The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-06-20

OF the States from which the returns came, II
saw upon The face Of the package an informally
called the attention Of the messenger 10 1t, as
thought It my duty to do So may have erred
In that, but at any rate treated both sides alike
have that justification. / called the attention
Of the messenger to the statute and II they still
insisted on handing the return to me, as they did
In one or two cases, took ~, and when 1t was
once in my hands declined to give itup
By Mr.. McMahon-Itw was the same messenger
that brought you the second Louisiana return that
brought you the first, and whose attention you
had called to the informally In the hTst2 Al
suppose So but l can't say, because did no
know him.
Q.-Thnk about that whether 10 wouldn'thave
struck you as little odd II another man had
come with the returns from louisiana A.-No
sir think now It was not the same man.
QmDld he exhibit to you new appointment li1
thority to deliver the returns. I presume his au.
th0rity Is among the papers.
elf the man who brought the second Kel-
logg return was not the same man who brought
you the first, didn't that excite some suspicion
A.-No sir; not so long as he exhibited paper
authorizing him to act as messenger.
Q.-Dld not that indicate TO you that there had
been second meeting Of the Electoral College ?
A.-That was not my matter. They might have
authorized some person TO act AB messenger.
Q.-After you laid the returns before the two
Houses, did you ever, as a member Of one p0liu-
cal party at any time take the trouble to look at
the original returns from LOuiRiana2 A.-No sir;
not until short time ago.
Q.-Weio you ever present at any little social
gathering Of men of your own party at which the
respective contents Of those certificates were dis
OuBsed.
Al think not; I don't recollectit
SURPRISED AT SO MANY ERRORS
OIL will now ask you for information, and 1
do not want you to understand that on any ques-
tIoN ,NNt lTa iyn n
reflection on you. Was 1t the fact that paper OF
this character was received secretly by you, or
was 1t a matter about which you talked freely.
Al talked about different returns lremark-
ed frequently thatit was surprising there were
so many errors and informRlities,
Q-l suppo!e you talked with your friends
about these informalites, and said the North Car
olina return has come In, aud there are such in.
fOrmalties, or said Maine has come In and 1t is
so and So Now did you ever mention to any.
body 1t was little queer In the case of Louisiana.
They had taken only one paper back to correct,
and that two papers had come to you on the same
day, one by mail and one by messenger.
AL cannot tell now. l may have mentioned
1t Just as in the case Of North Carolina.
D.. Have you apv recollection Of any person to
whom yon mentioned it2 AL have not; but
think it was generally understood that called
attention to these matters ] did that ON both
SIDES
AT the close Of Ferrys examination, the Chair.
man laid before the committee the letter from
Stanley Matthews declining to appear.
sHERMANs LETTER. WILL NOT MAKE IT PUBLIC
UNTIL THE COMMITTEE ACTS UPON IT.
Secretary Sherman declines to make public his
letter to the Potter Committee, yesterday, until
that committee acts upon 1t. The Secretary, in
the letter, replies to the charge that he had en-.
tered into conspiracy to make false returns Of
the election that was free and fair, by an offer Of
certain testimony to show there was fraud, vic
lence and intimidation in East and West Felici.
ana parishes by the Democrats. He furnishes the
names of about one hundred witnesses to prove
his assertions. He refers to the testimony Of wit
nesses ou the former investigations, and gives a
resume Of the number of persons whipped, burn
ed and hanged He asks that the committee &C.
cord him the right to prove what he asserts, in
view Of the attack upon his character.