Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-02
That Louisiana Scoundrel.

That Louisiana scoundrel, Littlefed by name,
who has been making pretended disclosures un.
der the manipulation of David Dudley Field, of
forgeries and frauds perpetrated by himself as he
says at the investigation of Governor Wells, in
the Louisiana election returns, is shown up as A
rascal Of the first magnitude, as all who read his
testimony must have been convinced without
other evidence than the bad character he gave
himself A special to the Boston journal from
Washington says
person familiar with all the details of the
Louisiana case says that the sensational story of
Littehelds relating to the forgery of the returns
OF Vernon parish can be successfully refuted by
the following statement The Littefeld copspiT.
scy is a conspiracy to make money out of the re.
publicans if possible; failing that out Of the dem
ocrats. This forged return was offered to Morri-
ron. Chairman of the Louisiana Committee. at
New Orleans, and denounced by him as being dis
honorable. Morrison stated this in the Committee
room, adding that he did not wish TO have any-
thing TO do with things obtained in that way ar d
would have nothing to do with it. Und, + the law
of Louisiana duplicate of the Supervisors re-
turn IS on file in the parish records aud shows A
democratic vote Of 6i7 against two republican
votes; that 1t is notorious all over the State of
Louisiana that Vernon parish never does cast apy
republican votes of any amount and never did /:
that the returning board furnished the Senate and
iiVuct AbfSsliSahbR Committees win d taDultteu
statement of the actual returns received by them
from the Parish Supervisor. as TO the electoral
vote by parishes; that on that return Vernon il
accurately pu. down two votes republican and
6i1 democratic, so that the aea that Governor
Wells would dictate forgery Of that kIud is in
the very highest degree improbable, when he
knew perfectly well that he would be contra
dcted by his own records and by the record, of
the parish supervisors; that the fac: proves that
the returning board did not exclude three polls
amounting to l13 votes on the ground Of iutimi.
dstoa upon afidayits asked before Jewett L nited
htates Commissioner in New Orleans on Nov. IA
1910; that the story, therefore of IIttefeld thai
after Dec. 10, 1876 Wells directed him Ia ncL ant
and exclude thlee polls for which he wouid have
the testimony prepared, is necessarily untrne.
that the statement by Littlefeld that one reason
for the forgery of lis votes was that the hosrJ
might elect republican State Senator Kel.o "a
proved TO be untrue, because Keso was not re-.
tarned elected by the board. while his democratic
competitor was; that the story that il was neces.
sary TO add l7S votes to the republican side and
deduct an equal amount from the democratic side
(which constituted the forgery for the purpose Of
electing the Circuit Judge, is proved TO be untrue
because the confessed action Of the Board in en-
eiudipg us democratic vote elected this Judge
with no necessity Of the useless forgery of adding
l7S 10 the republican vote. That the return is for
gery which has been made by Littlefeld there is no
doubt, inasmuch as he confesses himself to have
hrst forged and then stolen the paper, aud since
IL has been hswked around among democrat pol
iucians for the last four weeks. Pretty good eyi-
denee can be found to show who the parties are