, 1877-02-06
old and intimate friend Of hia, AMI lad whio in
Ncw Orleans occupied room In the same
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old and intimate frlcnl Of l,a, and had whilc in
New Orleans occupied room In the same
lu1iee with him.
rna SENATE COMMITTEE.
>, The Louisiana subj Committee of tho aenAto
Committee OH Privileges md Etcrtiot1s met this
morning, Senator 1towe presiding. Senator
Msponali Offered tl,c following order for the
0rdrtd, That tho Secretary Of State for Tho stato
of Louisiana le required by the proper proccrs 10
produce to tho sab:Con,m!ftce for lts Information
sarervtsors Of Reetaration Of the terernl Parishes
to the returning officers Of id State Of the election
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FInkn i'o soto. ca'dseii. iio,.fer. % Mnrehoass, hs,
Wehste', Ternon: catahou!a. s.. Cnsrlst, y.
i6srs; L.vns.ion. Ea:t reiieis"s. ind tilsns S"V
The Committee considered tho subject In Sc
crct session and adopted It.
J. r. LlTTLKFfgLD,
whose examination Was to 10 continued, did not
put Ia m appearance. claiming to bo A witness
OF tho House Committee and under their ur-
dcra. The Assistant eesEcant-at-Arms being
ecnt for Littlefeld, met him in ttlo cnrrler u
Committee. The scrgcant-at-Arms again went
searched the Capitol building aud could not find
1Efn.
Littleae1a will be reported to the Senate.
LtTrLRF1ELp nHroRrEp FOR CONTEMPT.
In the Senate this morning Atr. Howe euttl on
Saturday last tho Subcommittee OF the Conf
lnlttee on Privileges and Elections instructed to
inquire into tlle Louisiana matters examined j.
+. Ltltleto1d. The examination was not con-
clule.1, antl l1o was told to return this
morning about 10o'cfock, but did not do eo The
tho Emit nj fila
him that the Committee WIS waiting for him.
but he replied he Was going before tho House
Committee. That Committee had another Wit
ness OIL tlIe stand at tho time, and the Assistant
HcrGeant-at.AEms was sent again to notify Wit
ness that he must appear 6eforo tho Senate
Committee. 1lo could not then be found, and
It was evident he NAs cvatting tho Committee.
titm M mame tnfsesSs s:r b; IT, tcsGqton to
his warrant to arrest and bring to the bar of tic
Senate tho body Of J. +. Liftlcfcld to show
cause why he should not be punished for cot,-
tempt Agreed to.
Tho Committee resumed It's session al 3
o'clock. Ltttleslold wns examined by Mr.. Wnl-
Leigh: eaw several Of the Democratic visitors
at New Orleans during tho counting Of tho
Gov. Palmer af1 Judge Trumbull. Saw them
At various plaees. which witness named, among
others at a ball. Witness was asked wllcrc the
ball MAS held at which he nlct these gentlemen,
Chnlt1nnn 10 protect him. It WIS t1ccsded that
witness must answer, and lle stated tho bali
Was
GIVEN 1T CoLoRaD wouAa
named Patterson. Tie women present mny
havs been colorel women. Witness explained
TINT lie appealed to the Commission to protect
him because he did not desire by his testimony
70 expose tho movements OF tllosu gentlemen.
es s "nsts as sssa s1s to & KIT ss M s sk @ s
there, but don't Ruow It Of his own knowledge.
This was tho first titue witness ever met
those men. THIS was befora Gov. Wells
ksa sa,, *as,s IT.. 70 fs he. he ysrno 5tu,
Palmer met Speartng. at Mrs. Martins house,
wliero gpcatinE boarded, and witness never told
nnyboly that Mrs. Martin had told him that
Speaeing, Trumbull, md Palmer, or either OF
them, had consulted together about
BUYING An ELECTORAL VOTE.
Mrs. Martin told witness certain parties lad
been to her house with spearing, and Ind talk-
cd nbout buying an Electoral vote. Witness
asked spcarng about It afterwards, and 6pcnr-
Ing said neither Of these gentlemen wern ever
at Airs. Martins with him.
In answer to Nj. Mcdonald witness stated
that lie saw Stephenson, accompanied by two or
three Republican visitors, at tho ball where
Palmer al,d Trumbull were. Nothing was aoia
At that bnfl shout tho work Of making out The
rcturns: Thinks ho heard tho name Of Kelley,
OF philadelphia, mentioned as one Of the Re-
Spcartng used to live in Illinois, md lnfers tlat
ilo ssas acquainted with Trumball and Palmer
there.
wxsr EXPLAINS.
18th, In The ssnats to-dsy, Senator West made
uoY: Wells, Addressed to him, and read before
tho House Committee on The Powers and Tr{vll-
c9cs of !he House, on Saturday. lilo said he
syailsd hisclf q tue opportunity to mako a.,
before tllat Committee. liz became aware Of
tho existence Of the letter soo tlmc last week,
through tho public press. aud on Saturday,
when lo found tho Committee had letter, 10
voluntarily went before TINT Committee, witll-
out any snbpunn, and read tho letter to them.
lie could havo uyailr1 himself of Ills privilege
rs Senator and refused to tlfyu1gc tllc con.
tents of the letter, but l'c dcslrctl
count should Ike known. liz had not held nor
did }le intend to hold clandestfnc corresponds
eence With any ons !n regard 70 counting tho
Electoral votes. About thu time that letter
should have icon delivered to him, he WIS III
| formed by the Secretary Of War TINT man by
| tho natns OF sfnldox was hers attempting to
tral9 o1 tho yoto Of Louisiana. lie (Ncst] ins:
ned!atuly lcnte1l he had any such authority, aud
sta,sce Is fuliows Il Tell Gov. Wells tIat i,at,
| by tho 1ln1nc OF Maddox II hero profess.
Ing: to 10 authorized to speak for l,fa1
anl the Returning Hoartl OF Louisiana.
as soon as tho wtro could bring i: !" slr. Mad
dox has 10 such author1ty.h Mr. West, In MI.
aver TO q question Of Air. Bvgy as to wllat
cxplanattull ho could make Ut tilu letter, said
cesaor ~ tho Senate, ana The letter referred to
that. as to speaking Ut u million, Gov. Wb.la
uaeta the oppression III the aa1ne manner m Go!
Sellers did: no meant there was q barrel ol
and ald was needed; tliaf Il. il noney NO vas 10 bt
spout on ono side, II must be spent OH the other
lie {Wcst WoNld not rest for nlou,cMt untlel
any suspicion thas lie WIS traiicking In Electoral