, 1877-02-03

ssubjcct ! did not Wish to entertain. ttc asked
nc to think ovsEt, lrcp1led 4 would bc ute-
c.s fnr ME 10 do 70, anil tcfoFc he left the room
sc cxaCtcsl promise Of me to meet him At tho
II. Charles Hotel Mt o'clock the next evening;
aot meet him. lie came to the Board and
saIled me- out, lnQulrin9 why did not meet
him. fail ha,l forgotten 1t, when he replied
It WIS too important for nc to forget. ! saiM to
him do not want you 10 cnnvcrtn any tnrttlcs
with nc on the subject; II ynu Wish to retain
my fricndship yot Will never again mention H.
lien. Anderson was intcrrogatctl Mt lcngth,
entl was a*1scil were not a good rnAnJ atIidnFita
'''l'sa.': asns y ~ WV ORLEANS. ......,
to which question he replied, Large numbers
were sworn to in that city," ,,
Question-Were not there att1davits PREPARED
long subsequent to tho twenty-fo'ir hours rc'
qurcd by taw1
Answer-1 do not know how many days after
III Witnes:' witness sad i' he aii not know that Andrews
declined The office OF District Attorney for tho
reason that he wss elected By changcs fn the
returns and not by the people; nor 1Ll hc know
Witness said the 1tcturning 13oard threw out
certain votes, believing that in dolna 80 they
were sustained f,y --
They did ri. 1r wton tSw ZEE fepu sgelsSs 70 paSsy politics.
Question l,y Ficld-Dll YOU know you threw
out more Tildcn than Hayes votcsa
Answcr-We knew after the vote was asccr-
Q,-Dtd you know this while you were do
Al cannot say we did.
Q.-Nhilc you mcrc throwing out parishes,
did you not knox It would affect tile l'rcsidcn-
tlat c1cetioni
Al did not.
Q.-Dkl you not declare you would not serve
.as member Of Tue Legislature II tho vote was
A.-The reason for making sIclt declaration
was because Of some inquiry relative to tie Par
ith Of Lafayette, tho returns not hnrfnE been
sent In ut that time. lie was candidate In that
parish aud had said ito knew lie WAS not elect
I'd, and therefore ..
$50 WOULD NOT SERVE
II he WIS returned na elected. .....
Q.-ffaf you any reason Tor thinking TINT tho
Board would return you, II rou were not
Ayes; because I heard It whispered about
that I would bo returned. said would not
V.-ls pr: Roocson, who Offered You brlbc,
AMI 1 % pot a,. 1esar ssd n him .n,s rs nv enemy do
Q.-Do you not think that man who would
offer you brft}c was bad mnn9
Al think IL WAS vcry Improper In him.
Q.-l}nt do you not think 1t WIS very dis
1oucstf
Add.
V.--Dia you turn DR.. Robson out Of your
rooml
1 sst I'd 5.ts. f HIN ~ pfo%t:nMs 81 t. nset ,,
there.
Odd you express your detcstat|on Of the
oscrl
Al told him did not approve II, md not
to mention 1t to NC agaln.
Adjourned I'LL tomorrow.
LtTTLEFlELD nEFonE THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
The Senate Committee Investigating the con-
i.ouisIapa Returning Hoard. lie Stated that the
return figures which wero altered BY himself
came into tlle hasris Of the Morrison Cnmn1t-
stated that spca,Ing is Republican, but n
speariug without COMPENSATION. A few days
ksS 1stes9 nge,, S9ng '0 speatng had nsnss 119
clifford, bank examiner, md wltues.
Clifford, Of the existence OF the rctur,, which had
been changed. Clifford told Witness L he would
tary would cisc him (Giilortl) tl00,o00 Tor the
return. Witness would not 60, because he
would not set prtcn on himself. lie was
He regretted what l!e lad done, and wanted
known Il That he had shnngs! the figures on ,s, e;
was to CONG from the Secretary Of the National
m'ttec." When be went from New 0rleans
70 Springfield, H., be was accompanied BY
Democrat. ilc stated tiat he refused to tcst-
ty before tho Morrison Committee on the first
day OF his appearance before them; but OH the
second tiuy he told all, btcnnsc Gen. Hurlhnt,
nj MorrisOnf Committee, hatl tried On the first
day ri tie witness examination to prove that
liz (wltncssl lad
STOLEN THE RETURN
which had come Into the possession Of tho Com
m!ttrc through speartng, and witncss had to
tell nll to clear h!Haclf Of tic susntclons cast
1por him.