Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-06-14
FRAUD INVESTIGATION.

The Louisiana investigation at Washington
continues to progress with unabated interest tc
the country and the development of party in.
iquity, furnishing capital for the Democracy
and the annihilation of Radicalism or ''Cor
ruptionism." Levissee, Hayes e!ector, TOLD
the old story which he repeated before the
Senate committee Of his being approached with
offers of brides to vote for Tiden. On cross
examination he was forced to confess that thes
alleged offers did not come from any reputa.
BILE or authorized Democratic source, but from
sporting men and their representatives. Lev
see made further the important declaration
that his name was forged to two of the trpli.
cate returns of the action of the Louisiana
electors required under the law to be sent to
Washington.
| Senator Ferry was called before the commit
tee. AT the Presidential confusion he was
President of the Senate. He detailed the cir
cumstanccs connected with the receipt by mail
and messenger of the different electoral re-
turns from Louisiana. When he received the
first return from Louisiana by messenger, Thos
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was informal and the messenger withdrew
with the return.
| 1t appears that the outside of the package
which contained the electoral vote of Louisi-
ana did not have the signatures of the electors
10 the outside ndorser ent, and for lack OF
this Formally, it was taken back to Louisiana
by the messenger. Mr. Ferry, in reply to the
questionif he at any time learned from any
body that the Louisiana return was defective
in containing but one list of votes for President
and Vice-P President, said he knew nothing of ii
and did not hear of it until recently, except
as il appeared in the count. Further no one
suggested that any of the signatures from the
State of Louisiana were forgeries
Stanley Matthews sent the correspondence
between himself and Anderson to the Com
mittee A resolu ton of Mr.. Buffers was
adopted thereafter inviting Matthews to appear
before the committee at his convenience to ex.
plain the letters. He declined to make his ap-
pearance by right that the committee was
vested with the power only to investigate mat
tiers connected directly with the Louisiana steal.
That he contends he was not in. His connec-
ton is with Anderson, he says. He is going
to be made to appear at a time when it will
not interfere with his Senatorial business by
a subpoena. The Senatorial White. Washing
Committee will not save him.
On Monday Butler entered several wedges
into the. box of fraudulent knowledge He
holds lengthy telegram over the signature
Bouds A. Baker, dispatched during the presi-
dental squabble from Washington to the
South. Baker is said to be an executioner of
all dirty work of politicians at Washington.
The opening of the box will show the
"Wormley conspiracy" between Northern and
Southern politicians and connect Morton
with the steal through protege (Howard)
Mcf1enry Of the Electoral Commission, stated
on the witness stand that Howard had been
in charge of papers and documents, and was
given place after the settlement in the con-
tract Office in the Postoflice Department
through the influence of Morton. Baker was
the first 10 suggest the admission of Demo-
Gratis into the cabinet Several witnesses
were examined this day but revealed nothing
but unimportant facts.
| Anderson has been recalled 10 the stand
and testified that he and Weber both signed
the contract TO disregard all Democrtc pro-
tests, that he did not sign it alone and it was
not afterwards that Weber's name was put to
it by some one as has been charged.
Ex-Representative Darrell testified that
Hayes, Matthews and Anderson were intimate
and on the advice of Anderson all the ap-
pointments of the State had been made by
Hayes and were agreeable to Matthews.