The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
HAYES WAS IN THE DEAL.
Withdrawal Of Troops the Price Of
DiXiG'S Support.


lima Replies to the Too FuIsome Eu-
logy Delivered at Chicago by Fred
erick II. Wines-The Trade Made at
the Famous Wormley Conference.
Charleston, S. c., July AT the recent
congress of charities in Chicago Fred
erick II. Wines delivered q memorial ad-
dress in honor of ex-President Hayes, in
which he sought to defend Mr.. Hayes
from the charge that he was made Presi-
dent in pursuance of bargain to remove
the troops from Louisiana and South Car
| olina. Mr.. Wines denied that there was
any bargain; that Mr.. Hayes had virtu-
| ally promised, in his letter of acceptance,
that he would not exercise military force
TO sustain republican claimants in the
south.
The News and Courier will publish to-
morrow letter from Ex-Governor Cham
! berlain, denying the truth of Mr. Wines
| statement, and asserting that there was
a bargain of which Mr.. Hayes was cog
infant. He concludes his paper as follows:
! The whole case is, in substance, this
| Mr. Hayes interests as claimant to the
| presidency were the greatest posi-
Bile. They were iinextricably
] DOuuu up W1lu llb llUGItSu VI
his party, of his party friends, and, espe-
| cially, of his leading supporters. Offices
! emoluments and hOnOrs galore were in
! sight. The party was, for the first time
| since 1860, on the brink of defeat On the
! other hand, the interests of the south
! We're all at stake. The result of their ire
| mendous struggle was suspended in the
! balance.
PRICE FIXED BY THE SOUTH.
The shrewd, long-headed men of the
south, seeing the uncertainty of the issue
| and the anxiety of Mr.. Hayes and his
! party, and realizing their own stake in
the event, fixed the price of their support
! at the removal of the troops. Mr. Hayes
| pointed to his letter of acceptance, no
| doubt, but the shrewd, lOng-headed men
of the south were not satisfied with
this alone MIR. Hayes friends then
! assembled, met the shrewd, lOng-headed
men of the south, negotiated, winzed,
nodded, and finally gave the express
! promise which the south demanded. Mr..
/ Hayes knew il all. He did not contra
dict his friends. He accepted his seat
secured to him by the support of tho
south He removed the troops. Here
was the bargain in all its elements. l do
not vet call it a corrupt" bargain.
think the south, at least, played fair
| game of politics. l do not feel called
upon to characterize Mr.. Hayes part fur
ther than to say that he was clearly Q
party to the bargain or agreement by
which he won his seat as President.
VINES CHALLENGE TOO BoMBAsTIo.
"Mr. Wines challenges the world. IF,
he says, any man has direct evidence t
the contrary, l challenge him to pro
duce it,
"Weu, \ have the evidence of no les.
than five of those who took part in tho
meeting, commonly called the 'WOrmley
conference,' who told me, in detail, the
| terms of the agreement or understanding
reached between Mr. Hayes and Mr.
Hayes friends, one or both, and the
| shrewd, lOng-headed men of the
! south for the removal of the
| trOups. have seen and read two writer
memoranda process verbouX of this agree
ment or understanding and | know that
those memoranda and other memoranda
to the same effect, made by other parti
cipants in the conference, are now in ex-
istence which will some day set at rest
| all doubts of the fact that Mr.. Hayes was
either by himself or by his friends, or by
both, party in every sense OF
the word, TO an agreement whereby
the support Of his claims to the
presidency HasitQ be rewarded or paid
for bV the removal of the troops, as it was
in fact rewarded or paid for This InoW
write down and publish in the interest ot
truth and without any wish or effort to
cast odium, dispraise or blame on any
who were concerned in the events of the
disputed election of 1876. Prominent
men, both liyingand dead, are apt to suf
fer from iniudicious friends and eulogists
Mr.. Wines is alone responsible fOrmy say
ing this word on a chapter which was SC
long ago closed, except as an instructive
and dramatic passage of our political his
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