Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-29

option, PROMISED NOtn1nS Oy AuCAOlACy
of Hayes, and Had Nothing to Do With
Securing. Dishonest Count-Gen. Lew
Wallace Also Rises to Explain Dennis
Briefly Examined and to Be Recalled
sub-Co,,,r,aittee il, New Orleans
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Potter commit
tee appointed Hunton, Mcmahon, Springer,
Butler and Hiscock subcommittee to remain
in Washington and take testimony. Potter,
Morrison and Cox will act as relief for it
and the subcommittee in New Orleans.
At the session to-day L. E. Dennis resumed
his story. He said box No. two of Archer pre-
clint in Alachua county, Florida, was objected
to by the Democrats account Of alleged
a5 fraud. The inspector of the polls. had
d confidential conversation with witness,
admitted that there had been 219 fraudulent
names added to the list Of voters, and his
knowledge Of the fact was partially the cause
of his declining to testify requested by
Gov Noyes. The addition Of these 2l9 names
was matter of public notoriety.
Witness was appointed by the secretary of
the treasury as an employe in the secret service.
His instructions were to examine the records
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. After
resigning this position he was appointed
agent of the internal revenue
but this commission was can
celed before he entered upon the duties of the
office. The letter Of recommendation written
by Gov. Noyes was submitted and his former
letter of recommendation to Secretary Sherman
mentioning the witness as one Of many Repub-
licans ostracised in Florida and commencing
his application to the consideration of the Sec
rotary. Witness never knew of Gov. Noyes
having put in evidence before the returning
f,o4 s.l,o
1t was the idea of the Southern Republicans to
impress on the minds of the Northern Repubi-
cans that everything was fair and honest in
Florida
To Butler-Witness believed the returns in
Archer precinct should have shown 2l9 votes in
excess of what they did for the Republican
party. The Republican officers made up the
deficiency from the registration books so as to
make the returns show their proper number of
votes. When the votes were turned out of the
box the missing number of Republican votes
appeared as if having been legally cast.
Witness testified that Black, Republican in
spector of election, and Vance, Republican
clerk had made af1idavits to the correctness of
the return, and his reason for not wishing to go
on the stand was that his testimony would have
tended strongly to have contradicted theirs.
He did not disclose this knowledge to Gov.
Hayes, but simply tried to impress him with
the idea that he had not better put him on the
stand because it would inlure his
Butler stated he had gone into examination
at greater length than he had intended, because
he wanted to show that Gov. Noyes had no
knowledge at the time of the facts testified to
by Witness
Hiscock said he expected to produce the evil
dence Of Vance and Black, showing that they
did not raise the return, and also evidence
showing that as many men sWOre they voted
the Republican ticket whose names were on
the poll list as were certified by the returns.
He thai riCht 1uitb no
understanding that the point not closed
before the public. Mr.. Dennis was instructed
to hold himself in readiness to appear before
the committee, it having been decided that the
matter of manipulation of votes in Alachua
county was not yet closed
EDWARD F. MOVES,
United States minister to France, testified that
he was in attendance upon the canvassing
board in Florida during the last presidential
election. He did not go at the suggestion or
with the knowledge Of Governor Hayes, and
while there he did not receive either kilograms,
letters or communications Of any sort from
Gov. Hayes. He took legal part in proceed
1ngs OF the canvass, organized cases before the
find o~t facts relating to alleged frauds
IN Alachua county, at Archer precinct, No. 2,
anc. owing to parties swearing one way and i'm
medlately thereafter directly opposite, he lost
all confidence in them but finally, from dill
gent inquiry and the consistent testimony Of
forty or fifty Republicans that they had voted
the Republican ticket, he reached the honest
conclusion that the count as returned was cor
rect. He had asked Dennis to be agent. Den
MS had PrGved the correctness Of the vote in
Dennis word that he intended to impress upon
his (NoyesD mind that it would
not be safe for him go on to the stand for
Republicans, owing to his knowledge of frauds,
but that he (witness) could not solemnly swear
no such impression was conveyed by the re-
marks Of Dennis, and General Wallace who
was present at the time, was now in the COM
mittee room and would corroborate his (Noyes')
statement. Witness pronouncedthe statement
by General Cooke before the Florida sub-com-
mittee to the effect that he the wit
ness, with Cowgirl. Governor Stearns and Nc
Lin were locked together in the room of
the secretary of state before the meeting of the
board, an unqualified falsehood. He had no
private conference with any of the gentlemen
that required locked doors, and with McLin he
had no Pr1yate at all Gen Meyes
by McLin in q very friendly spirit, in which he
pictured very deliberately the frauds practiced
by the Democrats and the delight he expert
enced on learning the success Of the Republi-
party, and embracing in the last letter
request that witness should aid him in securing
the position of district judge of Florida.
I will state howl came to go to Florida There
was meeting of prominent Republicans held
at the office of Mr.. Bateman, United States at
torney for the southern district of Ohio, and at
that meeting Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati
Gazette, was present and told us he had received
kilograms that Democratic politicians from the
North were assembled at New Orleans, and he,
with other Republicans present, thought it was
for the purpose of taking from Hayes
seonss to S and tf It was right that
Republicans from the North of prominence
should go there to look after the matter, Va
rious names were suggested, my own among
the rest, and finally Job E. Stevenson, former
member of Congress from that State, said he
would 60 if would, and that very night, with
out communication with Gov Hayes or any
body else, Stevenson and myself started.
I do not remember whether Senator
Matthews went with or not,
but he was there at the same
time We remained two or three days, during
which nothing was done except to arrange pre-
liminaries with the Democratic visitors
There were various Republicans down there
who had come from the North. Finding my
presence not necessary, l prepared to go back
to Cincinnati, but about that time Eugene
Hale received dispatch from the national
committee stating there was danger that
Florida would be stolen from us, and saying
a strong committee should be sent to Tallahas-
see. For some time nobody would consent to
20, but at last Mr.. Kasson and Gen. Wallace
said they would 60 if l would, whereupon
without having been specially designated by
anybody, I started with those two gentlemen
for Tallahassee. That is the whole story of
my going there.
In speaking of Archer precinct, witness said:
I desired IN preparing the case to know from
the electors themselves how many of them had
actually voted the Republican ticket. Wesent