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NEW YORK, Feb. 5@.-The Herdtd SAYS
line contest. the struggle, the strength of
position and the divided sentiment of the
pennsylvania Republicans will naturally
make an impression on the Republican party
at large but the party at large is but little
regarded in the calculations of the astrte
managers OF the third term campaign. They
haSeH definite! plans of operation which they
expect to carry out without much assistance
from the Republicans of those States which
must eject their candidate after lie is nomi-
nated; Inc Grant men will attempt uothingin
New England, Which is for Blaine, nor in the
States, except Illinois, which
are Tor Blaine, nor in Ohio, which is for
1neilnah. lh"y have strong hopes in the
racine States, and Is delegates from Calitor-
ma ana Oregon would swell their number to
LOO still leaving them l37 short Of a majority.
lhey expect to make up the number from the
States where Blaine has no strength. and the
only rival OF the ex-President is Sherman. The
South IS entitled to 276 delegates. and ali
those may be considered certain for him.
Inc tiiira term candidate would need one
less thad half Of the Southern delegates to
give him a majority. Nine-tenths of the Re-
puplcah party in the South consists of colored
voters, anu it has never been disputed that
the coiored voters have a strong and enthusi-
astlc preference for the candidate whom they
regard as their deliyerer.1
Inc iT30inc says: Because Of the small
majority rantrece;ved this result must be ase-
we're disappointmenttotl!e friends ofGrant. and
a hard blow to The movement for his nomation,
his narrow majority of twenty, was obtained
only by strenuous eXertions and the use of
powerful influence. No one can doubt that if
the convention had been left to its own spon-
taneo1s voice the delegation would stand al
TINS moment for Blaine. But this is not all,
the majority for Grant, small as it is, is un
questlonaDly due in part to the firm refusal of
blalnes immediate representatives to author
lZe any bitter assault on Cameron. In view of
all these things it may well be doubted wletl-
er IN voting as they have been instructed to
vote The Pennsylvania delegation will fairly
represent Pennsylvania sentiment. But how
ever this may be one thing is clear. The claim
mat there is an overwhelming demand among
the Republican masses for the nomination of
Grant, and that they believe him to be the
only man who can carry the country, has
been exploded. One more thing is clear. that
thls years contests arc to be amicably con-
quoted to an amicable result, and the nominee
or the Chicago convention is not going to be
destroyed by enemies around his canvass"
The World says: "The World pointed out
yesterday that the real question for the Repub-
lican conventions was not whether the Repub-
can party should bestow the nomination upon
~'N't "f' "iiti'ltplCblS d tISpildl
strength greater than that of the Republican
party, but whether Grant should bestow upon
the Republican party his acceptance of its
nomination. This view was undoubtedly
sustained by the proceedings of the conven-
ton at Harrisburg yesterday. In 1876 the
mere informally Of an ineligible elector did
not count against the vote of Oregon, but the
pennsylvania Republicans seem to be aware
that the Republican certificates will be more
carefully examined at Washington next year
than they were three years ago."
Hayt Investigation.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The Special commits
tee of Indian commissioners completed their
report III the case Of commissions Hayt.
After reciting the evidence concerning Ham.
mond, Hart and Hayt, the report says: "We
cannot consider Hayt's excuses for withhold
ing important papers from the Secretary of the
Interior as sufficient, inasinuch as additional
evidence and correspondence submitted to the
Department of Justice, together with the afti-
davits in January, does not add strength to
the testimony sufficiently to show why the
same may not have been submitted before.
We can't avoid the conclusion that, while the
one case against eX-Agent Hart was promptly
forwarded to the Department of Justice for
execution, with regard to the other case, in
volving very serious charges, neither commits
siOner nor inspector We're sufficiently in
III AhtopStt" FloAiilIlolldG utlllt tlltU III
the spring of 1870 he was personally inter-
ested in the proposed purchase of the WASH
ington mine, and that in August, upon the
arrival in Arizona of Edward Knapp, the 500
called nephew Of the commiss; +. he devo-
ted much attention in ~assistin' Knapp to
secure the mine for IIogencamp, OF New
Jersey. Late in our investigation the follow
ing facts were elected When Hogencamp
telesraphed Hammond that he would send
out a special agent to purchase the mine he
replied:
How shall | know him.
To which lIayt answered:
You kno Knapp
Which circumstance, if true CONNECTS Mr..
Hayt with the mining transaction. Mr.. IIayt
does not admit sending such dispatch. An
other fact elected was, that Edward Knapp,
the so-callcd nephew of the commissioner.
VIII" figures SO c~onspicuously III this tlausac-
ton, wa, passing under an assumed name,
and WAS really Edward KNAPP Hayt, Il son Of
the commissioner, and that he adopted this
name at the suggestion of his father. These
circumstances coupled with the fact the com
missioner declined to give lls testimony until
after Hammond had corrected his statement
concerning the genuineness OF his letters to
Hart. and the long delay in the prosecution OF
Hart though furnishing no positive evidence
or the rOmpiicltN OF guilt is compromising
in form, for the consideration as was charged
may be taken AS sufficient proof that the cOn-
missioner was co2niZtnt Of the sale of the
mine by the "X-Indian agent charged with
gross otfcnses), through his own son under an
assumed name, to some of his intimate
friends, a fact which can hardly he relieved by
his own assurance that lie had no interest in
the TRANSACTIONS. 1t Is proper TO state that tie
Secretary of the Interior has been kept fully
and constantly advised during the progress of
our examination, and his desire has been re-
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