Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-09

the frauds in Louisiana and Flor
ida, resumed inquiry to-day.

ida, resumed inquiry to-day.
Mckinney, Deputy Clerk of
the Supreme Court and Clerk
of the Electoral Commission,
submitted printed copies of the
original certificates used before the
Electoral Commission and testified
that the originals now before the
Potter Committee compared with
the printed copies. The certificates
were never read in the Commission
but were ordered printed, and, at
his (McKinney's) suggestion, the
certificates were printed in the back
of book containing a record of the
proceedings of the Electoral Com.
mission, and, at the suggestion Of
Garfield, he recently compared said
c ,rtificates. The witness continued
that the Commission dealt only
with printed papers, except in one
or two instances; he could not ex-
plain how the certificates became
mixed and duplicated in printing.
During the examination by Nc
Mahon, Mr.. Cox accused him of
assuming that he was counsel for
the prosecution, whereupon McMa-
hon said that Cox was entirely
mistaken and that he (Cox) was
assuming the role entirely foreign
to him, namely, a defender of
fraud.
At the request of the Chairman
the examination proceeded and the
witness stated, in reply to ques-
tions by MacMahon, that, when
General Garfield came. to him in
quiring into the matter of the mix
ture of certificates in printed
volumes, he said, "You will proba-
bly, see the Importance of these in
a few days; there has been some
charge that some of the certificates
were forged" In reply to a ques-
tion by the Chairman Mckinney
t stified that Garfield came to him
in the Clerks Office Of the Supreme
Court, and, to the best of his re-
collection, asked him if he remem-
bered any difference In the Kellogg
Louisiana certificates, to which he
replied he did but did not recollect
what the difference consist
ed in, whereupon, at General
Garfield's request, the witness got
the octave volume called the count
of electoral vote, in which the du-
plication appeared, and while Gen.
Garfield read certificate No. l he
looked at No. 2, and the diff
ference was that one of the GER
tificates was separate as TO Hayes
and Wheeler, and the other was a
Joint certificate. The certificates,
witness stated, were never COM
pared after they were received
from the printer, and in
one or two instances, at the
requests of members, papers were
sent direct from the printing office
to their houses that they might
receive them early in the day.
Judge A. j. Levisse was recalled
and made some corrections in his
previous testimony, among which
was one denying having told
Asher that he would take two
hundred thousand dollars and re-
fuse to accept his electoral certifi-
cate.
In reply to question by Cox,
relative to any further facts con-
cerning the attempted bribe, wit
ness said he had very strong sus-
pieion in advance of the PROPOSE.
tion that 1t was to be made, and,
after rejecting over the matter
during the night, before he went
to see Asher the first time, he
thought he would 60 and see Mar
shal Pitkin about it. He thought
by revealing the facts 10 Pitkin he
would then have no power to ac-
cept the offer. In conversation with
Pitkin he THE witness proposed to
draw the parties out until
the last moment with q view to
finding who they were and to keep
them from attempting to bribe any
one else.
Question by the Chair-Have you
any idea who signed your name to
the certificates which you have tes-
titled we're not signed by you?
Answer-NOt the remotest tdea.
Cox-Have you any recollection
as to the number of times you
signed your name?
Apswer-My recollection is dis
tinct as to the places where signed
it, but I do not re remember the num-
Der of time, IS but should say at least
ten or twelve, on the several GER
tificates made out.
Chairman-Have you anything
more to add to your statement in
regard to your vote being blank
as charged
Acknowledging in particular;
| took q ticket and endorsed my
name on it. There was no blank
vote l can swear positively, having
heard them read as they were TAX
en- out of the box.
BERLIN, June 8.-The physicians
the Emperor are anxious
to have him removed from Berlin.
The military authorities are adopt.
ing extensive precautionary meas
ures. The customary Whitsuntide
furloughs have not been granted.
stsiEe Abons End
ed-Norribie Explosion In Rn Oh
FIT.
LONDON, June Sat Manchester
to-day the opinion prevailed that
the cotton strike will be terminal
ed at the end of next week.
An explosion in the oil pit at
Haydock to-day shook the earth
for miles around. The first explor-
er descended the shaft five minutes
after the explosion, and others fol-
lowed. Ten men were rescued alive
aud sent to the surface. One died
almost Immediately and the others
suffered much from fire damp.
Eight other men are alive and have
taken refuge in working of the
mine. Fully 2S2 are dead. The
explorers state that they found
bodies decapitated and reduced to
shapeless masses, and some blown
to pieces. 1t is expected that the
oorpses will be brought up by mid
NIGHT.