Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-12

Ana know OF no reason why fackaru anu
his government was not the legal state gov
eminent of Louisiana, and the Packard leg,
islature the legal Legislature of she State, and
The supreme court the legal and undoubted
| supreme court of the State of louisiana.
| Ques-Do you not know that after the
| M'Velgh committee had disposed of the Pack.
ard legislature, Governor Packard threatened
to appeal to the supreme court? Ans.-9es,
| sir; he would have submitted his claim II ne
could, but Nichols thrust it Oft.
| 0ues.-After Packard had threatened to
| appeal to the supreme court to determine the
| legality of his election, did not President
Hayes destroy the quorum of that court oy
I appointing King collector? An. TACT
| of his appointing him collector and his taxing
| the oath of Office did destroy the court, on
| the ground that the taking of one officer Is
| the, virtual and legal surrender OF the others
| S9ues.-Then what Nichols did by force,
President Hayes confirmed by APPOINTING
| him collector Was this the same King who,
after he had been in office little while, had
his name withdrawn and whose nomination
was not acted upon by the senator Ans
| Hets the same mar.
| Sues. the object OF the appointment
had been accomplished then the nomination
I was withdrawn; where is he now? Ans
1 He is in st. Landry parish; he has retired
| from public life; | don't think the Republl-
cans wanted him as collector.
| oues@Then against the wishes of the He
| pubiicans of louisiana this man, Being one Of
| the legal supreme Judges required to make
legal quorum, was appointed to this office
| Ans.-Yes, sir.
0ues.-And MIR. P. H, Morgan, who was
one OF the Judges who held oEer, was ap
| pointed by the President to be judge of any
international court In Africa; was he. not
translated into that positionP Ans be-
| lieye he was APPOINTED to such position.
/ A. oh hat N
notP Ans.-It was about May of last year,
| l think.
Ques.-Thep, when Morgan and King had
| been appointed, Packard had not much
chanee, win the Nicholls Judges, lad he?
| Ans.-l don't think he had.
Ques-I want to ask you, in all solemnity,
| this: Do you believe, from your knowledge
| of what took place, that there was any other
reason for appointing King collector than to
| get him out of court, so that Packard would
not have his rights tried by legal court?
| Mr. Hiscock commenced to make objection
! to the question, when the Witnessed ANSWERED
| that he could not say as to the matter REFER
| red to, whereupon Mr.. Hlscock withdrew his
| objection to the question.
| Mr. Butler-The objection being with
drawn, will now ask you if you do not be-
! lieve that to be the fact-state whether you
| believe it or not?
Mr. Hiscock-f object to that question; l
| think it hardly competent for anyone to swear
as to what influenced the President In making
such an appointment, or what operated upon
| the mind of Governor Nichols In his action In
| the matter.
By Mr.. Butler-l will ask you, then, if you
know on whose recommendation King was
appointed? Ans think he was appointed
| on the recommendation of Thomas 9. Ander-
SOD, and recommended him also. That the
President did or did not appoint King with
i 81 b. L,
cannot, of course, say, but l know that. MIR.
King was an cid resident, and, above all; he
was an Old-Line Wing. Laughter
Ques-Did Boulds Baker recommend him
| Laughter Ans.-I should not be surprised
| if such was the case. He had been a mem
| Der of the legislature for number OF years,
| and recommended him on the ground of his
being an old resident and an Old-Line Wing.
| Ques.-Do you know who recommended
Judge Morgan to the position he obtained
| Ans.-1 think he was appointed by Mr.. Evarts
| upon his own application.
Ques.-Was not the question mooted about
Governor Packard's appealing to the supreme
court before the court was broken up? Ans
/ think the matter had been discussed by
himself and friends before that.
Ques.-Do you remember whether Mr..
| Kings name was withdrawn about the time
| that Boulds Baker returned from Texas?
| Laughter. Ans.-I do n 1t think his name
was ever sent in; there was an extra session
of the senate aftarward, and Lawrence
name was sent in for collector; it was SAID
| that King declined at the last moment In or
| der to relieve the President of all embarrass-
ment and not, think, until it was under
stood he would not be reappointed.
| Adjourned until Friday.
The New Orleans Division.
NEW ORLEANS, July 11.-Before the Pot
| ter subcommittee to-day,
HIRAM sMEDLEY
| testified. Being shown by Mr.. Cox the An
| derson- Weber agreement, he said: l saw
| the name of ID. A. Weber signed to that pa
per by J. W. Jones, notary public, in the
| back room of my coffee-house, on Exchange
alley; Jones spent most of his time at my
place; only saw Jones sign Weber's name
| once; don't know whether the paper was a
| single or double sheet; about two months
| ago, before Dix went to Washington, | had
| a conversation with him; he said they wanted
him TO swear that he had seen Weber sign
| the Anderson Weber agreement, but he could
not
Ques.-By Mr.. Blackburn: Jones had the
| reputation of signing other peoples names
| and fixing up crooked papers? Aus.-Eo the
best of my knowledge and belief, when DIX
and Wilder certify that Weber's name was
| signed to the Anderson Weber agreement at
the date given they certify to falsehood;
| told Seymour few days ago that he knew
/ his certificate was untrue.
E S. WEBER
| was examined by Mr.. Cox as to his testimony
| given in jackson, Mississippi, before the
| Boutwell, committee. Mr.. Cox read from the
report of that committee the questions pro-
| pounded and the answers given by Weber al
that time, and asked witness whether they
| were true or false as to each question which
relate to violence, intimidation, threats, muir
der, and all manner of outrage, as charged
at that time, including the acts Of the regu.
lators.
The answers given by witness were SINH
lar In almost every case, only slightly varied
by circumstances. Witness said his testi
mony was given then in most cases from in
formation received, and proceeded to explain
the circumstances under which he testified al
the instance of Governor Kellogg, and saiC
that many of his statements were made fol-
| political effect; that he knew at the TINT
they were not true; some of tho statement
he believed at that time were tree, bu
he knew now they We're false. Witness
explained his Misunderstanding of the
| objects of the regulators, which ht
knows now were to break up stealing, raid,
on seed-cotton after night, ETC.; witness sale
the statements then made were not willfully
false, but from hearsay and imagination; hi
intention was to tell the truth, and think il
most instances he did tell the committee tn,
truth as understood by him at that time, bu
l
false; he was never warned away from tn,
parish, and had no information that would
Justify him in making such statements.
In answer to a question by Mr.. Cox as h
the Sherman letter, witness said he found
in box sent from his brothers at Bayou
Sara to his father-in-law's warehouse il
Donaldsonville; found the letter after Mrs
Jenks's visit; showed it to no one; tore it III
at once, because ii exposed my broth
| orS wrong uOlnPS; nv DrOthe
told me there were no grounds 70
protesting the parish. Witness ADMITTED
that he had been indicted, forfeited his bond
and afterward, at the suggestion of the dis
trict- attorney, made false affidavit IN orde
to have the bond restored.
Weber was On the stand three hours. Unde
Mr.. Cox's cross-examination he several time
became very much excited, and accused Mr.
Cox of brow beating him and appealed T.
the committee for protection.
Baseball Scores.