Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-28
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WASHINGTON, ID. g., Ju0o IS.

Tie POIl Elk Inv ESIltAIlNu CoMMlll En-
Iotcrest in the proceedings Of The Potter To-
ves.igating committee seems to be dying out,
and the spectators each succeeding day grow
small by degrees, If not beautifully less
The witness Dennis was again Oh the Etspd
to day. He was at the ,ino OF the cleo
ton in Florida canliAate for the legislature
of that State Gu the rerubiican ticket. aud was
we'll versed in all the poliicsl sf.irs Of that
State. lie believed, that is inferred. that there
we're not so many republican votes IN box NO.
2, Archer precinct, OF Aachua counly, as there
should have been, tut he know positively and
directly for he was witness of the fact. that
the republicans bad, IN room IN his house,
and from the registration list of the county,
added two hundred and nineteen votes to the
returns, SO as to make the vote what he and
they thought it should have been, and
that the two men, Vance and Back, ono
a Judge end the other q clerk OF election,
who had thus fraudu!cnty changed the returns,
had sirca that time been appointed to federal
Offices, enc in the Treasury Department, 10
Washington, and Que in the Custom House, in
philadelphia. The fact Of this fraudulent
change in the vote Of Archer precinct was no
tori0us throughout Florida before the Official
vote of that State had been declared. 1t was
matter that was talked OF generally. lie,
however, stated that when he declined Gov
Noycs' repeated Invitations to 20 upon the
witness stand 10 Florida, upon tho ground, as
he then stated 10 him, that his evidence would
be damaging to the republican cause, be did
not inform him OF this fraud, Of which he, tho
witness, aud every body else 10 Florida WAS
coguizaut. There wero also, he said, other
matters connected with tho election 10
Florida which induced him to decline gong on
the witness saud. Witness got al appoint
mept in the Secret Service OF the Treasury De.
partmCnt alter the cIlcluu, tut was not on
secret service duty Not liking that position
he resigned aud vas appointed to another one,
but brt>re he got official notice oft, it Was can
crcd He stated that SINCE ha had been 10
Washinston iie aud Gov. Nnyes had had con.
vcrsation about Florida affairs, and that during
that interview Secretary Shtrman had called
and that tho Secretary aitcrward took the Gov
crnor riding. lie also exhibited y letter that
Gov. Noyc6 hid written Recommending him
fer Office. The sum OF his evidence was to the CT.
feet that the Florida republicans knew that
The result OF the Presidential election depended
upon that State, and that they had fraudu,
lcntly added cnougii votes 10 make The State
20 for Hayes. aud thai most, il not all, OF those
engaged ia the fraud had been subsequently,
paid for the parts lfcy had taken by appoint
mcnt to Fedora! Offices. aud iiaus h he attempt
cl to cxaulpato G0v. Noyes. the attempt was
/. failure fer what was known to everybody IN
Florida must have been known ~ Gov. NQycs,
who Was there managing he radical case.
Gov. NoyC5 Was next Cyamiord. His teatl
uony Was TO Tic effect that he vent 10 New
Orleans and Tallahassee IN his IOWA hook, !"
ard without tic advice CT Inc President, to SEQ
that the radicals, who had The Control OF the
election machinery vi both those States IN their
own hands, should not be cheated out OF them by
he almost impntcnt dcmGcraiH; that lie had
recommended McLin and Cowgill and Dennis
to office to both Gu. Grant ana Alr. Hayes,
and that meme Of the frauds to which Dennis
and McLiI-who were his iniDatcs 10 Florida,
and lcttcra from whom he exhibited tcstl.
fed under oath, had ever come to bis know.
ledge until recently. lie acknowledged that he
had informed the radicals upon his arrival at
Tallahassee, and before tie vote OF Louisiana
had been announced, That that STATE had gone
for Hayes.
Ger. Butler, in his cross examination of Dan.
ois, made him acknowledge that the democratic
fauU 10 IIOTlua WAS ou'y ibiGE EiiilC bHat
committed by the rad:cts Was committed 10
his own cycssht.
This report closed at nan past Two CLOCK
I his evening. Ii was thought at that t!me mat
the committee would, when ltaolHurned 70 DAY,
recess until Monday, ana fnat Il "ouIu not
continue II SESSION probably Tor more than
week longer, When Ii would a"loufh unl'i some
time 10 tie fall.
Mr. Ack!in arrived here 70 day, and the re-
eff the Republican.
The Secretary Of The Treasury 10 day lntorn-
cd the Secretaries OF War aud Navy that there
is 10 currency in the Treasury, aai that they
nust consequently suSre1d l>sulnE warrants lor
,ro,,J ,,n,,,', -. ,, 81 ,He warrants lhcV
MIGHT ;ssrn
Tie FIRST OF JuLY.-Next Monday, the
first or .Iu)v the new criminal code OF Virginia
goes Into tHscf. Alter 'hat ua.e pe''S '"t''es'
instead of being seat TO III, Will b: maze to
hug the whipping posi- and pln'5haa win
IN II