The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-07

This threw no light on the real purpose Of the
eNaminniiou. lie is coming NJ IN. Anderson
more serious than even that. The witness
wns gradually brought down to the max
ns up n11 snERss 9 and "9 All f''15@S 6@ rest est
Of the 81 tors sirned the returns IN trirlicuir;
~ the law rcGnir; ;s. on thal day, II nn-WrFrn
that thcv dii. or the next morning, the n'sslln
lniuy treated ns continuous one. u" wuS
positive that TN" returns were then ana tbcre
tripiirntc. lie was quite positive, though hn
could not tell how. often he actually signed
his name. one th ng. however, he was
certain Of. very positive about; nc ngNcr
signed any other roturne on any other Jay
There were never any ,"lher t''urn- uNrn uN'n,,,P, uP
date lie had lett New orleans some time ali'r
tho meeting of the Electoral College, on OF
hot returned there tin Jan. .. 1871 He was M
in the lied River country and could net havo
sg1cd Nny, 9'her rG,Mtns his VIZ slgna,nre if Il
was shown to him Ile certainly would.
1T me- have the parcrs pr2Sduredd .,IGny nHrGG ny
Joseph Gr'flth VI the Sccrctarys ofllro pro-
dueed "a noper7 sr az ,ae S Sorisna S, cS re-
ynntion of the two Houses apl submitted to the
Electoral Commission. Mcmahon took the
packagc a large cuvclopc. 1t was open, having
presence of the cummttce Prom 1t Nc
Nnhon drew four large ., envelopes. took
selcctcd after some .eyamlnqion and com
parison One set nnA handed it across tho
signature whore II turpehr"d on one ol the pn-
pcrs and say II IL WIS his. Levisec took tho
looked at 1t In different why's. seemed nston-
ished. looked worried. and with great dclbera-
ton said, " hat Is not my signaturci ! yer
your .gnature. md TINT you never wrote itY
asked Mcmahon. am positive" re-
ulDl tho witness Turn over tho pagos
signatures oi the clHctors," suid McMahon
The witness all ns directed. IL that your sig
Hf.. It.xs fFt mn lIa. In
than hafor'. ihr witness answered.: II is not
my signature. ! never wrote H. do not write
my sgnatur, in that way. never made an a
Tho crowd outside tho railing was looking on
| in opon-mouthed wonder. Tho Republican
were annoyed aston sh Il. Nj. Cox had rison
to his iret. and Was leaning over the table To-
ward the Witness. holding out his hand ior the
payer. The witness was required to identity
! his forged signature hN placing Oppps ite
| il his Initials The paper WIS indicated
! 10 the strnosrnpher Ly il marks OF rcn.
/ uhcatiOn placed there when opened during
/ tho electoral count Then 1t was hnnl d Co Mr..
/ ciate. Mr. Rood. who looked it over then Il wont
! from hand 90 hnui among the dozens of Cone
| cre. SmHn who 10y tli- time HAD crowded into
| IN" committees roi.d cnrlosnre Another
| paper. a duplicate return WAS handed to the
! witness. who eNuntnO his signatures on il
/ forgeries of his signature. The envelopes
! in which they came with the names of the cloc-
! tors written on the outside on one end before
! tho address. were shown TO the witness. who.
/ after examination. said his signature there WAS
! forged also. Stil another set of papers Were
! pnssod o. the witness. and his signatures We're
| pronounced iorgcrigs. A fourth sci. the one
FIRST sent by mail to the Preside Of the Senate,
| post marked New Orleans. Dec .. 1876. was
! handed 70 the witness. who. after examining
| his signatures To this paper. said they were
| genuine. OF the four sets of returns purport-
| ing to have been made 10y the Kepubllran cleo
! tors and forwarded To- tho President Of the SEN
q,e, one only had the genuine signature Of
! LeNisee. All tho rest wcr" clumsy iorscrlcs.
Let me explain the point of all this. BY law.
the electors are required To- make out and sign
threeireturns, one to be sent 10 the President OF
the Senate 10y mail. one 10y special messenger,
| selected by the electors and one to be deposited
| with the Secretary Of the state represented 10y
the electors. One return made 10y the Hayes
New Orleans; On iGn, PEG; o., iSS.e' i,S.e' soanis cane
Ii Is. as to signatures genuine but in form II is
| irregular. The return which should have come
| by messenger should have been the exact coun-
! tcrpnrt ot the one sent by mail. having the
genuine signatures Of all the electors, The one
that did come by messenger has the forged sig
nature Of Levisee. Two other returns. one
Of which was mailed from New Orleans
Dec. 90 1876. the other sent by messenger
have also the forged signatures Of Levls"e
Thus the Hayes electors in Louisiana, counted
and perjury, by some strange oversight anC
| negligence either on their part or on th'
part Of their messengcr-whO. strange TO say
was Thomas c. Anderson-iailei t. comply
with the form Of law. To cure this defect for
gerry was resorted To- nine different times; fol
nine different times Levlsees name appears tS
have been forged to three different returns.
Back of all this there Is an ugly scandal
Back Of all this there ls very startling evidence
yet to DC given. l will not anticipate.