The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-03

returning board and the results of its nc
ton.
a General order will be issued order
ing all batteries which have been sta
toned near this city, to- their regular
posts. In 'iev Of TIE passage OF thu
compromise bill the President does no
think they will he needed.
The Republican caucus selected Ed
munlS. Morton and ErrlinghyStn asnrm
beers of tn" sran,l commission. tie >u
prrmr Court adjourned to-day to III,
10th Of February. Yhe withdrawal o
five Judges destroys a quorum, which
requires six.
Special to the Vindicator.
New Orleans, Jan. 3l-A Washing
special to-day says Littlrir|l, OK
of the clerks of the Returning Boar
has given away tie whole case Of
fraud in this State. lie testitirs that
he changed the returns of Vernon
and other parishes himself by order:
of Mat Wells. Owing to this dcvcl.
opment the habeas corpus to SAVE
the members of the Returning Board
has been postponed. The most dis.
t;nguished lawyers in the House said
to-day about the habeas corpus that
when J. Mat Wells left tho custody
of the sergcant-at-arms he would
leave it to enter the custody of
\ WARDEN OF THE PENITEN-
TIARY.
The final collapse Of the conspiracy
is now only a question of days, per.
haps hours.
Littleiiela has given the
RETURNING BOARD COMPLETE
LY AWAY,
on tho changing of Vernon parish.
Wells gave him an order to change,
erase and transform figures, and he
did it SO we'll that Wells wanted him
to forge Supervisors signatures. Tho
testimony produced quite an excite
mcnt,
PRESIDENT GRANT
has become fully convinced of the
frauds in Louisiana, and 1cc|o.es that
HE WILL NOT SUSTAIN THEM.
Kellogg, Don Cameron, Pitken, and
others, waited on Grant to-day to
urge the recognition of Packard. The
President interrupted their statement
of the case and said: "Gentlemep
you
WASTE YOUR TINE
and annoy me. l have been misled,
and am determined to take my own
method of ascertaining the truth. l
have ascertained enough about the
action of the Returning Board
TO SATISFY ME-,
and I can no longer stake my reputa-
ton and the future of my administra
ton in its support.
am perfectly satisfied in my own
mind, and
SHALL NOT LIFT A FINGER
until all investigations are settled by
proper tribunals"
At this, the conspirators made an
other attempt to state their case, and
were again interrupted by the Presi-
dent,
THIS TIME ALMOST SAVAGELY
he said: "Gentlemen, you will please
not pursue this subject further. You
waste your time
AND MORE THAN WASTE NINE.
After this snub the Conspirators with
drew crestfallen and vanquished.
Louisiana may be considered
PERFECTLY SAFE.
The President said yesterday that
he wou1d not take any action as re-
CARDS either party in Louisiana as it
would be prejndging the matter of
the Electoral vote. If trouble occurs
he will supercedo tho present Status
by military government with Augur
at the head.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January &c. - The
electoral bill passed by a vote of l9l
to Sc.
The reported interview between
the President and Senator Ferry re-
garding the pending bill, published
this morning, is bogus.
THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
The House debate to-day on the
compromise electoral bill lasted from
10 in the morning until five in the
evening. 1t did not abato in in.
te1est during the whole seven hours
and from the opening until the adj
journment of the session the galleries
were crowded and many visitors were
admitted to the floor.
The speeches against the bill were
made by Messrs. Knott, Blackburn
and Jones of Kentucky, Mills of Tex
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