The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-06-20
SPECIAL CASES.
How the Thieves who Stole the Pres
idency Have Been Provided for.
A Roster Of Criminals in Office as Pay
for Crime-Places Wanted for
Two More Of the Same Sort.
Washington Post,

"Appoiat Mis Gentleman to Consulate
in a sOarna climate. This is a special
caSe.-R. B. Il"
Of course Mr.. Hayes knew moth
ing of the frauds that placed him in
President Tilden's seat, nor had he
the least personal acquaintance with
the individuals who perpetrated
them, and yet see how many of
them he has made special cases" of.
Mr.. Noyes, who divided the swag
among the Florida thieves, was
made minister to France.
Mr.. Stoughton, who conferred
with Anderson and other Louisiana
culprits, was made Minister to Rus
STA.
Mr.. Kasson, who was one of the
visiting state. men, and helped to
steal the Florida vote was made
Minister to Austria.
Mr.. McLin, who confesses that
he helped steal the Florida vote,
was made Chief Justice of New
Mexico.
Mr.. Dennis, who eonfesses the
frauds that made it possible for
McLin to steal the Florida vote,
was appointed, on the special re-
quest of Hayes, which was written
with blue pencil" special Treas
ury agent.
Gov. Stearns, who held the fort
while Cowgirl and McLln stole the
Florida vote, was made one of the
Hot Springs Commissioners.
Mr.. Cowgirl, who completed the
theft of the Florida votes, was made
United States Marshal.
Thus Noyes, Kasson, McLin,
Dennis, Stearns and Cowgirl, through
and by whom the four votes of
Florida were stolen from President
Tilden, have all been recognized as
especial cases." and rewarded &C
cording.
William Pitt Kellogg, for helping
steal the vote of Louisiana by brac-
ing up the Returning Board and
such Supervisors as Anderson, re
ceived a seat in the Senate, to which
he had no title, through the single
vote of Stanley Matthews, the
friend of Mr.. Hayes.
S. B. Packard, who helped Kel
logg steal the Louisiana vote, re-
ceived the biggest consulate in Eu
rope.
Geo. L. Smith, who forged and
falsified the returns of De Soto par
ish, was made collector of New Or
leans.
Jack Wharton, who assisted, was
made Marshal of New Orleans.
Madison Wells, who was one of
the thieves whom Kellogg braced
up, waa given the Office of the Sur
veyor of the port.
Tom Anderson, who was another
Returning Board thief, was kept in
office as acting Collector. even af.er
his conviction of forgery and theft.
This was very special case.
Casanave, the third Returning
Board thief, was made a naval Off
Ger.
Kenner, the fourth and last Re
turning Board thief, perjurer and
forger, was given a place in the Gus
tom house under Principal Thief
Anderson.
Gen. John A. Harlan, who was
one of the referees in the FelIciana
Anderson case, was made Judge OF
the United States Supreme Court.
George A. Sheridan, for helping
to keep the Returning Board thieves
stiff, was transplanted to Washing
ton and made recorder of deeds.
Dan. Weber, who, at the request
of John Sherman, stole the vote of
West Feliciana, was promised, in
writing, a consulate, but was killed
before be could be appointed.
j. f. Anderson, for complying
with Sherman's request to the ex
tent of signing a protest he knew to
be false, and which was afterward
forged to the extent necessary to
steal the parish of East Feliciana,
was personally recommended by
Mr.. Hayes for "a consulship In a
warm place"
A score of clerks, supervisors,
constables and others who helped
forge or cover up others fergeries
have all been provided for, but these
we have enumerated were special
cases" Still we have no doubt
that Mr.. Hayes was perfectly inno-
cent, and that these appointments
were all accidents.