The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-08


! ton. on the Sd. william b. suencer. Journs
n Cferk ~ the limited ststa. aen,t. ts.t,aa
49,. s.,..s~s - q $1,000 .-n0
- = c1Pel. ,els..ve e tne nsnawrung Q
Two cipher oispatches--ane to W. J.. Pelton
Of New York, and signed j. H. N Patrick
and the other addressed to Samuel. j
Tflden. = of New York. signed . W@3oh
ble:n he testifed that he thonoht IN
disuatches vere written bv fhe ssm
nerson and vith the same lrird ~ ink TT,
Il other exDerts corroborated NJ. 'Enencer,
evidence N. ri GriswnId a. 0reunnF
4 Democrst. stated The reasnn the Nafiona
Democratic COMMITTEES were called upon K
furnish money for cSnkesfino tha i.sn;nc n
4 4 certifcate of elec5iors "a Dr. Wstfs Was he e
i cause the lOreeon Democrats we're moore,
than church contrihntion.box. = =
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nstYrr,r., p,sra ts.,,e.a ,,.so,s uo,.;.or,,
ns Do ses'ineu osaole "aa, noiilson
House Committee, on fhe dOtn ult., that or
the Sd Of December he altered the Original
returns from two OF the polls in Vernon
pa~s.h - foo "a,
votes over r. the Rannhl;csn Candid afes s',
| that he aid tI,is nv the ernres. S;-ect;"r :,
Gov Ws,is ana u sste- = essoos cs,,na y .,
the altered nricinals and snhstitnt;ndP PI. tbeu =,
s ~. ~ sAI w saoll,
In a. Sv h;ms.If ~ Gov Walls he S;d SHTrea rn3
,ememSer ~ wSich " h,t - oilo' I'll nu niu tvs
c~v WsIis, rnn.4;eSs. a. h.,no o,, WI -,
em;ned and ssted hd% r. was es fhst h;s OK
4 s-srs ~ tLa dar har.,w ~ x,':S .o 81
nst;nr a,d yot :oraa ,y,tnoss stetaS shet 10
made M srch .nsWcrs IN ma examinst;nn sn n0
-, 49, % oo,h a."ns" ~ sa,,,.t.d - A.. n
fused to answer ali questions. Littlefeld
was subsequently before the COMMITTEES on
Lnf FOWers, fr1v1legeS ana UuC1e6 OF the
en- embed, before en the mo Morrison I comm;ttes %
detailed account of the manner in
which the alleged alterations in the re-
| claimed, at the instigation OF GOV. Wells.
Louis M. Kenner was recalled and further
examined; he knew Hayes was elected by
throwing out vetes; the votes were thrown
out because there was evidence Of intimida-
tion, hanging, men driven from the polls
and from their crops, and, therefore. the
doing So; had some testimony that
persons voted the Democratic ticket
through fear; thought there were ten
instances in which afiidavits of intimi-
dation came in with the returns; some
OF the other amdavits came from persons
afraid to make them in their respective To-
caiities, owing 10 threats ana lntmidatiOn;
witness had no knowledge OF any part Of an
original return having been altered, nor had
he knowledge that the board had any con-
suitetion on that subject, or that there was
any fraud by the Board or any member there
OF, or unoer tneir oirectlon or Knowledgei
there was NO conceaiment from the Demo
board, and accounts Of the proceedings were
published In the newspapers.
The Select Committee on the Priyi-
,.co. - ~ the uouaa had hefore them
~. s, ~. s, es.t nj = p,os.tt = s.tnss -
on ING Slss uit'' u =. tlcAess' 81 steolney az
law, Of Washington, D. C., who produced a
Wells. Of the Louisiana Returning Board :
and dated New Orleans. Nov. 20. which read
the r.r,e ~ ths nsr,v IL vhono the lotto-
was addressed he!nc cut ont1: "My DEAR
SIn. Yon fnIlv understand the s;tn.tjon
Can Won uot sdvise me relative
thereto! Yours. yery truly.o Witness
"a IA ~ Novemher If MsdaoY inst
arrived in Washineton from New orleans.
called upon him ana stated that he (Mad.
doYl and other Republicans belieyed thar
L0uisiana was Democratic by from 1000 10
%. O00 maioritv. but that money vould be
needed to secure such q decision by the Re.
turning Roard Mr. Wells sionifvin0 n on
0O0 a. the reouisite amount for that pur-
pose, Otherwise they should give the State
e Hsves vifnesa believing ke was aerviny
fhe canse of the right. consented to coon.
crate IN the efiort 70 bring ahont nepot;s-
tions "a this end. and subseouentIy saw M.
Hewitt and other leading Democrats,
rosed necotistions, Mr. Hewitt stating That
this Wes the third proposition Of the kind
vhich had heen made II him IN the mart ~
the Touiaiana .Retnrning BOARD: witness
stated that he had been : Colonel IN the
ConSe6sr.fe aarvica chief AZ sfaf fo Gen.
! EfsecSinrid9e IL one csmpaifn, and volunteer
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