Daily globe., 1878-06-10
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, subpoena be issued to
summon said Stanley Matthews in due form to
testify before this committee.
present this resolution in open session and
nave made my remarks about it. because am
always ready to say the house top what I
mean, and what deem to be right and proper:
and now move that the committee 90 into
resolution.
Cox hope the committee will not do So I
hope that as the discussion has been in public
it may be continued in public.
Butler-Iam content. I have no objection
The debate upon the resolution was con-
tlnued at some length, and upon the question
being taken the resolution was adopted and
the committee adjourned to Monday.
Dozen IN Florida.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June S-The sub COM
mittee Of the Potter investigating committee
resumed its session to-day. A. Buddingtou,
formerly clerk of Clay county, testified in re-
gard to one precinct not canvassed by the
county board, Of which the witness was mem
ber. 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 at
precinct No. 13, Leon county. including some
of Bowes' jolly jokers.
9. 81. Edwards, county clerk of Leon county
before and during the canvass, testified he was
told before the election that jolly jokers had
been prepared but understood they were not
to be used. Think Purman had them in his
possession before the election. Had a CONVEX
satlon with Joseph Bowes. now holding po-
sltlon IN Washington, who was one of the in
spectors at precinct No. 13. Bowes told me
afterwards he got in, or put in. 73 or "a of the
!okers. demonstrated with him about
1t when the Congressional committee was
here, and told him his bungling manner
of doing the whole thing had got
the party into trouble He said he didn't care,
that these 73 votes had given Hayes majority,
in Florida. understood he put the tickets in
himself. The canvass made by the county
board included the votes shown by the coun-
ty returns OF each precinct. Bowes said the
poll list had been made to correspond with the
number of jokers put in. My opinion, when told
before election about the jokers, was that they
were to be used fraudulently, and for that rea-
son l and other Republicans demonstrated
against their use. Purman told me he knew of
an election that had been carried by the use of
such votes and showed me one or two of those
proposed to be used.
Shers'.an's Little Game.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-Secretary Sherman de-
clines to make public his letter to the Potter
committee yesterday until that committee acts
upon it. The secretary in the letter, replies to
the charge that he had entered into con-
spiracy to make false returns Of an cleo
ton that free and fair, by an
offer Of certain testimony to show
there was fraud, violence and intimidation in
East and West Feliciana parishes by Democrats.
He furnishes the names Of about one hundred
witnesses to prove his assertion, refers to the
testimony of witnesses on the former investi-
CATION and gives resume of the number of
persons whipped, burned and hanged. He asks
that the committee accord him the right to
prove what he asserts, in view of the attack
upon his character.