The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-09
THE ENvEsr.GATION.
What has beeoD.oven Inv the
Eoater Committee.
from the wasAingron Post ]

lrto'u tue Washington Poet
me Potter comni,tee have proved
beyond successful nbuttal. things be
iieved TO be true. hnt not absolutely
proven 70 De trne before, to wit: That
.ne electoral votes Of Florida and Lou
,s'sna' which were given TO Hayes,
belonged to Tildep Leaving out of
consideration the State of Florida
which no honest man will DENY to have
oeen stolen, we win take up Louisiana
AS TO this State the potter committee
has clearly proved
That Conspiracy was entered
loto oy certain Rspublican leaders.
the object being to BAD no election in
East FeIiclana, Grsedand other Dem
ocrafic parishes on
mat the fact 9e't 10 Republican
votes were east in ~ Feliciana uas
not due 10 intimidaf,;s a. ALLEGED bot
was owing TO AndeE n = advice ~ the
Republican leaders, lot to vote =. il
woulf have a betterdFect Than All The
athilvits that couldeg prodoced
} That for plc5d Of two davs
ai'er me eiec'ou thnRepubliean lead
ers admitted that ,Ieu aud Nichols
had carried the Stabtbv = heavy ma
jority Al
4 That when it beanie evident that
the election Of Iah dependsd mon
the result of the Stat deliberate prep
aration' were made II the purpose of
defeating the will of.he people 4. ex
pressed at the pols.e
.. That in pursy to of tbi. plan.
protests, forgeae8uss er I'd to suit the
occasion was to p,--parishes
Of East ana lend. whereby
Democratic majT4fy OF 2 800 wa
changed to a RepuTSau majority OF
500
6. That the Supervisors of the above
banned parishes were prevented by
promises of rew,rd made by John
Sherman from exposing such forge>
ries
I. That on the q day of Novem
Der, when the Reurning Board pro-
ceeded to sum NJ the result of their
labors. it was discovered that while
Packard and Republican Legislature
were elected Hays was defeated
S That after the above date, and 10
order to secure tht electoral vote for
Hayes, forged protests were made tor
Richland aud other parishes, aud the
returns from Lafayette and other par
ishcs 20 changed a, to increase the
Republican vote.
8 That affiiavits bearing fictitious
81 &
we're manufactured 10 the Custom
House, aud upon such afl lavts vari,
Gus polls we're thrown out
10, That these acts, above recited,
we're known TO some Of the visiting
statesmen, and received their approval
/ That the electoral vote Of the
State, as counted before the two Houses
of Congress, was forgery.
u That john Sherman. now Sec
rotary of the Treasury, aud at the
time the personal representative Of Mr
Hayes, was guilI Of subornation OF
perjury
ID That the leading parties neces
~ary 10 completiCn of the fraud were
promised by him protection and re-
ward
II That the fnudulent President.
in fufiIlment Of Stermau's and Moves
promises, has rewarded. with Office
every scoundrel Connected with the
great crime in botl Florida aud Lou
isiana
Is. That Stanlef Matthews, a Re
publican Senator fpm Ohio, aud JUS /
tice Harlan, a JuGge of the Supreme /
Court, had guilty knowledge of the /
fraudulent TRANSACTIONS by which the +
vote Of Laoi-isna sxs stolen. aud per
sonally Interested themselves to reward .
and protect the criminals
is That Senator Morton and Gen /
both members OF the Eieclo
raj Commission, knew when they voted .
to count the vote of Louisiana for
Hayes that il was both fraudulent aud I
a forgery
II That Senator Kellogg, who as
sisted at the forgery of the Louisiana
returns, has sit ce been guilty Of Sc
ereting the witnesses
10. That not one Of the criminals /
who assisted to perpe'rate the colossal
crime Of the age has been punished
bat that all but two-numberipg over
a hundred-have been provided with
Offices by Mr. Hayes direct order or
aud in some cases by and
through his continued and persistent
With few exceptions these facts are
proved, exclusive of the testimony of
either Anderson or Weber, notwith-
standing that the committee has ouly
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