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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. Ill-NO. 139. NEW ORLEANS, Til tRSDAY, MAY 9, 1878. PRICE, FIVE CEN
IIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND BLOBE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
-.-.-.0- O
Beport and Accounts for the year 1877, passed at the Annual Meeting
held in Liverpool on February 22, 1878.
The Net FIRE PREMIUMS for the year were....................... ..$5,262,325
The interest derived from investment ................................................ 1,249,
After providing for all Ifose, expenses and dividends, and adding s7r,.o0oe out of
the Fire Profits of the year to the Reserves, there remains in the Profit and
Loss Account .......................................................................... 49s,880
The GENERAL RESERVE and FIRE RE-INSURANCE FUND (apart
from capital) now amounts to ................................... 5h750,000
The total funds seourely invested were, In December. 1870 ............................ 27,470,170
necreased in 1877 by...... ..... . ........... .............. 1,601,66.
Accumulated funds. December. 1877 .......... ..........................32.e01,sai.
Total claims paid since the commencement of the Company (including over Five
Millions for the Chicago. Boston and 8t. John great fires) amount to......... $72,084,070
In addition to the large funds held by the Company the public have the Undoubted
Security of the Unlimited Liability of the large number of Wealthy Stockholders.
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANW,
184 ............ . GRAVIER STREET ...... ............... 18
AND. FOSTER ELLIOT,
sID91 m REIRIDENT SECRETARY.
TIlE EASTERN I1UI)I)LE.
WHAT IMTHOUGHT OF AMERICAN YTH
PATHIES IN RUSSIA.
The Arrival of the Clmbrla at a United
States Port Creates Astonishment
Mere Russlan Seamen on Their Way to
This Country.
LONDON, May 8.-Advices from Cronstadt
report that news of the arrival of the Cimniria
in American waters has created intense as
tonishment throughoutthe Russian capital,
both among the press anWd people. The popu
lar feeling prevails that America sympathlses
strongly with Russia.
It Is asserted that 2000 seamen have left
iRussia. Their destination is presumably
America.
It Is stated that three American steamers
T'eoently arrived at Revel, and it is tWblieved
they will be used in the same capacity as the
Clmbria.
TrE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND THE
CZAR.
The Latter Highly Incensed Because
France Refuses to Interfere-A sharp
Re]olnder of the Ambassador.
LONDON, May 8.--A special correspondent
at St. Petersburg telegraphs: The capital is
Sreatly exercised regarding a quarrel that
occurred at the Imperial palace. It appears
that the French ambassador-, ten. Lello, who
has just returned from Paris, called upon
Emperor Alexander Monday and had a long
audience. In answer to an Inquiry from the
Czar as to what France would do In the event
of war, Gen. Lefloreplibe, "Frances would not
Interfere In favor of either belligerent." The
IEmperor was greatly incensed at the re
mark and some ill tempered lunguage follow
ed. The French ambassador concluded the
interview by saying: "France has paid suf
ficiently dear for the right she now claims to
\steer ler of other nation's cua rrels." This
ejoinder was received by the ('zar in such
high dudgeon than Gen. Leltl has declared
his intention to ask to be recalled. It will be
remembered that Gen. Lello asked to Is. re
lieved recently on account of grief and de
Preeslon of spirits growing out of the death
of his son.
-Lunt lehovaloff Bears to Russia a Pro
jeet for the Arrangement of ExIsting
Diffleultles.
LONDON May 8.- A St. Petersburg corre
spondent tolegraphs that C.unt Schiouvaloff,
who left London yesterday, is expected in the
Russian capital toA-nmrrow night, and he
brings a project for the arrangement of tl-he
existing dead-lock, thereby rendering a con
gress unnecessary.
The arrival of the Russian ambassador to
the English Court will therefore be an im
portant event. Previous to (count S(chouva
loft's departure from London he had an inter
View with Lord Beacons.tild.
Austria to Issue a Clrcular Defining Her
Position.
LONDON, May 8.--A special from Peith to
the 8tandard states that the Vienna Cabinet
will Inform the powers by a circular dispatch
what measures have become Indispensable in
Transylvania and Dalmatia, and will lay
stress on the statement that A ust r" -Hungary
is acting exclusively in agreement with the
will of the powers.
The European Exchanges.
LONDON, May 8.- At the StoHk Exchange 1
esterday business in foreign securities was i
ery restricted; they opened firm. but quota
one were more or less nominal, and in the t
moon were rather dull. There were see- i
I speculative sales of Russian securities.
mpanied by rumors of further move
ents of British troops. Continental mar-i
ets, except in Paris, did nothing to support
e quotations.
In Paris an optional tone rather pre
ominates, but selling on Berlin account con
nues persistently. Egyptian securities were
ngthened by reports of intended British
pation. These prove to be utterly ground
r Statord Northcote Believes the Dmlfl
eulties are Drawing to a Termination.
LONDON, May 8.-Sir Stafford Northcote.
cellor of the Exchequer. speaking to a c
putation at Oxford to-day, and referring to -
eEastern uestion, said lie hoped and had
to believe that the difliculties in which
y were engaged were now beginning to ii
wto a termination.
blie tentiment in Iondon Now Favors c
Peace.
LONhDON, May 8.--The feeling in London
vors peace, and the war spirit is dying out.
The Political eltuation. c
ONDON May 8.--A good impression in re
to tie political situation continues to
vail.
ENGLAND.
for the Two Thousand Guinea c
stakes.
ONDON, May 8.-The race for the two 6
usand guinea stakes came off to-day, and 7
won by Pilgrimage, the favorite; with n
ulare second and Sefton third.
Bar silver In London. be
ONDON, May 8.-Bar silver was quoted to
at 53%d per ounce. Consols 95 7-16. L
sNyveaeata of Raasiaa elliers.
SIn the Ru.ssian navy. HSeir of his brother
S.illirs of the (Cimbria are expected this even
Ing.
Gen. Burke Denles.
WASHITNGTON, May 8.-- Richarid .L. .ierke
denies having entere.l on any arrangement
ed for recruiting the ranks of the Czatr.
The Cliar Makers and the Treasury De
partment.
aBALTIMotF, May B.--During an Interview
Ia with the collhator of internal revenue to-day
the committee representing the (Cigar Makers'
SUnion referred to the case of Mr. Dottewecht
Sto whom license was refused because he failed
to comply with a late ruling of the commis
sion, in reference to dividing the factory from
ft the salesroom by a partition of a prescribled
y form. A test case will be made, money hay
ing tbeen suhbsribled by all dealers. The col
rs lector to-day, however, statedl that the char o
vi against Dottewocht was selling from a bundle
Sless than the original package. Mr. .1. V. L.
Findley has been retained by the cigar makers
to defend Dottewecht.
E A Communist Held to Ball for Threaten
Ing a Reporter.
se NEW YoltK May R.--Edmund Megy, one of
the Communists who was arrested last night
on a warrant obtained by H. H. Marks, of the
Worl#, who charges Megy with using threat
ning latnguage towards him, was arraigned
i this w ornint ; a large nuntber of Comn munists
It were present including Justice HSwab. Megy
rl denied the charge, and said the, whole affair
1 was a fabrication. Justice ,mith said that
n the newspaper men must be protete.l, aind
Ig i held ithe accused in $501 bail for trial. As
i ball was not forthcoming, Megy was locked
tup. is friends held a consultation outside
it the eourt-house and an effort will be made to
t obtain tihe necessary amount of bail.
r- A Jealous Woman Commits Nulrlde.
tWASHINGTON, May R. Miss Maggie i3tck
holtz, twenty-four years of age, residing with
Sher parents at No. 1y Pennsylvania Avenue,
shot herself in the left breast this nmorning.
intending shlcide. The lady, who is said to
.be of propossessing aippeamice', has for sine
time Ibeen ititlmato with t proprietor of a (ton
tort .saleon on Gay ~street, and front all that
can is luarned of tlhe 'ircttmnstantces atttflding
ita he affair. iealousy prom.tlitel the act. The
pihysician save no hopes of saving her life.
A Negro Murderer in the Hands of Judge
Lynch.
MEMn'Its, MIay . Last Monday a tramp
entered the hi ouse of a planter., flive miles
south of Oxford, Miss.. witho was absenit at tthe
timte. After attemtpting to outrage the lady
e of the house he struck her on the head with
an ax, from the effects of which sithe died. Her
little girl alarmedi the neighborhtwl,. and soon
a large nnumber of nmen were In puirsuit of the
o villain, who wats captured last night in the I
I- woods near Oxford, and is doubtless lynched I
by this time, ias the excitement there was very I
great.
rOpposed to a Transfer of the Indlian Bu
r reau.
NEW YontK, May 8. Father Berson, the
0 agedl Indian missionary. now in this city, is
Scirculating a tmemorial to Con gress protest
i ing against the transfer of i he I ndian Butreatu
t from the civil to the military department, as
Y not being for the benefit and advancement of
Sthe Indians. It will be sent to Washington
Sin a few (lays.
Heavy IBaltimore Failure.
BALTIMORE, May 8. A. P. Darr ,&. Co.,
3 leather dealers and owners of several large
tanneries in Carroll county, failed to-day.
- Their liabilities are estimated at from $2t0t,000
to $l300,000. A meeting of the creditors is to
- take plae on the eighteenth instant.
The WillI of a MillionaIre.
SSAN FAN&'ISCo, May 8.-The will of M. S
O'lhrien shows the value of his estate to be $r,
xt100,10 . IIe gives to the Catholic Orphan As -
lhimn, San Rafael, and Catholic and Protesta,!-'
orphan asylumts in this city $5 ,000, $s3,,t
and $211,00, respectively.
Charter Election In Indianapolis. C
INDIANAPOLis, May H.- The election yester
day resulted in a Re.publican majority of
three on joint ballot. Last year the Repub
licans hall twenty majority.
The Ind ependents and "Nationals showed
considerable strength throughout the State.
Storm at Memphis.
MEMPHis, May s.--At 3 o'clock this morn- (
ing a storm passed over the city, partially
unro ofing a number (if business houses and
the Peabody Hotel. and blowing down Mea
chain's cotton shed. DaThage by wind and ti
water probably $40,(.01.
A Cincinnati Fire.
CINIINNATI, May R.- G. Hanshaw & Sons' t
chair factory burned last night. Louss ebti- t
Smated at $150,000. Insured for $35,000. R
st
IMARINE NEWS. al
PORT EDS. May H. s p. m.--Barometer 29.73. w
Wind south-Southwest very light. Weather
cloudy and hazy. l W
No arrivals or departures.
OUT AST Pass May 8. 6 p. m.-Weather
Calm, cloudy and rainy.
Arrived: Spanish bark Rosita. Zuilta master.
7 days from Havana. in ballast, to W. H. Whit- r
ney.
American schooner Win. B. Steelman. Cham- o1
berlain master. 24 days from Bath, with ice, to er
J. R. Warner.
Sailed: 8 eamshi Warrior Knickerbocker, p
Laconia. Andean ; hark (ler.,
: Evr~bdy~on.Fst t~t.week shumuld take 1
TIHE DEMIOCHATIC JOINT COMMITTEE
DECIDE TO INVESTI'ATE THE
PRESIDENTIAI, FRAUDM.
A Regolutlon To Be Offered on Salurday
Next by the Judiciary Committee,
Which Will Conduce
the Inquiry.
IHltreal to the Democrnt.l
W.1Hi IN iTON, May . -The joint l)Democratic
congressional committees held a meeting to
day to decide upon a plan for investigating
the presidential election frauds. Present -
Senators Wallace, McDonald and Ransom;
Itepresentatives Banning, Morrison, (Clark of
MIssouri, Illount, HunItIn, Blackburn and
Wood. Mr. Wallace presided and Mr. Clark
was the secretary.
After so1e0 discussion as to the best method
of condulcting the investigation, a resolution
was unanimously adopthl that the frauds
should be investigated, and requesting the
House Judihlary Committee to report a reso
lution at the earliest momrent practicable,
asking power to sond for persons anlId papers
to investigate frauds In Louisiana and
Florida.
Secretary (lark waited on Chairman Knott,
of the Judletary Committee, Ilmtnediately,
and after consulting with other Democratic
menlbers it was agreed to take charge of the
inve'stigation.
It was found that the Judiciary Commnlttoo
will nolt ta b called for to report for about two
weeks. blut Speaker Randall says hel will ar
range to give thlreo a clhanIce I) report a res
olution this week.
The Judi'lary (CommitteeO will certainly re
port the resolution by Saturdllay. This Is now
the plan offl'ially adopted by the DemoBrats.
A. C. l;r:EL .
PONTiI ISTER GENERAL KEY AND THE
LOTTERY MAILS.
He will Hear Argument 1Upon the SubJect
Next Week--Bors Packard will Accept
the Liverpool Consulship Upon Certain
Contlnwenlces.
IHpte, lal to the DTemorat.
WASIIINGTON, May H. The I'ostmaster
(General says he knows just as muchl al~mit
his lngal duty relating to lottery mails now
as he did t.fore he received the Attorney
General's opinion.
I infer that Howard hasn't fully carried his
point yet. The indications are that Key is
dllsposedl tIo enforce, the law, according to its
spirit as well as Its Ietter. He will hear ar
gument somedlay next week, and then act ac
cording to his own judgment.
Kellogg has receivedl a o)mmunicatlon from
Packard, in which the "big Boss," without
flatly saying he will decline the Liverpool
consulship. strongly Intimates that his ac'
'elptancr e of it will depend upon some very
uIlne'rtJain continlgencl " sl . 11 Er I,.
CALCABIEIr AFFAIRS.
(Carter and Galney Running From the
Investigation. Which, How
ever, Goem On.
[.,.fal to the Drmocrat.i
IlAKE C'iAicIrs, La., May 5. Carter arnd
(Galney are running from the investigation.
A few clays ago Deputy Marshal James J.
Gaineiy left here,. lstwneu two suns, for parts
unknown. Last night (overnment Agent M.
A. ('artor followed ( hiney's exa m ple, and was
seen hefore day this morning hurrying in the
direci.tion of Verrnillioville. But the investi
ga tion continues. L. StEW;Ln.
TillE OUTIOOK FOR THE FALL ELEC
TIONS.
What the Republicans Claim and What
They Hope to Secure-A Mumming U;p
or the Situation Favorable to the De
mocracy.
NEw YonK, May s.- -The TJblgram's Wash
ingtinn special says: The Repu blican Inm
bers of (ongress from the Western States say
the comning political campaign is going to be
the hottest on record. It prorntses to be more
exciting in Indiana and other States than was
the presidential election of 1876. These Con
gressmen say the course of Hayes in regard
to the Southern States, and in other things,
which have caused his administration to he
abused, has not really weakened or injured
the party. It has, on the contrary, stirred up
the rank and file of the party, and they mean
to demonstrate next fall that their party is
not dead and is not going to die.
A careful survey of the field indicates that
the Republicans will gain Congressmen in
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, and possibly some In Illinois. They
expect to hold thtir own in Pennsylvania, In
diana, and most of the Northern States.
There is going to be a great light for the pos
session of Oregon in June, as there is not
only a member of the House and Senate de
pending on the result. but by kee ping up the
aveess.ion of the members the Republicans
hope to be able to control the election of the
President should It tH, thrown in the House of
Representatives In 18l0.
T'he RIpuhlicans are doing more work than
the I)euocrats at present, and, although the
.-n-ues are against them, they are In a dteci
ly hopeful moodl. The exprcted coming
stigation of Haves will hurt th )ernDemo
e(',ts more than it will hurt themn. l(ecanuse
they think it will increase dissensions in the
Democratic ranks'.
CIUBA.
A Letter Giving Interesting Data Con
cernlng the-Revolution.
A letter from Ex-Presidont Vicento Garcia,
Geneal-in-Chief of the Cuban Army, to Col.
Ricardo Cespedes, now in New Orleans, con
tains some very interesting news. We glean
the following from the letter :
On the sixteenth of March a meeting was
heln at Barajera and the following resolu
tions were adopted :
Resolved, 1. That a committee be appoint
ed to revise the constitution and laws of the
Republic, allowing it to leave in force only
such provisions thereof as are of immediate
application to the actual state of affairs.
2. That a provisory government be chosen
with four members to be elected by the people.
3. That as soon as this government shall be
inaugurated it will proceed forthwith to ap
point a General-in-Chief and Adjutant Gen
eral of the army.
4. The government shall Invest the General
in-Chief with all powers to act.
5. The General-in-Chief may be impeached
on the charge of any citizen before the gov
ernment.
6. The government shall negotiate tersr
peace only on the ba its of Iacndeden
shall be responsible or its acts,. beft
.ta iasý
ablrlo Blrla, "vacale.s." 'Tho giovernment,
having b orn duly inauguratoe, Col,. Vih.nti
G(arcia was ilappointeii general-n-chief of tih
arlrvy, rand Anlt lnir' Maco tradjlltanrt general
and chief of the department of the Orlnt.
On the eightuunth of March the government
Issued the following proclamationr
1. No llemissary from the enrnevy unlelts he bh
the tnare'r of loa o.. on tih basis of inuletpentonce
will ib allowe.l on tleu territory of the re
public."
2. If an mnlissary of peaco is sent on those
tarms, he must report to the goveuornment or
to the geonral-in-hlot.
3. Every man belonging to the onorry's
party, and who Is not an emissary of peace,
shall br trnat d as a spy and shot.
4. Any citlzon who is aware of the presence
of a pea(c ambassador, and who does not ap
prise the governmont of the fact, or drts niot
send such emissary to the government, will
be traduced before a mllltary court.
5. Any emissary of thu enomy convicted of
havilng uonrrrlittbl ttrason against our cause
shall be shot. * * *
"I send you the lItter," continuedl the (en
I oral, "tAr show you that, we are still fighting
for our libertlos, and that we are firmly re
solvxed to xcontinuer the war to the last rather
than accept the shamlnful termsrr of peace of
the treaty of Carnagnuy. T'his treaty was
- forcld upon us through the cowardlic and
venality of a few traitors; but the patriotism
of the 'true Cubans' will prevent the future of
4 our republlc from Inting darkened by tyran
ny."
"We aro already reconstructer ; we profess
the same principles and aspirations as former
ly. The troops that have capitulated have
bon decelived; they were inducerl to beollve
that I and the other chlefs were disposed to
acct'ept the terms of peace as proposed by the
Spanish governlment. HIowteverl, facts are
more oloquent than words. The majority of
the tro, ), in tlh Orient are In the field and
,are re Flflhling. Martinez Campos has pub
lished lat war Is over, but I hoar the roar of
balttle swellirg in every direction.
"With th,,se facts ,before you I am cmlident
that with your well known acttvity aind zneal
you will mllake an appeal in our favor to the
exilidl sons of Cuba, who, I amll stur, have
always lhton ready tIA undergo the greatest
sa(rlHltes for thel welfare of tlleilr country.
"YIout, l'. VrcEN'Tr (GAIIIA,
Gen(iteral-in-Chief."
WE~THER AND RIVERA.
Yenterday'R Temperature.
The algnal service telegraphic reports from
other points, dated at 3:43 p. in., give the tem
perature as follows:
Cairo 7n.. Cincinnati 73. Davenport 65, Du
buque .;, dalveston 75, Indlanola 8:, Keokuk
i2, Lacrosse 6:1, Leavenworth 71, Louisville
73, Memphis 6;, Nashville 69, New Orleans 71,
Omaha"70 Pittsburg 71, Hhreveport 6.9 St.
Louis 71, ,At. Paul 60, Vlcksburg 74, Yantiton
6;, A ilgusta 8., Corslcana 73, *Key West - , Mo
bhle ;9, Montgomery 183, Savannah 86.
*No report was received at 3:13 p. m. from
Key West, the lino Ising down. For the
ilght hours unding at the ti me namrel, nearly
two, nches of rain fell at Vicksburg, and light
rains wore reported at other points on the
M ssissi Ippi.
rtage of the Rivers.
DaIly telographie report of the stage of
water at variours points, with changes in the
24 houlrs ending yesterday at 3 p. m.
Abovr low Change.
Stations. water.
Feot. Inch. Feet. Inrh.
Cairo...... :.12 " 1
Cincinnati. . ..... 22 i to II
tDavenort. ..... to
Iuilllll ire..... .. .. .1 tio 2
Kekuk ....... ........ r I 0 e
Lacrosse. ............ 7 to 2
Leavenworth .... .......12 t i
Augusta t iii
Lolida ills l ....... . ... 11 i0 I
Memphil ........ . 27 0 t 2
Nurshvtll. .......... 7 k it 4
*2ow Orleans .... II o
Omaha . ..... 4.......I it
P'lttsr urK . ........ 5 7 i 5
Shrevport ... . 2 t. i2
St. Louis........ .... .21 t 2
Ht.. I'aoil ................ , . . . i. 2
Vick-burg ..... 40 7 to 1
*Boeliw high water mark of iSm tinlliates
rlse. tI Indiirt es fall.
Local Observatlon~.
(Corrected daily by L. Friagrio. No. 50 Chartres
stre*et.)
Wednesday, May 8 . 8 a. in. 2 p. in. 6 p. m.
'I'herrri orltter........ 76 73 S0
Baromreter.......... 29.3 29.94 293.98
Weather cl/ear.
Prevailing winds Southfeast and soith- I
wesut.
lottery Matter In the Malls.
[Natehez Democrat.
From our dispatches of yesterday it will be
''sen that the Louisiana Lottery Company
has achievel a victory over those who have
been attempting to break down this most
notorious swindle by obtaining from the At
torney ceneral a (lecision which virtually
gives to the company the privileges of the
mails for the distribution of their circulars
and schemes. The opinion is doubtless in
accordance with the existing laws, as
we would not for a moment believe
that the highest law officer of the
goveim-rr.ent had been influenced by the
money of this gigantic corporation. But it
is a well known fact in the section of the
country pervadedt by these lottery schemes,
that no more demoralizing influence has ever
been brought to bear upon the community
than this Louisiana Lottery. From the high
est to the lowest. from the man of millions to
the humrnblest laborer, the propensity to ganm
ble has heen encouraged and cultivated by the
remoute chance of winning in this lottery. The
officr. of vendlors of lottery tickets are con
stantly crowdled by persons willing to risk
their earnings on the remote chance of
winning at once a fortune. The laws
of the country are wisely airrled at the re
pression of vices of this kind, and why an ex
ception should be made in favor (of this most
insidious form of gambling we fail to compre
hend. Kentucky and Louisiana retain an un
enviable reputation for legalizing this system
of gambling, which has been abolished by
nearly all the other States. That any sup
>ort should be given to it by the Uni ted
Stabi government we would 5suI pOBe
impossible in the face of the moral and
hlegal opposition of nearly every State
in the Union. If by the laws of the
United States the l'ostoffieo Depart
ment is allowed to be a medium for carrying
on a dnemoralizing and highly injurious
species of gambling, we think legislation on
tnhe subject cannot be too soon urged by the
friends of morality and virtue. While the
opinion of the Attorney General may be in
accord with the laws as they at present exist,
a change in those laws cannot be too soon
brought about. Let us have legislation on
the subject of lotteries which will place them
upon the same basis as that of poker-players
and thimble-riggers, and let the frauds of
Louisiana and Kentucky lotteries be placed
on the same ground as other prohibited im
positions.
This is Russia a day to be concfliatory. To
morrow the bear will be right up on his hind
legs. Next day England will be awfully en
raged; and by Saturday all will be lovely
again; while blondar will show that "war is
inevitable." There f9 a rhythm in this seem
ing discord; a method in this madness; if
you don't believe it, go into the stock market
and buy something.
A school for instruction in the Irish ta.gue
,as been opened in Brooklyn under the
fiee of the Phllp-Ce e lti esoeiction olat1
Tl!E I1EsE I IEN('Y.
THE EP9MOCRATM IN FAVOR OF A
THOROIUW INVFATIGATION.
Bitter Demoeratle Oppositiun to TIIde-
Hayes to it.i Out of the Preeldeney
But Tiklen Not to (lo In.
Spieilal Correspondence of the Denmonrat.)
Washlngton, D. C.. M ,ay". IHi.
The' first formal discussieo of
'ITHE Pi)l'OPiOSITIOiN TO INVEa~riT;ATE T'rit Es IaE
TOIArGr FITAAUtL.
has taken place in the representative Ie)mo
cratle bodly - the xonference of the House and
Henate campaign committees last night. The
Star of to-clay has the following report of the
important part of the proceedlings :
The subject of the Florida investigation
came up in the meeting of the Demo(ratic
campaign exceutive committee hiat night,
and the resu It of the discussion was that those
rushing poll-rnell to have the investigation or
dered had better move slow. A Democratic
Senator put the case in a manner which ereatedi
aprofound impression. "Now," said he "there
are not two )emocrats in ten who desire to
get Tilden in the White House. What., then,
will an investigation accnplish , If an in
vestigation is solemnly ordered by the House
of Representatives, it must be for an object
more than the moere fact of making campaign
capital. It must be for a result, and that
result can only be, if the Florida fraud I
proven, the taking of some steps to get Mr.
Hayes out of the White House. Now, if the
Democratic party enters into the matter at
all, it must be with a purpose to overturn
the results of fraul if the fraud be, estab
lished. It must, if fraud is proved. vitiate
that which has been accomplished by it,, and
the inevitable end would be a movement to
disturb President Hayes in his seat." Hie
next analyzed the ,ffct of such a movement
in tle way of party capital. lie thought that
If the investigation is enteredl into. theo Itpub
licans will take advantage of sull a pro.'.d
ing to give out that the Democratic party
is endieavoring to disturb the peace of the
country, to create revolution, and to
turn H.ayes out and put Tilden in when the,
fact i. that 'iliden's own party don't want
him in the White House. Again. he thought
if anr invetigation was vigorously pressed it
would solidify the factions in the eipublican
party, and give cohesive strength to an
organization that the drift of events ls fast
disintegrating, lie said that while no sane
man would deny that Hayes got the votes of
Florida and Louisiana through fraud, yet he
subsetq uently attainedl a solid title to his office
through a bill which was passed by I)emo
cratic votes. As an upshot of this plain talk,
it was decided to restrain the Hotspurs in the
party, and the resolution for investigation
which was to have been brought forward in
the House on Monday will not be offered.
There is some truth in the above, but the
real expression of the conference, is carefully
concealed in order to make the pro-Hayes ut
terances of the Senator quoted seem to be the
paramount conclusion of the conferncce. I
have been favored with a full and accurate
account of
WHAT TOOK PLACE IN 'TIFE ('ONVfEREN:E,
and while for the present I am not permitted
to publish it in detail as to what was said and
who said It. I am free to say that the general
tenor of the deliberations was preponderantly
in favor of Investigation. Of course the eon
clu.sions of this conference on that subject
could have no greater signlticance than the
conclusions of any conference of inflllentala
Democrats, for the oficial object of the meet
ing was to disciiuss the preliminaries of the
impending campaign, and thusi the investiga
tion was discussed purely as an incident.
It is to be said, however, that extreme
caution and the fullest deliberation has been
resolvedl upon and will be observed before
any practical steps are taken. It is signifi
cant that, while there are many ),'rnocrats
who take pains to point out difficulties and
EMI:AIRlASHMENr. IN THE WAY OF IN"VESTI
(A'TION,
and who lose no opportunity to throw gentle
dashes of cold watr on the project whenever
they get an opport unity, there are none bold
enough in their personal fealty to IHayes to
take square, undlisguise.d ground in relation
to the subject. In a quiet way, and without
attracting much attention, I[ayes has placed
a gox d many Derocrats in tb,th houses of
Congress under political obligations, while
Mrs. Hayes. with infinitely keener tact than
any lady has displayed in the White Holuse
for years, has built up a tower of sHcial
strength for her beleaguered husband
in Demroocratic directions where, obviously, it
will do the mrost gooxl. To these restraining
Influences add the fear that, if an investiga
tion were once set on foot, it could not be ar
rested short of installing Mr. Tilden in the
White House, and you have some idea of the
causies which operate to ildelay and irnpede the
progress of justice.
It is a melancholy fact that b,.tweon the
disreputable method~s ,by which he obtaintal
the nomination at St. Louis, and the pusil
lanimous manner in which he sat still andi
suffiered himselrnf and the party t, be robbed
of the fl lits of victory,
TII,FDEN
has so outragedl the sense and demorali ed
the cohesion of I)e:rocratic repri.sintatives
that a majority of themr regard hi.s possiblet,
accession to the Presidency as a calamity
greater even than the perpetuation of fraud
incarnated irn Hayes. To show you how
strong this feeling was, I will dietail part of a
conversation I had recently with one of the
most able and influential of Western Dem,o
crats, a manrl who was chairman of an il por
tant cormmittee under Kerr, and who, though
a bitter enemy of Riandall, was deemed tdoo
important and iniluential a factor in the party
to be discarded. This gentleman is, mnore
over, one of the most Irreconcilable of the:
opponents= of Hayes; has never hadl the
slightest Intercourse with him, personal or
otherwise, and has never omitted to denouncer
the fraud by which he was counted in. With
such antecedents it is naturally to be ex
pected that this gentleman would hail the
rospect of investigation with unmixed de
light. But he does not.
Meeting him on the Avenue day before yes
terday, I asked him what he thought of the
prospect for an investigation, and whether he
believed it could be conducted so as to vindi
cate the outraged rights of the people and
the violated sanctity of the ballot-box with- t
out being perverted to the personal ends of
Tilden and his Gramercy clique of seven-by
nine New York bummers.
"I am afraid not," he replied. "If ever we
get the thing into chancery, you can depend
on it that
TILDEN WILL GET AWAY WITH THE PROCEEDS.
He has wrecked too many railroads to get
left in such a proposed wrecking of the Presi
dency. He has been known to get possession
of a railroad on the strength of less than one
thousandth part of its liabilities, and as he r
has an equity of redemption at least In the c
en stock and fixtures of the Presidency, it r
It how he could be kept from t
ot l it ver gets ito
to are
morn dirn, t and closest represntative of the
peonple. The th.vry shoilrl be that it isthe
people anrl not, Tihdhn who I have been swindled,
and that the true ilda of investigation is to
vindicate their outraged! rights; not to ro
pIevy Tilden's personal property.
"Ilow would you steer between the Hcylla
of Ha yes' frauduhlnt pretenaions and the
Charyhdin of Tilden's (claims ?"
"That's the difficulty. Ihat is
WHIAT IH aho(KIN(I T'IE WHIIELH OF INVE.$
TI(IATI( IN
at this momaent. If we COlld agree upon some
method that would simply punish the perpe
trat4rs of the frauds, provide against their
repettion In the future, and establish a salu
tary and lasting remedy for the political evils
which the success of the frauds has entailed
upon the .muntry, without landing Tilden
in the White House, there would be nodlifl
cuulty whatever in reaching an agreement as
to nmethol."
"Can't that be done ?"
"I don't soee lhw, unless Tiklen should sud
denly do the Democratlc party the grtest
service of his life by dying and leaving Hen
(trilks as the heir apparent, in which ease
there would be no difilculty in pushing mat
ters to a conclusion."
"Do I alnerstand that the possibility of
Tilden's getting In is likely to be fatal to the
plan of reopeninag the case ?"
"Nt absoluteiy. But it is really thebooly
serio.us stumhring-bhock."
"Has no rmethdJ of avoiding this possibility
been suggested ?"
"Oh yes. Heveral methodsl have been sag
g ente"; but only one seems to me to be feasi
"What is that w"
"it, is for the Judiciary Committeeofthe
House to Inquire first, whether the last Fleo
torai College fairly represented the expression
of the will of the several States; second
whether the Electoral Comm ission exhauste
the powers delegated to it by Congress; third,
who lher by its failure to exhaust its powers
its drkcisions should th reversed, either on so
count of the discovery of new evidence or
because of official knowledge of evidence
transpiring since; fourth, whether, in the
event of a r'eversal of its decisions the sub
ject-matter of the dispute accruel to Tilden
as remainder, or reverts to the people by
right of eminont dormnin."
"That is to say, strippedl of legal technolo
gy, you would have tinhe ,udiciary Committee
investigate with the understandlng that the
finding should be that there was
NO ELFrrIo. N BY TIlE PErPi'LE,
anl that the House must pro edel to fill the Va
c·ancy under the forms of the constitution the
same as if there were a tie rr three candl
tlates, each lacking a majority ?"
"That's it."
")Do you suppose any Republicans would
suistain such a movemenlt ?"
"I presume not. Several Republicans would
sustain a movement having in view the seat
ing of Tilden, because they would by that
moans venge themselves on Hayes, whom
they ht, and provide for confusion and dis
ruptiin the I Democratic party similar to that
wh' h Hayes has caused in their own ranks.
This would be killing two birds with one
i, and It is exactly what such Republicans
as ( rkling, Ben Butler, Blaine, Bill Chand
ler ant herirlsesr confreres want to accom
plish. I ventur, to say that on a fair count
of noses, there are more Ikepublicans than
Democrats in Congress who would like to see
Tilden installed in the White House by a year
from this date."
from this dlate." '
d The author of these eool-headed utteranoes
is one of the most sagacious political man
agers and one of the shrewdest calculators
.1 in the Democratic party. Durlng the eleo
toral struggle he was onet of those who
believedl in fighting it out on the line of the
constitution and laws as they stoxl, at all
t lazards; opposd the electoral bill; refused to
ac~ept or ratify the decisions of the commis
sion, and finally voted for the House resolu
tion dreclaring Hayes a fraud and Tilden the
rightfully elected Presidrent of the United
States. But he now holds that Tilden, in
order to give legal form and substance to his
clairn, should have (come to, Washington and
rec:i v'ed the oath of offl,'' from Justice Clif
ford or Field on the fourth of March, and that
his failure to do so sit aside his right to the
sueIt ission in rase of the removal of Hayes.
I asked hinl why Tilden dird not take that
prircaution, adding that it was a wonder that
so anute a lawyer as Tildern is should have
negleet·td such an lrniprmrrant legal form.
Wherrat mn y friend waxed emraphatic and
gave vent to his disgust: "I'll tell you why
he neglected it ie'H.lse he was too cowardly
and timrid to ,rmre to Washington ! We tried
to get him to do it. But he heard that it was
(brand's inltniion to arrnsI him and throw him
into Fortress Monroe on a charge of treason
and cinspiracy to abet and promote sedition
and re beillion, and there wasn't persuasion
enough on earth to induce him to risk his pre
clous old carass in the face of such a threat
of bodily cOrneluencr:es !"
"I never heard that before. It is really an
interesting bhit of history the rmost inte"rest
In bit I have heard in a long time."
"Quite likely. The reason you never heard
it before is that it was known to only t-few
members of the House and half a dozen Sen
ators, and I expect I am the first to speak of
it. But you can depend on it that that was
the reason why
TIi.)EN DID NOT TAKE THIE o( TH OF OfCrcE
in due form on Sunday, the fourth of. March,
1s77. His failure to do so disgusted and dis
heartened eves those who had stood by him
lduring the filibustering, andl gave the finish
ing stroke to his career of mingled intrigue
and cowardice."
These hasty notes of a half hour's conver
sation will serve to give you a keener and
livelier view of the situation here'r in several
of its most important as eCts than any dis
sertation of my own could do. I think you
rlmay rest assured that whatever may happen
to lLayes, the antipathy of lIading Demo
,rats to Tilden is too irreconcilable and too
widespread to allow him to, reap any personal
advantage from the rcorpllications that are
likely ti, ensue. A. C. B.
State Banks
r!ou rier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 5. S.rnator lutler, of
South Carolina hays offred an amendment to
the pending bill reportdl by the' Senate Com
nrittee on k'inan,, designil to repeal the
clause of the national banks, imposing a tax
of 110 sx'r cent upon the notes of State banks
u.se for circulation. It is this clause that has
destroyied the State branks of issue. There
has been a constant desire, on the part of the
States not sp"cially benefited by the present
national banking system to create State
banks, so as to supply a local circulation.
These. notes would not be a legal tender, and
-if outside parties did not regard them as good
currency they could refuse to take them.
The object is to supply a circulation for local
purposs, the want of which is often severely
felt. Senator Bayard made a strong speech
some years ago for the relief of this tax at
the same time that he opposed any Inflation
of the UInited States legal tenders. The jus
tice and reasonableness of Senator Butler's
propositon is apparent, and he is confident
that it will be more favorably viewed by the
Senate than it was two years ago.
The Republlcans to Canvang the SothL
[Cincinnati Commereial.l
WASIHINOTON, May 5. -The Republican Con
gressional Campaign Commtttee intend to
make a thorough canvass of ten or fifteen
districts of the Southern States which are
undoubtedly Republican, but have been for
the last few years allowed to go by default.
Northern men of prominence will be sent
districts to speak, and money writ
to Wribngout voters and to aei