Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-16

come prominent among our loca
organizations.
The Board of Town Trustees hav
ordered the sinking of an artesia
well on the public square.
The Rev. A. Highly lectured las
evening in the Congregations
Church TO fair audience on 9TH
Turk.u
The weather for this season of th
year continues remarkably mild
the thermometer averaging in tn
seventies.
The trial of Betterson for th
murder of the young man Barrett
III San Gorgonio Pass in April last
is set for the 25th inst.
The Potter InvestigatiUn
WAsHINGToN, June 15.-On th,
re-assembling of the Potter Inves
tigation Committee, Orlando II
Bremmer, one of the members O
the Electoral College of Louisiana
during the election, was examined
in regard to his connection will
and his signing certificates of elec
tion. He testified that he attended
meeting of the Electoral College
in New Orleans on December 9th
was chosen in the afternoon to fiji
a vacancy arising from his own
non.attendance in the morning
They counted the votes for Presi-
dent and Vice-Presi,lent and the
College adjourned. In answer to q
question whether he signed any
certificates of votes cast, witness
said: l have no recollection of the
time when ] signed them; think it
was either that afternoon or next
morning. Two or three weeks after
wards | heard that a clerical defect
existed in the certificates for Louis
lana; heard it from H. Conquest
Clarke. who was Secretary of Gov.
ernor Kellogg, and was acting as
clerk of the Electoral College. His
of what the
error was was very indistinct.
Immediately after this conversa-
tlon he presented the papers and
witness signed them. Witness
here Identified his signature on the
returns of an envelope. He did
not know whether ANYBODY else
signed or not. He only signed his
name at the place which was point
ed out to him as being correct; had
been Surveyor-General up a to
the time of election, resigned
three Or four days after the election
but asked that it he dated back to
the 4th of November. He said he
supposed the reason for getting his
signature so often was that Repub-
licans were anxious to get the mat
ter just right. The whole affair
was conducted iG privacy. Notl ing
IT further importance was ELECTED
from this witness
A letter was read from VIM. M.
Evarts in response to the Commit.
ices request for any ommunica-
tons under his control which
passed between the State Depart
ment and the Louisiana visiting
statesmen of April, 1877. The Sec.
retary says: upon laying the
before the President, l am
instructed by him to say that,
while he considers it not at all in
with public interests
hat all public documents sought
'or by thrs resolution should be
made public, yet he is unable to per-
,eive that the subject embraced
within said resolution is within
,he authority of inquiry impaired
10 your Com mittee by the House of
Representatives. The President
mas, upon this view of the matter,
directed me to communicate to the
House of Representative the in
formation sought in the resolution
Df your Committee, for such dispo-
,itiOn by that honorable body as
shall seem to 1t meet. I have the
honor to be, sir, your obedient
servant,
[Signed] VIM. M. EvARTs.n
The Committee then adjourned.
After the O,d ORonderr.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Chair.
man Whitehorne. of the House
Com mittee on Naval Affairs, pre-.
sented report to the Naval Com
mittee recommending measures to
be taken by the Department of
Justice for the Indictment of ex.
Secretary Robeson, ex.Naval Con-
tractor Hanscom and eX Engineer
Wood for malfeasance in office.
Triple Execution.
GoLDsBoRo, N. c., June 15.-
Noah Cherry, Harris Atkinson and
Robert Thompson (colored), the
of the Wormley family,
were executed to-day in the pres
euce of six thousand people. They
proclaimed their innocence to the
last and were defiant and bitter to.
wards the prosecution.
Co"EressiouaI.
WASHINGTON, June 15-SENATE.
submitted joint reso.
luton proposing an amendment to
the Constitution, allowing the Pres
ident of the United States to ap-
prove any part of an appropriation
bill, and to disapprove any portion
Of such bill as he may think pro.
per. Referred.
WadIeigh, from the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, made
n report upon the charges that the
election of Graves was procured by
fraud and bribery. The report
says that the evidence did not sus-
tain any of such charges. The
Committee was discharged from
further consideration of the sub
ject. Leave was given members
of tie Committee to file their vie ws
in the case.
senate eConnrmatiOns.
WASHINGTON, June 15th.-The
Senate confirmed Benz. f. Potts
Governor of Montana Territory;
Indian Agents: John Haw, of Mon
tana, Western Shoshone Agency,
John Pattee, of Iowa, San
Carlos Agency, Arizona; Francis
III. Weaver, of West Virginia,
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