Daily globe., 1878-06-10

mittee to Assert Its Authority and Com
pei His Attendance---Pirate sherman's
Game.
Eotter,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-
fcates used before the electoral commission,
and testified that the orig ginals 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 tha book containing the
record Of proceedings of the electoral commits
sion, and at the suggestion Of Mr.. 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 or
two instances. He could not explain how the
certificates became duplicated in printing.
spAT.
During the examination by MIR. McMahon
Mr.. Cox accused him of assuming that he was
r.
McMahOn said Mr.. Cox was entirely mistaken,
and that he (NIr. Cox) was assuming role en-
tirely foreign to him-namely, defender of
frauds.
FORGED CERTIFICATES.
At the request of the chairman, the examin-
alton proceeded, and the witness stated, in
reply to questions by Mr.. McMahon 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 III the clerks Office of the supreme court
and asked him if he remembered any difference
IN the Kellogg (La..) certificates, to which
he replied he did but did not recol-
lect what the difference consisted in, where
upon, at
GEN. GARFIELD'S
request, got the octave volume called the
Count of the Electoral Vote, in which the du-
read certificate No. / l looked and saw a 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
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 is that certificate No. l, which
Levlssee 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
Levlssee 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
torm 1t Is only No. that is printed.
THIS oURrous)FAcr
the only explanation that could be offered
by McKenney, secretary of the electoral com
mittec, that the printed copies of and ;
were nearly identi ;al in the first page that
in gathering together the copies that were moi
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 ubstance of McKinney's testimony, except
that another somewhat
INTERESTING INCIDENT
was also related. That was that some five OF
six weeks ago Gen. Garfield called upon him
and asked him if he recollected difference
between certificates numbers one and three
Mr.. Mckinney did not at first recollect it, but
when he and Garfield went to comparing the
certificates in the printed volume, the recollec.
ton OF the difference fresh upon him
and he stated it to Garfield, and furnished him
with separate copies. It was in procuring
these copies from the storeroom, where they
9S wac cfo %nof ho Hrc
covered how two sets of Kellogg certificates hac
got mixed up together, and that disclosed tt
him how he had made a mistake in furnishlne
copies to Murphy.
All this was got out as the result of grea
amount OF questioning and cross-questioning
MORE OF Lny1ssEE's STORY.
Judge A. B. Levissee was recalled and mad
some corrections in his previous testimony
among which was denying having tol,
Asher that he would like two hundred thousan,
dollars and refuse to accept his electoral ce1
tifcate.
In reply to a question by Cox relative t
any further facts concerning the attempt t.
bribe him, witness said he had a very stron
suspicion in advance of the proposition that
was to be made, and after reflection over tn
matter during the night BEFORE he went to sc
Asher. The first time he thought he would g
and see Marshal Pitkin about it. Rememberin
the teaching of the Lords prayer ''Lead us nc
into temptation" he thought by revealing th
facts tosPitkin he would then have no power t
accept the offer, and in conversation wit
Pitzin he proposed to draw the parties on ii
the last moment, with view of finding wh
they were, and to keep them from attemptin
any one else.
BY the Uhairman-Have you any idea WI
signed your name on the certificates which 20
have testified were not signed by you?
A. Not the remotest idea.
By Cox-Have you any recollection as to II
number OF times you signed your name, or tt
places?
A. My recollection is distinct as to Il
places where signed, but do not rememb
the number of times, but should say at lea
ten or dozen on the several certificates mat
out.
The Chairman-Have you anything add
tional to add to your statement in regard
your voting blank, as was charged?
A. Nothing in particular. took the tick
and entered my name on it. There We're Z