, and this charge though often
denied, is as often repeated with increasing
PARTICULARLY as to detail. Mr.. William E.
Chandler of New Hampshire, who was score
tary of the National Committee of the Re-
publican party, and therefore in position to
be well informed as to what was going on,
both during and succeeding the Presidential
campaign Immediately Influenced by his
personal dislike for Hayes and his distrust
of his policy, but overruled, We believe, by
the natural law which men call fataity-is
the present active instrument for bringing
about full exposure of the details and con-
federates in the great crime. Mr.. Chandler,
viewing the affair from the radical Republ
can point of view, inveighs against Hayes,
and his official and unofficial advisers,
for their desertion of the carpet
baggers of Louisiana and South Caro-
lima, and attributes that desertion,
not to consideration for law and right, or of
the necessities of the time, but to pledge
e1acted from Hayes personal representa-
es-impliedly with Hayes Endorsement
by certain Democrats at time when few
men in Congress might, by dietary measures,
or show of vigorous opposition have pre-
vented the false declaration that Hayes was
elected President.
Among the Democrats mentioned by Chan
dler as being connected with this alleged
bargain, agreement or enforced pledge, is
Major Z. A. Burke, leading Democrat of
New Orleans, who, during the period of the
electoral controversy was in Washington
representing the Nichols party or Demo-
Gratis of New Orleans Major Burke has,
through the form of newspaper interviews,
and with some apparent reservation, replied
to Chandler with statements substantially as
follows: Southern Democrats had been led
to expect that Mr.. Tilden and the Democratic
party North, would claim their rights and
enforce them. But MI. Pelton, and others
of Tilden's managers, besought them to work
up public sentiment in favor of the electo-
raj bill, under the belief that Mr.. Tilden's
rights were secured by it, and they did 80,
Feb. 18th, when the determination of the
Electoral Commission as to Louisiana was
made known, caucus of the Democratic
Senators and Representatives was held at
| the Capitol, to decide, in view of the parti-
san action of the Commission, whether they
would acquiesce in or resist it's decisions.
| At that caucus the Democrats of the South
! desired to know if the party had any COM
prehensiye plan looking towards Tilden's in
auguration; if not, then they insisted that
before yielding, the party should commit
| the Republicans to the withdrawal of the
troops from South Carolina and Louisiana.
Instead of making this condition, or any eff
fort to save the two States named, the caucus
simply agreed to acquiesce in the decision OF
time the last formal assemblage authorized
to pronounce for the party. There was then
Maj. Burke says, but one course for Demo
Gratis of the States named to pursue, and
that was to secure by individual action what
they had failed to obtain from the party or
eanization. President Grant declared that
ssthe sentiment of the country was clearly
against the use of troops in unfolding q
State government" and nine-tenths of the
Republicans either distinctly concurred OF
tacitly acquiesced in the declaration while
their party was in jeopardy. The Soutt
asked no more. The Democratic party il
Washington had no definite plan for the in
auguration of Tilden, though the Tilder
managers had scheme for defeating the
count in the Senate and holding new cleo
ton under Conkling.
Il know positively" says Major Burke
that Senator Conkling had speech all pre-
pared in favor of throwing out the vote Of
elected president of the Senate, and would
have become President of the United States
pending a new election, which would hav.
taken place year afterward.
The cause which prevented an attempt at car
rying out this programme was the distrust fel
side of the carpet-bag Senators from the South
ern States. They were all ready enough t.
slaughter HAYES. because they had becom
alarmed at some of his utterances and a
Grant, declarations. But it was feared that
instead of supporting Conkling, they nigh
for as they pr9eaby WV would haG
by which Southern Congressman and mysel
were convinced that Hayes would be allowe'
by his party to carry out Grants declaration
about Withdrawing troops from interfering
! with the local affairs of our State, do not car
to speak at present.
Upon publication of this statement b
Major Burke, Mr.. Chandler has telegraphe'
to him, asking him to state, with particular
! ity, whether he and other Southern men
with Stanley Matthews, John Sherman
Charles Foster, and Jos. A. Garfield, all
any of them, or other Northern men, ha
| conferences at Wermley's Hotel, Washing
! ton, about February 26th, concerning Louis
lana affairs; whether there was written pr
; per embodying the agreement or unde1
standing then arrived at concerning Louis
lana affairs; and whether he, Burke, M
+ the paper or copy of it. In conversatio
I explanatory of his telegram to Burke, NJ
Chandler said Monday night that at the col
! ferences referred to written memoranda
t was made of the understanding arrived q
!, which was read over and agreed to be su
I stantially correct. Some names were sign'
to the paper, Witnessing it's correctness, q,
' it was then deposited with Major Burke.
d have been informed" adds Chandler, 18th
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