The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-06
Affecting aic9lster.
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OF course Mr.. Hayes knew nothing o.
! the frauds that placed him in President
! Tilden's seat, nor had he tue least per
| sonal acquaintance with the individual.
WHO perpetrsted them, and yet see TO"
mSny OF them he has made special cas-
es" of.
Mr.. Noyes, who divided the swsq
among the Florida thieves, was made
Minister to France.
Mr.. Stoug aton, who conferred with
Anderson and other Louisiana culprits,
was made Minister to Russia.
Mr.. Kasson, who WAS one Of the VISIT
ing statesmen, and helped steal the
Florida woe, WAS made Minister to Aus,
tris.
Mr.. McLin, who contesses that be
helped steal the Florida vote, was made
Chief Justice of New Mexico.
Mr.. Dennis, who Ccnfessos TO the frauds
that made 1t possible for Mr.. McLin tc
steal the Florida vote, was appointed, on
the special request of Hayes, which was
"written with blue pencil" special
Treasury agent,
Gov. Stearns, who held tho fort while
Cowgirl and McLin stole the Florida
vote. was made one of the Hot Springs
Commissioners.
Mr.. Cowgirl, who completed the theft
of the Florida votes, was made United
States marshal.
Thus Moves, Kasson, McLin, Dennis,
Stearns and Cowgirl, through and by
whom the four votes OF Florida were
stolen from President Tilden, have all
been recognized by Mr.. Hayes as "sPe-
cial cases" and rewarded accordingly.
VIM. Pitt Kellogg, for helping steal
the vote OF Louisiana by bracing up the
Returning Board and such supervisors as
Anderson, received seat in the Senate,
TO which he bad no title, through the sin
gle vote of Stanley Matthews, the friend
ard representative of Mr.. Hayes.
:. b. Packard, who helped Kellogg
steal the Louisiana vote, received the big
gest consulate in Europe.
Geo. l.. Smith, who forged and falsi-
fed the returns Of De Soto par sh, was
made Collector New Orleans
Jack Wharton, who assisted, WAS made
Marshal of New Orleans.
Madison Wells, who was one Of the
thieves whom Kellogg brsced. up. was
given the office of Surveyor of the Port.
Tom Anderson, who was another Re
turning Board thief, was kept in office a.
Acting Collector, even altar his cOnvic-
ton of forgery and theft. This was q
Uery special case.
Casanave, the third Returning Board
tibet was made Naval Officer.
Kenner, the fourth and last Returning
Board thief, peIjurer and torger, wP'
given place in the Custom house under
Prir clpal Thief Anderson.
Gen. John NJ. Harlan, who was one Ct
the referees in the Fehciaua Anderson
case, ws9 made Judge of the United
States Supreme Court.
George A. Sheridan, tor helping to
keep the Returning Board thieves stiff,
was trsnsplsnted to Washington and
made Recorder of Deeds.
Dan. Weber, who, al the request of
John Sherman, stole the vote OF Wet
Feicisna, was promised in writing a
consul ate, but was killed before before he
could be appointed.
j. f. Anderson, for complying with
John Sherman's reguest to the extent Of
signing protest he knew to be false,
and which WAS afterwards forged to the
extent necessary to steal the parish Of
East Felicisna, was personally and IN
writing recommended by Mr.. Hayes for
"a cousulsbip la warm place
A score OF clerks, supervisors, consts-
bles, and Others who helped forge or COW
er up others forgerIes have all been pro-
vided for, but these we have enumerated
were SPECIAL CASES" Still we have 10
doubt that Mr.. Hayes wss perfectly inno-
cent, and that these appointments were
all accidents.