The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-12

aud stated, In reference 10 the so-cnlled .hcr-
man letter. that the person % whom she die
sated il was then prominent Ia local Lonisi.
80 notifies. but might now be dead. a. she
M r pot .een him Tor six months II was rot
Weber. There was q first draft Of the letter
made and destroyed. ~ being too elaborate
"a q. Haley testified - % conversations
Nth Mrs. jerks IN. which she spoke 81 the
a., letter and claimed 10 have IL under
her control. .Jndgc Hugh j. Campbell
,ortnerly Of New Orleans. but now United
ssafes Attorney for Dakota, Affixed the jurat
~ Tie Anderson protest lie could NOT testi.
~ nositively that Anderson swOre 60 the
.fafement Ia his presence, but was positive
~ never affixed his signature 20 an affidavit
when the party making the same was not
present
Ex-Marshal Pitkin was further examined
hesorc the Committee on the 27th, mainly In
reference 10 the work Of the Mcvcagh Com
mission An New Orleans. preliminary TO the
recognition Of the Nichols Government
Witness testified TO conversations with Haw-
lev and Harlan. who assured him that the
Administration would take care o. AL the
al the work In Louisiana: Anderson was not
mentioned BY name Ia this connection.
Messrs. Iiscock and Cox Of the Committee
objected 10 the introduction 81 further evi.
dencc on this point, on the ground that Il
would drag out the examination To In
terminable length. Mr.. MacSiahon replied that
the question Of going into an Investigation
~ The Mcyeagh Commission had been dccid-
"a IN secret session, and he voted for IL upon
the ground that General Butler informed the
l,ommitfee that an agreement had been en-
tered into whereby the fraudulent count Of
the vote OF Louisiana had been made effect
nal and that he could prove it,. Roger
q. tlasscock. keeper % boarding house in
Washington, testified that Mrs. jerks board
ca II his house last winter, and told witness
that She had the sherman letter or could get
il By going. 20 New Orleans, which
\. Chandler was examined regarding the
Electoral count In Florida. He denied the
testimony Of NcI.in, given before the sub
eommittec, that he (Chandler) had given any
assurances that the members OF the Return
ing board would De taken care Of in case
Hayes was inaugnrated. lie teiegraphed %
sss e Send h sian,ev p Matthew ses ana
others 81 high character, things be-
gin to look favorable" Gov. Noycs
subsequently, came, but he did not know IL
telegraphed TO Zach Chandler as follows
after full conference with all our friends
now here. we lind the work 20 be done re-
quires great and expeditions labor In view nf
the shoriness ~ time, which, II well perform
ed will. we believe, insure success >Oyes
and ka-son will be here on Monday,
and ! wish $500 sent TO Philadelphia
also let me have 5000 more. making 5000.
II looks possible for about p majority In the
state. You can imagine what the Democrats
are about. Where H. Cook TSignedl O."
The money came, and witness ex-
pressed his Willingness 20 tell what
he did with the money when
called upon 20 do So MIR. Hunton said that
the object Of examining the witness now was
~ accommodate Governor Moves, who wish
I'd % leave for Europe. and the witness would
BE- questinned only on matters relating y
ceedings......L- q. Dennis. a prominent Re
publican Of Aiachua County. Florida. tcsfi-
Ned that Gov. Moves wanted him 10 swear
~ the correctness OF the return from
Archer Precinct in that county. which was in
dispute before the Returning Board. but wit
ness told him that unless he was ready TO
abandon his case he had better not put him
upon the stand. a his evidence would be det
rfmentnl 20 the Republican side. toy. >0yes
was regarded by all the Republicans n Mr..
Hayes intimate friend and assured them
thai he would protect the Southern Republi-
cans.
Mr.. L. G. Dennis further testified before
the Committee on the ssth The reason why
he did not wish 10 swear TO the correctness
OF the returns from Archer Precinct was be-
cause the Inspector had cOnident.ally in.
formed him that there had been 2i9 fraudu
lent Dames added 20 the list Of voters. and
the addition ~ these names was matter 81
public notorfcty. To Mr.. Butler the witness
said he believed the returns in Archer Pre-
cincf should have shewn slsyOtcs in excess
Of what they did for the Republican party.
The Republican officers made up the dcfi
cheney from the registration book, 80 n 10
make the returns show their proper number
y
on both sides. When the votes we're turned
out the box the missing number Of kepub
lican votes appeared as having been legally
cast. The witness testified that Black .Repub
lcan Inspector Of Elections. and Vance. Re
publican Clerk. had made affidavit n 10 the
correctness Of the return. and that his reason
Tor not wishing 10 go on the stand was that
his testimony would have tended strongly 10
have contradictcd theirs. lie did not dis
close this knowledge To GOV. Noycs. but sim.
Ply tried % impress him with the idea that
HlI M haf f.4r mt i'm IN ofn rsH 1.a
cause Il would injurc his case. MIR. His
cock said he expected 20 produce the
evidence Of Vance and Black, showing that
they did not raise the return, and also cyl
uence showing that n many men swore they
voted the Republican ticket whose names
wereon the poll list A. we're certified 20 by
the returns He was willing to leave the issue
night here. with the understanding that the
point was not closed before the public.
Edward N. Noycs. United states Minister 70
France. appeared before the Committee and
made a general and explicit denial Of all
charges made against him Of any completely
IN irauduiently counting the Electoral vote
q Florida for Hayes. lie did not 60 TO flori-
"a at the solicitation or with the knowledge
81 10v. Hayes he did not understand Dennis
~ ohfccting to swear 20 the returns from
Archer Precinct on account of his knowledge
o. frauds committed, but on account OF his
Tear Of further mourning the hostility Of the
Democrats. GOV. Noyes said: " I wish 90 say
tnat no mortal man ever told me or intimat
any thing fraudulent about that return "a \
cept what war sworn 20 before the Canvass
ing Board, and WAS made public. mean
DAD no private information derived from any
source whatever. ! honestly and conscfen-
uously believe that the return made and ar
kued by me was right and can say that we
made case which would satisfy any I'M
preiudiccd court In Christcndom". 1890.
ten. Lew wallace, of Indiana. and Gen.
John Little. Of Ohio. both testified that they
md not 20 70 Forida nc the request Of Gov.
nayes. Gen. wallace also made general
uehiai OF having promised the members of
me Returning Board, prior to the result hav-
ing been declared. that Hayes would take
cAre 81 them. subsequently he may have
sMu that the Republicans OF Florida would
~ suitably rewarded The Committee
appointed Messrs. Hunton, MacMahon.
spnnger. Butler and Hiscock a sub commit
tee 70 remain in Washington and take testi.
mony. Messrr. Potter, Morrison and Cox will
nc. A. q relief for II and the sub committee
IN New Orluaua IN Iutfar T. ~