Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

Courts in North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. After resign
ing this position he was appointed
agent Of Internal Revenue, but his
commission was cancelled before he
entered upon the duties of that Office.
A letter of recommendation written
by Gov. Noyes was submitted. tbs
. formal letter of recommendation to
Secretary Sherman mentioning wit
ness as one of many Republicans os-
tracised in Florida, and commencing
his application to consideration.
Witness never knew Gov. Noyes
having put in evidence before the re- +
turning board anything excepting
facts as furnished him. It was the
idea of southern Republicans to i'm
press upon the minds of northern Re-
publicsns that everything was fair
and honest in Florida.
To Butler--Witness believes the
returns in Archer precinct should
have shown 2l9 votes in excess Of
what they do for the republican par
ty. The republican officers made up
the deficiency from the registration
books so as to make the returns show
their proper number of votes. He
believed there had been fraud on
both sides. When the votes were
turned out of the box the missing
number of republican votes appeared
as having been legally cast.
Dennis was instructed to hold HIM
self in readiness to appear before the
committee on the matter of the ma
nipulation of votes in Alachua ,coun-
ty, it not yet being closed.
Edward s. Noyes, u. s. Minister
to France, testified that he was in at
tendance upon the canvassing board
in Florida dsring the last presiden-
tial election. Did not go at the re-
quest or with the knowledge of Gov.
Hayes, and while there did not re-
ceive either kilograms, letters or COM
of any kind from Gov.
Hayes. He took charge of the legal
of the canvass, arguing
the case before the board of canvass
ers, &c. He undertook to find out
the facts relating to alleged fraud in
Alachua county, Archer precinct No.
2, and owing to parties swearing one
way and Immediately thereafter di-
rectly opposite, he lost all conf
dence in them, but finally from
diligent inquiry and consistent
of some forty or fifty re-
publicans, that they had voted the
ticket, he reached the hon.
est conclusion that the count as re-
turned was correct. He had asked
Dennis to be witness. He. Dennis,
had proved the correctness of the vote
in question, to the satisfaction of
witness. He did not doubt Dennis
word that he intended to impress up
on his (Noyes) mind that it would
not be safe for him to 60 on tho stand
for the republicans, owing to his
Of fraud, but that he, wit
ness, could now solemnly swear no
such impression was conveyed by the
of Dennis, and General Wal
lace, who was present at the time was
now in the committee room, would
his (Noyeso statement.
Witness pronounced the statement
made by Gen. Cooke before the Flor
ida subcommittee, to the effect that
Cowgirl, Gen. Stearns and
McLin, were locked together in the
room of the Secretary. of State
before the moG1nGApf the board, a
He had no private con-
ference with any Of those gentlemen
that required locked doors, and with
McLin he had no private conference
1T all. Gov. Noyes then submitted
in evidence two letters written to him
by McLin, in very friendly spirit,
in which he pictured very elaborate
ly frauds practiced by democrats and
the delight he experienced upon
the success of the republican
party and embracing in the last letter
> request that witness should aid him
in securing the position of district
Judge of Florida,