Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-13

Up by the Appointment by Hayes of
Damaging Charges Made Against Him
by Anderson-L. T.. Weber Before the
New Orleans Communicable Adds to the
Sauseous Dose of Corruption in Several
Important Observation-Disclosures Reviews
His Correspondence With Pirate Sher-
man-Large Amount of Interesting and
Instructive Reading.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Potter investi-
eating committee resumed to-day and Senator
Kellogg was examined by General Butler. He
testified that the election in Louisiana in 1876
was entirely legal. A great many people in
New Orleans thought the returning board had
acted improperly in refusing to return as elect
ed certain persons who, they claimed, ought tb
have been elected:
At the request of Gen. Butler witness gave
detailed statement as to the composition of
the respective houses of the Legs lature, and
after reciting the law of Louisiana at consider
able length stated that Gov. Packard was le-
gally inaugurated on the 9Th of January 1877
at which time there Republican quorum
in both houses.
Gen. Butler produced tables compiled from
returning board figures which showed that af-
ter the board had thrown out sufficient Demo.
cratic parishes to elect the general assembly, it
was found that there still two Hayes
electors defeated whereupon the returning
board threw out parishes and precincts until
they had succeeded in securing ma ority of
Hayes electors. Witness stated that assuming
the figures to be the correct findings of the
turning board it left the general assembly Re-
publican in both branches and still left two
Hayes electors in the minority.
BY Butler-Whereupon the board proceeded
to give the another twist!
Witness-That is not my testimony.
Questlon-How much on the returns
turned by the returning board, did the low
est Hayes elector run behind Packard?
A, These tables show majority of 401,
while two Republican electors, Levisse and
Joseph, were in the minority.
Recess.
After the recess Kellogg testified that both
the Tiden electors and Gov. Nichols had
majority on the face of the returns, and also
to the registration of the State upon which
the Republicans based their claim that with
free election the State reliably Repub-
lican, when the examination continued az fol-
lows:
Q. How did you ascertain by registration
whether man was Republican Demo-
craft A. We ascertained it only from the
fact that different officers kept tally of col
tTeu people registering uHu OIL White people
registering and we assumed that colored people
voted the Republican ticket and white people
the Democratic, and the result showed the fact
in all these forty parishes, not only in 1876 but
for the previous two years.
O. You assumed by the same reasoning that
all men who have voted the Democratic ticket
were white. and all men who voted the Repub-
lican ticket were black. A. Not exactly that,
but we calculated from that basis with the
modification that we got as many white voters
ed men to vote the Democratic ticket. We
Judged of the present by the past because we
had tested it in quite number of elections.
East and West Feliciana parishes were the most
thoroughly Republican parishes in the State
The registration of 1876 in West Feliciana
shows 500 white voters and 22l3 colored. You
must bear in mind there new registration
made III 1874 and another in 1876. which was
the registration of 1874 corrected and amend
ed. The registration of 1876 in East and West
Feliciana was substantially the same us that of
1874, with the proper corrections made
@. The duty OF supervisor of election was to
correct the list then, of 1874? A.. Yes.
q. Therefore, there about the same
number registered in East Feliciana parish
whether Anderson did or did not go there and
act as supervisor. A. Yes, sir, about the
same
@, What then had intimidation to do with
altering the registration in 1876? A. do not
think it had so much to do with altering t he
registration. 1t had not much to do wi tn that
except that colored men would not come
forward and register. The bulldozer never af-
tected registration. ~
Witness next referred to the uguration
of the Nichols government and related at
length the events connected with the seizure
by force of the court, breaking up of the
courts and the subsequent appointment of
Judges by Gov Nichols as their successors.
Q. Do you know of any ground of legal
right or form of law, OF constitutional provis
hwy which Nichols and his pIe wei any
thing except an organized mob? A. l know
of no reason why Packard and his government
not the legal State government of Louis
lana, and the Packard's the legislature of The
State, the supreme court the legal and undOubt-
ed supreme court OF LOUISIANA.
q. Do you not know that after the McVeag h
commission had disposed of the Packard legis-
lature Gov. Packard threatened to appeal to
the supreme court? A. Yes, sir; he would
have submitted his claim if he could. but
Nichols had thrust it out
@. After Packard had threatened to appeal
to the supreme court to determine the legality
of his election, did not President Hayes destroy
aquorum of that court by appointing Kin G
collector? A. The fact of his appointing him
collector and his taking the oath of Office did
destroy the count on the ground that the tax
of one office is virtual ana legal surrender OF
the other.
@. Then, what Nichols did by force Presi
dent Hayes confirmed by appointing him col
lector. Was this the same King who, after hi
had been in Office little while, and the court
destroyed, had his name withdrawn anC
his nomination not acted upon by the Senate:
A. He is the same man.
@. After the object of his appointment haC
been accomplished, then, the nomination wal
withdrawn. Where is he now? A. He is in st.
Landry parish. He has retired from public
life. [ do not think the Republicans wanted
HIM collector.
@. Then. against the wish of the Republic
cans OF Louisiana this man, being of tn
legal judges required to make legal quorum
was appointed to this office? A. Yes, sir
@. And Mr.. P. H. Morgan, who was one o
the judges who held over, was appointed b,
the President to be Judge of an international
that position? A. [ believe he was appointed
to such position.
O. And lust about that time, was it not
A. 1t was about May of last year, l think.
O. Then when Morgan and King had bee1
appointed Packard had not much chance witt
Nichols Judges, had he? A. I think not.
@. / want to ask you in all solemnity this
DO you believe from your knowledge OF wha
took place that there was any other reason fc
appointing King collector than to get him GU
of that crowd so that Packard would not hav
his right tried by legal court.
Hiscock commenced to make objections
when witness answered that he could not sa
as to the matter referred to, whereupon Hiscoc
withdrew his objection to the question.
Butler-The question being withdrawn, wi
ask yon if you do not believe that to be
fact.
Hiscock-I object to that question. thin
il hardly competent for any one to swear as
what influenced the President in making sue
an appointment, what operated on the min
!. of Gov. Nichols in his action in the matter.
BY Butler-l will ask you. then, it you kno