The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-27
WAS HAYES ELEcreoq

WAS HAYES ELEcTeoq
Senator Sherman Answers the 0ueatl0s
- Evary Inseiligest veaer's sstisfactiss
"A Few Words In Prai.e Of the Histori'
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WASHINGTON. April TO- M. sherman I'D.
irsosed the 6enate yesterday On the bill fol
~ admission Of South Dakota - . etate,
md the equalization Of the Territory oil
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 ont until some other Demo
cratic State less entitled, should be At
tached to IL and hauled La on its skirtA
There was no use, therefore, in wasting Ar
yument shout It
Coming down to the discussion Tuesday
between Senators Vest and E1mundA he
said IN issue had been made relative to the
election Of President Hayes. and ought to
b discussed II there was any doubt about
~ AAO uuoOASOOA W VOS SSASsoAS
evidence taken at the time when the events
were fresh that the Republicans were right
In 1870 He proceeded to give history of
the returning board of Louisiana and OF
the two commissions sent there-one
BY President Grant, composed Of distin-
gu shed men Of both Sides and one BY the
Democratic National Committee 1t had
appeared, according to the vote a actually
NJ ffaot khavo k;ss mi fOri y
in Louisiana, but. acting under the laws Of
the State. the woes 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
Hayea II the actual results of the election
n Louisiana had been made known. he be-
lfeved there would have been q majority of
from 10, 600 to 20, 900 in favor of Mr.
Hayes Az TO the Z: ectorai Commission bill,
no one had resisted It more than he and
Senator Norton. Of Irdiana Twenty
six Democrats AMI twenty -one Republic
ans had voted for the bill, and fourteen Re-
publ!cans llncludin9 himself) snt but one
Democrat had voted against II. There had
teen the same kind Of vote in the other
House The bill had teen supported By the
Democratic a . means by which the de-
cision OF the returning boar Of Louisiana
would be overthrown and the people de-
prived of the President elected by them in
legal and constitutional way. The very
description OF the frauds In Louisiana al
most appalled, Mr. Sherm an. even after the
lapse Of % many yearx
Recurring to the election Of Hayes and
the nOn- election of Pack. I'd Mr.. Sherman
said both had been f.irly 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
GubernatoriL 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-
ience sought to control the Presidential
election. but 1t had actually succeeded in
depr.viug of their Ofic - the duly-elected
Cove. nor and members OF the Legis AZURE
Then he read extrac:e from a speech made
In that State by senator Eustis in which he
declared 1t to Le the determination Of the
white men OF Lou siana 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 esta blishment Of white mans Govern
ment II that, said Mr.. Sherman, was the
of the white people of
Louisiana the constitution of thu United
States would nave to he changed That
declared that O Republican
form Of government should be guaranteed
to every State When 1t was said that the
black man should not rule IL was said that
The majority should not rule, for be be-
lieved that the blacks were in . majority
there and they had behind them Q great
many white Republicans who were among
the higheat Of the people Of Louisiana in
wealth. social standing. and influence
The people Of the South. instead Of
'eeking to win the colored people by
kindness (he wished to God they
would, and he did not care how
many votes they got in the process) had
q system of domino .ring crime |
md violence Not only did the returning |
GARD Of Louisiana have sufficient evidence |
before them of fraud and violence and |
outrage in the election Of 1876. but the |
,resent Governor and one OF its Senator'S |
,ad confessed all, and more than had ever |
,een claimed by the returning board II |
,ver any body had any doubt of the |
election of NE Hayes. that doubt had been |
emoved by the admission of the very men |
Who had participated in the wrong Of that |
ley in Louisiana, and hereafter, when any |
nan asserted OF President Hayes that he |
lad been elected by fraud or wrong. or !
lad not been duly elected, he (NE sher- |
nan) would hold him in contempt as ut |
ering that which was not true, and which |
Vas denied by the very men who over brew |
ocal government in Louisiana in 1876
Senator Vest MOI attempted to reply to |
ena;or Sherman's remarks. and stated that
,asenave and other members of the return
ng board had teen rewarded by President
Iaye& At the conclusion Of his remarks he
sked why the vote which gave the cleo
oral vote to Mr.. Hayes WINS not good
nough to give to M. Packard the Gov
Of Louisiana. quoting at the same
me passages from Mr. Sherman's Nash
lille tTennl and Springfield ,IiL) speeches.
Mr. Sherman thanked the Senator for
eading extracts from MI Sherman's
peeches. Every word in those speeche.
e would utter again II opportunity Of
red Who removed Packard: Had Pres.
lent Hayes power to elect Packard to Of
ce or to recognize him before the LeRis-
lturs OF the Stat. had duly elected HIM!
: .sident Hayes had no mor. power over
be returns sent by the returning board to
,e Legislature than he had over the Koran
Moaammed Packard had never blamed
resident Hayes for his course After the
emocrats had driven him ous it
IA not in the power of the Presi-
en-. Of the United Safes to recognize
i'm without usurpation Packard was
rcper.y appointed to an Office. and de-
rived a better one. He Vas one Of the
IS and purest men MI Sherman had ever
ea Casenave was IN honest and good
an, Tut poor. and ME Sherman was will
e to give him 500 SHow many broken
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