The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-06
JUDGE BLACKS VIEWS

MS ,1lrliuENrs 10 UoN. All rlil AND
OPINION or HAYES TITLE.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Judge Black vas at the Girard house
yesterday.
y am Shy Of you newspaper people
but probably YOU have some right 10
,hink that | might talk on an occasion
81 in,srrstug rs the present when Tue
democracy 0i the old state Is. about De-
ginning new struggle.
mir. Dill" continued he, ".s per.ect>
lv good nomination tor governor. IL =
) man se Gpe talents. remarkable pru-
Ience. pure moral and great political IN
tecritv, lie comes frDm tho ntIghbor-
hood of Simon snyder AL ! hope II
elected that he will walk IN the footsteps
ofthat great magistrate OF the ancient
time. You ask shSt simon snyder ala
Ia make his name IllUStEtORl. 1 answer
in the words OF q hentUcAlan who
wanted To nominate skunk for president
| Sbrpk WAS very much ike snyder
He armed the state against the enemies
of the country, vetoed the bahHs ana
gave the corporations heiI. oei'cN'
Din will turn ont to be rs good rs el'leI
| Of them. But the great business no"
on hand is 70 put him IN, ana that con-
identlv expect We Will do very hAhu-
somslg. Your suggestion that / might
dislike Biiis nomination because Wal
lace favored him al Isndall opposed
| him has nothing in IL. ~ thelS 10
5ispute. personal or fractional. between
| those gentlemen, don't know lis merits,
IfNTr Wallace has won victory let him
wear his laurels and be satisfied, ana as
| 10 Mr.. Randall you may rest aSSurvu
| that n man who GALS, 2Qd worihliN nus
| 30 large q space in the cs- et ne nation
! il not seriously injured by being c@iEot.
| ed in A state convention. However tnat
r,av he we all know that p.ll Is neither
Wallace nor Randall. As the nominee
| NJ ths party he is equally entitled 10 the
| resDact confidence and support OF uoIh.
Judge Black tGen spoke IN high terms
or,ba democrats E0minee for Judge OF
| the supreme court, bGt u vas evident
| that he felt great personal seS,@s = per
hans IL should be called warm adHlsa-
/ tinD-for Judge Stgrrett. lie gave Ar.
/ Fertig an enthusiastic Endorsement 4Ad
there seemed 10 be some old reco!lectioh
! of Mr.. Africa that quite stirred hlm. On
! he whole bs was not merely sLiished'
out more than satisfied, indeed NOR
oughlv pleased With ths york oiihe con-
vention.
He did not speak very freely otthe m
ves;ieation going on at Washington iu-
/ To the frauds oflS-6. Itwas easy 10 see
that he vas under some restraint II this
part Of his chat, arising, perhaps, out OF
a past or present professional connection
with the subject.
~ have no stock in the ptSspcct OF
turning out Hayes by quo warrant0. ! o
doubt Hayes got the presidency by
means OF G fraud. But he got 1t and has
| IL IL was conceded TO him by the house
! of REPRESENTATIVES, =hich ought TO have
| withheld it from him. Possession Un~
! der such circumstances IS titiS 70 every
legal intent and purpose. Mr.. Hayes .s
| President Tor four years unless his term
shall be Abridged by impeachment, re-
signation or death.
"Can he be impeached for the fraud
practiced TO elect him? Certainly not.
| But if there was 4 fraud 10 which he
| consented or for which he bargalned be-
| forehand and after he got into power he
rewarded the guilt Of the rascals by Civ
| ing them offices, he is impeachable for
that. So also is any subordinate officer
who did the same thing. That 4 fraud
| stupendous, shocking and outrageous
| yss nerpetrated in Louisiana and Florl-
da is beyond denial. II has been al
ready proved many times, in thousand
ways and By clouds Of witnesses. The
| pending investigation can only bring
! out some particulars showing ~ whom
| il was Instigated and paid for. nope
and believe that Mr. Hayes had nothing
10 do with it. But certain visiting
statemen may have gone down there
and committed the crime, using the
state officers as mere instruments who
did their corrupt work on contract. II
one of these visiting map became secre-
tary ofthe treasury afterwards and car
ried out the filthy bargain by Te%aFding
the criminals, then there is no lay Or
Justice either that can save him from
| Impeachment. An example Is needed.
think the house ought 10 have pro-
ceeded distinctly and expressly on this
ground and moved to this objective point
giving Mr.. Sherman either clean vim
dicaiion or just condemnation after a
hearing. As il is the investigation seems
to be aimless. The mill is going, TO he
sure. but there is nothing in the hopper
that can be legally pounGe+."