The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-09

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trouble ilc said lie didn't care, that those .cycnty
ro "pigr,lood o ne PAT the uCkctr in hlW.e
cu'i Nowc. sui ile null list nd been made 10 corrc
Whcu told hcor, cl tion about the ,o,,rs that they
were wsre 70 ng ,sa iraudul'n, awI or tai reason and
oihrt Eclmnicau, r,m"rtAtcd against ucrusc' lnr
man 9la ~. iai he kn"w OF an election that had teen
two ct thosc 1t was rurposcd to used.
Samuel u. McLin was sworn and was shown
~" paper known NJ his confession. He thought
Tari ' :" s a "mG adr g II * gf b foT s, as
Canvassing Board IN 1876: was shown. after tho
election numher OF ielrgrams e. Coy. Stearns
and gln' or more from Zach Chandler. saying that
the Presidential election aud the salvation of
tn" , gguntry dnpcndrd ON ,tl" voir q Florida
nnd nm effort must I've made to give the vote 10
Hayes. ana. II necessary. means nnl troops
would be furnished. The amount Of means
wns not stated. No mode wis pointed out how
To- secure the state for Hayes except the sue-
gcstou that mn Effort should b. mnda to a,ct tho
returns from the different counties. kilograms
hcgHn 10 como in some two or three DAYS after
the election. The only thing then To- be done
was cnnvnssing the returns. Some Northern
HAYES; Among the number. w l.. Chandler
Con Wallace Attorney General title of Ohio
Gov. Noy"s. and Gen. Barlow. Those were The
most uctiyr. Don't know ~ NOycs was consid-
cred leader any moro than thG others Don't
know ms Wallace or Moves told mo directly they
had authority 20 represent Hayes. hut was.tod
that Noyrs was u particular friend of Hayes.
ana That he represented him. and that anything
he said ihc President would b" responsible
lor. Wallace told me uu several occasions
that II lluyrs's election WIS secured tho mrm-
beers ~ III" Returning Board would hc taken
carr ~: uu one occasion Chandler said he did
Tor Wallace. that Il the StJte would 70 for Hayes
Cowgirl and myself would ho wrll taken care Of
Noyes and Tor himself Noycs never said To-
witness that ne would hc rewarded. but
be felt assured that Noyes had said So.
Never went to nsk Tor anything from him
nud he dii not come To- me- 90 make promises.
Directly aiirr the canvass and on the eve of re-
turning North, Noyrs came TO my house In n
carringo. with number of the other visiting
statesmen. and thanked me for the action had
taken. nnd con-rliuaiol me on the result, and
ncvcr saw him after hr left Tallahassee. | ad-
dressed one leii"rto him. hay" no COPY of it.
W bat purpourd t. be copy Of the letter was
nroiurd 10y. Mr. lIscock. IL was dated Jan.
q. 1871. and begins:
Lam, riahr chang hayc taken place since we parted
haupy In ihe nlcasnnt a..urauce that Gov HAYES would
lr inautlracd our nrNi .dcnt sow W. are hunii-
ieg nui dciegt tnat Nil be 1rous.t about hv craven
friends have uuit, in recommending To the Prc,i.
dent ,or aHponiu,ni 90 to Tie office of United states bs
het, ','i.t in t ,p.i Cy,,iti n3'i 3 ta,I H.,
however prHy you. do not tiuk that prefer any caim
dur, cou,ciruuou.iy nui u 1t proves unaya aihn. will
never ccasc 90 r"grt a- lon- ~ live My tor
ahslhooi with the prospective Democracy win hc a
nv IN % r,.. 'ia my M ,d,os l X rr, ,, wy, y,
my snat m and ihc masniuie OF the triumph should
b, honoT'd with the appointment
The witness would not swear positively
whether he wrote the letter. The subject was
the same as he wrote on. and the letter embraced
his iens entertained at the time. Noyes ac-
hrr now that | wrote two lcttrrs 10 Noyes Of
about the same purporl. In answer To- one,
a q q
thui me- bad forwarded IL 10 the President with u
letter urging him 10 give ma an appoint
mont llhN' no copies olih" letters. Moves didn
trh witurs. before ia" canvass That Ia" would
b" regarded. During the time OF the canvass.
before and after. didn't talk much with Coy.
S'enrns about the result There was "A hopeful
feeling between us. He opened all the returns
that cnme 10 his Office. and we would talk them
over. Kcpt mem0randum Of them so ms TO
add them up. - "" wont alonz W" discussed
the probability of the Str" going Tor Tiltrn OF
HAYES. Did not concert amy means -
effort was made TO get tho returns in
as soon ns possible. Si~arns Thought
the returns showed that Hayes had carried The
him. Several Justices oi the Peace were COM
mssioncd about election time. No particular
reason WAS assigned for issuing the commis-
sion 10 Green ~ Baker county. Don't know
whnt representation was made rs to the nccps-
sity Tor another Justice Of the Pence Two can.
NusSeS were male OF the State vote. and two of
the Presi ieutinl. There were two or three re-
turns from Baker county. Taking one of those.
and the returns from all the counties gave
Hayes the state by about 40. and. taking
the others. gave It TO Tlden by about 95. Don't
know how the returns We're brought from
Baker county; am under the Impression that
Gov Stearns held ono Of the returns: think II
was Drlggers that received the copy of III" one
which did not have in my office from the Cover
Baker county and handed 10 me 10y Stcarns the
lawyers before the Stntc Board representing the
Rrpuhhcans were Wa!laee. W. T.. Chandler,
Coy. Noyes, AMI Barlow. The litter did not
argue before the board; he took an interest in
arranging the contested cases: Wallace took
charge OF the precincts oi Jackson and Hamilton
some other counties; Little didn't do much be-
fore the board, but hunted up authorities and
prepared cases he declined Ia argue before the
board ON account Of the position he occupied
Ampt. from ono. also represented the Repub-
Lam dhe returns q the eoGpt'es T. Coy
willie had been counted in. would nave given the
State To riidcn 10y about 95 majority.
In regard 10 the proceedings before the State
Board witness said that on the morning Of the
first day only one OF the returns from Baker
county was presented. The others were IN Il
p1gconhOle. He had taken out Drlggers's re-
turn because It appeared 10 be- properly certi-
fled. and seemed 10 be- most favorable 10 the Re-
publican party Had read the others
Q.-Why were not the others laid before the
boardf A.-Nell. | managed that myself. Did
not suppose 1t was necessary TO have but one
rcnd
Odd not the rules Of the board require that
al, papers puruoriing 10 be returns should he
laid before the boardY Al don't recollect the
lie presented the return that appeared to be
the most formal and most favorable 10 Hayes.
Didn't present the other two TIL called Tor 10y
the Democrats had seen them before; knew
they gave "A larger vote 10 Iildcn thun Drig-
goIss returns; didn't recollcct that ha ever
saw II cert iicate By Cox giving reasons why
his return was not signed by the oni-
Gers. The Sheriff had no right TO sign tne
return except IN the absence OF certain officials.
There WIS nothing in Drgecrs's return to show
that 1t WIS necessary Tor Tia" sheriff tu act.
Don't remember that commission 10 Green
WAS issued the samo day CoN's return
was received. The reason he did not Obey
the injunction OF the Circuit Court to canvass
the face of the returns WAS that the board
thought hntthr court lad no right 10 Interfere.
In regard 10 the first canvass. witness stated
that he gave Hayes eight or ninc hundred ma
lorlty hy throwing cut several precincts.
The second canvass showed about 2l1
majority for Hayes which had been arrived at
10y throwing out Clay county entirely. McI.n
said that the return WIS neither regular nor
proper upon it, face and couli not be under
stood.
DEATH R1THER TH.1N STiRTATION
a Il he.