The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-08
The Investigation.

gress.
The Investigation.
At Atlantic City, on July 81, before the
Investigating Committee, Ex-Congressman
Morey gave it as his impression that if the
Packard government had been recognized
in the first place, as Kellogg's government
had been, and had the President said that he
intended to maintain the Packard govern
ment, and given to it the necessary moral
support, there would have been no trouble
in maintaining it.
The witness incidentally said that he had
one or two interviews with the President at
great length, during which the. witness
agreed that the withdrawal of the troops
from New Orleans, and not maintaining the
Packard government, would be the de.
struction of the Republican party in the
South.
The President took the position that the
Republican party could no longer maintain
that policy, which had lost New York to the
Republicans, and the party had become
weaker in consequence, therefore the good
of the Republican party demandeda change.
The President treated the subject as of ma
tional concern.
The witness said, SO far as he knew, no
returns had been thrown out by the Re.
oOdIu On 1AduCQudtC III uSulu
cient proof. There was a movement TO
make Nichols Governor, even to the extent
of violence.
Gen. Butler examined witness with re-
gard to proofs of afidavits laid before the
Re urning Board with reference to Eliza
Pinkston being brought into the room of
the Returning Board on a sofa. Morey said
such a conveyance was a matter of nee
essity, owing to her wounds. This was
not designed to produce a strong impress
sion on the board, although it naturally
had that effect.
Gen. Sypher was recalled by Mr.. Hiscock
and Intercepted concerning the alleged
Sherman letter. Mr.. Hiscock repeated
the question asked Wednesday-namely,
whether there was anything which en-
abled him, up to the time he saw what
purported tt, be a letter written and
signed by Mr.. Sherman, to carry the form
of the latter's handwriting in his mind, and
also read the answer then given by General
Sypher-namely, "No, sir; 1 have not the
form of his writing in my mind now, and
have not seen it frequently since; 1 would
not swear to his signature now" Genera
Sypher said this was his answer to-day.
Captain L. G.. Dennis, of Florida, wa,
permitted to make an explanation concern
ing Governor Noyes's testimony before tn,
Potter Committee washington. Governor
Noyes bad testified that when the life O
Dennis had been threatened he had callet
toge' her, in a church or somewhere, al
the colored people of the vicinity, ant
had them kneel down and rails,
y their hands and swear that if h
were killed they would lay waste il
/ every direction and avenge his death
Captain Dennis desired to say that nothin,
p of the kind had taken place, and that Gov
ernor Noyes must have been misinformed
In reply to a question by the Chairman
: Dennis said that when he spoke at humans
vile, where it was alleged his life had bee
!. threatened, there was no intimidation no
any threats.
: Ex-senator Trumbull testified that h
i left for New Orleans on invitation of MI
J, Hewitt, Chairman of the Democratic FL
ecutive Committee, to witness the count b
v the Returning Board, in company wit
y other gentlemen similarly invited. TG
, visitors were not present when the Boar
U retired for deliberaion; they did not Sc
the compilation of the returns by whic
e the Board arrived at the results, nor did b
know whether any afidavits presented t
q the Board were read at all.
The Committee adjourned to meet in Ne
Il York on July 80.
The Potter Committee convened in Ne
York, July 29 and examined ex-Gov. Pa
3. mST, VI 1llluOlS. UUfs dlulcI Sdlu Ludb v
the 18th of November, 1876, he went to Ne
i Orleans, and was Chairman of the Visitin
u Committee. After their organization b
called on Gov. Ke logg. He also called o
Gov Wells, and had a full and free conve
sa ion with him. He urged the necessit
for filling the vacancy in the Returnin
Board. He talked to Gov. Wells and Gel
d Anderson, and impressed upon the
re that civil war might follow tn
matter of Presidential election. Go
n Wells professed to feel great di
of the Democratic party, and expressed a
a unwillingness to filling the vacancy in IL
h Returning Board. Anderson always e.
Is pressed his desire to fill the vacancy, b,
g that he was unable to agree with other mel
u bers as to who should be selected. His bell,
re was that the negroes were disguised in tt
IS politics of Louisiana. Witness found thi
d from the statements of some of the colore
az men many of the parishes had been used u,
and Democratic politicians had made man
Il promises to them to vote the Democrat
S. ticket The Democrats had made extraord
al nary efforts to capture the colored vot
,e Gov. Nichols had obtained the respect
the colored people down there more tha
any Governor he knew of, and more this
u Gov. Packard. Witness had conference
with Gen. Garfield, in which he urged
al C a ition OF the two delegations,
to as to lay the facts before the countr
Te The plan of the Board was to Ii
~ aside all disputed points, and take up Il
u undisputed ones. On the 2Sth of Mover
Id Der, with ess asked the Board, when tt
Ii returns from any parish were polled, tn
or he be given the result, but they would n
,e do so until they were completed. Witne
= asked permission from Governor Wells
- enter the compiling room. Witness thougl
IN some Republicans had access to that ROOF
ne He thought he saw Mr.. Hale coming out
st there. He saw Eliza Pinkston when 81
was brought into the room by two me
and her condition certainly was horribl
W 1t was about the 18th of December when Il
n witness left Louisiana. He had heard N
lie Ascher say that Judge Levissee stated Il
ly election was a fraud, and if he could ha'
n 800, 900 he would give his vote to Tilden.
If the witness were asked if the electit
Ii in Louisiana was fair, he would say J
M The sense of the people there was th
ed Tilden and Nichols were elected.
all had heard of no prosecutions against t
he parties charged with committing the Pin
ston outrage. He said to Governor We
10 and General Anderson that the Tilden Eli
It's tors were chosen, but they might, on a fl
consideration of the question, come to