The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-04-26
WAS HAYES ELECTED2

Senator Sherman Answer the Question
to Every Intelligent Voters Subtraction
"A Few Words In Prai-e of the Histori-
cal Returning Board-A Disnified Re-
ply TO an Attack Made by Vest, OF Mis-
souri,.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-Nr- Sherman ad-
dressed the Senate yesterday on the OIL 1or
he admission of South Dakota as State,
md the organization of the Territory OF
North Dakota Why, Mr.. Sherman asked,
should South Dakota not be admitted:
Simply because the Democratic party did
not want that State admitted Dakota
would be kept out until some other Demo-
cratic State LEGS entitled, should be 1T
tached to it and hauled 10 on its sxirta
There was no use, therefore, in wasting ar
gument about it
Coming down to the discussion Tuesday
between Senators Vest and E1munds, he
said an issue had been made relative to the
election of President Hayes, and ought TO
be discussed If there was any doubt about
it He undertook to convince Senators by
evidence taken at the time when the events
| were fresh that the Republicans were right
in 1876 He proceeded to give history OF
| the returning board of louisiana and or
the two commissions sent there-one
by President Grant, composed Of dlstin-
gu:shed men of both sides, and one by the
Democratic National Committee 1t had
appeared, according to the voie as actually
cast, that there was Democratic majority
in Louisiana, but, acting under the laws OF
the State the vOtes Of parishes had been
| Excluded where there had been fraud and
violence, and the result of that exclusion
| hal been a majority in favor Oh Presdsn;
1 81 .as r IN
m Louisiana had been made known, he be-
| iieved there would havs beea Il majority OF
from 10000 to 10000 in favor OF Mr..
Hayes As to the :ectoral Commission bill,
| no one had resisted it more than he and
Senator Morton, of Irdi.na Twenty
ak Democrats and twenty-one Republic
ans had voted for tho bill, and fourteen Re
publicaus GnoIuding himselD AMI bu: one
Democrat had voted against It There had
teen the Same kind of vote In this other
| House Tie bill had been supported by the
Democrats as a means by which the de-
cision of the returning boarI of louisiana
| would be overthrown and the psopls de-
pr.ved of the President elected by shsm in
| legal and constitutional way. The very
.scripion OF the frauds in louisiana al
most appalled, Mr. Snerm IN, even after the
| l3pss of SO many years
Recurring to the election OF Hayes and
| the non election Of P.ck-rd, Mr.. Sherman
said both had boon fairly and legally
elected. md expi aimed the difference in
| the result by stating that the question OF
| the Presidential elect on had been decided
| by the Electoral Commission. and that OF
| Gubernatorial election BY the Louisiana
Legislature. which, after contest or two
mont IS lad been Democratic The Demo
cratic party had not only by fraud and vio-
| ience sought to con rol the Presidential
| election. but 1t had actually succeeded in
| depr.ving of their Offices the duly-elected
| Governor and mem bers OF the Legis AZURE
| Then he read extr3c:s from a speech made
| in that State by Senator Eustis in which he
declared it to I,e the determination OF the
white men OF LOUISIANA to solve the race
quest. on without regard to Northern senti-
ment, and predic-cd that the final result
would be the overthrow Of negro rule and
the establishment of white mans Govern
ment II that, said Mr. Sherman, was the
| determination of the white people OF
| Louisiana the constitution of the United
States would have to be changed That
| constitution declared that q Republican
| form OF government should be guaranteed;
| TO every State When it WAS said that the
black man should not rule it was said that
| the majority should not rule, for he be-
| lieved that the blacks were in q ms ority
there and they had behind them q great
many white Republicans who were among
the highest of the people Of Louisiana in
wealth. social standing, md influence.
The people of the South, instead OF
seeking to win the coiored people by
kindness (he wished to God they
| would, and he did not care how
many votes they got in the process) lad
maintained system of domino ering crime
and violence. Not only did the returning
toard of Louisiana have sufficient evidence
| before them OF fraud and violence ind
outrage in the election of 1876. but the
present Governor and one of its Senators
aad confessed all, and more than had ever
been claimed by the returning board II
ever any body had any doubt of the
election Of Me- Hayes. that doubt had tean
removed by the admission OF the very men
who b ID participated in the wrong of that
day in Louisiana, and hereafter when any
man asserted of President Hayes that lie
had been elected by fraud or wrong. or
had not been duly elected, be OR. Sher-
| mani would hold him in contempt a. ut-
tering hat which was not true, and which
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local government in Louisiana in 1876.
Senator Vest tMo.) attempted to reply to
Senator Sherman's remarks. and stated that
Casenave and other members of the return
ing board had been rewarded by President
Hayes At the conclusion of his remarks he
! asked why the vote which gave the cleo
toral vote TO Mr. Hayes WAS not good
enough TO give to Mr.. Packard the Gov
ernorship of Louisiana. quoting at the same
time passages from NJ Sherman's Nash
vile (Tenn.l and Springfield JILL speeches.
Mr. Sherman thanked the Senator for
reading extracts from Mr. Sherman's
speeches. Every word in those speeches
he would utter again II oEportunsy Of
fered Who removed Packardy Had Pres
idsnt Hayes power to elect Packard to Of
fee or to recognize Linn before the Legis-
laturs of the SJats had Gully elected HIM?
Pr -sidcnt Hayes had no NOR, power over
the returns sent by the returning board TO
the Legislature than he had over the Koran
of &oiammed Packard had nevcr blamed
President H.yes for his coursa After the
Democrats had driven him OUT it
was no: in the power of the Prcsi-
den: of the United States TO recognize
him without usurpation Packard was
properly appointe to Office. and de-
served better one. He was one of the
ties, and pureSt men Mr. Sherman had ever
met -Casenave was an honest ami good
man, n; poor. and Mr. sherman was will
ing to Civ, him 800 Slow many broken
down ducks in the Demo- ratio party" he
asked. shave each of yon paid to get back
to their homes:" [Laughterl Anderson.
of the returning hoard, WIS also a brave
and true man. and Mr.. Sherman wished he
could have appointed him to better Office