National Republican., 1877-02-05

| Governor. When witness hrst took this Vernon
cS sRs Sss or c
in putting on bis coat at his house.
This WAS in ne morning Put 4 Il ~. NSn Of
Of the day witness left New Orleans When wilt.
ness nIst told speaIing about the Vernon return return
70 c4ns to washington "ih with him, % where We coaia
he would have nothing to do with such q PROPOSE.
tion; clifford replied something about either
| pose 10 do 90 In consequence q Witness commu.
| nicntlon. Witness knows Clifford did telegraph
to Washington that same evening concerning this
witness saw the dispatch clifford sent. II vas
| to the effect that he had received Information OF
speaTings; Clifford showed witness dispatch
Howe liz only i. ssfe" NV %,ness Knew ar
ford said anything there aboutit vitness would
Icsns knew it, never ever talked with clifford about
| II since; did afterwards talk with Spoaring about
aow sm sS asS sP
be said, be for his interest II was amer the talk
with Clifford witness had the talk with Collins.
| Witness had been on the board week before
spearns knew Of II; II wasa week after the an;
nouncemcnt Of tho vote when spearlns asked
State was turned over to Packard they would be
ALL HUNG, AND WITNESS WITH THEN;
thought he said It to prevent him (witnessl from
of ep se sSSseS sSo S% x
son. Clifford sworc that he never gave the infor.
DID bis tSitnsss5 iiis would not Be worth cent
in New Orleans. Met Murphy in ST. Louis, and
SSndsrstood that sgearipE waste meet him there;
After describing his TRIP 70 Springfield to con-
suit with Gov Palmer, &C, the witness was
| EXAMINED BY MR. M'DoNALp.
Ss ne rsturS Of
parish the polls and Of 81 and 81 votes for the
he had ehS to hS RspTS
three candidates, and he did not know which was
for him TO know which person was 10 be affected
by the change Of the figures. Constitutional
and parochISi ofcers were % % ali on the iifst page
Witness changed through tho State officers be-
fore woodward assisted him.
| The witness, In answer to inquiries, repeated
what he had previously stated concerning all tho
interviews between him and Wells about alter.
altered return was burned in the presence o.
witness and Wells In the inner room ofthe board,
the FIRE. witness and several clerks made up
all the consolidated returns In private ofnco,
q .hss bsnS ever sss
fabricated return after the original had boen de.
stroyed, witness and Davis used the regular
make II appear that the return had been rejected
rather than that the votes had been transferred.
iary, AFTER wss Rsd BEEN eaa%insd BY The SeSs ocn
gresslonal committee, to have It appear that such
return was in existence and had been thrown
WitIess was shown q list showing the con:
solidated statement Of the Gubernatorial vote Of
his d;wriiins. This return included Grant
irregularly-that is, not by the regular super.
yisors, but by ofncers Of the United States. The
which he recoglsed as having been made by Me,
Cormick. This tabulatlon contained the fabrl-
Gated returns from Vernon parish, which were
thrown out on the
EVIDENCE PUNISHED ny GOVERNOR WELLS
The three polls fabricated aggregated lTe
Democratic votes. There was one more vote in
the fabricated list than in the original. Judge
ws ABOUT ~ anS ne sau ma n.on Tas
Rouge. Wells nied his svidencs on" on which the
fabricated list was thrown out in . few days ater
evidence from Wells, saying Il was about a.
good 4 thing as he ever said; witness read
Davis was right, Two Of the afiants lived
in Texas and tho other at Baton Rogue.
we're as o.SIs speS ntsS ss stss u
missioner d; J. NJ. A. Jewett, who was secretary
! oftho Republican committee on registration and
clerks sent 6y the House committees TO New Or.
The returns or tabua,od sta,ensnts in the 90 once &c
Of the Returning Board. The fabricated state:
II. BoaGd and va. not
.iGn.a: aoysrnO, We'll. pIopo.sd e Eltnes. e e
was said about countsrfoitins the seal. Never
have seen that & paper since; spsarng, supported
. business men. Many business Republican, sup
ported the Nichols ticket. The heavy business
The he RksE e Ss s.s g s! ss.
about seventy years old. clifford Is young man.
Winners has no personal knowledge Of what tool
last; has not seen Clifford since. The night dif
ford sent the dispatch to Washington TO Allison
ho was
, VERY MUCH UNDER THR INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR.
The dispatch was written in qinord's room; OF
!, ford claimed to be acquainted with Senator ALL
son; showed witness documentary evidence Of
Ss but hs ssa and da .o Hs
:: TS.iS sS e shs TIsssia,y z. 2 s man
mentioned the name Of Chandler0 and he would
80 at once to the Treasury and got the tiOo,O ,OoS
! He was 80 drunk witness thinks he had to copy
I the dispatch for him. II was the next day tha,
ness ffesSsntiy saw aitiord AFTER that before Isav
: ing New Orleans. Clifford never saw tho fabricated
return witness never showed y TO anybody IN
pledge never to use the name OF witness or com
promise witnes: n any way IN connec,ion with It
= BY Mr.. ogiesby; Witness detailed his particu
= lar duties as q clerk to the Returning Board
I Took the aggregates Of the parish returns, ant
! made o compilation Of them. That work wal
Z completed while tho Sherman and Palmer com
!. mittees were there: Either witness or Davis dis
I covered that polls !, and TO- In Vernon parish
I were equal TO polls 2 and o. No enc but Davi
= and witness had anything to do with making uI
= the fabricated return.
It was after the promulgation Of the electora
J, returns that Gov. Wells requested witness u
= = make up the false return. 1t was o week nearl,
y after the announcement had been made. 1t tool
|. about one night to make this return. This wa
: : after We had
d ABsTRAcTED THE GENUINE RETURN FROM TIL
o PILE.
0 Tho witness was subjected to an hours cross OF
}: animation by Mr. Howe, TO test the correctness
q his statements and Of his recolleotons as TO tn
d manner In which the fabricated return Of yernol
< parish had been made up. Tho witness was una
d bic to state why, when Wells asked for thre
3 polls that would make up the aggregate Of poll
land destroyed, he or Davis did not at once tel
him that the IFS votes were TO be found In polls
; and ready made to his hand.
Tho session adjourned till to-day at usual hour
!; tSenator Allison states in relation to Little
Z fields testimony on Saturday, that the facts Il
. regard TO his correspondence with Clifford are a
o follows; Clifford, being from Iowa, wrote (no
!, telegraphed, as stated by Littleheld,) that h
70 had Information Of great Importance to the Re
publican party, and wished TO come to Washing
II ton to communicate It. Clifford did not state tn