The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-08
Pleasures and Pains Of a
Search for Office.
JOHN W. BULLDOzER'S LETTER.
Evidence Of the Commences Of the
Anderson-Webber Agreement.
MYSTERIES OF THE FLORIDA CANVASS.
ryaox ous SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. ]

Iy1ox Dun SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, June 2, 1878
The Potter committee examined witnesses to-
DAY, but spent the greater part Of the session In
scrutnizng closely the electoral certificates which
Lsvssee yesterday testified thas bis signature was
forged well the circumstances on record regard
ing these eersincaies. Tho following brei statement
will give clear understanding OF the history and
turs Of these documents far they at present
known:- M 4uAN N4t#@t
The Vice President opened February u, 1877 in the
JOINT meeting OF the two houses
Nrst-A csrtihcats which came to him by mail, and
which was from the republican electors. He said,
"Ths Bhalr opens . csrtihcate from the State OF
Louisiana received by mail. no corresponding BY
nssssussr.' This was called certificate No !. When
Il had been read the Vice President said.
s'Having opened certificate received by messenger
from the same State, the Chair hands It to the
sssrs 70 be read in the presence aud hearing Of the
swo housea correspon ding one. received by mall,
also handed to the tellsra" Thess duplicates
irem the democratic electors were called certificate
No. 2, and when they had been read the Vice
President said:-"The Chair having opened another
ssrsincats from tho STATE Of Louisiana, re-
esvsd b. messenger OF the telsrs will read the
same In the and hearing OF the houses.
corresponding certificate. received by mail 10 also
Ma s." and was from the republican electors
Sseosd-An these certificates and duplicates were
referred TO the Electoral Commission. No in
Sormalitss Irregularities in them that time
made known.
1AiSd-Is II now discovered that certificate No u
irregular. neither the paper Msof the notice on
The snvslops which contained u being drawn up In
ths manner prescribed by the constitution and the
Revised ssasutsa Article II Of the constitution re-
euirss that the shall distinct lists or
al persons voted TOR Vice Prsndsnt ana OF the
number OF votes for each. Certificate No.
shows no such distinct lists, but the
svo votes presented together Section l39 OF
Revised Statutes requires that the electors after ssa
Ing up the certificates made By them, shall "certiy
upon each that tho lists OF all the OF such State
given for President OF all votes gwen vicc
President are contained therein" But the electors
dbl not 20 csriy upon the envelope which contained
certificate No Hence this cerdcats which the cleo
sors including Levisses did sign did comply with
either the requirement the law. This
vas probably discovered here where tho certificates
were closely scrutinizoc beforehand and IL Is probs-
pie that Tom Anderson, OF the Returning Board, who
was the messenger, brought up an extra copy open
for such inspection.
and its duplicate were prepared In New Orleans and
sent TO the Vice President. The envelope contains
shs one sent BY mail. being postmsrksd December 80
CsrlAcats No. complies with the constitutional re-.
Qursmsnt and the s,atute but Levisses says he did
not sign IL. did not authorize any QUO to sign for
him. knew nothing OF tho existence OF No. and that
his signature 10 . forgery. Report says tonight
that ~ least Two other signatures are forged and
Levissso. on his examination. recognized only ono
ngnaiuss OF tho whole eight genuine--that OF Mr.
Kellogg
MN
sertincasss was regular No. does not comply with
sns constitution and law; No. is a fraud. BY
curious blundsr OF the person who compiled the
ef1s'a report Of the electoral count No. does not
appear there st ALL No being twice repeated. This
~ arss aroused unnatural suspicion Of COLLISION
here with the fraud porposraed ut New orlsans but
VIII b snown tomorrow Dy the original records
shas both No. and No. were actually placed before
Ne Electoral Commission.
SisA-Lsvissoe's uams IL forged no less than eight
times In different places the certificate ana dupl-
cate and she accompanying documents
Observation-Disclosures No Is IN writing; No 8 and It's
duplicate are engraved In good style and were
probably supplied here TO Anderson to make sure
that me new sci should DO formally correct
No one here prsiends that this discovery Of q
Ssaadalous raud has any bearing the Presidential
site. In iaet there 10 intention 10 attack or dis
sosb this. and NO one now except few extreme and
Ssekisss republican partsans oven pretend TO
believe that the democrats have any such de-
sign But the committee arc determined
. search this forgery TO the bottom hopo 10 nx
shs guilt OF u upon the authora II Is believed that
more snan one or two persons we're concerned In it
perhaps not more than ono principal All tho
sscsors xho b got 1t viii be questioned as to the
gsnainsnsss Of their signatures One OF them, Morris
Marx, 10 now nero, and has Just received an ONCE In
~ Rv~~
ssrnai Revenue N Louisiana. Mr.. Kellogg ID, or
esurss. also here ~ Senator.
o1SAToR yxRRx ON THE IxYoRMALrrIEs IN
THE LOUISIANA xLEcToRAL cIRTrSIcArEs--
4 NIEDLRss ALARM-RuMoRs OF AN IMpoR-
FAINT RxsoLurrox PROM BUTLER.
ISHoA Qua REGULAR coRREsPoNDENr.]
@4 wAsHrSaros. June =, 1875
According 70 Senator Ferry, who was questioned to-
DAY eonesrping the Louisiana electoral certificates,
sns Louisiana republicans took great deaf Of IN
nsosssary troabe ana suffered deal OF useless
alarm about the informally Of the original or nrst
ssrs,Asssss OF the vote Of the electoral college.
3s THE MAIN FACTS
He says the main facts are that the original set of
these certificates reached him BY mail, but IL 10 not
wus - rumorsd that attempt was made. NJ Iras,
with his senator Ferry') knowledge to secure tho
subssitution Of amended set for the old He would
have never allowed any such substitution. Tho
amended certificates reached him In course OF time
and we're submitted TO the Electoral Commission with
shs others In order Of ther receipl respectively
NOT IN mis- POSSESSION
whom General T. Q. Anderson, as the messenger Of
Sns college, came 10 him with the duplicate OF the
esgnai he pointed out 10 him tho inior maty on
ths envelope but tho package ana not come Into his
pssscssloa- Mad II anas no would have retained u