The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-13
A RECORD OF FRAUD,

As the Potter investigation commits
toe progresses more corruption IL
brought 10 light, II was established ~
an undesirable fact last week that bar
gain was made by the visiting states
men" with republican officers OF elee'
ton 10 suppress tho evidence that the
democrats had fairly carried the cleo"
ton In East Felioiana parish, II was
also shown that the electoral commisS
sion gave the vote OF Louisiana 10 Hayes
on the basis Of one se the forged returns
Of tho proceedings Of the republican
electors In that state, The testimony
of Lsyissee, one OF the Hayes electors
shows that his name was forged TO the
electoral returns sent 10 Washington,
aud on which tho commission acted
This witness told several things which
may be regarded M startling disclose
ures. ie told how party OF New Orr
leans gamblers made nee Citations with
him with a view TO buying his electoral
vote for which he wanted $2OO,OOO,
lie did not propose TO soil II, but wants
cd 10 discover who were In tho scheme,
Ile voted for Hayes, But when the
Louisiana returns were shown him he
declared that his signature on ono Of
tho envelopes was forgery, II seems
that when tho messenger reached
Washington with the envelope contain
ing the returns IL was found that there
was some error In Formally In tho re-
turns, and he was sent back TO have
new returns made out, Leyiasec wal
absent from the city at the time, and
somebody forged his name to Thorn
This fact, of course, WAS not enough IL
itself TO have yitiated the returns, but
IL shows what sort of mon controlled
the politics of Louisiana-men who die
not scruple TO manufacture protests
out of nothing, make false returns, altel
figures TO suit themselves, throw GU
the vote of parish AZ large as Rhode
Island, and even commit forgery to car
ry cut corrupt conspiracy to pu
Hayes into the white house, Kellogg
| II seems, affixed tho seal of the state o
Louisiana TO these returns knowing
them TO be forged, for which no Is am
enable, and will no doubt be prosecuted
We have always regarded Kellogg a
tho ablest and at the same time mos
consumate scamp OF the vile crew thu
infested Louisiana, and now that thes
damaging disclosures have beef
brought out little can DO said by the re
publican press in his defense. iii
negro secretary, Deslaindes, was take
into the secrets of the scheme, and III
tested the genuineness Of the forge,
certificates. The testimony Of Levisse
upon the whole, showsc clearly that ther
was forgery and fraud with the electo
raj returns of that state, and 10 he is
republican in good standing, there cal
BIO no such charge brought against hin
as has been against Jim Anderson, viz
, that he is guilty of perjury. He has NJ
grievance against the administration
and has manifested his loyalty to hi
party by spurning bribe Therefor
the most rabid and inconsiderate Of tn
republican organs and speakers ar
compelled to admit that he tells tn,
truth. All this testimony is interest
ing and pertinent not because the ad
ditional fraud will affect the vote o
that state for president as received b.
the electoral commission and counted
by congress, but because of the fact tina
it will show conclusively to the Who'll,
country the chain of fraud and crime
perpetrated by these men in Louisiana
and will be step farther in the prim,
object of placing the whole catalogu,
of frauds, involved in this business, OF
permanent record.
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