The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-04-30

not nat pass on the ninth or tenth meeting. met
him at the Board on the morning | asked ni, MN
W,a''tH Vent those - warrants from passin He said to
me Well the name Of Mr.. Oglesby being OF
them !consder them good. Wei, MIR ,Dn 10
| flght them to prevent them from passing. ne
said: No. | believe Mr.. Qglesby is a good man,
hsnsst stSnd bs T. So they Dsssd seeing ms
o. But Mr.. Oglesby's name was on the original
vouchers. not on the warrants A. me vouener. .
mind you. That IL, the obligations were matte
in the n,lme of Sanford. aud naming four or
Ave others. Benham. that is the last one. and
that was the point taken by myself. an AT ,hI m M
quit / said When you have not quorum you
cannot pass 1t. w. ,
q. That is. Messrs. Lowell. Clinton and Dubu-
clet ? A. Yes, sir; left supposing they We're the
only three persons. but the MINUTES M were l'' noi
kent to show anything OF it, They TOOK good
care not to show who was Tor or who was not ior
it the minutes were so kept. Now. in regard 70
tsp bteps' s''i, Knew v ali about It. Two months after
/ got back when l first saw them. l knew
nothing about the passage, because they were
o. When presented they were moi warrants 7
A. No sir; they were numbered OF course,
fully half Of them wore not then signed Knew
about the whole business. as we'll as you
know ii now. About two months after that,
about the time MIR Lowell was elected from the
Board he got mad and stated fle iaes y, tea thay
were-not before. l objected to them because
they were not warrants at the time.
In regard to the proceedings OF the
committee OF the Funding Board, who
assembled at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
New York, in September, 1874. Mr. John
Phelps, then President Of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, and an ex-officio
member of the Funding Board, thus
testified before the Committee of the
House:
O. Please inform the committee what you
know about the funding which took place In
New York. at the Fifth Avenue notel, some time
in September. 1874? A.. | should state to the
committee. in the first place. went into pretty
thorough investigation OF this NeM i"rx imna-
ing criminal prosecution Of some Of the mom-
bers of the board. Then ascertained tlrst that
"A special meeting of the board was called In
August 1874 at which were present Lowell
Deslonde, Dubuclet and Antoine. / think the
records of the board will show they passed
resolution appointing u special commute" 10
proceed to New York for funding. Az this spe-
ca meeting. Mr.. Baldwin was then in the North.
absent: Clinton and Coy heiloIg were absent.
been notified to attend. They appointed MS u
fun committee to fund in New York. Alr Bald
win then in Boston, Lieut.. Gov. Antoine.
Speaker Lowell ana Des'onde. Secretary oi
State To cut the story short. they came on 70
Now York, sent for Baldwin who was IN Boston.
He came there. After somo time they met in u
room uf the Fifth Avenue Hotel where. attnr
snnn preliminary conversation. J. cut Gov An
tome proposed e. fund this 1T Of Ln;isiativ,e
win stating it was u matter ~ Efeht DOUBT
whether those vouchers were fundabie. It WAS
moved e wait unti the heNt hayi ain Gohsaet ai
the matter IN the meantime Ihat night MI.
Baldwin left New York. lrFt us without q
quorum: as he said, 10 break the quorum. That
was on the l4th Of September. tNi4 On tue l5tu
the other three members. the Lieutenant Gov
ernor the Speaker ot the House. Lowell and
Deslondo pro 'eeded to fund these vouchers. ac
fY.t tiattf httN
tariai copies OF now in my possession. They
staid there till they funded s72.opo and some odd
George Anderson. George Anderson. | should
state here was IA myth. There is nc such u man.
They came home. This was done by three mem,
bers They called another special meeting of
the board here. believe on the nth Of NoNem-
ber am not certain Of the date. At that meet
ing were present Dubqciet; the Iieu!cnant Gov
Kellogg. Auditor Clinton having no recollection
of being notified to attend, he not present,
co aSw "nS yrSa New
out stating what had been done. There WAS
nothing in that report showing what was done.
1r ads snyhh'n sha ths a'0 action o the '9n samm'
tee tee in Ne New York be approved Passed
The next step was to get possession Of the bonds,
through the Board belonging to the Citlzens'
Bank. These bonds go first to the Governor for
his signature. then return 70 the Secretary OF
State. He signs and puts the seal of the State
on. They then 80 back to the Auditors Office. |
signed by the Auditor. and issued 20 the party |
to whom they belong That's about the history
that this process verbal was false.
stating that they had destroyed these vouchers |
900 Of these vouchers in New York took them |
there. that the process verbal was fraud; it was
made up here.
ers, alleged to have been destroyed III New York.
are still in existence? A. ! don't know whether !
they are now | returned some had in my pos |
tot flC yty Ilrnt thpf / nj
in my possession last summer. some of the |
your possession last summer. pnrpoirting to be
4 portion Of the warrants said to have been
in New York. in september were
portion OF theml A. Yes. sir.
.. In the proces verbal made by these parties,
did they give the number Of the warrants and
tho ,denomination q m some that we're DESTROYED
in New York? A. They gave the number and
to some extent, in some cases. |
had list
y. Could you hand list 70 the COMMITTEES. 4:
Yes, sir. It is notarial list: / have no right
to il.
Sec how the members of the board
each other. Mr.. John Phelps
says, and his reputation as a truthful
and honorable man is unquestionable,
that "on the 18th of September, 1874, at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York,
Antoine, Lowell and Deslonde proceed
ed to fund these vouchers (Pinckney
Smith vouchers) according to II process
verbal Of which | have notarial copies
now ia my possession, They staid there
until they funded $172,o00 Of these
vouchers, presented by George Ander
son. George Anderson, should state
here, was myth. There is no such
man" Mr. Phelps then says at meet
ing Of the board held in New Orleans
subsequently, say on the 18th Novem-
Der, 1874, "Col. Lowell made u verbal
report that there had been some fund
ing i'm New Xork, without stating what
had been done. There was nothing in
that report showing what was done,
or anything about it. A motion was
made that the action of the committee
in, New York be approved" and that the
motion passed. Compare this state