The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-01
Republicans New converts are proverbially bitter


Republicans t., Office. The Secretary replied:
sYou trench on delicate ground. ought not
to tell you what the President said to me, Or
what said to the President" Gen. Butler
81 don't ask you for Cabinet secrets,
but have come to the conclusion
that there ought to be no secrets in q free
Government" The Secretary-ssI will give you
the exact facts when we reach Washington"
=. Gen. James A. Garfield was the next witness
examined, but nothing Of Importance was
elected. He was questioned at length as to
the testimony of E. L. Weber, denying the
general statements of the witness in regard to
events in Louisiana in connection with the
visiting Republicans. Many of his statements
were utterly inconsistent with truth.
Ex-Congressman J. Hale Sypher was
again before the committee on the 26th. The wit
ness said that, to the best of his recollection,
he thought that when Weber showed him the
Sherman letter it was in the handwriting of
John Sherman, and was therefore genuine.
Mr.. Potter asked whether the allegations of
fraud and intimidation werenot made after the
The charges of intimidation were made by the
Republicans in the parishes where their vote
had fallen off. Mr.. Hiscock asked whether
the Democrats sought to conciliate the colored
people to vote their ticket. A.-Yes, in va
rious ways. They did as you do in New York,
buy voters. They were very affectionate to
them. The Democrats organized unifcation
movement, for the purpose Of giving negroes
CAPABILITIES with the whites in the street cars
and in the public schools, outstripping and
beating us little. ..Ex- Congressman Frank
Morey, of Louisiana, was the next witness.
Was one Of the Republican counsel before the
Returning Board. Said the fact of in
timidation in. the bulldozed parishes
was not disputed. From personal inspection,
was satisf ed Eliza Pinkston had been danger
of the Returning Board on sofa. The i'm.
preston prevailed that this exhibition would
have good effect, and his own impression was
it would be an excellent thing to do in further
ance of the cause. Witness said on the face
of the returns Nichols and the Tilden elect
Board threw out enough votes to elect
Packard, and after this threw out 1872
votes to elect the Hayes elect
ors. This condition of things was discussed
by prominent politicians, the visiting states
men, and the Republican counsel. Witness
made some figuring as to what results would
be produced if certain parish returns were
thrown out. The result of the calculation was
sent to Florida so as to come to the knowledge
of the Florida officials.
Congressman Mercy was called
before the committee again on July 81. The
witness said that he had one or two interviews
with the President, at great length, during
which the witness argued that the withdrawal
of troops from New Orleans and not maintain
ing the Packard Government would be the de-
struction of the Republican party in the
South. The President took the position
that the Republican 4 party could
no longer retain that policy which had lost
New York to the Republicans, and the party
had become weaker in consequence, therefore,
the good of the Republican party demanded
change. The President treated the subject as
of national concern. :. Ex-senator Lyman
Trumbull, of Illinois, was the next witness. He
testified that he visited New Orleans at the
invitation of Mr.. Hewitt to witness the count
of the Returning Board, in company with
other gentlemen similarly invited. The visi-
tors were not present when the board retired
for elaboration they did not see the
compilations of the returns by which the board
arrived at results, nor did he know whether
any afidavits presented to the board were
read at all. This closed the sittings of the
committee at Atlantic City.
Ex-Gov. John M. Palmer, who was
Chairman of the Democratic Visiting Commit
tee at New Orleans during the Returning
Board count, testified before the Potter COM
mittee at New York on July 20. Witness found
from statements of Louisiana colored men that
many of the parishes had been disturbed.
Their school money had been used up. and the
Democratic politicians had made many
promises to them to vote the Democratic
ticket. The Democrats had made ex-
traordinary efforts to capture the colored VOTE
Witness had conference with Gen. Garfield,
in which he urged the coalition of the two dele
cations 81 as to lay the facts before the coun-
try. The plan of the board was to lay aside all
disputed parishes and take up the undisputed
ones. On the 28th Of November witness asked
the board when the returns from any parish
were polled that he be given the result, but
they would not do SO until they were COM
pleted. Witness asked permission of Gen.
Wells to enter the compiling room. Witness
thought some Republicans had access to that
room. He thought he saw Mr. Hale coming out
of there. If witness was asked if the election
in Louisiana was fair. he would say not. The
sense of the people there was that Tilden and
Nichols were elected. He said to Gov. Wells
and Gen. Anderson that the Tilden electors
were chosen, but that they might, on fair
consideration of the question, come to differ
ent conclusion, but that this conclusion should
be arrived at in evidence that could be clearly
put before the public. ;. The committee then