Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-01
KELLOGG AID PACKARD To
THE FRONT.
The Meaning Of KellOgs's He.
0;,ess fog am Inq qttiry iheir
Version oi't.se Louisiana Setiie-
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Special dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette;
.aa7 WASHINGTON, Oct. "a.

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s,ec;al dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
es7 WASHINGTON, Oct. q.
rhe Kellogg and Packard men mere
maize no secret of what they mean oy
fne nel;nypstisations which Gov. Kellogg
MS asked the Sen ate Coinnitiee oi'
privileges aud Elections to make. Inc
,.u,,licai,on. of the five points 10 wnich
bo requests the committee to direct ltN
at,an,ion has attracted close attention
,a'day and has caused much uneaSl-
ness in several quarters. OF these the
third il attracting by far the mot al
tsntion. and in regard to thls tne Lou
i.;ana r rpubicins nov here are tht
n,ostsonispokeu. 1t appears as iolloMa:
in the Kellogg tex: sH sia aiisi
ssa The acts resorted to to secure the or
,r,,nization of what is known as the Nlcnoiis
+ faasIsture and the installment and contlnu.
ance in power of the Nichols executive
-syhls was incorporated in Gov. kel.
l,go's uaper after consultation with a
ntunber of Republican Senators, ana
af,er the latter had been informed o.
what il was proposed to prove. STATED
hrI .fv il i that the called lioulsl-
ana settlement was simply purchase
for cash ot enough name ~ .eig ht-he
pnhI;can b ,ard members of the Pack
ard House of Representatives, who, tor
,noney. Maid, went over TO tue Nichoit7
JIouse of Representatives, ahd thuS
40 NicholIs a Returning Board leg
Si,fu-a the Nichols Senate being al
readv made IN Of a quorum huldins
cerf.fi,y,tes of the Returning Board.io
Tho packard men claim that some
$40 m0 wasraised by the Conservatives
az New Orleans for the purpose OF set
tim the Nieholls government on IL
feet They c!ui "a that about Sl3, ,O0O
or Slf; 600 was used q tier the commt )
sionirea,l,e,l New Orleans to effect to,
o,,n,o,id,,,ian. of The legislature, which
was finally effected. Thoy claim ah Al
ibav- have the evidence of the men
80, s.,..tsd "a agents to arrange this
,,,ftar the further evidence or mem
hers of the Packard Legislature who
,yara offered money and refused il, and
fha avicpnce of some of those VINO re-
celyed it. In answer TO the aeienee
which has been attempted, that the
payments were simply oisnileage ana
DER diem, these men answer lhst even
the pigments made under THESE heacs
Wer; 50 man sged as to nave the iorce
OF b-ibes, bui that asideiirom any suans
raid on these accounts there were oen-
err amounts paid without any pretehSe
oftheir being osher than b9li bribe5.
srnis boId move obthe part of the fsel
Ioyg and Packard men has prouacea
en- uneasy aud excited feeling here,
10th oong Democrats and consider
obI.s number OF Republicans.
Friends of Packard have called on
two members of the Cabinei anu mace
known to them the main features o
the evid nee whichthey expect 20 Dr.hs
farws,d Thoy do not claim that thp
presideot. Conmissinn were parties
70 tnis lr.ns,c ioo, hut they do claim
that it Was facilitated by the knowi
edge that The c3lpmiss'on came with
insiruetioas whirh virtually eonieni.
Lated only snch a consfl ldation as
would leave Packard w'taout Leg
islature and furnish Nich,il- with one