Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-26

Odd the returning board mske y:
set ofreturus? A.-lo the case OF presiueotl''
electors the determination OF The returning
bosrd is fnal, while as to Governor the Legs
lature can reverse the hodirg.
Q.-Do you not understand that the Legs
lature did make a declaration that PACKARD
was elected Governor ard lnaugursted did,
and that be remaiCed Governor until DC was
upseated by aDother po4el? This same Legs
isture elected Kellogg as Senator, ana me
United States Senate recognized Tim as leeaiiY
elected. A.-But | do not understand that
the party opposed to Packard lost the power
to contest.
O,-Aiter man has been declared elected
by tho returning board and becD inauguratcd
as Governor, do you understand that The lie
eislsture can turn him ou!? Do you under
stand that can be don't? A.-That depends on
the statute. / know that il can be done 10
case Of contest.
ODD YOU koow Of suoh contest 10 that
Legislature? Al am not particularly tamil
lar With the proceedings.
Odd not the Legislature aud Governor
Packard maictain themselves for three months?
A,-They maintained about eight acres OF
Louisiana.
OIL am asking for time and you give me
cores. Al think sbou: three months.
Odd they not malotsln themseI7e1 TIL
the President sent boay Of meE doWp there
to break them NJ? Al thlnk Dot.
Odd they Dot maiutslu themselves until
the McTeaeh commission was s:nt doWl?
Abbey were maintained by lrCopa.
O.-Doyou k5ow any act of the troops or OF
an order to maintain that Legislature?
MIR. Hiscock otiscted to the question. All
this he said, is current history. Ii is as nsto
riou4lS known to onc gentleman as TO another.
Besides such 40 examination does not come
| within TIE letter or rhe Authority under which
the Committed is acting.
General ButItr-Every time Iget this mat,
ter 10 a poLt my brother Oh The lett otj cts.
| He Was patent. however, to dag while Secre-
! ;ary Shermau mskiug irT.l,Tatt remarks.
Alr. Hlsccck ALI | can say is tbi.. II the
| gep lsuan Considered the remarks improper be
could have OH ctcd to them.
Chairman Pvtter.-l will les7s he decision
| of this question to ny colleague, MIR. SprnRer)
| az all The other ~ mbers OF the eomnittee have
expressed thrir views.
Mr.. Springer Batter has dedicated
tho line Of i.vestie atio0, anc pretscci the csse
| By stating BE- proposed to SHOW bargain by
| which Hayes was to be COUNTED 10 as President,
| and be, 10 turo fer sncb service, was to over
| throw Packard as GO7ero0r and recogoize
! Nichols. The question DOW put 10 the Hltuess
| relates To the overthrow Of the Packard govern
ment by Withdrawing the troops and Leaving
Packard to bis fate. The question, therefore,
| is pertineot as part Of The general Conspiracy
proposed to be proved. B-sids. this GlesiiJu
| vas &C l6cstcd at q former SESSION OF .ns con
| uittec, AID it would b. manifes,ly VI ust to re
| verse it, Err this he would vote 10
allow this question &c he asked.
Chairman Potter.-I Fave not beao in favor
of ttls line of Inquiry. Fur myself must say
that I think the people of Louisiana, acting
with Nichols, wers justified alter the actions OF
the recurring board in making he best arrange,
! meot5 hey could ~ secure the State govern
mem: but however that may be, alter the
| length to which that branch Ut the Itqulry has
| been carried | do not knuW that | ought DO II
TO stop it. have the power, bui as The com
| mttee is divided / have Got the Wish, aud
| therefore the question may be answered.
Gen. Bular.-l recognize the right of Mich
| OILS to make bargain in his place as much as
Sir Henry Howe had to b1iba Arnold but is is
Arnold [ am after.
Mr. Hiscock-I must otjsc! to such insinu.
atoms 10 the lice IF charges without evidence
| to support them.
The question was then a:ked, namely, do
you know Of any act cf the troops or aby order
| to the troops to maintain the Packard govern
meDt?' Al have 20 kno8ledge except cur.
rent history open to US all.
Q-What current history? Al under.
staud that there was contest between the
Nichols aud Packard people, and the troops
were called out 10 prevent c)Dt!ct between
the psrti-aus Of the respective governments
and to prevent bood:hed and to preserve the
status quo.
Q.-You said you believed Packard to have
been honestly elected; do you know OF any bet
ter purpose to which The troops should have
been applied than in upholding him? Al
believe Packard Was honestly and lawfully
elected, but never understood that the Legis.
laturc bad declared for Packard in the fnal
form beyond the right Of contest. | do net
understand that Packard bad passed beyond
the poiDt where there was no lawful appeal.
Q.-There was to be & lawful appeal before
the State Supreme Court The Legislature,
composed Of a ma orlty OF the members declared
to be elected by the returning board, assembled
90 the day tx ad By the Law, c1unted the votes
aG3 declared On tho same authority that re.
turned the Hayes electors that Packard vas
elected 6 Jveruor, and after bang naugurated
right to luro Governor CUT d. y0u know OF
aUy ICaSUH TUy SouetCoo II ~ uOl 'h~ i'sos ~
turn out President? A-The Jurisdiction is
different; one State aud the oher..nall0ral.
NJ. Butler-1 propose to fnd the missing
lick 10 the chain Of conspiracy.
The further examination Of General Garfield
1as postponed till to morro1 motoiog.
Before the sub conmittee Of the Potter in
vestigatng commttse at New Orleans ysster
day Major f. A. Burke testified substantially
that be resided 10 New Orleans since 1859; was
there 10 1876, left for Washington on the 18Th
OF January, 1877; was sent by Governor Mich
ola to represent the interests Of the Nichols
State government; Nichols was Informed that
efforts we're being made to miSrepreseut the
condition Of affairs 10 Louisiau to President
Grant, who, it is alleged, was asked to interfere
ia behalf of the Packard government; N'cbolIs
vas also Informed that there Vas determine
ton to force Oh his Legislature The election Of
two United States Senators 10 the interest of
the republican party, as the price OF yielding