The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-28

uIu uOb HHV6s OHlv saw It--4lI Shll NIL. X VI
ter represented Mr.. Hayes correctly. l.
Citizen you did tell Mr.. Springer that
you had assurances from Hayes? Al olo
not.
Burke to Nichols, telling him that the Lou |
isiana men had been one week trying to Or |
game q tilibustering force in Washington to |
sustain and force recognition OF his govern |
ment, and asked: "Will you show. me one
word In that telegram thatgives the idea that |
you had assurances from Dennison, Foster !
Garfield or others? Ave proceeded upon |
the theory that the Representatives IN Con |
gress from Louisiana were representing the |
interests OF the State, and that when the Rep.
resentatives from Louisiana and the agent Of
the Nichols government were satisfied, the
people they represented should be likeWlse;
don't think Mr.. Springer asked to see any
papers, We showed him some, as !, we had
them, from Dennison, Garfield, Sherman,
Matthews and Foster,
Olive shrewd, keen, sharp business men,
sitting down to do @ matter OF great coI1se-
quence. Didn't they show anything but a
telegram? A.-What was done by us was re- |
duced to writing. -,
O.-Where is Che paper? Ave reduced it
to writing and gave it to the other slde' 1t
was exchanged.
this all iug-handled? A.-They didn't do
much writing.
Q.-But there was some; there was small
jug handle on that side? Ayes, sir. we
found it very hard work to get any writing
from them at all !; what was done at Wormleys
was reduced In brief form to writing, each
side for itself, and we exchanged copies; 1t
was, on our side, copies OF kilograms to and
from Nichols.
Q.-How could you give copies of kilograms
as to q conference or negotiation which was
not completed at that time? Al did not
say it was done at that time; it was sent by
u.s. next day, to Stanley Matthews, from Will
lards, by me, to Wormleys; was the mes
senger myself.
Q-How could Ellis, Levy and others give
or receive assurances when you exchanged
these by letter? A.-They were consulted at
Q.-Wef I fail to get anything from the
other side. get plenty that you did and ex-
changed in this swapping. off OF Iilden for
| Hayes. A.-You state it incorrectly; there
was no swapping OF Tilden at all.
| Dwell, swapping nobody for Hayes.
don't want to involve you with the Democ-
racy. / am after the other side. | want to
know what you got from the other side, as !
shall show presently that you did say that
QgWhat? A-You will never show it..
Q.-Have you never got any writings from
the other side? Al never did, other than
what you have already received and as MI.
| Ellis and [ have stated.
Q.-Very well; all [ want is to have you say
before the people that you never got any
writings embodying the guarantees from the
other side; that you were all the time giving
them and never got any back. Al have no
desire to conceal anything, for in my pre-
vious examination and here, I have either
given or referred to all that passed.
The witness then, at Mr.. Buffers request,
enumerated from the printed columns OF tes-
timony all the correspondence received by
him and his friends from the Republican side,
and included the letter from MIR. Hayes TIC
, Foster of February %, the letters and verbal
assurances given by Matthews Foster, Den
, nison Sherman and Garfield in the Senate
| Iir,ur,n unit III at
These the witness said, were all that were
, received. ..+
O.-You swore here that you sent the Elk
, changed copies Of guarantees or results OF thu
, Wormley conference from Wizards to Mat
thews at Wormley's by your clerk? Any
clerk? I was the messenger myself; wen
to deliver it to Matthews, but he was out;
met Mr.. Sherman at the head Of the stairs
and delivered the letter to him.
i Gen. Butler tried to badge the witness OF
. this matter, insisting that there were som
. written guarantees exchanged, which tn
: witness had not particularly described, an
Major Burke said If the General would poin
out any Inconsistency he would cheerful
explain it. A question being then put, whlc
g enumerated all the papers in evidence give
: meant that they were all the guarantees c
G any kind received by him from Matthew
: and Foster at the Wormley conference. =,
). Another source OF discussion between tn
t1eneTal anu Ltl5 Wibu6SS grew Oub VI dill Ill
/ tempt by the former to make it appear tina
s Major Burke had not fully and fairly inform
g ed the people Of Louisiana as to his labor
t and their results, because, in a dispatch die
: tated by him for the Associated Press to us'
+ and in which he stated the general results az
g complished, he failed to make any mention {
t the success he had made In increasing an
$ strengthening the filibustering movemen
h and that it was then to be stopped, the gual
antees having been obtained.
1 Mr. HjSanfy after some time had been cor
j. sumed in this discussion, objected to it, ali
n asked the object Of the testimony. In tn
:. course Of some remarks between Mr.. Hiscoc
e and Gen. Butler, the latter suddenly an
J. truthfulness of the Witnessp'
Major Burke sprang from his chair so as
q face the General, and for a minute or two bot
e glared at each other, Burke trembling and be
l. coming deathly pale,
G an What PARTICULAR" demanded Burke.
: sIll show you before get through" re
n piled the General.
# Burke now trembled with nervous excite
j. | ment and when a movement was made b
q the chairman to continue the proceedings
;. Burke said: II will answer no more question
n from the General till that remark is with
7. drawn
y Mr.. Potter said 'That is matter in whic
! | 7 will not protect you.
: ''Then [ will protect myself" said Burke
J., angrily.
J. Mr., Potter and Mr. Stenger made severa
e attempts to mollify the witness, but he resc
!, lutely declined to answer any question pu
J., by Gen. Butler. Major Burke made cain
J. and brief address in regard to the patienc
>, which he had shown up to this point in eI
r deavoring fairly to comprehend the General
; sometimes cloudy questions, and closed b
saying: Il have not come 400 miles to hav
n insult put upon me by the General or any othe
o person, and think it is unkind and unjus
i and shall not submit to it. will not az
,e swer further questions from the General tt
J. he has done me and himself the justice t
II Withdraw the remark he has made
OI This was greeted with applause and STAMP
% ing of feet in approval by the audience. NJ
Stenger made speech calculated to cool th
If witness ire, and said the committee nor an
y one member OF it were the judges Of the test
< mony, and that he certainly differed frol
e, Gen. Butler in his Interpretation OF it. Burk
j. still refused to testify $50 long as the Gel
N erals statement stands" He was sti
T. deathly pale and highly excited. Several
o. the committeeman made speeches. and BurE
le walked off the stand into the ante-room, al
| | at laac CT twenty NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.