The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-11
"REMINISCENCES OF rs.
INTERESTING FACTS CONNECTED
wHTm THE HAYES LOUISE
ANA ELECTORS.
Ana purtber evidence which the Potter
rovs, sr,ittee May Need.

Y ANA ELECTORS.
ANA Further evidence WEsiCh the Potter
conn mittee May Need.
T,avisee. the Hayes elector who did not sign
cha returns, as required by law. when he cast
his vote for Hayes at the meeting Of the Hayes
electoral college. on December 7. 1875. got OF
tho following:
Mr.. Chairman. desire to make statement.
I have been offered to-day 100000 to give my
gote for Samuel J. Tilden. but consider the
right to vote for Rutherford B. Hayes worth
more than that"
In connection with the above "Reminiscences
she proceedings Of the Hayes electors on the
day named will BIO OF interest. as the Potter In
yestigatinR committee may desire 70 inquire
1IIt0 thHtt subject.
The flrst meeting was held about noon in the
ofsace OF the then Lieutenant Governor, Antoine,
In the rear OF the Senate Chamber. none being
admitted except the leading Republicans. and
1he halls and corridors OF the State House being
FILLED WITH METROPOLITAN POLICE
70 keep all others out. at that meeting Brews-
ten and Leyisee were absent. the latter being
locked up In PltkiR'a office la the Custom
House
at about .. m the electors met again. this
time In the Senate chamber. both Brewster and
&N8NlbNc RStHA hDSOhA~ OAASA Wtho SeAiOA W sAAV
chair and Marks Yves mads secretary. tNow
he Is internal revenue collectorl
Marks moved that the vacancies (Brewsters
and Ieyisee'si be- filed. both of those men hold
ing at the time commissions as United States
officials. and the so-calied vacancies we're filed
by the re-electiou OF both Brewster and Levisee.
Peter Joseph made the motion then that the
voting for President and Vice President be done
by open ballot the Republican leaders having
arranged this programme. fearing that any of
three electors
HrgHT voTE FOR TrnDEN
were viva yoce vote salsn.
Sheldon and Kellogg were appointed tellers.
and the voting proceeded with. Levisee getting
off the speech noted above. Gen. T. o. Ander-
son was then elected the messenger to carry the
vote TO Washington and deliver 1t to the Presi-
dent of the Senate. and he was the only one who
could legally deliver either the first or second
set.
The required number OF certificates were
made out, and one copy was filed as required
9rict Court In this city. and 1t Is now In his safe
and has been eince It was hrst placed there. the
THAT oopy win show the informally as testl-
fled to before the Potter committee, and the fact
that efforts have been made recently by Repub.
Aicaas to obtaiR
POSSESSION OF THE PACKAGE
conveys the impression that it was necessary to |
get il out OF the way.
II Is STATED also, and can be proven. that Levi |
see was ia Pltkins Office, In the Custom House, |
arom $ O'clock on the morning of December |
q 1876. until just before the last meeting of the
Hayes electors. Pltkin teegraphed Kellogg
over the police wire which then connected the |
Gustom-H House and State House. that he had |
levisee there. and 20 let him tPitkinl know
down. and Kellogg did let him know as the
writer knows Just La time to get him there at
On the morning Of December 6, nearly all of
the Hayes electors visited him at his office and
were with him
IN EEs PRIVATE ROOM
Tor some time Perhaps some Of them could
tell the Potter committee what occurred at that
interview. and what as he said. Sherman had
30 say.
had signed the certificates for the Hayes electors.
ms stated by the extra DEMOCRAT of the evening
previous, NJ be did not deny but that they had
Pltkin knows the inside facts Of the arrange
nents" noted above. end IL is more than proba-
Die he will tell what he knows. q ne II pushed.
when he goes before the Potter COM mlrtee ana,
Y he does not there are others here VINO 90 |
know and who will talk.
Regarding the Anderson Matthews CORE
Spondanee and the recent telegraphie statement
from Washington. that ex Congressman Oar
rail- would not testify to what he knew: 1t is
proper to state hat Mr.. Darrall stated te the
writer. in the resenee of witness. not more
tnan week ago. that he had been shown
THE CORRESPONDENCE BY ANDERSON. Z.
and knew Of its existence for some time pre- S
vious. Il
Ii ii stated, too. that Mr.. Seymour, the Gus
tom House notary before whom the joint aft
dayit was made by Weber and Anderson, and
who has been summoned to Washington, will
deny Anderson'B testimony wherein he stated
that Weber signed the affidavit at the same
time he (Ande eons did. IL this be true 1t ia
only necessary to late that Mr. Seymour stated s.
on the day OF his departure that the document
was signed by bath la his presence. and In the
presence OF the two witnesses. Dicks and Wilder,
who are also In Washington, and
WHO WITNESSED THE DOCUMENT
There is another rumor that ex-senator E. L. -
Weber, also en- route to Washington has the L
original letter-that once held by Mrs. jerks "
and that he will produce 1t before the commit II
tee unless hie terms are complied with by the il
powers that be. u
Mention has been made in the testimony OF \
the box II original returns taken to Washing
ton by Paekards Secretary of State. Honore for q,
the us of the eight-to seven commission. and h
from the Washington dispatches it might be n
presumed that those returns had been lost,
Such, however. Il not the case Mr.. Packard
stated to DEMOCRAT reporter yesterday that p
THEY WERE SENT BACK \
TO this city by express and that he paid $40 out
of his own pocket for the express charges n
further investigation revealed the fact that they
we're In o safe place in the city and would be g
at any time the Potter committee
needed them. a
THE APPROPRIATION CASE. A