Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-26
The KeIIogg-spoHord Election Gas :,

The Senate committee on privileges and
elections met AZ 1880 a. m. 10 day for the pur-
pose OF hearing the contestants in the KEEL
logg-SPoford election case, as to what line
OF evidence the claimants desire 10 introduce
before the committee in support OF their re
spectIye claims. Judge SnellabarEer was
lTeSSL III rep e>eutInE Mr.. h llOEg, aut lge
Spohyrd co Quoted his case on his own be-
halt When the committee Was called 10
order some d, sultory conversation o.; irreSi
conc ming the line OF evidence - be follow
ed in The INVESTIGATION. The contestants each
submitted in writing The tac-s wnICn they
desire lnvC S!igdted as bearing % The me. Is
OF TIE contest. \ recess OF one hoar was
men laEen To allow each claim ant 90 exam
Inc The points Submitted by h.s oppnu-ll'. for
the purpose Of allowing theIh DO n 20 SUBMIT
10 WrIlIg such additional questions as
Inlkhl bS suggested by the FIRST isst 81 points
Judge SpOrOTd's statement referred TO the
points made ~ HIM and IA = argument be
tore The committee wednesday. He MAKES
ine FONTS ihaG the Nichols legislature
wGici' elected him. 1.~gap VOTING one day
previous 10 the Packard leg stature, also tll4t
Inc SIchgilS government - the only one IN
tXisltLce, or recognized as the state govern
Lert
GOV. KELLOGG IN HIS STATEMENT
says mat the question OF WGlcu Bt the two
governments existing in Lpui-iags, IA Jan
u3ry last, was the true AMI lawF.l 9egisa
tufe. are determined under the caustitu.lua
aiiG law Of Tie United states aud OF Loui>i-
ana. lie S&SS. u shall ask the committee
who IL eEtlt,e 81 10 constitute 4he lpgi trura Of
Louisiana according to the election Of I~1f.
also Ia ms eStisaye and report upon lle fol-
lowing matters. violence ana Unlawful acts
10 PleVeLt The organization OF tue lc7sisl4t iFa
by which ! was elected; the acts rcSorled I'D
10 form what ~ known a. the y 4 lOilS l,gis-
ialple al the Nichols executives: also 30
investigate the violations of elsc,ioa laws
previous 10 the election OF 1876"
JUDGE >POt FORD PROPOSES TO PROVE
thai as The result Of tie November election
IN leI6, there was never from first 20 last "A
quorum OF legally elected mem bees Ia either
house of the Packard Legislature; also, nat
SeLator Stevens, of the y iciOIlS legislature,
was captured by force ana detained ia the
Packard leg stature until quorum OF the
senate cOulJ he obtained. Names OF illegally
returned candidates, who were defeat e 1. as
proven toy the parish returns, were seated III
The Packard legislature. By actu Al returns
OF supervisors of election, on file n the par
ish court clerks, showed n majority OF over
5000 votes for Nichols as governor.
AT the conclusion If the reading, Mr.. Kel-
logg said that the impression hal gone out
that quorum in tie senate which elected
him had been oStaiLed by force. That was
not so, as a quorum of nineteen mean bsrs re-
turned by the returning board was in session
for many consecutive days.
IN his supplementary statement Governor
Kellogg entered q general denial 10 the poiuLs
which Judge SpofiOrd proposed To Prove, and
Judge SpOffOrd asked that the comm itJee do
not go into all the matters which g Overnor
Kellogg desires 10 prove, as an a lmost in
teIminable contest would thus De the result.