The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-07-20
A POLITICAL DEAL
BY WHICH HAYES SECURED,H,epo poro
IOENTIAL SEAT.

Ga Condition that He Romove the Troo,.
from South Carolina. x-Gover,o.
Cham berlain VI ,keS AN Ioterc.t,n.
tributton to IIistorv
CHARLESTON, ). G., July 9.-At ths
recent congress of charities in Chicaoo
FREDERICK III. Wines delivered A memo
rial address in honor Of eX-pres,dent
llayes, IN which he sought to defend
Hayes from the charge that he wa9mada
IreSldent III pursuance Of a bargain to
remove troops from Louisiana and
| South Carolina. Wines denied that
tnere was any bargain; that Hayes had
virtually promised ia his letter of ac
c'ptance that he would not exercise mil
ittry force to sustain Republican rule
| in the South.
Ihe News and Courier will publish to-
morrow letter from Ex-Governor
Chamberlain denying the truth of
vines statement, and asserting that
there was bargain of which HAYES
was c0gniZant. lie concludes his paper
as follows.
me whole case is IN substance this:
Mr liayeS interests rs claimant to the
Presidency were the greatest possible.
ihey were lneXtricably bound up with
the interests of his party, to his party
friends, and especially of his leading
supporters. Offices, emOiuments, honors
galore were in sight. The party was. for
me llrst time since 1860. on the brink of
defeat. On tue other hand, the interests
OF the South were all at stake. The re-
SulC OF tnelr tremendous struggle was
suspended in the balance. The shrewd,
lrhg g-h"'"ied men of the South, seeing
Ihe 'lhc r'alnty OF the issue and the
anxiety OF tIayrS md his party, and
leall|lhG their own stake in the event,
ilNtd the price Of Their support at the
removal OF the troops. IIayes pointed
TO hlS letter of acceptance, no doubt but
the Shrcwd, long he tded men Of the
south were not satisfied with this alone.
Hayes friends then assembled. met the
Shrewd, long ghtaded men of the South,
hegotlalcd. Wlnked, nodded, and finally
gave Iht expressed promises which the
So-th demanded. Hayes knew 1t all.
II" did not contradict his friends. He
accepted his seat, secured him by the
support OF the South. He removed the
troops. Here WAS 4 bargain in all its
elements. do not yet call 1T corrupt
bargain. | think the South, at least.
played a iair game Of politics. do
not feel called upon to characterize
llaNeS part further than to say he was
parry lothe bargain or agreement by
winch he won his seat rs President.
"Mr. Wines Challenges the world.
II, lie says, amy man has direct evil
dencc TO the contrary, | challenge him
to produce It.. Well, | have the evi,
dence of no less than tive of those who
took part in the meeting commonly
called the Wormlev cOnterence,' who
have told me-, IN detail, the terms of the
agreement, or understanding. reached
between lIayes and Hayes friends, one
o: Dotn, ana the ShreWd, long headed
men or the South for the removal Of
lne troops. have seen and re I'd two
Wrltten memoranda process vel beaux OF
| IhlS agreement or understanding, and
KNOW that those memoranda and
olhtr memoranda to the same effect.
maze ny participants in the conference.
are now IN existence. which will some
lay set at rest all doubts of the fact.
llayes was either by himself, or by his
friends. or bv both, a party, in every
sense OF the word, to an agreement
whereby the support Of his claims to
Ihe l,reSldency was to be rewarded or
pald LOT Dy the removal of the troops.
iS IL was In fact rewarded or paid for
l. his now write down and publish in
lne interest OF truth, and without anv
WISH or ell0rt to cast odium. dlspraise
or Dlame on any who were concerned
IN the events of the disputed election
ol $50. Prominent men, both living
ana dead, are apt to suffer from in.
luulclous friends and eulogists. Mr..
mes Is alone responsible for nv saw
ing tins word on a chapter which was
so long ago closed except as an instruc-
tlVo ana dramatic passage Of our polit-
ical history"