The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-05

bteast of IT, as hs was Lyutstanlnn, anu Inc
Democratic pHfty lad carried the State Did
state that the Conservative party had carried
the stqte. Mr.. iIarrs rrs 2, me 70 , witness cpd gnd
Harris that II under eath, he would state al he
knew. Made statement that no matter how
wiped slr. Know nothing about tho ehnuaipg
n the returns Oh Vernon parish. Knew hrst of
tARIoB p. sr. CHARLES HOTEL,
before the congressional committee whsn Mr..
Iaoharie handed lhsm 70 Mr, Morrison. DON'T
know positively whether he furnished Mr;
Harris memoranda Of how the returns would
bs promulgated; did tell hiu, that the returns
would be cut up.
Is IN inspector under j. Madison Wells. Was
promised sytnething regarding his testimony
given betors the congressional committees.
REDIRECT.
q, The ' NJ, Harris 1spoksn q is the cashier Of
the civil sheriff Ut this parish.
ysssntsd ,a shs Gs,Ional HsiaessatIs party doy.
ton had with Mr.. Marris was not al The seek
ing Of Witness.
During ths last month of The Issturnipg
Board he was sought 10 be the medium whereby
great dsvelopmehts should be made.
Mr. T., Harris M treated me with courtesy, and
dsfsto9d Gov Pgl lmer also approaehea him.
ana said "a he wonld be reeo,npensed z, with large
| On december 4, Mr. Harris asked tue wfers
| We
eouLp HAVE A NETTING.
! | answered, don't know. Asked then whsre
where we met and he told mo that Coy. Palmer
thought good deal Of mo I told HI him IN that y
| might be possible for lns tp know. lie told mo
/ would be stbpBnhed before the congress
signal eonmittes soon. -. .,.,.
peafed at my house at 3 q. m. and asked me Il
wouldn't 20 before that committee. dsetinsdY
me- " Would @ hays q 90 an ad afsd me 70 @
ne MeS 1ae s s9 e Hs wle 5
| that day Mr.. Kraut took Witness prisoner and
told him .hs would bs placed ID ohargs ef Mr..
pear before the GRAND Jury aud one bsfsre ths
congressional committees l was taken TO
s M as1 sna Re9sRsa s Gid At # wAbas W a
tilI the following morning. On February u hs
Mr. Harris) met mo Of Inc Senate .testanrank
and gave me n lot 9f questions. i hnswsrsd
the auesl ions 10 the sslonal cgmmittea
as Thought right: answered them hen fol fully eogn-
he ' aesens f ~ as We he had had previously written
them. down for the Democratic purity las alleged
The counsel for defense wanted here certain
documents Ia Green's possession. Witness
promised to deliver them, as be- had them.
ny THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Do you know ons Beehtsl7
AnSwer-Yss 1 Know two. but the name 1H
Mr. Castsllanos here wanted an explanation
of tbe promises made to Green II no would not
Witnesg- THESE promises were. not made BY
any member of tho Returning Board. Three
rendered tbs asssssorshfp Of ths Third District
Was also offered 80 900 to testify to certain faets.
Propositions were tnads under tho ssal pf
secrecy ut his house, on FreuGhmen street, Mr.
Harris did = no, eal by "a ar.angsmsnt r I NJ harrs
the conversation which passed between as.
Witness tGreenl hero left to get the doest-
Mn. eusrAvn DouTAtN
] was summoned by the defense.
To Mr. Castellanos- Witness wss one of tho
clerks Of Returning Board. BUSINESS was t9
'nsa Te NJ d,aiasaes hayook returns from somebody
h"9 a1sPy s sahs them sne pLeyea
: copied affldaviis. Witness ineohsrent at com
siderable g,nglbJ h.. have tEsaasn,'lly found
hspded hand fiis them e Judge Davis. s' '
. ments contained no tally sheets. Alwayg made
{ copies Of consolidated statements. Nobody had
q right to touch or handle any OF the statements
there more language fneonDrehensible To tho
: sxsmlnsd. WhiIe vlinsss Was 5eliplns q sx-
: siona committee 1t was this orders that tho
Democratic clerks should not handle the con-
= solidated statetne nts.
sworn for the defense. Was one Of the clerks
Of the Returning Board. His dbty was to. COM
pare the tally sheets with the statement of votes
Z Davis 70 it. There was . separate room IN the
%hsrs ts gas eopea sSsa asvs
statements were Innde from the originals. Used
,s1a Y bse asa ssrfs q tue ana s m s &
fsw days they, copied from the originals, tbsm-
selves. Copying from tho eonsoIigates state-
Esrs iscsiyed a2t te dSliye- ;iie orelnss % lhs
Ra DAY ssess cm5 asa GS snsss n av ss 'ay ts
!. order and read from tho originals. This was
rescinded aftet one day. This order referred "
f01i Unnl R, and ha1
! particular parish.
recalled. Received tho returns Of Onacbita ON
Their. into his hands by the supervisor. Grady.
SENATOR ROBERTSON
sworn. Assisted In the compilation Of the votes
Of the Stats officers as q Senator. There was q
! ceased to exist. The compilation OF the returns
by this board was made in January. The COM
y hs Nichols seoy @ III Had severa
o. s neW boara Tae a ~
% the canvass. t senator Aiiain was on the board.
There was never o time when there was not 2
The law required this, and Ii was carried out by
electing Allain.
r.. FLANNAGAN
!. sworn. Was n clerk Of the Returning Board.
wou i'd examine them, and II incorrect would
mark them YOU'D compare the tally sheet VII.
tH5 cOnSOffGage0 SIHtment. Ono morning
8 he found that Morris Marks had lost by an error
100 votes. he spoke to Anderson about 1t, and he
! told witness by all means not to erass figure.
The returns generally contained the CONSOLE
dated statement, the tally sheet and statement
Of voters-that 10 as rule.
CROSS EXAMINED
= rs q night watchman In the Custom House:
was employed by Gen. Anderson: has held this
position about three months; was gauger Oft
! port under w. p. Kellogg; got his first commits
sion In 1896; never looked for a pos ton in the
Custom House since. until the present admin
istration.
GREEN RECALLED.
. He produced several notes In court. and said
, previous 70 December q. 1876. the Returning
Board had accorded to the Democratic COM
mittee here the privilege Of copying election
documents. He delivered these to Mr. Cava-
[ mac, who reeeipted for them. Mr.. Harris asked
: + Il witness could get clerk for him, as the