The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-30
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Af,a Registration DarAa. The highest Taifss
.IevtarAi vssss wAs xs.ssa, and the lu~..,
Hayes eleesss svcvissd sa.asn. 4 difference Il
sala The ~isness could mi give ths wae ~,
Nicholls exactly. Aas he had mal.sisy os a.ox
votes The Returning beard ihrv~ out sons
sn,ooo yoses ~ runns In The Have.
ele~toss.s Miiness said he rlisiausly and ~ln
eercly believed that Hayes and Packard ~vre
defeated, and T,lien aud Niehalls elecie,i. lls
went ~ Washington ~ tho agent Tor Nirl,ali.
70 Secure nen-lf, rsention hy III. aay,snmen,
troops With tho state Government. Said Il.
knew there Was no voaihilts ~ conn,nr Ii,
HAycs except under some asrangsmenl with IL.
Democrats of Louisiana. While In Washing.
ton he held conferonsc~ with John sherman.
Charles Fostcf. stanley Matthews. aud other
prominent Republicans, the substantial fact
of which Ar~ generally known. liz Alrn held
interviews With rrcsiicn, Grant. The latte,
intimated that he would do nn,hing 10 prcIu.
dice tho Republican party. and would no; Act
until thc cohn. WAS declared for Hayes. John
sherman participated Ia the negotiations. but
he~itAtcd about tho unconditional recognition
of tho Nichols Government, bcean.c II wunl,l
insure tho election Of two Democratic Senators
from Louisiana.
The examination Of Maj. Il. A. Burke
was continued on The 2la. Touching tho Al.
legged Hayes-Nlcholls barGA ain. tho wisncea said
that 'by mutual agreement tho friends Of
Hayes we're u visit Gen. Grant, with view of
ascertaining what his views were on tho unes
ton Of the establishment II the Nichols Gov.
ernmcnt, but there waa nothing said. a. far
A. am aware. about any commission. /
was assured by Mr.. Hayes and others that
all troops would bc withdrawn Tho Wit.
ness read from some pspers which hc had
In his possession tho statement that there
was letter from. Mr.. Hayes TO Mr.. Foster. un.
der date Ut Fob. ~. containing Hi. bnris uf d
guarantee aud Asrnratces and verbal gu,ran.
ttcs given to Messrs, sherman, Matthcwr, fos-
ter. pcnnisun. and GARFIELD, both AZ tho inter-
view which WAS held IN thu committee. room II
Ill, Senate Anl 1t Wsrnliu, Hutul. "rhs let
ter embraced all the guarantees and arsurancu2
wo had, said the Witness II never stated that
received any letter Of guarantees Or assnr.
anccs from Mr.. sherman or others. AT the
conference, Mai, Durkc said that 10 his knowl.
cdke there wAs no note or memorandum la
writing.
Tho committee concluded the exam.
nation u Nal. II. "A. linfkr IN thr 2s,l. Wit
ness had IN interview With Janes h. Anderson
In New Orleans. on the igth of November.
i.7a. Anderson told him tho Returning lizard
Werc guing 70 throw out 4 n,,mLer III parishes.
Ill aAii lle could secure the nari,h u Ea~t
fcliciAnA for the DcmccrAtr il thoy would my
him t5,000. " His proposition. said tho Wit
ness. WAS considered and accepted, A. VIZ
didn't think there WAS any wrong In procuring
evidence 10 show Republican frauds aud rAs-
cAllty. His proposition would have hccn car.
ried hut for tho fact that W had ~ mo,l.s
here narke testified that. While negotiating
for Nicholls IN Washington. he had Al interview
with Secretary Of War Cameron On l.onsiAnA
matters, and NJ 10 how the Nichols Govern.
mont might be allowed 10 maintain itsols. lilo
understood from Secretary Cameron that two
Republican United S.A.cs kenatora would ho
exacted from Louisiana provided he Nicholia
Government was recognized. yet there
was no special pledge made. and the matter
WAS deferred, aud Columbus DelAno went To
Columbus, Ohio, Ia refcrcncs IL tho matter.
Witness believed Mr.. Sherman ~ss acting With
Mr.. Cameron In tho matter of tho United
States Hcnatorahips. Burke related that about
this time February. 1871 Cameron went
70 tho telegraph onlcc aud stopped On or.
der issued By presidcnt Gran. withdrawing
tho troops. III lcAmsron) r.ld ho was Nc.
rctary Of War, aud would bo - II no
would lot thu order 70, that he Was Secretary of
War, aud tho order should have gone through
him. w. 4. liusno, . Texas politician aud
lawyer, was called before tho committee and
inlcrrogated I. h tho contents of certain com.
nlnnicAtiona that passed between him
aud Gov. Young, of Ohio, In Fchtusry,
1877. Tho witness foil back on his pro-
fes~ionAl prerugative, and declined 10
communicate information gained while
acslng In tho capacity u legal adviser
Nr. nscock suggested thAt witnesA had had
conference with Gen. butler and liked up this
programme Of ayAiling himself Of his legal
lHerogatvc. Con. Butler vchomcntIy doniea
tho sofl impeachment. Mr.. Potter suggested
that Mr. Hisoock telegraph Gov. Young and
seo II hc would release TIM Witness from Iii.
professional obligations of aecrcoy toward him,
and Il W. agreed 10 do 70.
Maj. Il. A. Burke was recalled before
tho Potter commissss on Aug. On, and aues.
toned Il length hy Ocn. IMiler. with vlew os
gaining further informAsioa In regard 10 thu
alleged "hargaln betwcen thu friends II
Hayes and Ntcholla. Nothing u Importance
was elected. however. The witness, Ia answer
~ question. xaid ha WAS assured
positively BY stanley Matthews that
HcnAsor Norton would sustain tho
President III Withdrawing thu troosa from
foai,ianA. nusler inquired II Aa wAa able 10
"rope In any other Republican statesmen, 10
which Burke replied that he understood every
ons of them Acquiesced. Many question.
were propoundod BY Is0,ler 10 ihe witness With
; visw VI Anding ont why south CaroiinA
was demanded - wcll ~ Louisiana, aud
what WAS guaranteed in return BY South
Carolina for overtuTning tho Chamberlain Gov
ernmsnt Witness told 0en. nutser 10 an the
Hon. Henry q. WAtteraon. editor of tho IDuir-
ville Courier Journal. who Ma representing
South Carolina ~ Tho Wormley conference ].
W. y. Horne announced himself ready 10 A,,-
psAs betorc tho c0maittse and testify, Gov.
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