The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-06

menta the government paid 100000 or
| s7O,o 900. OF that sum Col. Pickett fea
eeived about $50 900, the larger portion
Of which was given away by him,
through George w. Riggs, the well
known banker OF this city. and others.
| TO needy Southern men and women.
Some good points. were made In the
presidential campaign OF that date
against tho Democrats party, but their
In tho fact that the evidence they have
Hupplisd has been tho means OF saving
millions OF dollars TO tho Treasury u
the detection OF fraudulent claims. This
Ia Col. pieltett's record.
For several years phst he has been n
praetieing lawyer In this city. not doing
d very large business. for tho reason, In
his own words. that ifonselad oaths nha
| tho prosecutions. small ana great, OF
the party IN power have turned away
| from him. as from others similarly CIR"
eumstanesa. large fees ana lucrative
practice,
Colonel Pickett said that he and Mad
/ dox had been friends for upwards OF
I auarter Of century. Pickett knew
= him before the war broke out, when
! Maddox was tho proprietor OF the Now
| Orleans Crescent holding high social
| position In that city. rich and man OF
| influence and Importance. Some Sin or
eight months ago Maddox. to support
himself and family. WAS compelled TO
take II government office as agent OF
Tho Treasury Department. Laht No
yembef Maddox. for some, purpose or
another, was sent down to New Orleans
Pickett did not know the object OF his
| tourney, aud. being M earnest Demo
ufat pnu Southern man, he felt 1t hia
duty TO warn tho leading Democrats
| Of that State against Maddox. Tho
npxt tidings no had from Maddox. he
says, was tho proposition OF Wells Tor
tho Returning Board to give The elee'
tofal vote Of the State OF Louisiana to
| Gov, ridden in consideration OF vi .0op,ss
600 That proposition was clear and
| apeeiHe. Dol. Pickett felt IL to DO bis
duty. he saye, TO lay tho proposition
before the managers Of the party In New
York, Accordingly. no vent to that CITY.
aaw Mr. Hewitt and laid the matter be"
| rore him. MIR. Hewitt absolutely de-
elned TO have anything TO do with u.
lie. however. fully approved Dol. Fieks
ett's action in tho matter. but gave hin
reaeons to show why neither Mr. Ttldeh
nor himself would have Anything TO 90
| with tho Returning Hoard. Pickett also
saw John Mortissey on the subject.
| Morrissey, with characteristic frank.
nose, enid IL 1t we're necessary he thought
| IL wonid DO good thing Ia pay those
aeoundrele for doing their duty, but he
| thought IL was unnecessary. that Mr..
| Tilaen had carried Louisiana and he
could not be cheated out Of its vote,
| While on the stand to-day Maddox
declined to anewer tho question whether
| Wells had not positively authorized him
| "a ,x,. iFa "a npnnnsitipn In nSll tha yUEG
OF the State.
Col. Pickett says tonight to your cor.
respondent that he and Maddox had
| had frequent conversations on the sub
ieot. On one occasion Maddox told him
that Wells saw that his nympathies
were with the Democratic party: that
he and his family had lost caste In the
State and were anxious to recover or
obtain some social status and feeogni.
| ton, but that he needed money, and he
| thought the Democratic party could afa
ford to pay literally for tho advantage
he had Il ia his power to give 1t by de-
elaring tho vote OF the State for Gov.
Tilden.
Wells asked I'll 900. 900. but no and his
associates on the Board were willing to
aell out for less. They would have
taken $500. 900. and that was their low
est figure. II the proposition had been
accepted. Kennedy. the Democratic
member who was suggested as the
proper person to I'll the vacancy on the
Board, would have been appointed, and
upon bis appointment the tirst Install
men OF the money was to BIO paid.
The eolored members OF the Board
were, he. says, willing to go cheap.
| Twenty or thirty thousand dollars would
have satisfied them. and 1t was their
intention to leave the country.
| This ID tho story OF Colonel Picket.
aud no says tonight that II Maddox will
| tell the whole story tomorrow and tell
1t truthfully. he must testify TO thts
effect.