The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-15

Clifford told witness ii he would 70 to Was6ine
t9n with him Sainord) The Secretary would
would not g Ssssu.s !. would not Get PFC:
regretted via. he had do done, ~ and I" wanted
e nat q s .s -, ShSss s.s
turn; Clifford afterward stated that the $tO0,0(t
was to come from the Secretary Of the Nationa
" %tns.. sod # the s Cont
mtttee to clear himself Of the suspicion cast upor
him that he had stolen the return which had come
into the Committees possession through Spearing
During the continuation of his exami
nation, ON the 3D. 1Gr. Maddox handedlto Mr. Field
two letters signed by j. Madison Wells, one dated
Nos; 90 addressed to witness and the second
e. !. sGc 70 siSso Ihs A.
political condition Of matters here, from asso
citation with both political parties, and friend
Of the President and Government officers, would
at once to washington with ss little dclsy ~
dent the condition and pending danger Of
prompt action in the premises, allow me to com.
mend You to Senator West. who is my friend,
and with whom y0u will freely communicate. -
when Nj. Field asked him to open the letter ad.
dressed to him. He did 90. and read as follows
Ny Dear Senator: regret much not seeing
which would be at least imprudent to put ON paper
l trust, however, to meet you in Washingt m
q soon a. the canvass 10 over which is upon
augmented the magnitude OF The destiny
Of the two great parties may not say tho Ma.
ton. fu " comprehend this situation. as well
20 ns WITH u
pressed people be governed by his paroled prison
ers. aided by their whi,e-livered towards of the
North. Le! me. my esteemed sir, warn you Of the
danger. Millions have been sent here and will be
used in the interest Of Tt1den, and unless coun,
ter-movemcnt lie made it will be impossible fol
me or any ether individual to arrest ts productive
ter Is fully aware Of he 1 moves, am and. If II
you allow, will communicate freely to our fri. ndr,
and act promptly, or results will be disastrous A
tisl." Mr.. Littleneld was before the Senate Com.
mittee aud reiterated h previous statements rel
alive to Vernon Parish, etc he was subjected to
the cor ectness Of his statement. and Of his recol
returns Of Vernon Parish had been made
Gov: Wells asked for three i polls that hat
and 3 DESTROYED, he or Davis did not at
once tell him that the 17S votes were to be found
IN Polls aud 9, ready-made to his hand. Gov.
Wells sent the following letter to the House Com
mittee: The testimony of Joseph II. Maddox
having been taken BY the Committee ia reference
and certain letters having been produced, most
lation to these matters be taken with
S %S. df Desire e feel this that Is due .seec, n'
be known to the Committee Immediately, and
that the facts should 60 to the country with those
canGn, There Is in with
as an individual, touching the subject under con-
sideration. which ! desire to withhold. On the
contrary: / am anxious that the whole Of these
facts shall be known. 1 also desire to be interro
gated In relation to the matter testified to by the
witness Littlefeld affecting me, and most re-
specially protest against further delay in the mat
ter OF my examination"
G. Casanave, of the Louisiana Return.
ing Board, was called before the Committee on
the P0werr, Privileges and Duties of the House
in counting the Electoral Vote, on the 5th; he
testified that he had no knowledge of any altera.
ton Of the returns from Vernon Parish. and had
seen none on any paper laid before the Board
had no acquaintance with Maddox and had no
knowledge OF his having any conversation with
never suggested to the witness to take any money
! or ether valuable consideration to affect the
| result Of the election; had no knowledge
Of the returns Of Precinct No. :, from Vernon Par
ish. being burned; had no knowledge OF the result
Of the election until after the returns had been
canvassed: on c-Oss-examinatiOn. witness insisted
that the Returning Board, in rejecting any pre-
them, and that afifdsvits were before '' thu
Board in executive session. Gov. Wells wat
then examined, and stated that he met
VIII Muuu n. III W HSuIuStUu, TWO Ut three years
ago, and did not meet him again until Nov IL
| last, when he came tOtsituess' room in New Or
leans, and told him he Maddox was an agent OF
the Government sent down there to look into the
political situation; witness subsequently signed
| letter, presented to him by Maddox, addressed iC
| the President. and commendatOry of his (Mad
dox's q conduct as an officer, and also wrote him
ano! her letter Of credentials; the next day wit
ness wrote letter to Senator West, and gave it to
Maddox to deliver to the Senator, as he MADDOX
was going to Washington; witness never had any
| affect the action Of the Board, nor did Maddox
ever say anything to him about money or any.
thing else OF value for wi ness or any other mem
ton; witness denied ever having given Maddox
| authority to negotiate for the payment of any
money to himself, to West or to any othei
Of the transfer Of votes in Vernon Par.
ish; witness was cross-examined ut great
length relative to his letters to Senator West,
Of the
and being anxious for his re. election: witness
| also g ated that Hon. Damon F. Keenes, . very
wealthy gentleman Of Louisiana, had proposed to
give him "a 1900 to change the vote OF the State
for Tilden; this proposition was made on the
18th of November; that portion Of the West letter
which stated that never, with witness consen',
TO the parOled prisoners meant that he (witn-ss)
knew that the State was fairly Republican by L..
90 majority, and that he never would consent that
Of Ss Il sSe Il
was fairly Conducted, and there was no bribery
no intimidation and no frauds, then witness had
no objection to either parry controlling it; with
ing shown the transpOs ton Of 17S votes from the
Democratic to tne Republican side, wit
ness admit ed that it must have been
that he had any knowledge as to how or when i,
was done. Lttleneld was before the Senate Com
mittee on the 5th, and was questioned as to bal
given by . colored woman, ut which he met sew
eral Democratic visitors from the North including
Gov. Palmer and Judge TrLmbull; witness hat
NO knowledge that Trumbull and Palmer met
boarded, and never told anybody that Mrs. MartiI
had told him that Spearing, Trumbull and Pal
mer, or either of them. had consulted to
gshsr about an o.1ta;s 70
been to her house with Spearing, and had talked
about buying an Electoral vote; witness asked
Spesring about 1t afterward, and Spearing SAID
| inns with him In the Senate, ON the I'd. Mr.
West made a personal explanation in relation Il
the le; tiers Of Gov. Wells to him; he said he be
time the previous week, throu. b the public press
| and, when he found the Committee had letter
he voluntarily went before that Committee with
about the time that letter should have been de
livered to him, he was informed by the Secre
tary Of War that . man by the name Of Maddo,
Loa.sn.s Se dsee;
he had any such authority, snd teleRraphe,
to New Orleans to friend, in substance as fol
lows: "Tell Gov Welle that man by the nam,
Of Maddox 10 here protesting to BE- authorized t.
| speak for him and the Returning Board of Louis
ana What does This means'' The answer cam,
| back as soon as the wire could bring IL
Mr.: Maddox has no tuch authority" MI
West, In answer to- . quest ON OF Mr.. Bog
| Ne to what explanation he could make of th,
letter. said that he (West) was ambitious I,
| be his own successor in the Sena e, an.
the letter referr.d to that; as to speaking Of
million, Gov. Wells used the expression In tn
same manner as Col. Sellers did; he meant Their
was barrel vi money there TO be used agaips
| the Republicans, and aid was needed; that is. /
| money was to be spent on one side, It must b
rpent ON Il other; he (West) would not rest fO
| moment under any suspicion that he was trafiick
Ing in Elec; oral votes. -,
MISSISSIPPI. ''s
The. investigation into the conduct O
the late election in Mississippi was continued O
the ID before the Senate Commi, tee on Privilege
and Elections. j. T. leicester, President of tn
Hines County Board Of Regist. r., testified ther
was conference Of leadiug Democrats Of Hine
County short time before the election, at VII g
1t was proposed to furni-h one OF the Democrat
Judges Of Election at each pollng-place with
duplir ate key to the ball0t-box; witnes
furnished about Afteen Of these duplicat
keys to different men. all Of whom wer