The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-14
THE QUESTION OPENED.
FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA FAIRLY BE-
FORE THE HOUSE.
Tactics Of the Republicans-They Defeat
Quorum by Refusing to VOte-Deter-
mInatiOn of the Democrats TO Force
the Resolution Through.
[sneciaIto the Demoerat |

Especial to the DemOcrat.l
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The investigation
programme has at last been inaugurated,
despite the desperate opposition Of many
Democrats, who are In one way or another in
terested In Hayes fortune. The Republicans,
as will be seen in the regular report, stood
solidly against the investigation, and the
only division reached during the day showed
SQUARE PARTY LINES,
with but two exceptions on each side. 1t may
be set down as o certainty that none OF the
Radicals, even Ben Butler, would encourage
this investigation. Bitter as most OF them
are against Hayes personally, they will cast
their lot with him on u question OF life or
death for their party, which the success of
this investigation involves. The resolution
having been admitted as
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE,
it OF course takes precedence over all other
matter. and will come up every day as unfin-
ished business until disposed of. The present
intention of the Radicals is to filibuster. To-
day they accomplished their purpose, and
prevented the passage of the resolution by re-
fusing to vote, thereby destroying quorum
but tonight
to get Democrats in their seats so as to make
up a quorum without the Radicals.
The next move of the Radicals will be to
filibuster under the rules and keep the reso-
luton at bay until they can resolve upon
some definite plan of action. They have thus
far determined only to press their demand
for the enlargement of the scope Of the reso-
luton SO as to cover the cases OF Oregon,
Mississippi, and possibly North Carolina.
THIS THE DEMOCRATS MEAN TO PREVENT
and IL they can get their party into position
so as to constitute quorum, they can put
the resolution through substantially in its
present shape some time during the week.
Meanwhile the Radicals are making use o
the emergency to force Hayes into
THE MOST AFFECT SUBMISSION
to party discipline, and they will undoubtedly
succeed, inasmuch as Hayes, while outwardly
pretending great serenity, Is known to mani
fest intense alarm privately at the prospect
of what he calls one-sided Democratic in
vestigation. Tomorrow night the Democrats
hold caucus to determine certain details o.
their programme and discuss the propriety o
yielding certain points demanded by the Rad
icals. 1t may be depended on however, that
no State not objected to or disputed during
THE ELECTORAL COUNT
will be admitted under this investigation. Il
IL, therefore not impossible that Oregon may
be included, but no Southern State will bt
touched except the three whose votes were
stolen by the Radicals.
| AS / telegraphed you long time ago, full
confessions of Anderson and Webber, mpli
| eating
| JOHN SHERMAN AND STOUGHTON,
| together with evidence as to the tamperine
with registered letter packages. containing
| returns, in the New Orleans Postoffice, are il
| the hands OF Democrats here, and, in fact, th'
most important features Of the investigation
| will be in relation to Louisiana.
| THE SITUATION TONIGHT
| Is too chaotic to admit Of definite deductions
but enough has transpred to show that th'
Democratic majority in the House can bt
depended on to stand by the resolution to tn
last. To-day's action is really nothing but
preliminary skirmish, however, and it ma.
be some time before the investigation will
begin. or course every other topic vanishe
from sight here, now that this great question
| is fairly before Congress. BUELL..