The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-12
THE INVESTIGATION.
THE COMPLETE SUCCESS OF THE DEM-
OCRATs-THE REPUBLICANs ON
THE DEFENSIVE.

sOF Installing h&yeS-NnS hASG&ES
scheme for securing the Presidency.
Especial Correspondence of the Democrat
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1873.
OF course nothing is talked Of or apparently
thought Of here except
THE GREAT INVESTIGATION
of the electoral frauds and presume the In
terest taken in the same subject by the read
ers OF the DEMOCRAT must be equally keen,
no less from local than from national consid-
erations. The investigation may be said 70
have passed it's first stage and entered upon
its second, with complete success to the Dem-
ocrats and thereby to the cause of right, law
and justice generally. The first stage Of the
investigation consisted naturally in
DEVELOPING EVIDENCE
enough to support the subject matter Of the
resolution authorizing 1t, and In demonstrate
ing the necessity of further procedure, both
of which results have been attained to de-
gree considerably beyond the expectations
even of those who, like your correspondent,
had prior knowledge OF the evidence which
was In store,
AS matter of congratulation / mention
that the time Is now passed when the frantic
drivel Of hired men like Key, or the forcible-
feeble remonstranees OF superaEnuated sem
timentalists like Aleck Stephens can attract
public attention, much less command public
respect. Tt is also worthy Of note that the
cries Of revolution and Mexicanization, with
which the rag-tag and bob-tail newspaper
elaQuers Of the Fraudulent Administration at
first sought to bulldoze the Democrats into
silence and submission have suddenly ceased,
and instead of them the air is filled with the
cries Of the wounded thieves and
the groans of the dying visiting states
men," at the very first discharge from our
batteries. The Investigation has now been
going on just week. 1t Is not yet fairly
under way. The ground has hardly been
staked out for the grand structure OK exposure
and conviction which is to be built as charmed
house of fraud and q hospital for the victims
Of justice This investigation, as / telegraphed
you last night, has already assumed pr0p0r-
tiOns which argueitS prolongatiofi for months.
And yet the first week Of 1t has destroyed
JOHN SHERMAN AND STANLEY MATTHEWS
beyond the faintest hope of resurrection: de-
stroyed by the writing OF their own hands and
out OF their own mouths. 1t has put Mr.,
Hayes upon the defensive, and with him has
devolyed upon the Radical party the 0nlts pro-
bursdj OF establishing its innocence or the in-
nocence OF it's agents OF the crimes clearly and 4
circumstantially implied In the documen-
tary evidence adduced.
OF course nobody contends that anything
substantially new has been developed. Eve
rybody in Louisiana, at least has known ali
the time that the electoral vote Of the State
was seized by thieves, falsified by perturers,
perverted by forgers and counted by corrupt
and dishonest judges for the defeated eand-
date Everybody has known that Jim An-
derson as supervisor of registration for East
Feliciana, was one OF the principal tools enl~
ployed to do the dirtier, or at least the more
desperate portion OF the foul work that he
did 1t by the advice and at the instigation OF
John Sherman, Stanley Matthew'S Slough
ton, Garfield, Hale ct al, and under positive
promise OF reward from at least two of the,
precious gang, to wit: Sherman and Slough
ton.
Everybody has known, too, that from the
moment OF his inauguration down to the
present day Hayes has been engaged In using
the honors and emoluments OF the public SER
vice to pay the debts which his infamous
agents contracted In his behalf In suborning
perjury where perjury was needed, and in
bribing men to commit or submit to forgery
wherever forgery was necessary to the ac-
complshment OF their designs Beyond these
specifications the public has all along been
cognizant Of vast mass Of report and rit-
NOR, in many cases so direct and positive az
to amount to matter of fact, as to bargains
intrigues and negotiations for the furtherauce
of fraud or the realization of its results IN
various ways and by and between a great
number OF individuals high in public station.
But now all these affairs OF public knowl-
edge and belief are being turned into facts OF
legal establishment. Every witness who ig
sworn tesuties generally to the facts already
known as Set forth above; but In addition to
this he ills in quantity OF detail hitherto
not clearly known and supplies documents
heretofore secret, which change the case from
one Of suspicion to one Of conviction, and
place the administration in the light of a con-
Germ existing by reason Of neglect Of justice
instead OF, as hitherto by tolerance Oh public
int Arfo ~
that for the first time In thirteen years
THE RADICAL PARTY rs THROWN on THE DE-
FENsTvB;
and this is the grand salient feature. the all
important political result Of this great in-
vestigation.
AS Mr.. Finley, Democratic member Of Con-
gress from John Sherman'S old district in
Ohio, and one Of the leading spirits In the
preliminary work OF the investigation, said
to me yesterday:
'"The main point thus far reached Is that we
have got the id thieves on the run at last.
They have been driving us hither and thither
for dozen years with every imaginable spe-
cies OF aggressive tactics based on the late
rebellion, and now for the first time the for
tunes Of war have changed, and we are driy-
"Can we keep them
ON THE RUN?"
asked. "Will they not rally at some point,
and by their control Of the machinery and
money of the government, and their vast pre-
ponderance In the press, turn the tide back
upon US p
"Oh, no." said he. "That Is out Of the
question. If their lines have broken at the
first fire Of our skirInishers, what must be-
come Of them when we bring on our main
column, charge them with horse, foot and
dragons, and open ON their flying masses
with our artillery which is still In reserve n
That remark fairly illustrates the spirit Of
the Democrats. 1t is the irresistible morale
OF victory assured. The Overwhelming ad-
vance at nightfall, as at Waterloo, Of veterans
who have calmly stood pounding all day
without waYering.
The great mistake which Hayes and his
advisers made at the outset is now apparent
In order to give you an idea Of what I mean
| must briefly recur to the early history, as
yet unWritten, Of
THE ELECTORAL CONSPIRACY.
Shortly after Zach Chandler had opened the
ball by broadcasting over the country his cell
ebrated dispatch reciting that Hayes has 185
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