The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-31
Excepting that Each Candidate In YOt-
ing Dropped His own Name the
Senate Commissioners were
Unanimously Elected.
The Vote in the House Was IN
EanimOuS, Except In Garllcld's
Case, Who Lost Thir-
~ Votes.
Mr.. Stephens Is Worse, But Death is Not
Apprehended lmmediately-The Eads
Appropriation Passed The Count
Commences Tomorrow
and Gossip.
Grant viii not Interfere with tho stat
I'M QuO--What may follow Violence.

us QuO--what may follow Violence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.--Louisiana
matters not considered at the cabinet
meeting to day. Gen. Augur will not
be disturbed.
Gov. Kellogg was briefly examined
concerning the ineligibility of Leavis.
see and Brewster rs Hayes electors,
kellogg testities that they had not at
tended the college, and that other
electors had been appointed to fill
the vacancy.
A leading Louisiana Republican,
neither West nor Casey understands
the president to have said Saturday,
that II would be improper to arrange
the status qu0 pending the electoral
question.
President Grant stated yesterday
that he would not take any action re-
garding either party in louisiana, as
it would be prejudging the matter OF
the electoral vote. Ii trouble occurs
he will supercede the present status by
military government with Gen. Au-
CUR at the head.
Manager Barnes, OF New Orleans,
delivered the dispatches required OF
him to Mr.. Morrison's committee this
morning. Senator West, of Louisiana,
was examined. He was asked to
divulge the key to the cypher tele'
grams, which he refused TO do unless
allowed to take: out private kilograms.
This permission was refused, and after
some unimportant interrogations, Sena'
tor Wet was discharged.
Congrcssman Field has CRmped on
the Trail of the Hoard.
Kenner will tomorrow produce his
private memoranda OF the proceed
ings in secret session of the Louisiana
returning board. Congressman
Fields, who il conducting the examin-
alton, is gleeful over his progress.
Later in the day KEENAN, presented
his private memoranda Of the compi-
lation of the returns. The memoran-
da shows numerous precincts had been
thrown out on alleged ground OF in
timidation, violence, etc., bnt there
was nothing in it about Vernon Parish
az he had stated there was.
Littlefield was again before the Nor.
rison committee, purging his con-
tempt. Kellogg was before the priv
ilepes and powers committee. Ken.
ner testfies that Wells and Anderson
opposed DR.. Kennedy as the fifth
member of the returning board, but
don't know why. Kenner swears he
knows Hayes carried Louisian by
the throwing out of votes.
Littletield in purging himself OF
contempt, testified that he did make
the
turns,
by order Of ]. Madison Wells. He re.
fused to forge the name of the super
visor, and 1t was done by some one
else.
On being recalled his testimony was
substantially in point to that of yester-
day. When he appeared before the
committee he had taken no legal adj
vice; had consulted with an attorney
who told him he could tell the whole
truth il he did so under protest. He
identified the return a. some that was
before the returning board. He was
requested by Governor Wells to trans
pose the returns of two polls, taking
the votes from the Democrats and
giving them to the Republicans; they
were polls two and nine. The number
of votes transferred were LIS.
viu,r,s were Erased ana Those RE.
ou,red written In Their Place.
Ouestion-What motive did COVER
nor Wells assign for requesting you to
make this change? Answer--To elect
Hunter Judge, Andrews, District AT
torney and Kelso, Senator. The parish
was in the district where Governor
Wells resided.
Question Was 1t one Of these persons
who refused to accept the office on the
ground that he was not fairly elected :?
Auswer--I presume 80. from the fact
that he was candidate for District
Attorney.
Ouestion-When the figures were
changed in the way you MENTION what
became of the original papers from