Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-11
Boulls Baker to the best ofEco ID his

Mr. Ccx--I d. not SEQ how that has any
connection with the su! jet matter CT this IN
vestigaton?
Mr. Butlcr.-I will .u2p!y The connection
before | get through.
Thomas t. Roach, clerk 10 Iho appointment
| Office tf the Postofice Department. was called
| 10 order TO give Information as to the appoint
| mcnt and pay Of Boults Baker as special agent,
| but it seemed that the witness had not charge
Of the necessary books aud papers, and that he
did not kuow anything at all about Baker.
Mr.. Cox suggested that even if the witness
had charge of those books and papers he shcn!H:
not have been required to bliug them; that it
would &c very gre t brr :ch OF du y ior sub
ordinate to take away the records Of depart
mcnt. The proper way he said, would be that
| which is usual, to communicate with the head
| of the department.
Another witness from the Postcihoc Depart
ment, Frederick Is. Licy, came forward, AID
two heavy books like lcdgcrI were carried AID
laid on the floor at his feet. Thcs4 b)tks, Row
over, proved to Ec only The accounts of The
clerical forco Of the department., and did not
contain tho accounts Of special agents, after
which Mr.. Butler was scckiog in con action
with BouIds Baker. The witucss. however,
stated that he knew Baker as special agent,
and first kncw him in that capacity il he
srriDg Of 1877; ho had never seen him about
the department before that time, aud Baker
went cut CT Office about the lst Of Au.u't, 1917.
The two witnesses were directed to appear To-
morrow with the rccor6s OF the accounts, aD
poiutmcnts and recommendations Ct l}9uids
Baker rs special agent, and with like lotornla'
lion as to MIR. George 4. Howard, formerly
one of the assistant secretaries to the Electoral
Commission. The committee then acllurDcd
to ten o'clock this morning.
At one O clt OK 10 the afternoon deputy ser
geant.a arms Of the House OF Represent aivcs
served Senator Matthews, in the lobby # the
Senate, with subj &C "a to appear before the
Potter Investigating committee this mou
inp ct 10 O'Clock. Senator Matthews continues
to be silent as to the course which he intends
to pursue 10 regard to the question OF comply
ing with tho summons. but there Is reason to
believe that he will decine to appear, in which
event the committee will bring the case 10 the
attention of the House for such action Is may
be deemed necessary. The question Is regarded
az Ct great Importance, as 1t Involves questions
Of congressional privilege which have not here
totorc become matters Of controversy.
The House judiciary Committee continued
the consideration Of the kimme bill, which
provides for testing the validity Of Presidential
titles by means OF proceedings before the United
States Supreme Court. FloaI action was not
reached, but vote will be taken by the com
mittce to day.
The sub committee at Jacksonville, Florida,
resumed its work yesterday morning aud It was
thought would close its labors Ast eight, lcaV.
ing for Washington this afternoon and arriving
there on Friday.
Tho testimony Of McLin was coniuucl
Witness detailed his appoiutmcnt IS associate
/ g 81 o la1rf inf Nnn
the Office for which his letter to Gov. Noyes
nut 10 evidence on Saturday had been written.
Previous to his appointment he had been in
, formed, at the instance Of The President, by
Cowgirl, of the returning board, that lie would
be appointed Ills rtj .ction by the Senate he
attributed to the personal i'll will Of Senator
Conovcr. Ills subsequent failure 10 get va
cant usticeship in Now Mcxico, promised him
by The President was due to the lukcwarnncsa
Of Copovcr. The President would have made
the appointment if Conover had been in earn
est, the President having told Cowgirl that he
was under both political and personal obligations
to Cowgirl and witness. Cowgirl was appointed
to an agency 10 the treasury, hu! GccIlncd to
take it, and was then promised 90 authorship
n the treasury. Among the prominent actors
in tho Florida election of 1876 the following
had been provided for as stated :-Gov. Stearns
was appointed on tie Hot Springs commission;
j. w. Howell, who got up DHggcrs' return IN
Baker county. is now collector OF customs at
Fernandina, Fla, Joseph Bowcs election in
spector, charged with manipulating ballots in
Leon couoiy is in the Treasury at Washing TOT:
Vim. II. Vance, clerk at Archer prCclocs No.
., has Federal position at Washogtoo Il.
Ii. Black inspector at the same preclnct, has
a Federal cerkship 10 Philadelphia; Bell, To-
: spector 10 jefferson county, had received q
Federal appointment, but was since removed;
George H. Leon. Inspector 10 Leon county, Is
clerk 10 the Treasury at Washington; Dennis,
of Alachua county, had recently position 10
the Treasury; Moses j. Taylor, one of the re-
turniog board of Jefferson, is in the land Office
at Washington.
Witness was told 10 January, 1871. by How
ell, the deputy collector Of internal revenue, and
recently appointed collector at Fernandina, that
be had got up the Driggcrs return, throwing
out townsville and Dlrbyviilo precincts, and
making Baker county republican iostcad OF
democratic. Howell was candidate for State
Senator at the election ID 1876. Witness was
also told in February last by l.. G.. Dennis, of
Aachua county, that Black, inspector, and
Vance, clerk of Archer precinct No 2, after the
election brought the return to Gainesville, and
there added to it 2 republican votes. Dennis
told this to Wt0eSS 10 washington, a0u OK
pressed desire to make 40 exposure Of what
he knew OF frauds in the Presidential election.
Virginia News.
Among those who obtained patents last week
was Wilson Harper, of Fuk Run, Va, seed and
fertilizer distributors. Oliver & Robinson, Of
; of Richmond, Va.,got trade mark for cigars.
During the storm last Saturday afternoon,
at Richmond, the Dispatch says: Ia the
course of the whirlwind, and near where it first
struck MIR. G. w. Turner place, there STANDS,
or rather stood, tenement house. occupied
by negroes, 10 which there were at the time
five persons Ooe half of the roof was blown
off, and the chimney, yielding to the pressure
of the tornado, fell in through the orcuiog and
on the inmates Of the house. Ooc of them q
girl thirteen or fourteen years old, was killed.
Nome of the others, so far as We could asccr
tain, were seriously injured. Some Of the
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