The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-03

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and seemed satisfied with the explanation 1t
was then. in the open board. that he entered
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| eHoss EXAMINED.
To the Attorney General-Before he was sec
State, Occupied this position until Kellogg re-
| moved him on account Of his being
| ALIBERAL MAN.
| Before that was In the service OF the United
states in what was known as the Freedmens
| bureau. Was ordered here from North Caro-
lima, Was ! naaaItermaster's clerk. Before he
Il a native of Warren. Ohio. Game here in
| 1869 under orders from Gen. Howard. Resigned
of internal revehqs Left that % because "'ss hs was
elected to the Legislature from the par
ae %as o1 bess a. At that nmz tine hs hossa %
parish as his residence. This parish
ene was II dsa hs Was n Rdssa
tebpmplsttsd tba C Cant re remember w1at PLACES IN
once at Atkins Landing. He had at the time. an
idea OF living in Bossler. Don't remember the
IT, hoas n9 hs Is good
other points, Is not good as 10 this Gould not
ten where he dined. Remained in the Legsla-
II. 1859. After leaving the Legislature was
Diyision Superintendent of Education. head
The judge ordered that the panel OF petit
jurors Tor February be discharged until Thurs
day neSt Mt 10 o'clock, when the court adjourned
until 6 p. m. for dinnor.
EVENING SESSION.
Shortly after o'clock the court WIS again
called TO order. petition was read from the
Jury setting forth bat they were Wiling to hear
matter would be considered later.
Mr. Abel was recalled to the stand for CROSS
examination. He said:
a IN lpctb biG inn ac uIf
tie Returning Board and -four inspector on the
twenty. fifth OF September was APPOINTED in the
Of the department. The first returns from De
Soto came by mail on the eighteenth of Novem.
lb,er, and was simply the consolidated returns of
the supervisor. II was in package: Could
was not thicker than bis finger. The ono ro-
ceived on the twenty-f1fth was
LARGE PACKAGE.
The board sent for the second package and n
messenger brought 1t in. Knew. the package
was here on the 24th. CAM state how the chief
t give ,h the the pack
18th had not been sent to the board The re-
eeipt book to show all about this matter was left
receipt for the last package. Does not recollect
about Ouachita returns. Did see y letter in the
returns , whilst t, witness was in Washington
:, Does not remember how the large package
official letters addressedito him knew nothing
I he only way witness can account for the letter
from Grady, OF Ouachita. is that it was in 81
board. This eter inclosed an affidavit about
the Pinks,on case. In the returns he said Was
an affidavit OF
ELIZA pINKsroN
dated the twenty fourth when Hrgdys letter
stated spoke q. one from Ouachita on the
twepty-thrd. There was a sub. committee of
the House committee waited, on the board to
getting copies OF the returns. 1t was agreed
that SIX clerks should be allowed under Abels
charge The Democratic clerks selected by the
congressional committee had all the papers
except the consolidated returns. Thinks he
gave to tho clerks gil the papers they asked for.
any papers. Did not give the erks any
original returns. Gave the clerks Of the board
the papers. and wgha, they did with them he
or did not order The clerks of the board to re-
fuse the Democratic clerks the returns
TO ajuror- Gave receipt for all registere d
letters to the carrier.
RE- DIRECT 0
The Ouachita returns were received by wit
ness ut a time he cannot now remember. Re-
GGeived the package from Ouachita on tho 24'h.
tenton to the seal. 1t did not Leave the custody
of Mr.. Grady before it was delivered.
q Y A. WOODWARD q
sworn for ths defenssWaa connected with the
Returning Board rs one Of the clerks. Was en-
ployed some days nfter the board commenced
av IT. Tbn he Does boord n9t bad The
to opon Re returns hen Has no
knowledge how the returns were received or
opened as his business was in. the. office. The
clerks were employed Ia overlooking the re-
turns as they came from the board. merely |
tabulating the votes from the talltes. The re-
he ag s en the
these with the consolidated returns. This was |
BEFoRg THE BOARD
took any action on ! parish
In contested parishes the returns were placed |
n MI -hFIn Hyt E*,H1f Me-,
not present when the board was in secret ses-
sion: They were carried in to the board by
back to the Office there would be q note from
some member of the board, to compile or re-
Jeet poll No. or2or 3, or to reject all. The de-
notes, and tabulation was made according to
the instructions received Witness had
ehatse q hS ba s OF the vote fer
and amendments. and Mr., Mccormick The State
Iittefleld 9. {. did the most of the figuring and
statement Of the electoral vote: 1t was after
ward signed by the board. Had nothing to do
with the sessions Of the board The clerks were
there EXCEPT them Judge Davis. the chief
clerk had the custody of the papers. After the
board would return the papers with intructions;
this tI was after all the returns were opened
They The G GAME mel back r with a a memorandum on each
machinery of the board The records were
voluminous in some parishes; 1t was not part
davits. These af1idavits were all put together
for future examination. The protests were
also put into
THE PARISH PIGEoN-HoLE.
There were doors ON three sides of the room
where the clerks sat. All the clerical force was
In one room. Helped to make copies of the re-
turns for the congressional committee. Does
not know OF any case where the Democratic
clerks were refused the documents in original.
Witness let them have his COPY, Being shown
the promulgated return. says the body OF the
return is in Witness handwriting. Does not
know who made the figures. The names are in
his handwriting. Does not know who delivered
the document to the board for signature.
Cannot remember the returns Of any particu-
lar parish. Cannot recollect who called out the
electoral vote for the parish of Vernon. Did 20
to dinner on Chartres street. Don't remem-
were eleven besides witness at the table. Ray.
Calvert, Mccormick, Littleheld, Anderson, Ea-
ton, Judge Davis. Casanave, Abel, Wells, Ken
the front room on the second story. Witness
described the position of the guests at the table
ppl1ptiora fec$ip |