The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-28
SECOND DAY.
TUESDAY, August %, 1877

TUESDAY, August ~, 1873.
It was II o'clock yesterday morning before
session, although the hour fixed for meeting
was 10 O'clock, the delay being caused by the
non-arrival Of Major Burke whose examina-
ton was not completed on Tuesday. Messrs.
members present. Major Burke was kept I'M
der examination during the whole sitting. His
testimony was principally in regard, to the
doings of the Wormley conference, but was at
length diverted by Gen. Butler, who conduct
ed the examination, into two or three other
channels the Essex statesman vainly trying
to dredge up some proofs Of q bargain" At
one time he openly impugned the truthfulness
of Major Burke, which led to a scene which
created some excitement. The witness finally
by Gen. Butler until the General had retract-
ed the offensive words, but by the intervention
of Mr. Stenger the affair was smoothed over
Gen. Butler was more deferential to the
face was proof that he did not propose to sub
NIT to insult.
On being called to the stand, Major Burke
said the result of the Wormley conference
was set forth in his telegram to Gov. Mich
oils, dated February 26, 1877; the difficulties
standing that the troops, would be withdrawn
from any interference in the local affairs Of
the State, the adoption of policy of non
interference by the Federal government, and
the concentrating OL MILITARY OTU6TS.
friends of Mr.. Hayes were to urge this action
on President Grant, and If he did not comply
then it was to be done by President Hayes by
a gradual process, in such ways as should re-
suit in giving the Nichols government pos
sentatives only asked one thing-the with
| drawal of the troops; the Republicans in the
conference - Messrs Matthews, Sherman
Garfield, Foster and Dennison-gave the rep
resentatives Of South Carolina and Louisi-
| ,h>rx Y,roclnf
ance that if this was not done by Grant, after
| their request to him to do so, it would be
done by President Hayes.
Q-And in return for that you gave them
| the positive assurance that all opposition to
the counting in of Hayes, through the fl
| clustering movement in the House, would be
Withdrawn? Ave did not; on the contra
ry, we only gave expression to our belief that
| it would result in removing the opposition to
the count; we agreed to advise our friends to
withdraw their opposition to the count.
! O-Ohl come down to the tWenty-sixth OF
February-that was away back at the twenty
third-that had been dead and buried week,
and stunk. Didn't you, on your part, agree,
on the twenty-sixth OF February, at Worm
lev, that so far as in you lay, the opposition
to the counting in Of Hayes should be with
drawn? Al have distinctly stated hereto
fore that I had no authority to represent the
lis, Gibson and myself, for Louisiana, and M r.
| Watterson, for South Carolina, agreed to ad-
wise our friends in the House to withdraw
their opposition to the electoral count; the in
crease Of the filibusters from Il to 116 we be-
i lieved was based largely on the representa-
lions made by myself and other friends OF
Louisiana, and when their anxiety was re-
lieved as to the two States have named, [ be-
lieved their opposition to the count would
cease; we gave the advice and information to
our friends that we were satisfied with the
answers we had received, and as to the guar
antees given by US they were faithfully car
ried out; saw Mr.. Springer after the confer
ence closed, and showed him paper already
printed in the testimony, signed by Ellis
Levy and Gibson: I also showed him another
paper, the guarantees of the Nichols govern.
ment, but l do not remember any other; there
may have been a, copy of a letter. to John
Young Brown and others, but I do not re.
member whether there was or not; I think he
. saw the dispatch also to Gov. Nichols con.
tanning the result Of the conference.
Odd you not tell him that you had a
signed agreement, signed by Sherman, Mat.
thews and others, on your oath? Al did
not, sir.
Odd you not tell him you had written
assurance from Hayes? Al did not, sir;
may have told him had seen such an assur.
ance; it was letter to Foster from Hayes
q giving him authority to act for him; I die