The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-12
TnE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Louisiana Politics M Revised
and Corrected by the Potter
Committee.

ana Correc,ed bv the Potter
COMMITTEES.
W,su,vorov Jrlv 11-Tbs Potter
Irve.,ivatino Committee resumed TODAY,
and Senator Kellogg was examined BY
GsnsrI Butler. He testified that the
elsc,;on In Iouisisna In 1875 was entire.
Iv legal A great many people in New
0,Iesrs ,bonvbt The Returning Board had
sc,sd ;mnronsrIv In refu,in0 10 return As
elected certain persons who they claimed
oupbt 10 have been elected.
Al the request Of General Butler the
witness gave A detailed statement as to
The comnosi,ion of the respec,iye houses
- ~ a. ~ iIr;si.,n.s ..J o. r.o;,;,. ,bo
oi 'he ies'',a'ue' Auu ave- ~ ~.
law oil LOUISIANA, ~ conSoe,ATle isnE.n'
he stated that Governor faokard W"
legally inaugurated on the 9Th Of Janu.
ary. 1877. at which time there was u Be.
pnbliean quorum in both houses.
Gersra, Rutler produced tables. COM
rSr 80. . ~" p..s.s;s. po.,d srr,os
piied from sne helufnips ,'oAru HteI,
which showed taat aller Ine coafu nau
thrown out sufficient Oemocrane parishes
10 elect the General Assembly, it was
ioupd that there were still two Hayes
Electors defeated. wherein pom the Return.
~ - - az, n.r;.bos and n,s.
iss Doatu u, .'e" .n "a "a .a..a"dsd n ssnnr.
cih''s uh',l 'ney na. ~ au't9sus. 49,. T. E,a.,"..
ing a majority o' ,ne nayes Hs' e.
The witness stated. that assuming the hs.
ures as correct finding Of the Returning
Ro.rd Il left the General Assembly Re.
49,. :. 18th h,.ncbs. and st;II left
Puohean ~ Do'r r,tA;~ e H. u.;.a.;,.
lhe TWO hayes E'eesois III 'u1 tAAo1'
By Butler-Whereupon the bosra pro-
cseded to give the screw another twlss'
WitnesS-lhat Is not my !esumohy.
Q. How much on the returns M re.
turned by the Returning Boafd dia the
lowest Hayes elector run behind rack
ard? A. These tables snow 3 majority
for Governor oil 4oi, while tne Two Ts ne
publican electors, Levlssee anu y osePn
were in the minority. Recess:
After recess the examinauon o. me
witness was continued. ns saia Ini,;sae sne
Tilden electors had q majority, peileye
on the lace OF the votes cast In aineten'
parishes and 80 did nichols.
By Butler-Did you Telegraph 70 rio'
rida any statement 90 " ~" .sn ae al 49, ~
had gone at any time before me ON Of
December? A: teleeraphed Two or
three times perhaps that II haa gone Ia
yorably. ,,
Q. From what source aid you ootain
the information! a. FROM my KNOW
ledge OF Tue result oi .ue e'eGu S:E'a, ., ~. ~.
Gated by the returns from different par
iibes, and the notorious TACT that 10 certain
parishes there was degree Of terrorism
that ! believed would snow absence q
fair election, and justify Inc returning
Board in throwing out the votes. MY
opinion was in relation TO the general re-
suit only. l telegraphed 70 lfiends 10
Florida to that elect and also 70 mr.
Chandler, Of the National Republican
Committee. happened iyto come
upon one OF my kilograms 10 enanuier,
dated the 7th oi November, in Wnich
predicated my beliaf that we really car
ried the State. luaging lfou, Tue returns
as they came in from the close parishes,
and from parishes that had before oeen ,
Democratic, and where We were then poll
ing larger vote than since the recon-
s,ruction.
Witness produced the telegram refer,
red to, addressed to Zach Chandler, ana
dated November 9th. which states ina,
terrorism existed in certain parishes, ana
that the colored people were prevented
from voting on account oil intimidation,
&c.
The Witness-That was the kind o.
dispatch l sent, Chandler asked me II !
believed we had carried the state; L ssid
I did, and sent him this dispatch. Inc
Returning Board in cases where the par
ish was not disputed, would announce
so many for the Hayes Electors ana 50
many for the Tilden Electors; out where
there were charges oil irregniariiies'
those parishes would be SET aside ior iur.
ther action. The parishes that we're sci
uat aaide were seventeen in NUMBER,