The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-13

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his convenience and make any explanations
regarding the letters from Mr.. Anderson, |
just read, as he may desire, and to answer
such questions as may be pertinent to the |
subject urder investigation"
Judge A. B. Levissee, of Louisiana, prac.
ticing attorney of Washington City, was
sworn.
Judge Levissee testified that he had been
offered by n Asher, 800, 900 to cast
his vote as elector for Tilden. Asher
was the only person who had spoken
person named johnson, formerly Sergeant
alarms in the Louisiana House of Repre-
sentatives, called on witness at his lodgings,
and not finding him in, wrote a note, stating
that johnson desired to meet witness at a
certain hotel at nine o'clock the next morn.
ing on important business, but before that
hour johnson called at witnesses lodgings
and made an engagement with him to meet
Asher at one o'clock.
The ladies OF the house told witness they
were under the impression, judging from
the conversation and manner of johnson,
that he was DESTROYS of making q bargain
with witness to change his vote, and stating
as their reason for SO believing that a re-
mark wal made by johnson, the effect of
which was If l was in Levissee's shoes /
would make 500, 900 out of it."~ "Johnson,n
witness said, "was intimately acquainted
with the ladies of the house."
Mcmahon here produced a note and wit
ness recognized it as the one written
by johnson when he first called.
Continuing, Levissee said Asher was
previously cashier of the band in Shreve-
port. At the time in question he was in
New Orleans transacting private business.
Mr.. Mcmahon requested witness to state,
as near as he could remember, the conversa-.
ton between himself and Asher, regarding
the transaction. In reply, he stated that,
after some preliminary remarks, Asher
asked him if he would be willing to accept
a round sum, say thirty or forty thousand
dollars, and refuse TO accept his certificate
of election as Elector.
A secret session was held on June 7, and
an open session was afterward held in open
Court publishing what was done. The
fact was elected that as soon as President
Hayes advised that there wal anything sus-
picious in Anderson's character he sent a
letter to the Secretary Of State ordering that
Anderson's appointment to a Consulship
be withheld until he could investigate his
character. This investigation was stopped
by Anderson's Withdrawing his application.
They also scooped in their drag-net letters
from influential persons in Steubenville,
o., to the President, indorsing Anderson as
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affair OF East Feliciana was greatly instru-
mental in saving the State to the Republi.
cans.
The time in secret session was principally
occupied in q comparison Of the proceedings
of the Electoral Committee with the original
documents in the Louisiana case. The OBJ
ject was to find out whether the Electoral
certificate to which Elector Levissee claims
hisname was forged, was made the basis Of
the decision of the Electoral Commission in
counting the State for Hayes.
James Mckinney, Deputy Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the United States, was
sworn and examined as to the identity of
the envelopes and their contents-already
received and examined by the committee
being the Electoral returns and papers con.
nected Herewith, which had been before the
Electoral Commission. Mckinney had been
Secretary of that commission He recog.
nized and identified the envelopes and in.
dorsements thereon, some of which were
made by himself, and others by Mr.. Cattell
and George A. Howard, who had been his
first and second assistants. The letters "N.
c." which had been a puzzle to the com
mittee, were explained by him to be the in
itials of Nathaniel Clifford, President Of
the commission. The papers were all re
turned in envelopes by HIM to the Presi
dent of the Senate.
Blackburn, who had been absent from e1
ecutive session, desired to be informed az
to what had been lone then.
The Chairman stated the original election
returns, SO far as they protested to b.
original, had been compared with eact
other and with copies printed in the vol
ume known as "Count of Electoral Vote
and that it had been found that the certifi
cate which had been before Congress ant
before the Electoral Commission, and which
was called "No. l." was the certificate frs
executed, and bearing genuine signatures
when there was but one list of Electors ant
not two-that is, where they voted at tn
same time for President and Vice-Prtsident
and that it was also found that the certif
cate which contained two seats of Electors
that is, where tie President and Vice-Presi
dent were voted for separately, and t.
which Levissee testified yesterday that hi
name wis forged-had not been printed il
the count of the Electoral vote under tn
head of certificate No. 8, which was its num
Der, but that No. 1, with some trihing aftera
lions, had been granted as No. 8.