Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-15
rs.l,a Presidential Fraud.

bis testimony before the Potter committee, yes
terda7, said he was familiar With what was 60
ing o. and saw all CT the visiting statesmen at
New Orleans they were not consulted about
his visit to Ohio be merely mentioned 1t to
| Mr.. Stevenson, Mr.. Matthews and MI. Sher'
mau; understood Hayes to mean by harness
| and Justice" that the returning board cheating
should cease, and that as [ told him NO had
clean majority Of over 1000 in the state,
| Nichols government would be recog1lzeo;
there was no determination to resist the Co.
adjustment of Hayes in the Federal govern
mcnt: we were more deeply Interested IN Ind,
ING out what would be done if the democratic
vote CT Louisiana was thrown out and Hayes
counted in; | did not hear of any forged elec
to;al certificates of Louisiana; 10 connection With
MIR. Foster, he said it was strange that 20 re-
nublicap vote was cast 10 East Feliclana in my
Conversation With Senator Conkng told him
| thought Governor Hayes very fair map;
that he had told me thathe would be PRESIDENT
of all the Uoited States or not at all; detailed
to the Senator all my conversation With Hayes;
Copklug replied, Il am opposed to oil this
sort of thing; if Hayes is elected nc should get
10 without any concessions to LOUISIANA, ana II
be is not elected be should not get in at all" we
understood that the military would be Win
drawn after the 4,h OF March. and that they
would be let down easily, but they would be let
down. ,,
Ger. Butler-WEo do yon mean Cy they.
\, The Packard government. There was
committee appointed to 20 down to LOUISIANA
and we all knew very we'll that they were 10.
tended simply to let the Packard government
down easy. 1t locked better, you know.
TIC next witoess was Mr.. Ohm Il. leetc'
who is a reporter on the New Orleans IlMes
He testified that about 1872 he was engaged III
oetiop up facts and evidence 10 support OF the
Kellogg government to lay before Congress.
+ Other people made afhdavts and wltccss com
piled them. There we're endless commissions
aod committees, end calls fer more evidence
from Senator Morton. We alleged that the
democrats, with Yarmouth, bad s"lndied US
rcnnblicpns. All the best Offices had been trad.
ed eff to the returning board 10 1872 TO get
them to count 10 Kellogg. Witness was 10 get
the b.st Office not traded eff already, and picked
out the Office of harbor master. lie never went
near the office except to draw bis pay. lie
was constantly associated with kellogg, but
lost confidence in him when lie was removed.
then got position in the State Senate ss
clerk. KelIogg's excuse for all his failiDgs was
that he was tied up and embarrassed, and
could not do what he wanted with bis pstr0'
mage. He was situated just SIS Mr.. Hayes is
now.
Witness stated he was afterwards made tax
collector 10 q small town, which Office lie traded
off for q seat in the State convention that
nominated Packard 10 1876. The convention
was held after the CincunatI convention that
nominated Hayes.
Witness was opposed to Packard. and Kel:.
Iogg wanted him to spring the nomination OF
Williamson. kellogg pretended to, support
Packard before The convention, but he never
intended him to be nominated.
Here Mr., Roberts was recalled, and General
Butler said When did you first hear Of the
amendment of the McVeagh commission? A.
| About the 20th of February, think; l was
spaakiog with several parties, MIR. Foster
amoug Others, and questions OF letting down
the Packard people easily came up; the com.
mission, with q majority of republicans On it,
was suggested; Mai. Vining and others said 1t
was capital idea; the idea was that the con-
mission, sanctioned by the President and Sec.
retary Of State, would make the republicans 10
! Louisiana Weld aud give the State to the Mich.
oils government; it was we'll understood that
the commission was under official Instructions.
0. By Gen. Butler. Then you looked on the
commission coming down there as farce. y.
Well, not exactly.
@. But no matter what the evidence add
state of facts were, the commission had to come
to predetermined conclusion A. Yes, sir,
| We understood so.
O. Il was predetermined that one govern
ment was to be let down easy A. That's 1t,
exactly.
q. Then one democrat was put on the com,
mission to give it the appearance of fairness
A. Yes; VIC wanted cool, collected man on the
commission who would lot US know what they
were doing.
Witness said be supposed the President or
Secretary of State Was aware OF the cbJ:c'5
and instructions cf the commission.
O. Then % your own showing and On the
evidence that Nichols was elected apd Packard
was not, aud 90 the decision OF the Commls
soncrs, should it not have been decided By
them also that Tiden IVES elected aud Hayes
was not? A. Undoubtedly, as T!den got near.
ly the same majority as NichclIs The witness
then said that be understood that after Hayes
inauguration this Commission would be SEPT
down TO back up the Packard Government
Witoess said that the only assurances he re,
ccived that the Packard Government would be
let doWn easy came from Messrs. Matthews,
Foster, Garfield aud Dennison, and he thought
Mr.. Egarta.
Mr. Lecte was thon recalled, aud said: IL
the census of 1875 it was deemed advisable to
swell tue census OF co!orcd people as high as
possible, so that tie basis Ct registration could
be as high IS every colored mau was understood
to be republican. The democrats ignored that
census as fraud Witness WAS told to find
| large republican census, meaning large color
ed contingent. They told me, said witness,
TO fiud them, po matter how | did. l refused
to do so. The oa!y honest count was taken 10
ny parish, which showed CD increase Of whites
and decrease Of colored people.
Here Mr. j. l.. Anderson, who vas on the
stand rlready. was recalled by Mr.. Potter, who
handed bin the following letter, which he
Identified as having received from G. 3. Oar.
rail-. The letters S., NJ. and H. in the letter
he said meant Shcrmac, Matthew'S and Har.
Ian.
MORGAN CITY, L., May j., 1873.
| Private.
IEy Dear Sir Il have your favor of late
date, aad am pleased to hear from you. Marks