New-York tribune., 1878-06-10
McLINS TESTIMONY.
no PROMISES OF REWARD MADE By NOTES.-THE
CANYAhsFs MADE BY Min.

NO PROMISES OF REWARD MADE By NOTES.-THE
CANvAssFs MADE BY MLIN.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 9.-The Congress
sona Investigation was resumed yesterday. o. A. Bud
dngon formerly clerk of Clay County, c. A Byron he
present clerk Of Leon County, and C. H. Edwards ior
mery the county clerk Of Leon County, gave their tes
mony The latter asked in regard to the = Jolly
Johns" Of Joseph Bowes' now hoidng p3sl',ont t a. a.;
washington lie eyebeSr se of the okers 10 the
boxes, and these seveuty-ihree votes hau gwen n'9'
majority in Florida. Ia, =. nh
Samuel B. McLin was then sworn, anu testlhcu III sur
Twas Shown after the election a number Of teleTams
to Governor Steams, the most OF when Were IIot i G
Chandler aud from Lacn Chaulefi tue leie
grains set forth IN general way tbat the ffesi1eI'la
ecton and thc aa vniioD Of The country depended on
the vote Florida, and effort must be nade 70 He
wuuid be furnishhd; mode was pointed out bow
TO secure the State for Hayes, except He s%us %
eestton that an effort should he made 70 get
tne returns from the different e0unuesi some
Northern Republicans came 70 FiolIu4 ~ T4,.rn1icr r1i
cent Hayes; among the number WAS W. T. SiahIlcI S,
r Nc,es and General Barlow-these were the most
active Wallace told me on several occasions Iha1 Il
inrygInS Board would be taken care Of on
ouslnns ope occasion % Chandler said be did not like
to say 1t 10 me , Dut s,ts e wo1d On 20" for Hayes
T,rii % aud tnysef would be well taken care OF he
would say by authority OF General Moves ana ior
warded but / felt assured that Noycs had said soi
never to ask for anything from MN ana lie aa ho
come TO make pronises Directly eltef Tue eaSsss
and on the eve Of returning North, NOyes came 10 my
house in carriage with ngmOSr OF tne olngr ylsiIng
statesmen aud thanked me Tor the acton mo M taken
and congratulated me on the result ana went on happy
He SAID had acted nobly never sw & Dip "a a,toI M 9 @ @
tallahassee addressed one ie'''i Hi'N nave N' wy
OF It.
what purported to be copy OF the letter was pro-
duced by Mr. Hiscock. It dated January 81 1877,
and begins rs follows:
Lamentabe changes have taken place since we parted
on the 9TH OF December last Then we were hopefn and
happy ia the pleasant assurance that Governor Hayes
Wond he inaugurated our next President. Now We
Inundated with the near @ m Of 6egat: NOT an
honest defeat but defeat that VIII De eDont p
craven submission and sheer.cow ardIee some OF
my friends have nnited In RECOMMENDING me TO the
ID Dsfrict.Jndge Tor this state. The state Executive
Committee members Of the old Cabinet and other friends
have You say a good word TO the President in my
vor-nowcyer. pray YOU 90 NOT Z tninH .pa1 prefer
fcfined my duty conscenOusly and II u proves una
yaug VIII never cease 10 regret II as long as live.
Nv reasons Tor seeking the appointment urgent
Nv contest for livelihood with the prOscripve DemCc-
racy M ne % io live in colder chmnte You can thor
ougIy appreciate my situation, ana the Inagni-
tude of the triumph should be honored with the ap-
rhSit The witaess-I VIII not positively that wrote
tic letter subject Is the same that he wrote on aud
the letter embraces the ideas entertained at the time
Noycs acknowlcdged the receipt OF me eltefj remem
her nov that wrote two letters 10 NOyes oi about the
same purport; in answer to one, Noyes sy said
he tone aud temper T2s PIs.sent 90 soVg % mat ne nSq
urging him to give me ne an appointment Moves
be rewarded did not concert any meaps with Cover
nor searus 10 the result other than that every
ssoI ss possible stearns thought the returns should
that Hayes had carried the state by small
wte made of the vote and two Of the Presidential
There we're two or three returns from Baker County.
aing one of these aud the returns from all the
ves h e az ISa aye II TO Tden by about ninety-ve
the syers before The state Board representing the Re
pubcans were Wallace W.. T. Chandler, Governor
Moves and Barlow; the latter did not argue before the
hoard ne took an interest In arranging the contested
cases Wallace took charge OF the precincts OF jackson
of some other countless Little didn't do much before the
award but hunted up authorities ana prepared cases;
he declined TO argue before e D9aH on o, tne
the Republicans the returns OF the counties 10 Governor
steams and mysef n Johnsvle an bnS ~, DarDyTe 10 1 nSa
about ninety-hve majority. Ony one OF tue returns
from Baker County presented to the board the 9TH
ei6 WbV were not the others laid before the board
AEWel, managed that myselti ala not suppose II
was necessary TO have but one READ,
Odd the rules OF the Doard require tnh All pa
pes purportng 70 be returns should oc ad before the
return that appeared 10 be the most formal and most
favorable Hayes Ididnt present the other two until
them before knew they gave larger vote TO Itlden
than Drggerss returns the nIst canvass gave hayes
800 or 900 majority by the throwing out OF several pre-
cncts.
AT this point the Commission considered the resOlu
tons introduced yesterday and decided to refer them to
TO the General Committee.
Mr. McIJn-A great many afiidavlts made before the
Board ex parte on poth SIDES Inc result ~ the
second canvass showed about I'll majority Tor hayes
which had been arrived at by throwing out Clay County
entirely, tho return being nelneT regular nor proper
upoE s face and could not be understood THIS lrregu
iarity consisted In the statement scrap Of paper
attached 10 the returns that votes had been
east at one precinct Tlden and Hendricks each, and
that the could not decide whether those votes were
included the regular return o votes Tor electors IN the
first canvass
Adjourned until Monday
The Committee will probably complete its labors on
Monday when McLins examination Will be continued |
The members spend Sunday at the sea-shOre.
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