The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-25

snid in the. nrst interview, and he said 10 me
Mdf ne c0uddO .oNb(. and couI mate no M
srci' because M. fn7ersDn douiied my diihty
10 pdy a large sunt ofJ0rpeV. and nat q small stDl
,rDua n 81 ",swe, NE purpose, IasiH mir hom
Api,ysOn faitc.i aID,e bnlr a niiHion dpfnrs.
told him that that was simply ridiculous, and
repeated to him that we did not ask
him To- do anything that was wrong that
our only purpose was TO get u fair, STRAIGHT, AMI
honest count Of the votes as they were returned
wore pul in the ballot boxes, that We asked Tor
that and that only, and that II WINS perfectly
ridiculous AMI mons ica to talk az out 50 largo
the nlhiicr might Just ny well bc dropped. H.
thcn said: Vol, wait few days and will soc
YOU aanin;' and We separated. few days
a,ierward we met again. and his statement wa;
about to the same purrQrt. that nothing had
l"rn deter mined ul9n and nothing settled. AT
that interview he talked Il good deal ubout what
is now known as lulllozng. md there were
some things said about this particular case
which WIS at that limo cithor under invcstigu-
ton or had Just bcrn investigated. which Is
known rs tho Eliza Pinkston casc We scpa-
ratcl altcr that, and We had no. moro inter
or three days. But about The Soth Of
Novcnber u am not certain whether IT. WA
l'""ml~r but think it was the goth OF Mover
,gp W. hnd mother meeting. AZ that mc' ting
ey y sn and wn n Won yn TO atne cN1 T., %9" you
r"ntcd a. him again that simply wished him
torqunt hsvot"s honcstl vgs they were returned.
Snid ne. cannot cXnctly dot hnt cannot count
ull thc, yot's' do not wish TO do him injus-
tee. H. did not refer to the honesty # the
votes. There are two or three parishes which
must be- thrown ont. hut cau leare ,nOWgb rO'es
=; 10 sec"re The c.ci2n o. .NictoRs y, gog PIN
.d"d replied had not got thcmoney. Said
NJ, Ihen noNWy can b, 9Dte." We probably
exchanged a few insignificant words and sop
arated I saw Mr. Wells no more after that
until after the PRONUNCIATION Of the returns
KENNER AsroNIsHED.
MinrthG promuisa,iqn ls9me tive or three days
aitgrWardl wis walking down what is known
~ New Orleans rs tho lrvec. the place whore all
tn" -t'umI e. T. and vessels arrive and discharge
cafgoes and take on passcn myers. was walking
minS. Nj. VIII WIS WIS ~" standlnr ' near tIe
staging y steamboat tall sing with some gentle;
mon. When ne cume NJ he turned around and
W. met and shook hands. ] said TO him. I
suppos YOU nre going home H"saii No;
am not going home lust vet n all 90 home
nest week. or next Monday or Tuesday" In
the mean time We had got separated from the
g'ntienrn with whom H. was talking. then
great nsioni-hmcnt aud very great regret at
what YOU have done" H. turned around and
s5aG i ,o an" Ga y,r ny "pa sa
l. hope YOU did not trust 70 promises. but
t9 i5a y0n made eyrr,t9inS saio IL r.pliei in
bg.' or something of that sort. That il about
what h. said W. separaa, d, and have never
Gated all rs far a. possibly can 10 the best Of
my recollection. that occurred between Us IN all
the interviews.
When Wells found the Democrats had neither
the will nor the money to buy him and Andor-
son. he made terms with his Republican
friends. What WIS the exact price has never
yet been made known. but sooner or later the
whole truth will come out; and when it does
others who pals the bride will get their dues
or course Wells and his associates in this in
fanny swore the testimony against them was I'M
true. a. other criminals protest their innocence
OH the scaifod; but the chain Of proof is crush
ing. and no fair mind can follow it without n
settled conviction that these conspiruiors sold
the fraudulent returns for money and for tho
Offices they now hold.
Standing in the pillory to-day. one convicted
and the other threatened with similar fate.
which ought to lead both to the uanitentiary.
the extraordinary spectacle is presented To- the
world ot the whole influence of the Govern
mcnt. in it, administrative capacity. cxerted
not only to save these fclons from the punish
mrnt they deserve. hut 10 cXalt them A. politi-
cal martyrs who may claim the sympathy Of
tho Rspuhl nm party ii flnyess so-calleI
tile did not depend upon the false returns they
made. and the safety OF John sherman and
others who promised them protection did not
depend on their silence. does anybody believe
this shame full scandal could be possible. which
d.shonors all concerned in it?