New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-27

not know that II was a subject Of comman, n W..
Orleans. "' :" Ne"'
Being asked why Anderson wanted 10 v,,,,..
protest. ne said; nN
Anderson desired the withdrawal of that rotet Why
don't think that impression was derived from Mr. P,
kin's statement. 10 based Concentrations e.S
aud on general information that he dssa sned with
the party aud had duarreed with some OF the Repub
ances that he might have received Of being se
taken care Of had an indistinet Impression thai
gotiaon with or had been tampered with By partlc,
representing the Democratic party.
By Mr.. SprlngerWhen did yOa first hear OF the sher
man letteff A.-seme time in the summer Of 1877.
after my return to Neworlean,s irom wsshLngten AZ
was found on his BODY letter Of some Importance 0m
some one ana u was eer Sr n sd . SSen CAPTURED
By Mr.. Potter-Did you have anything to do with The
McVeaeh Commission that came down there's A-No
cir. except 20 have some little conversation win sOms
o. win ask Won from your knowledge OF that cleo
ton and think that yon bad pretty extensive knOsi
edge NV whether you GS n Governor Of
Have yoa any doubt Of ~ Al nave no 9oS1s ~ !as
o-Hsye you ever 6ad any doubt that n Packard va,
not elected Governor o. Louisiana, ar YVES aa
that the Same vote that elected Packard elected he
nv tbe CbaiTmsn"or else that they were "a,
elected at ala Any opinion Is that they were bod
elected.
BY Mr. Butler-Have you now or have you ever
had any doubt that if Mr. Packard bad been recOensd
by the Administration the legally elected Goyeraotm
louisiana that he would have maintained himself u,
government and everything have gone on in peace and
quietneSsl Al have doubt that ~ there had beea
no pause or interregnnm by The partial recognition
the two governments, and Packard had been sustained
Immediately on bis Inauguration, L oeieYe DE could
o@Wthoat any breach Of the peace or civil war down
there A-Without any civil war but not without the
DAT that time was there any pretence that there
was any other legal government IN Louisiana duly
elected under The forms OF law and the Constitution M
louisiana A--So far as my Judgment was concerned
there was not
tary organization OF mob, without any authority o.
sanction far "a you know, IN point OF law A-Wh
o~Haye YOU ever mad any occasion from that hour "a
hs change your mind on these topics have spoken
BY Mr.. Morrison-when you say that the sans
vote which elected the Hayes electors elected Packard
You mean TO say by that that Packard had as many VI
in Louisiana as the Hayes electors had Ayes an
and believe he had more.
the provision in the Constitution which says that the
Governor may call upon the President for protection IL
that timei Ayes. sur that Is my impression
BY she Chairmau-Then your Interpretation Of tie
Of the President be legally maintained 10 his pos
ton as Goyernorf A-No sir; that L. not my i1terPre
ernOrship Of the State. and think the C0nstituIoa
makes IL the duty Of the President 80 decide between
10 the he recognizes as lawful aud sustain
BY Mr. sprfnger-Tken II Packard was not elected
Governor tho Hayes electors did not carry LOusanai
A-The same reasons and the same operation OF Law
which gave A majority OF legal votes to Packard gave
them 10 the Hayes electors.
Q.-Then II Packard was not legally elected Governor
the Hayes electors did not carry tue Sate does not that
followt Al do not know whether IL follows % not,
You can draw your own infcreuOes
BY Mr. HiscOck-Your idea is they were both
and which IL prevalent there today Packard would now
be the presiding 0OYernOri Ayes, that was my
judgment believe, had II been for the violence OF
the Democrats Packard would have been sustained
Q.-YOu mean their illegal and unlawful action A.
Yes. sir
By the Chairman-YOu mean by that that there was
opposition to Packard Ayes, str, and that that
opposition illegal and unlawful IL tbare mad been
no revolution there Packard would have been Governor
BY Mr HiscOck-You regard their opposition as
amounting 70 revolution Ayes, sir
BY Mr.. SpriDger-Did Governor Nichols get any ala
fTom the Federal authorities A.--N0t that know OF
Q-Then when the troops were WitkdfAWn the NICHOLS
government stood Ayes, sir.
BY the ChairmAn-COud Packard, "a a matter OK
fact have sustained his gOYernm NJ there Tor the ss
two years without tae presence OF Federal roopst A
BY Mr. Butler-I have one final question to ask
and that Isl suppose In 1862 the authorities Of t1s
United States and Of the State OF LOuisana as oae
OF the United States could not have been maintanea
without Federal trOOpsf A.-No, sir.
Governor Kellogg was then called. Discussion toof
place regarding the order IN which witnesses should b
examined. The committee then. at O'clock ADJOURNED
until 1920 O'Clock tomorrow morning.