Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-07-12
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The Twelfth Of July in
Montreal.
THE oRAnaEMEn TAKE COUNSEL
WITH THEMSELVES.
And the Battle ofthe Boyne
is Not Celebrated.
ONE OR TWO HEADS CRACKED BY
POLICEMEN.
BUr NO GENERAL DISTURBANCE.
Proceedings OF the Committee on
Impeachment.
GENERAL BuTlER's PLAN TAKING
FORM.
lsrrorAL DisrArcnrs TO H Coin Hill
Proceedings OF the Committee on
Impeachment.
GENERAL BuTlER's PLAN TAKING
FORM.
lsYsolAL DisrArcnrs ro III Coin Hill
DALI NEvs.l
BuGier's Plans DsvsIopiag.

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WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE Potter In.
vestigstion Committee resumed to-day.
and senator Kellogg was examined by
General Butler. lie testified that the
election In Louisiana In 1876 was entirely
legal. A great many people In New Or
leans thought the Returning Board had
acted improperly in refusing TO return as
elected certain persons who they claimed
ought TO have been elected. Al tho request
OF Butler witness gave . detailed state-
ment Of the competition Of the respective
houses Of tho Legislature, and after citing
the law Of Louisiana at considerable
length, stated that Governor Packard was
legally inaugurated on tho 9Th Of January
1877, al which time there was . Republi.
can quorum In both houses.
General Butler produced tables COM
piled from the Returning Boards figures,
which showed that after the Board had
thrown out sufficient Democratic parishes
10 elect the Geueral Assembly. II was
foupd there were still two Hayes electors
defeated. vhereupon the Returning Board
threw out parishes and precincts until
they had succeeded In securing . majority
Of the Hayes electors.
Witness stated that, assuming the flg-
ures 10 DO correct, the findings OF the To-
turning Board 10 left. Tho General As.
sembly was Republican In both branches.
and still left two Hayes electors In the
minority.
Butier-whereupon tho Board proceed.
cd to give the screw another twist.
w~itness-That 10 not my testimony.
Question-How many votes ~ returned
BY the Returning Board did the lowest
Hayes elcctor run behind Packard :
Apswer-These tables show . majority for
Governor Of 4Ol, while two Republican
electors. Levisseo and Joseph, were In .
minority.
Recess.
After recess witness continued: The
Tilden electors aud Nichols had Q major
ity on the face Of the returns. His dis.
patches 10 Florida that tho election had
gone fayorAbly were based on his know
ledge Of terrorism which had existed suf-
ticient to Justify the Returning Board In
throwing out votes. Witness produced
one Of these dispatches TO Chandler. dated
November @. stating that terrorism had
prevented the colored people from voting
In certain parishes. and some OF the par.
ishes which before were Republican had
gone Democratic. The Returning Board
laid aside for future action eighteen par.
ishes where the returns were irregular or
disputed. lie believed tho undisputed
parishes would give o majority 10 the Re
publican ticket throughout. In eighteen
marshes there WAS intimidation, and In
live there was absolute terrorism among
the blacks. The white registration In sew
enteen parishes Was 20.2G0, aud the col.
orcd, 27,2C9. These parishes. on the face OF
the returns. gave n ,2S2 Democratic votes
and lO,g70 Republican votes, hence seven.
teen marshes with o colored majority
OF over 1000 gave . Democratic majority
OF 1O,l53. The colored majority In the
forty undisputed parishes was 1866 votes
according to tho registration, and over
5000 according to the face Of the returns.
These figures arc Official. The registra-
ton officer kept tally Of tho white and col.
ored registration, and IL was calculated
and The facts bore out the calculation)
that about the same number OF votes
would be Republican a. there were on the
list Of colored voters, aud about the same
namber would be Democratic Is on the
whito list--that . few whites would vote
The Republican ticket and . few oolored
men the Democratic ticket. Several elec.
tions had verified this view Of the case.
Anderson's absence from East Pslieiana
parish did not prevent or impede registrs-
ton there. Bulldozing did not Affect
registration very much.
by Butler-Do you know OF any ground
Of legal right or form OF law or constitu'
tionsl provision BY which Nichols n his
people were anything except an rganized
mobf Answer-I know Of no reason WY
Packard and MS goyeinlnen' W. no''.S
legal State government OF Louisiana ana
tho Packard Legislature the legal Legisla.
ture Of the State and the Supreme Court
the legal and undoubtsd Supreme Court OF
the State Of Louisiana.
-Q~uestion-Do you not know that After
the Mcveagh commission had disposed OF
packard he threatened 70 appeal to the
supreme Court2 Answer-Yes, sir. he
would have submitted his claims II he
could, but Nichols had thrust IL OUT.
Q.-After Packard had threatened 70 sp'
peal 10 the supreme Court TO determine
II. .t.nNtaR 1l1 tnt Draal.