The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-14
LOUISIANA.

and soon adjourned, I.,H .r
LOUISIANA.
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The Surroundings OF the InVeSti
CATION at New OrleaIts-Th
lull.d0zerE OveraWing the Wit
neSSeB.
New ORLEANS, December 18Th
Republican counsel this evening sent tll
following to the Investigating Commit
tee :'' E.3L a..hN} a Il 90,
New ORLEANS, December IS.
To Hon. ". z. Moriisoa, N. o., Clairma
Of Me Special Committee on Loaisian
| Affairs: 80 ~ -, 80 NJ u
SiR:-The undersigned Of the counse
for. the Republican party in the inyesti
CATION respecting the Louisiana affair
now being conducted by your honorable
committee respectfully represent tina
while convenient access and Gccommoda
tions are obtained and seem to have beei
provided for tho committee representing
the Democratic patty. No Such!accom
modations has up TO the present tint
been afforded to them. The sessions oi
the committee being held in one Of The
parlors ot public hotel, place Of gen,
eral resort. All the avenues leading tc
the committee room are constantly
thronged by persons whose conduct To-
wards the witnesses OF the Republican
party is OF such. a nature as 10 materially
interfere with fair Investigation.
Threats and appf6brious remarks OF The
most violent nature were made to-day in
the hearing Of the undersigned and
others, during the examination Of
ex- Governor. Wells, President Sof the
Board Of Returns, and F. Clover, Supervf.
sor OF Registration Of the parish Of East
Baton Rouge, directed personally against
the witnesses. One person unknown re.
marked, in q voice audible to several
byStanders, that he Glover ought to
have his did throat cut; another, that
Governor Wells wasTa Cd DID liar,
and ought to be killed, We have. reason
10 believe that the persons who made use
OF these and similar threats did so for
the purpose of oyeraWing the witnesses
and preventing full expression Of the
truth. Regarding the subject matter
Of your investigation, 1t was re.
specially requested that your. hon
orable body direct that free access and
suitable accommodations be afforded 10
the counsel representing the Republican
party In this Investigation, and also that
the witnesSeS subpGnaed by your com
mittcc may be able TO reach your com.
,mittee room without passing through a
crowd OF hostile and disorderly persons,
and that when under examination before
your committee they will be protected
against insult aud threats. =.',.l
:, We have the honor TO be, very respect
fully, your obedient servants, vi
Signed1 JOHN RAY,
~ .a.f H. Y.C. DlBBLE,
D, B. GoRHAM,
L..L.j And others Of Counsel.
The Chairman appointed the following
sub committees, to be located at Shreve-
port for the adjoining parishes; Meade,
Democrat, OF New York, Chairman; Dam
ford, Republican, Of Ohio; House, Demo.
orat, Of Tennessee. p H 80
AT Monroe, for ouachita and adjacent
parishes, McMahon, DEM, Ohio; Chair
man; Ross, Dem, N. j.; Grape, Rep,
Massachusetts,.
For Baton Rouge and adjacent parislI-
es, New, DEM, Ind, Chairman; Beebe,
Dem, n. y; Joyce, Rep, Vermont. |
For the parishes adjacent to New Or
leans, Blackburn, Dem- KY, Chairman:
Phelps, DEM, Conn; Hurlbnt, Rep, Ills.
General Committee, with headquarters
at New Orleans, Morrison, DEM, Ills,
Chairman; JenkS, Dem, Pa; Townsend,
Republican, Pennsylvania.
The date Of the departures Of the snb-
committees are not decided, they will not
leave, however, until the copies Of the
Returning Board records have been OBJ.
tatned. s,-'- al i Tzss,..a .ua.
Gov. Wells and the Returning
Board. .F
New ORLEANS, December 13.-Goyer.
nor Wells, OF the Returning Board, was
before the Congressional Committee to-day
He declined answering the questions, dc.
nying the authority Of the Committee to
interrosate as to tho Returning Board
.lgl s5.2 Y:siqLi I.1li-9 |
Mr.. Morrison aidthey would not press
The questions.7 ' ".' 81 ,.'' -'s' Il
Gov. Wells said ifthe committee would
employ eight clerks in addition TO the
Of The Board, all the papers
could soon be copied, and with them the
would have all the information
as 10 the votes cast in the State and the