The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-07-27
DIR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON D. c., July 20 1S7e

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WASHINGTON D. c., July 20 1878.
Yesterday the examination of Sem
ator Kellogg was begun by the Potter
Committee. His replies were ex-
treamely cautious and, judging from
them and bis manner, he has a fund
of information back which will prove
of value if it can be reached. Gen.
eral Buffers questions 50 far, have
been asked so as to make prominent
the fact that Packard, the Republi-
can candidate for Governor, received
more votes than the Hayes's electors
did. He also produces a pamphlet
prepared by "stalwart" Republicans
of Louisiana, which attempt to snug
gle in two Hayes electors who, after
the protests were exhausted, were
found to be defeated. BY the very
skillful plan arranged by the Return
ing Board and the "yisiting states
men," it was not necessary that any
Republican candidate should have re-:
ceived any particular number of votes.
Ten were as good as ten thousand,
for there was absolutely no limit to
the capacity of the Board to throw
out Democratic votes. From Kellogg
to Eliza Pinkston there does not seem
to have been a Republican leader in
Louisiana who was above the most
unblushing frauds.
Mr.. Hayes has now for the second
time, moved on the works of Senator
Conkling, Collector Arthur and Ma.
val officer Cornell, of the New York
Custom House. Secretary Sherman
was in New York when the changes
were announced, and was doubtless
there as the agent Of Mr.. Hayes 1t
remains to be seen what effect the
removals will have on Mr.. Conkllng's
Senatorial ambition. No doubt they
were intended to lnjure him. 1t will
be remembered that when the same
changes were attempted during the
last session of Congress the Senate,
at the urgent solicitation Of Senator
Conking, refused 30 assent to them
by confirming the men nominated to
succeed Conkling's friends. in all
Democrotic State conventions so far
held excellent sense has been shown
in the construction of platforms and
good nominations have been made.
The following extract from the Mich
igan platform is as forcible as it is
true. We arraiyn the Republican
party for it's corruption in office, its
unwise legislation and its wicked per.
version of the peoples will as ex-
pressed at the polls. Itlhas isqhantl-
cred the public funds and land and
has corrupted the body polite it
has placed men in Office who are dis
: ~~:t and incapable, and have used
positions as private perquisites ;
slegislated for the rich and op-
~ ,sed the poor, and has hardened
each town aud city with debt and
taxation, driven our commerce from
the sea, and destroyed our once pow
erful navy, and completed its career
of crime and dishonor by stealing the
Presidency from the people, and
placing a fraud in the Presidential
chair" .n.
Apropos ofour present critical re-
lations with Mexico, tile characteris'
tic trick by which she sought to evade
the awards of the Mexican Mixed
Commission, is rather interesting
They aggregated above $4,0WjDO0, az
due to American citizens. Though
sclemnly pledged to accept the Com
missions decisions as final, Deaz'I
agent incubated plan which, had il
been successful, would have operated
to render the six years work. of thu
Commission a nullity to very larg'
extent. 1t contemplated the passag'
of a joint resolution, prohibiting thu
Treasury from paying out to tw'
claimants-Weil and the La Abrs
mining Company-the money Mexico
had deposited there SUBJECT to thel
order agreeably to the Commission
decision, pending the investigation o
trumped up charge Of fraud. The.
were test cases and on their fate de
pended many similar awards. 10 al
American Cor gress were found mel
willing to abet this scheme to defrau'
their own countrymeh, seemingly
The resolution passed the Senate ant
went to the House for it's concurrence
Fortunately it needed for IFS success
in that body the endorsement of til
Honorable and honest Ben Wilson G
West Virginia. This sturdy. exponen
Of Jeffersonian Democracy, in
speech of wonderful yigOr and rar
eloquence, made the scheme a stenc
inthe nostrils of Congress and sham
ed Mexico's Congressional abetto1
into permanent silence by his wrath
full denunciations.
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