The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-19

cinsts until they had succeeded An sssuEing q
majority Of the Hayes electors. The wit
ness stated that, Assuming that the figures be
the correct finding Of the Returning Board,
1t left the General Assembly Republican in
both branches, aud still left two Hayes elect
ors In the minority Mr.. whereupon
the Board proceeded 10 give the screw an
other twist ? Witness-That is not my testi-
mony. Q.-How much on the returns, rs re-
turned by the Returning Board, did the lowest
Hayes elector run behind Packard? A-These
tables show majority for Governor Of 40l,
while two Republican electors CLevissee and
Joseph) were in the minority. The Tilden
electors had a majority, i believe, on
the face Of the returns cast in the
different parishes originally, and 30
did Nichols. E. L. Weber was recalled
and questioned by Mr.. Cox in regard to the
Sherman letter. Witness said he found ii in a
box sent from his brother at Bayou Sara to his
father-in-law's warehouse in Donaldsonville.
He found the letter after Mrs. jerks visit :
tore it up at once because it exposed my
brothers wrong-doing. My brother told me
there were no grounds for protesting the par
ish. Witness admitted he had been indicted,
forfeited his bond, and afterwards, at the sug-
gestion of the District Attorney, made a false
affidavit in order to have the bond restored.
In answer to the question relating to his in
dictment, witness, turning to Mr.. Cox, said ex-
citedly: "You Republicans could use my bro
ther who is dead; to-day you could use us on
the stand to swear to any kind Of lie that you
wanted in order to support and sustain you to-
day, that you can't use me as your tool, you
propose to ruin me-" Gov. Cox disclaimed
any such notion as that imputed to him by
witness, and said he wanted to give witness an
opportunity to vindicate himself.
The President has appointed Alexan-
der Reed, of Ohio, Receiver Of Public Moneys
at Walla Walla, Washington Territory; Eliot G.
Jewett, of Missouri, Commissioner to the Paris
International Exposition Caspar H. Stibolt, of
Schuyler, Consul at Birmingham, England.
Elk. Gov. Kellogg was again before the
Potter committee on the 18th inst. Referring
to the Macveagh Commission, the witness
heard, last fall, that the Sherman letter had
been found among d. A. Weber's papers, and
that Mrs. jerks had procured possession of it
through her intimacy with the Weber family.
Mrs. jerks had called upon him in New Orleans
and spoken of the Sherman letter. While ex-
planning the contents Of the document Mrs.
jerks sat on sofa and pretended to be read
ing him the substance of the letter from pa
per which she held in her hand. The witness
contradicted many Of the statements Of James
E. Anderson, whom ne regarded as utterly I'M
reliable. He denied that false protests and
affidavits relating to intimidation were used
before the Returning Board as a pretext for
throwing out Democratic msjorities. He pro-
duced letters from the Weber brothers certify
ing to the intimidation that prevailed in the
Feliciana parishes. Kellogg explained that the
$40, 900 borrowed in Chicago was for his pri-
vate use, and was not employed In connection
with the electoral count.
The Potter committee occupied itself
on the 18th with ex-senator Kellogg, and
completed his examination. Nothing Of ma
terial Importance was elected. Gen. Butler
endeavored to elicit from the witness a state
Heut d5 10 whether or not al the visiting
statesmen, commissioners, and others con-
nected with the election in Louisiana had
been rewarded with offices. Mr.. Hiscock
objected to such testimony upon the
ground that its only object was to
throw ridicule upon President Hayes.
Gen. Butler disclaimed any intention
to cast ridicule. He said it was hard to gid
the lily or paint the rose. Some persons were
30 ridiculous that nothing he could do could
add to it. A long list Of names was shown Of
persons connected with the Presidential con
test in Louisiana who had been appointed to
Office by President Hayes. The committee
adjourned till the 2sd of July, to meet at At
lantic City, N J.
George w. Fish, of Michigan, has
been appointed United States Consul at Tunis.
About sixty female employees of the
Patent Office were discharged, last week, be-
cause Of the reduction in the apr opriations.
The resignation of j. r. Dodge, Sta
tistician Of the Agricultural Department, asked
for by the Commissioner some weeks since, has
been accepted.