The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-07
lElilR|S At HOME llIDhBEulD,
ARsport from the Electoral Board to
q the 1oint Session Will Probably be
Presented ON Saturday. "
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FURTHER TESTIMONY FROM THE INvEsT1
eating coAiNiITTEEs-WELLsT TELLS ALI
ABOUT THE VOTES STOLEN FROM THF
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES BY THE Lou
IsIANA RETURNING BoARD-THE EvI
pEEcE OF OTHER wrTNEssEs-CAB1N
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEWS AND Cos
sIP-TIGUREs FROM THE RIVER AMI
HARBoR BILL-REDUCTlON OF PRINTERS
q WAGES IN CHICAGo-FATAL END. OF A
FRIENDLY WREsTLE-A MAILBAG ROB
BED BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND NEW
PORT-s25,ooo LOST, &C., &C.
TIE ExAa1SAT1oN OF GOVERNOR WELLS RE
SUMED. =
from Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February 6, 1877.-The ex
animation OF Governor Wells was con
tinued to-day without very important dis
closures. His manner was generally more
subdued than it was yesterday, but at time!
he became excited and made extrayagan
remarks. 80
The statement that he had told one Bar
rett in New Orleans that he desired an in.
terview with Governor Nichols for, the
purpose of "makiHg clean breast OF 7it''
as to the Louisiana election he denounced Us
an infamous lie. The fact, he said, was that
Barrett, and subsequently one Kennedy,
told him Mr.. Nichols wished to have con.
ference with him, and, supposing it was to
have q talk about Louisiana affairs, he
agreed to meet Mr.. Nichols at Kennedy's
room. The interview did not take place
because he (Wells) learned from General
Hurlbut, OF the Morrison committee, that
he would be required to appear at the bar
OF the House OF Representatives, so he left
at once for Washington.
Wells refused to answer whether the Re-
turning Board had added 535 votes to the
Hayes electors in Natchitoches parish,
although the votes were not cast. lie claim
ed he should be excused from answering
any question not relating to the charges by
Maddox or to Vernon parish. All the MEM
beers Of the committee concurred with the
chairman that the witness could not be ex-
cused upon that ground, but he persisted in
refusing to answer any question to which
he chose to make no reply.
He had never ordered any forged aftidavits
to be filed with the Vernon returns. There
were general protests from the whole State,
and does not know when the protests as to
Vernon were put in, but thinks there was a
specific protest fled with the return. Ken
ner's notes say not.l Anderson was not
present when Vernon parish was opened,
and there were no poll-lists or tally-sheets.
With that exception the printed record as to
the action of the Board in regard to that par
ish is correct. Some votes were thrown out
there because OF affidayits.. Perhaps some
of the afidavits may have been filed after.
wards. Don't know how many were signed
with a mark. Don't know how 178 votes
got over from one side to the other unless
the man who stole the paper did it. Don't
know how the figures became transposed in
the report he (Wells) signed. Had trusted
to the clerical force, and may have been de-
ceived by them. ,rlT-.,.l.. 81,
WANTED THE PRESIDENT TO SEND TROOPS.
In the course Of further examination in
regard to the letter Of Wells to Maddox,
Wells said he wanted the President 10 act
promptly in sending troops to protect the
Board, and, in explanation, he said, "Our
people are very irascible and eXctable
They don't wait for the ballot; they prefer
the bullet. Yes, Twas afraid OF the bullet;
1t is very dangerous thing to come in con-
tact with" 49, ,.'''.'.,
The Republican members of the commit
tee, except Mr.. Seelye, objected to admit
ting in evidence copies OF certified copies
of original statements OF the votes Of all the
parishes and general result of the election
in Louisiana. The chairman borrowed from
the Senate Committee on Elections the GER
titled copies, and McDill, Burchard, and
Lawrence still objected, but the objection
was overruled by. vote in which Mr..
seelye voted with the. Democrats. The pa
pers were shown to Wells. who identified
the signature of Mr.. Abel, one of the clerks
Of the Board, by whom the papers were
certified. ....'..'.'.. .-'.-.
Renewed efforts were made to induce
Wells to tell the whole truth, but he repealed
them by saying he denied the right Of TIE
committee to examine him that he was
suffering punishment for refusing the de.
mands of the Morrison committee, and by
a"political trick in the House p the Louisi-
ana question had been put into the hands
OF this committee, and he had been unlaw.
fully brought before them. He did not, he
said, fear prosecution for. anything he had
done, but he ewanted to know whether he
(Wells) was "the peer OF the committee OF
their assal." $780,. 81. ~ vs.'..ai.- ..
THE TEN THOUSAND DEMOCRATIC VOTES THAT
..,... ... WERE THROWN OUT. H. III
About O'Clock Wells became more
tractable, and, by persuasion Of Mr.. Field
showed disposition to;testiiy as fully a:
he could from memory. He said that thu
10000 Democratic votes were, thrown ou
for fraud and intimidation. Some were
thrown out for irregularity- Grant parish
for. instance: There was no oral testimony
OF intimidation, except in the Pinkstor
case. About five stuffed ballot-hoxes were
exhibited before the Board and examined
and there were affidavits of many more
Baton Rouge and Langipahou parishes ,wer'
thrown out fol, irregularities and intimida
ton. ..,.-.r.....,', -i'.4.:..N ..i".,tz'
A discrepancy Of 900 votes in the votes
poiled for Republican electors, as stated il
|. the minutes OF the Board, and the number
accredited to them in the general return