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was carried to Washington by THOMAS G..
ANDERSON Of the Returning Board, the irreg-
ularity was pointed out by Mr.. FERRY, then
President of the Senate, who retained in his
possession the original which had como by
mail. He could not part with that paper
without danger, though there Is reason to
believe attempts were made to get 1T out of
his hands, in order to substitute complete
set perfect in every detail.
Hence. it became necessary to manufac-
turc now set, or to take the risk OF the
radical defects in the other, which might re-
ject the vote of Louisiana. Tho friends OF
HAYES were fully uniformed of the irrcgulari-
ties inside and outside these certificates,
and that information could only have been
acquired through Mr.. FERRY, who held the
original, orby breaking the seal OF the dupli-
cate in the hands of THOMAS c. ANDERSON.
addressed to the President Of the Senate,
which In itself would bo crime. At all
events they knew the exact nature OF the
irregularities, and doubtless prepared the
form that was TO be observed in framing the
now certificates, which were subsequently
made at New Orleans, and mailed to Wash
ingtOn December % 1876. TO both of which
the name of AARoN B. LEvIsER was forged,
and perhaps that OF others. as may appear
hereafter.
That there was positive knowledge of the
difference between the genuine and forged
certificates, and a preference for tho former
notwithstanding its illcgallty, is attcsted
by the strongest crcumstantial evidence.
First. by u resolution which the late Soma
tor MoRToN presented to the Electoral Com
mission, as follows:
R,.J,, That the persons named electors In cerud
cate No were the lawful electors of the state Lou
Nana AMI that their votes arc tie votes provided 10y the
Constitution OF the United states aud shall be counted
ior President aud Vice President"
Secondly, in the argument Of Mr.. EvARTs,
who sad
The ftcerddcstc contains in itself every certainty
and every conclusive credcnual that the laws and the
Constitution the United and the State of Lou.
isiana prescribe
1t will naturally be asked why the lead
ing Republican Of the Commission and the
leading counsel should have selected the
first certificate" knowing It 10 be dofcc-
tive. rs the corner stone of their case in
preference to the other, which was in due
form, II there was not hidden rca son The
answer will be that they preferred to stand
ON the irrcgularitv rather than on the for
gerry. The former involved no great risk
with eight against seven on every test vote.
hut the latter might rise up in judgment "a
1t now has done.
There Is other testimony 30 the same effect
and from the best sources, showing con-
clusively that the couspratOrs knew not
only OF the fatal defects OF tho first
certificate as Mr. EvARrs describes II. or
No /, as Mr.. MORTON prefers To call IL, but
Of the forgery in No. s. When Mr.. FERRY
was on the stand last Saturday no was
asked by Mr. MCMAHON il his suspicious
were not excited when two sets Of ccrtif-
Gates with the forgSl name of LEvIsEEl were
received on the 81 Of January in place OF the
one which had been taken back by THOMAS
c. ANDERSON. He answered No; -" sup
posed. he said. that thcy had sent cor
rected duplicate In reply to other qucs-
tions he said Gen. GARFIELD and Mr.. KAs-
son asked him about those duplicate re-
turns. but never alluded to the contents
Of the papers, OF course not, but il they
had not had knowledge, how did they come
to inquire about those duplicate returns Z"
But this is not all. Mr.. McKENNEY, Sec
rctary Of the Eleo tural Commission, also tcs-
titled ou saturday as follows:
The discrepancy between No / and No 3 was called
90 my attention hy zen DAHfuLu. : When Gtu LAK.
fip called my tuenun 20 tie discrepancy between No
land W Louisiana rictic-. De- said You w see the
importance ~ this thing day because there
are changes that No iss f'sgsb lie called MY attcn
ton also 90 the ct tnat there mistake IA printing
tie ccruA. ai,s in t't boo, prepared ly Mr MrHrnf'
GARFIELD and KAssoN were among the
visiting statesmen, and are believed 10 have
been familiar with every phase OF the Fraud.