New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-30

General Garfield was with me somotimes-in TACT, as
To- the negroes s about the state OF in the differ
ent parishes said HIM. to all the other visitors
that should collect evidence enough SO tnat Whit
ever report the board should mako would be accepted
Mr.. HscocK asked Mr. Potterifi II was TO be consd-
that the question OF whether or not there was m
mdstlon in the 9arsheS was sa ~ e he oDy
wished to show by his nerrOga0res the good ilt OF
the gentlemen who went 20 louisiana ~ Deeane
necessary to touch upon the question VI ''n"''''"'
actual witnesses could be summoned
METHODS OF TIE RETURNING BOARD.
Governor Palmer then described the methods OF the
Returning Boards procedure in this way: ATTENDED
all the public sessions OF Returning Board Returns
from disputed parishes laid aside untouched
Those the parishes about which there was 10 ais
pute were opened FIRST" =,
gained Of amount of dOetorng which IL would ne
necessary do 10 the disputed returns IN order 70 carry
such information cOnld be obtained in that way me
poured out on the table around WHEN t S
aside could not learn that the consideration OF me
undisputed returns was eyer consdered eospetea; U
could considered officially canvassed Meme as iat as
could learn, We're IN ina eondImon, an Vim NO. sta
tisIics that had been furnished to Us the results
o. sS Sb Soo protests asked FOR copies
them and told that the CLERKS were 700 ou %
the copying never saw the ahdavits examined. Ine
simple statement would be Here many protests
against this parish" some OF the returns MSIo IAiu
aside ON the ground Of general protests. Governor
Packard himself had protested against sixteen parishes
I'm many instances after the had been filed pro
tests were sent by the Supervisors OF Keglstrauoni
and these were received although they ought 10 nave aC
COMMANDED the returns themselves. Inc acis Mhich
have described about all the work OF tne heiurn
ng BOARD that we were allowed witness There were
no Investigations arguments or examinations OF am
davi;s. | was not allowed to go into the computing
room where the votes actually counted
o-Was any Republican visitor allowed in that roor
Ayes. L think l saw Eugene Haze coming our Oh ~
won't swear il was be, but believe II was ! askea
10 go in, and was informed that II was private uoi
mean to mpute the least wrong on MI hao par. r
only thought privileges were gwen 10 kepupcans
that not accorded to us don't hsow ~, nat .ne S
ever was any consideration OF the mass OF anu
evidence offered before the board Inc pubic sessions
OF the board closed on saturday on no oo an1bo
that the state had been gwen 10 hayes cdhihOtt
yen came from those who seemed to know. There
pcrsOns who had access to the papers Mr. Ray coune
bpt number II was said that the board would examine
All evidence in private. As have said there was no
on no Witness the did not really result III oar see
ing anything Twas not able to say, from any OIL tne
privileges accorded me- whether of hot INC "'i0
Mr. Potter asked Governor Palmer If he was iawyer
on receiving Affirmative reply lac iurther asked ~ nc
thought tine count legally and judlcaiy conducted
To winch the witness replied that No hdu IeIteu 'De
method Of action.
AHE PISKsToN OUTRAGE.
o-Wers YOU there when Eliza Ppkston brought
in before the Returning Boards Ayes. When she
was brought her for some time iying on SOFA
1t was an infamous case, ana had no hesitation in de-
elarng il TO be so. 80 .,.,,
u
ficTed on her did you see those personsi Ayes;
thought il great piece OF cruely TO pTing her
Gratis werr and found most OF the accused persons er
1 expressed my feelings very plainly. Ihey uled 10
moIfy me, but said g If You are guilty, have not
said half enough" TDey wanted to appear before tue
board to clear themselves. took the proposition 10
e hoard but they objected to the introduction OF the
matter The accused persons followed me 10 VIC hOt'i
aud told their story talked WIN 0thcP WIZ a%
Wells and told him that had to the conclusion
that great outrage lad been committed 1u not by the
ma had
GLOW, generally, did the Republican visitors go
about Al cannot answer. Tuey had the same
0pDortuuity that had very little of them except
before the Returning Board
O-WheIe were the Republican attidayits prepared
Al anew from the fact that 1 knew where United
STA es Commissioner WOcy's office was-in tne Custom
House IL WAS well known that Re- ubican officials
were working with the Republican party M The STATE.
Governor Palmer answer 10 further questions, said
thai he remained HewOrcans until the same day the
electors voted-Decembcr and that he received an
application reference to the vote of vssee one Of tho
RapuDcsn On tue Monday OF Tuesday preceding
tbe count gentleman told MN he wltness) that Judge
Levssee mad that the election was fraudulent ana
that II a certain sum" SlOU,OOO, thlnk could De
raised he would appear before the board denounoe the
whole tuing faud. aud vote LOT Governor ridden
told him to tel LfYlssee mat hr. lldch cOuid nQt
afford to his vote under any circumstances that
te Tldcp electors mad been elected he iLeylssee) was
not an eIector ana had no right to vote the election
was a fraud he could Only refuse 10 serve.
$50 far is your Judgment went, could Packard
have maintained himself az Governor Of the STATE
Al tmnk ne could not Nor could r. esiGent Hayes
together odOus and The people were determined not TO
submit u. Ihey did moi mean 10 90 anything hOsle
10
should not be ther Governor Ihey LOOK mncI less m
tue PRESIDENTIAL lhan IN The STATE etcon ana
would have preferred 90 submit 10 military govern
men. rather tuan 10 Packard go
Govrruor Palmer further said that II the Republican
sta,e government had been maintained IN power. the
attiiude VI the people Woud nave pe hucn az Iocopei
the National Government To rule by military torce tina.
part OF the state, official OF Packards could have
done so.
TIE FEELING AGAINST PACKARD.
Mr. Hiseock then began a orOss-examinaton. Often
lid ID 81 ,r,fT
ask him If he meant exactly thus and 3d. remarkng that
It was evidently Mr. Hscock's intention to commit Gov
ernor Palmer 10 statements which he lPalme did not
exactly mean The questions both sides elnb0r
ate carefully framed The state OF nnu among the
people, or rather Governor Palmers Upluion Of It,
seemed be the Information sought The substance OF
The negroes were OF no account The whites almost
UpanimOusy supported Nichols. should not IKE 70
say that they were united IN military organizations but
there be doubt that there existed skeleton organ
zatons, TO which the whites belonged that could nave
been brought INTO action almost at the tap OF the drum
believe the whites fully intended to resist ny arms the
Packard government They meant 10 MAKE IL heeesSat
IetfTr In ITSELF and would efectualy call the
attention of tic country largo to their condition. Tbey
believed Tdan elected. but tney ala not care whether
Hayes in not II only they could De ria 81 Pack
ara Tne State government as it WAS, was no govern
nent. Murder and crime were rle all over
political without doubt. Partisans ON both
sides guilty OF them. Negroes were just
white pcOpie IL would be Impossible TO state what pro
IOrtlOn OF the violence duc 10 ponies khOull
think the political murd' rs were comparatively few i
do not believe they were eonnhcd 70 what are known as
sufficient TO hinder free election nor am willing to
stare that the feeling throughout the State would per
mil air election. Still theoretically free electlCn
such as INTEL gent should make, was impossible
then, add would so now.
Mr. HisCOek-DO you think the Returning Board
could have finished its work by December n they bad
undertaken all the investigations the ahdaVlts sug
gesed3 Al think IL wOald have been possible for
the board 10 all tho alleged ouiages. The
mmers might have been Obliged to work sixteen hours
day Bur tie board declared they Dad time to
90 into those In would inpuLe bad