River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-26
WAS HAYES ELEoTep7

to Every Intelligent Voters Satisfaction
"A Few Words in Prat of the IIistori-
cal Returning BOard-A Dign fed Me-
ply TO an Attack Made by Vest, of Mis-
souri,.
WAsHISGToS. April 10 MIR sherman adj
,ressed the Senate Yesterday ON the bill for
he admission of South Dakota as a state.
nd the organization of the Territory OF
North Dakota Why, Mr. Sherman asked,
should South Dakota not be admittedY
simply because the Democratic party did
,ot want that State admitted Dakota
would be kept out until some other Demo-
ratio State less entitled. should be at
aohed 10 it and hauled la on its skirts
There was no use. therefore. IA wasting ar
gument about 10
Coming down to the discussion Tuesday
lctween Senators Vest and f lmunds, he
ID an Issue had been made relative to the
lection Of President Hayes. and ought to
DC discussed if there was any doubt about
: He undertook to convince Senators by
evidence taken at the time when the events
we're fresh that the Republicans were right
1875 He proceeded TO give history Of
he returning board of Louisiana aud of
he two commissions sent there-oue
by President Grant, composed OF distin-
gushed men of both sides and one by the
Democratic National Committee. IL had
appeared, according to the vote 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
had been majority in favor OF President
HAYES. II the actual results of the election
in Louisiana had been made known, he be-
lieyed there would have been majority Of
from 10000 to 10000 in favor of Mr.
Hayes As TO the Electoral Commission bill,
no one had resisted IL more than he and
Senator Morton. of Iudisna- Twenty
ak Democrats and twenty-one Republic
ans had voted for the bill, and fourteen Re-
publicans Including himself) ami but one
Democrat had voted against it. There had
been the same kind of vote in the other
House The bill had been supported by the
Democrats as a means by which the de-
cisiOn of the returning bo3ri Of Louisiana
would be Oyerthrown and the people de-
prived OF the President elected by them in
a legal and constitutional way The very
description of the frauds in Louisiana al
most appalled, Mr. Sherman even after the
lapse of so many years
Recurring to the election of Hayes and
the non-electiOn of Pack I'd Mr. Sherman
said both had been flirly and legally
elected, and explained 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 of two
months had been Democratic The Demo-
cratic party had not only by fraud and vio-
hence sought to control the Presidential
election, but it had actually succeeded in
depriving of their Offices the duly-elected
Governor and members of the Legislature.
Then he read extracts from a speech made
in that State by Senator Eusts in which be
declared it TO be the determination OF the
white men OF Louisiana to solve the race
question without regard to Northern senti-
ment and predicted that the final result
would be the overthrow of negro rule and
the establishment of white mans Govern
ment If that said Mr.. Sherman, was the
determination of the white people of
Louisiana the constitution of the United
States would nave 80 be changed That
constitution declared that 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-
lleved that the blacks were in a majority
many white Republicans who were among
the highest of the people of Louisiana in
wealth, social standing, and influence.
The people of NE South, instead Of
seeking TO win cOlored people by
kindness Che wished to God they
would, and he did not care how
many votes they got in the processl had
maintained a system of domineering crime
and violence Not only did the returning
toard of Louisiana have sufficient evidence
before them of fraud and violence and
outrage iii the election of 1876. but the
present Governor and one Of its Senators
had confessed all, and moro than had eTef
been claimed by the returning board II
ever any body had any doubt of the
election Of Mr. Hayes, that doubt had been
removed by the admission of the very men
who d participated In the wrong of that
day in Louisiana. and hereafter, when any
man asserted of President Hayes that he
had been elected by fraud or wrong or
had not been duly elected, he (Mr Sher-
mani would hold him in contempt as ut
terng hat which was not true, and which
was denied by the very men who over brew
local government in Louisiana i'll 1876
Senator Vest MO attempted to reply to
Senator Sherlnan's remarks, and stated that
Casenave aud other members of the return
ing bbafd had teen 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 Nj. Packard the Gov
ernOrship of Louisiana quoting at the same
time passages from Mr. Sherman's Nash
vile (Tenn1 and Springfield I'LL speeches.
Mr. Sherman thanked the Senator for
reading ex racts from Mr. Sherman's
speeches Every word in those speeches
he would utter again if opportunity Of
fered VINO removed Packard? Had Pres
ident Hayes power to elect Packard to Of
fee or to recognize him before the Legis-
latuYe Of the State had duly elected hims
President Hayes had no more power over
the returns sent by the returning board to
the Legislature Than he had over the Koran
of NoIammed Packard ha new T blamed
President HAYES for his course. After the
Democrats had driven him out it
was not III the power of the Presi-
dent Of the United States to recognize
him without usurpation Packard was
properly appointed TO Gn office. and de-
served better one He TIs one of the
hes, and purest men Mr. sherman had ever
met Cssenave was an honest and good
man 1T poor, and Mr. Shtr nan was Will
ing to give him 800 @How many broken
down ducks IN the Dembcfatia party" he
asked. shave each OF YOU paid TO get back
to their homesy' Laughter Anderson.
Of the returning board. was also brave
and true man, and Mr. sherman wished he
could have appointed him to better Office