Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-09
P0tterS Prod.

Game.
Potter,s Prod
WASHINGTON, June 8.--The House committee
investigating the alleged frauds in Louisiana
and Florida resumed its inquiry to-day. and
Mr.. Mckinney, deputy clerk Of the supreme
court and clerk Of the electoral commission,
submitted printed copies of the original certi-
hcates used before the electoral commission,
and testified that the originals now before Mr..
Potter compared with the printed copies. The
certificates were never read in the full commits
sion, but ordered printed, and at his
(McKinney's) suggestion the certificates were
printed in the back of the book containing the
record of proceedings Of the electoral commits
sion, and at the suggestion Of Dir. Garfield he
compared said certificates, finding they had be-
come mixed and were duplicates.
Witness cOntinued-The commission dealt
only with the printed papers, except in one
two instances. He could not explain how the
certificates became duplicated in printing.
spAr.
During the examination by Mr.. Mcmahon,
Mr.. Cox accused him Of assuming that he was
counsel for the prosecution, whereupon Mr..
ncMahOn said Dir. Cox was entirely mistaken,
and that he Mr.. Cox was assuming role en-
tirely foreign to him-namely, defender of
frauds.
FORGED CEHTIF1CATES.
At the request of the chairman. the examine
.ntion proceeded, and the witness stated, in
reply to questions by MIR. Mc1Iahon, that when
Gen. Garfield came to him inquiring into the
matter, the mixture of certificates in the print
ed volumes, he said: you will probably see
the Importance Of them in few days. There
has been some charge made that some Of the
certificates were forged
In reply to questions by chairman Potter,
Mr.. Mckinney testified that Garfield came to
him in the clerks Office of the supreme court
and asked him if he remembered any difference
in the Kellogg (I4a.) certificates, to which
he replied he did but did not recol-
lect what the difference consisted in, where
npon at
GEN. GAHfIE,.D'y
request, l got the octave volume called the
Count of the Electoral Vote, in which the du-
plication appeared, and while Gen. Garfield
read certificate No. looked and saw differ
ence-that one of the certificates was separate
as to Hayes and Wheeler, and the other was
joint certificate. The certificates, witness said,
were never compared after they were received
from the printer, and in one or two instances
at request OF members papers we're sent direct
from the printing office to them that they
might receive them early in the day.
THE POINT
sought to be developed by the examination Of
Mckinney il that certificate No. l, which
Lcyissee identified as containing his genuine
signature contains only the single statement
that the electors voted for President and Vice
President, while certificate No. 3, to which
Levissee says his signature was a forgery con-
tains double statement of the vote for Presi-
dent and of the vote for Vice President. 1t
appears that in both the printed volumes, the
one IN quarto form, corresponding with the
Congressional record, and the one in octave
form, it is only No. 3 that ia printed.
OF THIS CURIOUS FACT
the only explanation that could bs offered
by McKenney, secretary of the electoral COM
mittee. was that the printed copies Of and 3
were 80 nearly identical in the first page that
IN gathering together the copies that were not
used they got mixed up together, there being
no printed number to distinguish them, and
when he handed to Murphy, the official steno-
grapher, the copies to be printed in the ap-
pendix, he had given him two Of the same kind
Instead of two of different kinds That was
the substance of Mckinney 5 testimony except
that another somewhat
INTERESTING INCIDENT
was also related. That was that some Ave or
six weeks ago Gen. Garfield called upon him
aud asked him if he recollected u difference
between certificates numbers one and three
Mr.. Nick inney did not ut first reoollcct it, but
when he and Garfield went to comparing the
certificates in the printed volume, the recollec-
ton Of the difference came fresh upon him.
and he stated it to Garfield. and furnished him
with separate copies. 1t was in procuring
these copies from the storeroom, where they
had been thrown as waste paper, that he dis
covered how two sets of Kellogg certificates had
got mixed up together, and that disclosed to
MIN how he had made mistake in furnishing
copies to Murphy.
AL this was got out rs the result of u great
amount OF questioning and cross ques tioning.
MORE or LEyIssEE's STORY.
Judge A. 3. Lsyissee was recalled and made
some corrections in his previous testimony,
among which was one denying having told
Asher that he would like two hundred thousand
dollars and refuse to accept his electoral Ger
tifcate.
In reply to a question by Cox relative to
amy further facts concerning the attempt to
bribe him, witness said he had very strong
Suspicion IN advance OF the proposition that it
was to be made, and after reelection over the
matter during the night before he went to see
Asher. The first time he thought he would 60
and see Marshal Pitkin about it. Remem bering
the teaching OF the Lords prayer LEAD us not
into temptation" he thought by revealing the
facts to Pitkin be would then have no power to
accept the offer, and in conversation with
Pitkin he proposed to draw the parties on till
the last moment, with view of finding who
they We're, and to keep them from attempting
any one else.
BY the Chairman-Have you any idea who
signed your name on the certificates which YOU
have testified were not signed by you?
A. Not the remotest idea,
BY Cox-Have you any recollection as to the
number of times you signed your name, OF the
places7
a. My recollection is distinct ~ to the