The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-26

Dennison Senator Sherman and Justice Cartier Of the
district and Mr. Foster At wormley's Hotel
Matthews asked our reason for diiDustsring against
the consummation oil the electoral count Witness
told him IT was apprenenston as to the course
tho Ohio State journal, supposed 10 reflect HAYES
views had induceu members 10 believe that the bayo-
net me OF policy would be continued Matthews 10 en-
extensively reviewed the Southern question: SAID nc
was a personal Trend OF Hayes; had known him All
his HE; was perfectly convsrsant with MS Views
him he said be thought he was miliar enough with
views OF the situation to ne able 10 Indicate wnat
would be mis- policy !: insugurated. Then he sara ne
tMatInews) was Ia favor OF remtins these States TO
the gov ernments OF their choice; that ne was
tired OF The rule aud plumber these states
had been subjected to- that be despsed IN his heart
the men Instrumental IN robbng anu opprseslns We,
and was tired OF the bayonet rule and the lnterposmo1
OF the military in the civil AFFAIRS and ne tnousns
Hayes views correspondcd exactly with ms, ana ~
referred 10 his letter OF acceptance He then snorua
spe, he said that the flag should foat over
free States instead OF over provinces.
STATEMENTS OF OTHER REPUBLICANS
Mr. Foster then spoke. pursuing the Same limo.
Ex-Governor Dennison gave tue same assurances'
but psaxe om psr.c fa%sry With Hayes
Senator Sherman, who, II was supposed, wouIu
have a seat in Hayes Cabinet on being asked to give
HIS views, said 1.-The views expressed ny MT.
Matthews my views and such. believe: VIII De
the policy OF President HAYES II 'naugurated."
Witness asked how Hampton could succeeH ~
south Carolina and Nichols IN Louisiana II hayes
were inaus urated, as the same vote that elected
HAYES would elect Packard and Chamberlain; Mr
Matthew's said that could be done very easily;
the President could simply pursue the policy Of nor.
intervention. rccosnlzng neither covornmen. Ta.
and tho people, he understood, would pay
taxes 10 the Nichols sovernmsn! and
starve to death. And whom the time came hayes
wond find one government pcriectin all orgs"'zA.
ton and Pnckard's government mere SHADOW, an1
Nichols would quietlysucceed without any direct in
reference that statement was acquisced IN " inc
0he svnG Would BE- 70 as
him that peace would be preserved; tnas mere
would be violence or bioodshed, and that nobody
should be prosecuted On account Oh past pon.icaI
offences We stated 10 him that holding the purse
and sword We could guarantee almost anything.
Witness thinks Msjor Burke read some K'no o. an
agreement which was substantially incorporated IN
resolution passed atterward by the Nichols Legs
lature gurau .eeing peace, equal and impartial ad-
OF all people should be protected, ana ina. .nese
should be no prosecution Of anybody on account =.
past political offences, but that there should be no
immunity Tor crime That last clause, think, was
stricken out py the Nichols Legislature
Witness, after hearing these VIEWS SAID hayes
could inaur In preference 10 seeing Norton
elected President OF the Senate witness ater inter-
was agreed that tho latter should mako speech IN
the House the next day announcing cnange ana AZ
vising that the electoral count proceed witnout !u
Their hbustering; Mr. Levy mAdc the speech. ana me
Southern members thereafter generally ceased hhous-
terinG. only twenty or twenty-five continuing
Witness stated smphatcaly that there was no bar.
gain that the ceaslng TO hibuster was not insisted
upon by The republicans at the conference.
II was voluntary act on the part OF the witness,
Burke and Waterson the latter having always stead
lily opposed fbustering. There was not tho sem
blance OF bargain ut that conference. The object OF
the republican, seemed TO be to remove anxiety In
regard TO tho course Hayes would pursue toward
South Carolina and Louisiana.
Witness at some length referred to numerous In
tervews with Grant, VINO promised TO issue the order
tor the withdrawal OF the troops, AZ the electoral
count was completed; when asked whether the pay
ment OF taxes 10 the Nichols government would DO
construed into violation OF :hc status quo inaugu-
rateu Grant. the latter perpetrated theony JoKe
witness heard from him by relating tho story OF
the Irishmsn VINO had joined the temperance society
bat did not OBJECT to drop being put IN his soda
water ''unbekn nst' to him.
Beng INTERCEPTED by Mr.. Cox about the demo-
cratic caucus, said there were sixteen North
democrats and thirty or forty Southern members
VINO organized The fibustering movement " deieat
the count the strongest advocate OF tho speedy CON-
pIetion OF the count was Hewitt. OF New York, VINO
was therefore, called the loader Of the re.
publican party; Fernando Wood, J. Young
Brown ana Henry Watterson wore equally
strenuous In their efforts to complete the
count. Among those in favor OF hltbustering were
Levy, OF Louisiana; Hooker, OF MASSACHUSETTS,;
Money ana Wad1eii, OF North Carolina; Yates, OF
North Carolina; Savage, Of Ohio; Wailing, OF Ohio;
Boone, OF Kentucky; NcManon and Rice, OF Ohio;
Emmett, Of Alabama; Hartwich, OF Georgia; Sprague,
Illinois, and Others whose names can be seen To the
records At that time tho house.
The CON mittce then took recess, to meet subject
10 the call OF tho chairman.
the me mbers OF the committee and attaches left
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