New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-21
WASHINGTON.
Burke at Work.

WARRINGTON, January 20.-Colonel E. A.
Burke, of New Orleans, who is accredited
to Washington by Governor Nichols, of
Louisiana, visits the President this morn
ing, accompanied by the Democratic dele
cation in Congress from that State.
The Electoral Count BITl.
Both parties of the Senate caueused this
morning on the electoral count bill. Neither
party meeting was intended to be binding.
In the Democratic caucus nothing was
said against it, but in the Republican eau
Gus more opposition was expressed than
was expected.
Mr.. Morton has dispatch from the sec-
retary of the Republican caucus of the In
diana Legislature, which says his course in
Withholding his name from the report was
unanimously approved.
Nominations
Miss Lou A. johnson, postmistress at
Griffin, Georgia; Benjamin II. Lance, col
lectOr of second district, Louisiana.
What the Committees are Finding Out.
Before the House Committee on Powers
and Privileges, Osmer B. Roberts, cashier
of the Second National Bank of New York,
exhibited two certificates of deposits by q
Chandler, dated October 81, 1876, one for
$4,000 and one for $4,000. They were made
payable to Chandler's order, and when re-
turned bore the Endorsement, "Pay S. B.
Packard and James e. Aver" He could
not state how these transactions were
made public. Two letters to Chandler
were exhibited, one signed by j. B. Stock.
ton, dated New Orleans, November IL, to
the effect that if steps were taken imme-
diAtely the atidayits of 10000 or Il, 900 Re
publican voters, showing that they were
debarred of the exercise of the ballot by
violence and intimidation were being made
The writer was chief deputy of Marsha
Pitkins
Governor Wells ON the Stand.
Ex-Governor Wells, of the Louisiana Re
turning Board, was examined ct SOM
length. His testimony was about to tn
same effect as that given at New Orleans
The witness said he had not sent for tn
records of the Returning Board; he wOult
have to get permission from the Governor
Governor Wells had charged his minl
with little or nothing concerning the pre-
| ceedings of the board.
After explaining that there was q va
/ eaney on the Returning Board, and why
was not filed, Mr. Field aAked Wells I
| please to state whether the records he II
fused to produce show the whole number Q
votes east in Louisiana, and the witness r.
phed that he could not state, as he had no
1
Q1estion-Did the subtraction the boar
made change the result of the vote in th
State3
Aaswer-It would be hard for me to ga,
know it reduced the vote.
Question--That is not the question. D
you or do you not know that the subtra
ton you made changed 'the RESULT
AnsWer-It reduced the vote, and pr
same 1t changed the result; do not kno
how much, whether 1000 or 10000.
Question-Did you abstract 100 or 10
| Votcsl
Answer-I don't know.
Question-You spoke of intimi aAtion Al
murder; did any statements TO this effe
accompany the returns Of the supervise
Of eleotiOnl
AnsWsr-Ne.
QuestiOn-Don't you know that aiidAvi
about intimidation and murder were pl
pared at the New Orleans Cuatemhouse
AnsWer-1 dc not know Il.
J Quaatien-Do you know Of Q single vol