Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-09

atlOnS shall result IN the impeachment OF any,
body or not depends upon the testimony which
We can elicit. IF we cannot get testimony we
cannot do our duty as committee of investi-
cation. If any one man can stay away from
the com mittee on any plea, then any other man
stay away, and great injustice be
done, not only to the United States,
which We represent, but also to
persons accused. It is no excuse for man to
soy Il do not know anything which can be of
advantage and therefore will not CO." want
to know the facts. I have no other object in
view, neither having enemy to punish nor
friend to reward in this investigation; neither
guilty person to shield nor innocent person to
convict. want to know all the facts, the
country wants to know all the facts, and every
man must come here who is sent for.
/ remember now that subpoena
duces tecum was ordered to he issued BY
Chief Justice Marshall, sitting as commissioner
magistrate in the investigation of Aaron Burr
to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United
States, to bring before him certain papers that
were wanted, and on motion of defendant. =
compromise was affected by which the defend
ant agreed to receive the papers, because, con-
fessedly, Jefferson knew nothing Of the facts.
In the same way we could make a compromise,
40 far as the papers are concerned, with Mat
thews, but there are two missing papers. and 1
should like to know how they are missing3 I
think it due to the persons accused here, that
Matthews should come to testify. Therefore,
the only two questions in my mind are:
First-ls the committee convinced that
Matthews is a witness who may be possessed of
facts pertinent and competent in this inquiry.
Having determined that question, the next
question is, has the House any power to get ut
that knowledge which he has, or is supposed to
have.
Having determined these TIVE questions, and
they are to be discussed and gravely considered,
then the question comes, shall we set in motion
u proper process for bringing him here. are
we to surrender the privileges of the House.
l therefore submit the following
RESOLUTION:
Resolved, That the Hon. Stanley Matthews,
seeming to be an important and competent
witness in the investigation with which this
committee is charged, a subpoena be issued to
summon said Stanley Matthews in due form to
testify before this committee.
present this resolution in open session and l
have made my remarks about it, because / am
always ready to say on the house top what
mean, and what deem to he right and proper:
and now move that the committee go into
secret session for the purpose of discussing the
resolution.
Cox-I hope the committee will not do SO. l
hope that ~ the discussion has been in public
it may be continued in public.
Butler-Iam content. | have no objection.
The debate upon the resolution was con-
tinued at some length, and upon the question
being taken the resolution was adopted and
the committee adjourned to Monday.
Dozen in FlO,.iGa.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 8.-The sub COM
mittee of the Potter investigating committee
resumed its session to-day. A. Buddingion,
formerly clerk of Clay county, testified in re-
arl tn y,nt h,, h
county board, Of which the witness was mem
Der. He sent the vote of the precinct on a
separate piece of paper to the State board
The reason it was not included in the regular
return by the county board was that there was
some doubt about the inspectors having been
sworn. He afterwards learned they had been
sworn according to law and sent his
affidavit in an explanatory letter to the gov.
ernor and secretary of State.
JOLLY JoKERs.
G. A. Bryon, the present clerk of Leon
county, produced the ballot box, &C., used al
precinct No. Is, Leon county, including some
of Bowes' jolly jokers.
q. II. Edwards, county clerk Of Leon county
before and during the canvass, testified he wa.
| told before the election that jolly jokers hao
been prepared, but understood they were not
to be used. Think Purman had them in hi
possession before the election. Had a CONVEX
sation with Joseph Bowes, now holding 20
sition in Washington, who was one of the in
| spectors at precinct No. Is. Bowes told mt
afterwards he got in, or put in. 70 or "a Of the
| jokers. demonstrated with him about
it when the Congressional committee was
| here, and told him his bungling name,
of doing the whole thing had go
the party into trouble. He said he didn't care
that these Is votes had given Hayes majority
in Florida. understood he put the tickets il
himself. The canvass made by the county
board included the votes as shown by the cou1l
ty returns of each precinct. Bowes said tn,
| poll list had been made to correspond with the
number of jokers put in. My opinion, when tolt
before election about the jokers, was that the,
were to be used fraudulently, and for that rea
son l and other Republicans demonstrated
| against their use. Purman told me he knew O.
an election that had been carried by the nse
such votes, and showed me one or two of thos
proposed to be used.