The sun., 1878-07-25
SHERMAN'S NEW TACTICS.
THE TIsITIN0 STiTESMEN DFFTLTN0
tCKOsS THE UITNESS STAND.
uui,n-, rit Kellogg Arriving nm Hour too
u.,e E1.Congressmnn sypher Swearing
.ha, d. A. " cher SHOWED him the sherman
Letter n Few Hours AMER u was W ritten.

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,xrtc CITY. July 2i.The game OF the
hirN' hi,,.' .,,a,,o,,or. i,, ro.nrd to tho in,imi.
Republican maNhe'is' lh i'Eniu w. '"o ih''iii'
datiou charge. IL now clear. Finding that tho
a,,no..cs summoned at Now Orleans go back
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on the anhdaNis 70 Nhlch th'it h"ines "cre
amended In 1876. they decline the oner
:, ,be Democrats to allow all these
witnesses 10 pe suihihVheu' anu III heu
pt original testimony They are going to put
Ineyidcnco here the opinions OF certain visiting
statesmeh' Hl'reS'e" III iiVpp'hE w 'vi Wv"
characters. These opinions are based largely
an comics of eN parte nfIdnVts and some private
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examihaUoh V''V'''o" "''n, e7's ""N , N"f
- n,,no,ro,ic ,neuuhera ma worthless hut
eu ny I'm ~ e,.~a,. 49,. ,ha1
hey are willingto lc, Mr.. sherman go ahead.
Two telling fncts were elected to-day by he
I,1,,,, ,os,imonv. Tim, tho Returning Board
puo "n '',
A. n,ges NJ written testimony in two days be-
- r,oLi,g n decision. md that the best nm
fore mAAlns " u'''.'v" I'M ''I ''''' W. 80
swer tho Nlslunk s'n''sIheh c"u hl"Ac 70
charge " using private and corrupt means TO
sas''-,, ,l,e Rr,nrnfne poord il IN perade tho
fact that they refused t. unite with tho Demo-
crats in a public and honorable endeavor to Sc
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cure Iair count
II is believed here that the Hepuhu"an mana
.o,. Love arranged n common story for tho
visiting statesmen. All 'he tales 'o'u 'o-uu'
bore marks Of previous consultation and agree-
ment Mr. sherman Is 10 be on the stand to-
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morrow anu app'"r"n'.S iAui "s, '"'' ,,0 "'''
make an elaborate state Mr. heNoggs
ynevrected arrival also means business. He is
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uv,V ,%a, a. bono "t ,reycnting Con. Syuhcr
tom ,.lling his domnrinv story this afternoon
80, wohor sho,ringh I'm rho ORIGINAL sherman
about N'per showing hiih 'he oIlE i'"' 'uei' 'n"h
letter. kellogg came an hour too late Tor thnt
purpose ,ro,,.rr,,,,., - nrr,,,
The first witness called this morn
,,a wos corcrossmon Wilinm d Kelley.
Ing WIS Nohst'sSi""" "u.t""n ~ h'"'''
He was examined by Mr.. Hiseock. He tes-
tiaed TINT h. visited New Orleans In No
vember. 1876. nj tho request oi fresident GRANT
On tho 10th Of November Grant sent for him.
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Touhueu py uls'lhsuleh'u Een'ioheh- -aihohE
them Gen. Robert Patterson. Grant suggested
hint he should visit New Orleans 10 witness the
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ho''oi, Vi .he he'uInins poalu' n' nIs' nc ue-
vemher. He started entirely alone but on the
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way he louhu h'nisoi' III eonpnIS WIN 'ohh
Sherman. On arriving in New Orleans
he found there n number OF visiting gentle
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dressed communication 70 the Repub.
hcans. proposing that the two bodies
Dl VISITORS Snoulu organ ~ loF Ir purpose OF
participating in the business Of the Returning
Board. but the Republican Committee replied
Shat they Were there merely IA priylte citizens.
senator sherman concurred very decidedly In
HE views expressed 10y the Republican Com
mittee Witness saw him every day at the
6.iaI and uhanayer he visited the State House
Tho yistO rs ol Oppo site sides mingled freely at
HINES Tho Rrrublicnn Corimitt.a ,lid moth.
lng 10 aid the business N The Knturning Board
ESev did bo,rev.r raeeiye IRON, thd Returntnp
Boapi comics oi ahilcyits Tor the rurnose ~
bsyin,, then, en,h"di.d in fb"ir rnnorrt '0'S -
In answar ,o a ,,ttn.tion ,yh,tbcr m" R.rubli
,an Cnn,'nit,ee = !. .usssd niv 'nas,ion invniy
ine an int"rf.r, n 80 ,y,h thn ,oi duiics ~ ,he
k,sn%rrint, vs. ptard H. vi,n.ss snid he nav,.r
heard any siI,6 c"nynrsation in wriyn,o or M
iheir meet ner II any one oi tho Allegation had
Sttemn,oi sneh "A ming il would hnva baen
trercinr,,,s H. his ns-n ietas ns we'll as a viola
Gon ~ dutv Un 6n1 no ree1liectjon nor diI he
hear tLat INV stbSrlinnte olllcar or Suporyisnr
Of Elections was iniorfered with. If tl,cre was
Iuch interforonce he was "A stranger To- IT, Ue
had not Two ninutn.' conversation with nny
member 81 the R.turning Bonrd He had M
noubt frauds W, r. urnrtisod on both sides but
lust returns would give the electoral vote T.
Hayes The statement of f. L. Weber that the
visiting statesmen advised the Returning Board
10 stretch their arbitrary powers and To- reoprn
And change the count 40 nr to count in the Two
Hayes electors not counted in at first wa. false
In whole aud in part There was no basis for
such an assertion. Witness had never