The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-11
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THE LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION.
The proceedings to-day before the
Senate Committee on the Louisiana case
excited the most intense interest i
Warmolh and Mcmillan threw bomb
shell into the camp of the Kellogg
party, which has filed them with dis
may, being nothing less than the full
and complete exposure OF their own
agents of the elaborate system of fraud |
and perjury on which the Kellogg Gov
ernment was constructed. At the out
set tue Chairman called for the preten-
ded returns, or evidence on which the
Lynch Board had based their official
count These, it appears, had been
called for by the Committee over q
week ago, and it was charged that there
was no intention to produce them
Lynch and Bovee, the Kellogg Secreta
ry Of State, and Il member of the Kel-
logg Returning Board, were closely
questioned by Morton and Trumbull.
and neither Lynch or Bovee gave very
satisfactory account of the papers on
which the regularly elected Government
of L luisIana had been overthrown. and
The Kellogg usurpa'ion set up Bovee
answered repeatedly that the reason he
did not bring these papers under the
subpoena deces tscum was that he did
not consider them material; and again
that'they dill not amount to much.-
Lynch stated that a part of these pa
pers before their Board were l3l4 af-
fl ilayis from the Parish of Pacauemine;
that these papers did not come to them
by WoolfY, the United States Supervi.
sor of Elections, hut were brought there
by Mr. Jacques and Mr. Sypher, broth
er to the Member-a fact which was
found most strangely to dove-tail with
THE ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS
That soon followed. At this stage
Governor Pinchback s.nilingly interpo-
sed the Information that Coliec' or Casey
aud Marshal Packard were bringing on
these much. wanted papers, but he had
to confess immediately afterward that
Casey and Packard had nothing at all
to do with them. Longstreet' name
was also mixed up with these papers by
this indiscreet and unlucky barber
General Jackson-by rank, Captain
Jackson-was next sworn He is a
gooi looking and youthful United
States officer, who testified that he had
been summoned to New Orleans with
two batteries of eiehty-six men. and
had received orders to take military
possession of the State-house, and hold
it subject to the orders of Marshal
Packard. He went at two o'clock at
night and took possession of the build
ing, the police snrrendering the premis-
es on learning his orders and purpose.
the witness denied that lie had seen any
one repul>ed from the building; but as
he had not stood at the door where the
sentries were posted, could not well
know the contrary. The Object of In
Producing this witness was to prove the
military occupancy of the State-honse,
and thereby show that the Fusion leg
islature, even if allowed to enter, would
tie acting under duress, and that the
United States Marshal had power to ad-
init or exclude at his pleasure. Mr..
jacques was next called--a dark, sallow
gentleman with bald head, apparently
some fly years of age. As Mr.. Ray
had not summoned this witness, who
was known to be
DEEP IN ALL THE SECRETS
or the Kellogg party, he readily OWNED
that his presence meant mischief, and
rose to object. But Morton decided
that the witness must proceed, and he
was accordingly examined in lurn by
Governor Warmeth and by the mem
bers of the Committee His testimony
is much the most important vet ELECTED.
He deposed that he had acted as Deputy
United States Marshal at the Mechanics
institute; when the Legislature was to
meet that United States sentrics were
posted at the door with bayouets cross
ed, and no one limited unless the Dep
uty Marshal said he vas all right; that
many we're excluded for about a week,
but no Republicans nor colored people
shut out. He was in Piacquemine Par-
ish before the election, acting as United
States Supervisor, under Judge Durell,
aud was Register in 1868 and 1870 In
the year 1870 he had issued five hun
dred duplicate registration papers, and
two hundred and fifty on the day OF
election, to parties who all voted AT
this stage Governor Morton seemed
somewhat uneasy, but the witness was
suffered to proceed. He testified fur.
therytha5 the tota. vote OF Placquemine
was l 800, of which 465 were Fusion;
and l,O39 Republican He had return
ed to Placqnemine
BY REQUEST OF GEN, sYPBER, N. c,
To get the atfidavits of all who had not
voted, Sypher telling him 10 get all that
he possibly could; that he needed at
least l,200 Witness went down in q
navy launch, got for him by Marshal
Packard, in company with Judge Pres
cott, United States Commissioner, and
! found in all 30l persons who had not
voted-a good many of them saying
that they did not care to vote; and 9th
ers being prevented by distance. Ont
of the 30l, only one man signed an
affidavit. Prescott was not then pres
ent, but 81 sned 2,000 affidayits in blank
at jacques house in New Orleans -
Jacques then stated with the utmost
precision that he had filled up 1913 OF
these aiiida,its, signatures and all, with
the names obtained from the poll books
of 1867 and lS6S-many of them being
MEN OF STRAW;
And he did it all nnder the orders and
instructions OF General Sypher. Here
Messrs Morton aud Carpenter CON-
menced to badger this unwelcome wit
ness, but tlie plain, damning story OF
fact went on Bovee wrote him: Bring
down all the aflidavts you have got, as