New-York tribune., 1888-04-19
DEFENDING MR. HAYES.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION OF 1875.
Mr.. SHERMAN TAKES OCCASION 10 REPLY TO cRirI-
- CIsMs ON THE POLITICS OF THAT PERIOD.

CIsMs ON THE POLITICS OF THAT PERIOD.
fpr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsuSE1
G. WASHINGTON. April -Nominally the bill for
tho admission Of South Dakota into the Union
was under consideration in tie Senate this after
noon, but the subject really discussed was the
election in Louisiana In 1875, the subsequent
counting Of the electoral vote. the title Of MIR.
Hayes to the Presidency, and the prominent part
taken by Mr. Sherman in the political events Of
those stirring days. That the Senate should dis
suss for hours questions which occupied the atten
hon Of the country more than twelve years ago
is due to the attack made by Mr. Vest. of Mis-
sour, upon Senator Edmunds yesterday. The
Vermont Senator is probably able TO take care Of
himself as against any assault which Mr. Vest
may make upon him, and needs neither assistance
nor defender. lie was unayoidaDly absent. how
liver to-day; and as Mr.. Sherman had been o
prominent actor In the political history Of, those
lays and q member, moreover, OF MIR. Hayes's
Of tho misstatements made by Mr.. Vest In his dis
oassion with Mr. Edmunds Yesterday =,
AS q contribution TO the political history OF o
period, the events Of which haye been the sub
jsct Of countless contentious. Mr.. Sherman's re-
Sossno a III liz sIy s ss OCCASION also
hake clear his present attitude toward the South
md t.. explain the apparent contradiction DC,
II Nashville and that delivered subsequently at
. Mr: sherman gave a history Of the Returning
Board Of Louisiana and Of the two Commissions
sent there. On the face Of the reports made, ne
paid, any lawyer would say that the returns made os
BY the Returning Board were fair and light ana @
honest Acting under the laws OF the State, the
votes OF parishes bad been excluded where there
had been fraud and violence; and the result q
s had sss. $ Sas ed and
the actual results of the election in louisiana mace
known he believed there would have been ma
ionty of from 10000 to 10000 In iavor Oh Mr'
: THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION BILL.
!. In the course Of his speech Mr.. Sherman showed
by the vote Ia the Senate that the Electoral Com
mission bill was not a Republican but Dem
ocracfc measure Twenty SIX d mocrats had voted
votes against it were fourteen Republican, lin
clmding HIMSELF and one Democrat tMr Eaton,
Of Connectcut) Democrats Were therefore & pae-
cluded from assailng the bill as o partisan meas
ure. He declared his full conviction tnat DIE;
Hayes had been fairly and legally elected; ana
that II by some hocqs pocus DE Iilaen mao 1 oee1
inaugurated he would have been illegally elected
by fraud and wrong and crime the very description
OF which appalled, him Sherman) even aIter tne
% Of 50 many years tna s sxpSSneGa psSe Ser
of Louisiana by showing that that was subject
TO local laws and decisions; and declared his con,
viction that Packard had been illegally deprived
The speaker proceeded to read extracts from
New-Orleans newspapers bearing on ponticai
events in Louisiana and from spsecnes McFeeru w
and Senator Eustis phe speeches OF the Mtter
gentlemen Whose absence Mr.. Sherman regrettedl
be described as an able and clear presentation OF
the Southern side In the controversy. II spoke
Of two distinct races In that state OF the race
antagonssl existing between them, Whlch was one
of sentiment and beyond the control OF either; Oh
the danger of spark producing at any moment
oonHa grafton in their midst; OF the dream OIL the
Yankee crank being that the danger might De
averted by miscegenation OF the issue oelng
whether the negro should govern and rule the
white man, or the white man govern and rule
the negro; of the determination OF the wnlte me.
of Louisiana to solve the question without regard
TO Northern sentiment, and OF the hnal result
being the overthrow Of negro rule and the estao-
ishnent Of white mans goysnme661a an6 aeermina shS
tion of tho white people Of Louisiana, the Consti-
tuition Of the United States would have to be
changed That Constitution declared that re-
publican form of government not goyerament
Of caste or race, OF Catholics or Protestants OF
nstives OF naturalzed, Of wh te or black, but
fS every State When it was said that the
blaok man should not rule II was was
bid that the majority should not RUE.
kho people Of the South, instead OF seeking to WIN
he colored people by kindness The wished to God
they would, and he did not care how many voees
they got In the process), had maintained system
las described by Senator Eustis) OF domineerlny
crime and violence. u.,
yRAUDs CONFESSED BY THEIR PERPETRATORS
He had felt called upon The said to make these
remarks partly TO correct HISTORICAL error invo
which many persons had fallen, aud ~ show That
hive sulncieuJ eN iucacc veiVte tnem Vi ltauu dnu
violence and outrage IL Inc election "a Ao'o puU
tllL tue preScal Governor VI lliat SlaIe ana one
oil ats oenaUols hau confessed an, anu more Ihsn
had ever cIalmed by tne Returning Doafd ~
over anybody nad any aouDt oI liie eIecLioh Vi
Mr. hayes, JnaJ douDJ had ueen remOFeu Ny the
admissions OF the very men who lad participated
IN lne wrong OF tnat ua.y IA LOUISIANA Ano' mere
AFTER when any. man asserted Oh fresiueht hd5es
that he had been elected ny ifauo VI WRONG, Y.
had not been duly elecIed he ISnermahy wouIu
huld nlm Ia contempt as uUterlng tnat wuch was
not IL ue, and which was denied Dy the very men
VINO overthrow Local government IN Loulsiana ua IL
1876 President uayeS's name ana Lame were
untarnshed- lie had been compelled 10 ulsappolnt
the Republican party, because no hao no power
TO prevent the outases anu wronss WIFI e 0I nd
horne tnat taunt patiently but he mad no power
Mr. Vest repned to Mr.. Sherman. He sent to the
clerks desk and had read extracts from speech
made on that subject in the Senate Dy MI Blaine,
In which Mr. Blaine declared that the eIectiOhs OF
Hayes and Packard were indlsSoiuDy coAnesceu ~
That Mr. Vest said, the statement Oh the
most DISTINGUISHED Republican now nvlng, WIN
due deierenoe possibly TO the Senator from Ohlo
Qaughter the standard bearer Oh Inc a, as
TO be taken for granted TO be the standard bearer
of that party In the coming contest.
Mr. Vest criticised sareaSScay M ehe n GppoS1Se swe
recent speeches at Nashville lenn-' ana al opfihs
aeld. III .s.,,,sa ,,. Senator from Missouri
for roadina extracts from his .Sherman's) speeches
Every word uttered in those speeches he would
,,tter again n opportunity offered. With regard
to his speech at springfield. every word of 1t was
true. Why did not the Senator dispute some
of the statements in that speechp lie was speak,
Inc wdthin sight of @ monument TO Lincoln, and
was recalling the circumstances Of Linooln's life
and Of the War period, and was telling the course
Of the Democratic party North ana Sopth; me
Nashville speech was made to men Of the future,
to men who, he believed were hopefully LOOKING
forward to the disappearance Of the results OF one
War The other was recital recapitniatloh,
a review OF the past His friend from MISSOURI
was playing a new role lie was trying 20 make
discontents IN the Republican party
p THE NEGRO MUST HAVE HIS RIGHTS
II the Senators from the South SAID MI sner,
man. would only give assurance that there shall
be free and fair elections in the South--if they
would only do what the Constitution and laws
REQUIRE there would be peace and fraternity. he
would say TO them now in all seriousness, thae
II the coiored people are deprived OF their rights