The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-07
THE ELECTORAL FRAUDS.
Another Surprise in the Potter.
Committee.
lEVlSSEE'S STORY OF BRIBERY.
A Forged Signature to the Electoral
Certificate Of Louisiana.
ANDERSON'S CORRESPONDENCE
Experiences Before and After
an Election.
SECRETS OF Thu BAKER COUNTY CANVASS.
Senator Matthews Denies All
knowledge of Fraud.
MINISTER MOVES COMING HOME.
Experiences Before and After
an Election.
SECRETS OF The BAKER COUNTY CANVASS.
Senator Matthews Denies All
knowledge of Fraud.
MINISTER MOVES COMING HOME.
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rRRoM ouR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
wAsHrSGrox, June o, 1873
che sessions OF the Potter Committee are az full Of
surprises a. . sensation play or novel. Yesterday
Anderson amazed not only tho lockers on. bat the
democratic members Of tho committee by suddenly
declaring one Of his own documents forged. To-day
Lcv,ssse ono Of tho republican electors, called
In belief that be would cloar up some mat
tors abous which, as your correspondents
has before reported. shsro have been rumcrs
here. startled the committee. at least good many
Of .nem, BY swearing that his signature somc or
the electoral certificates ls'a forgery
THE BRmERy STORY.
There has been current hero for some time q story
that Lsvssee was at critical period disposed, for
consideration, TO absent himself from the Electoral
College, and II has been said that Mr.. Kellogg, who
kept sharp eye upon his men, was greatly alarmed
a. this prospect, ana on December autographed to
Senators Morton and Sherman his Tears, and on the
following day autographed again urgently fol-
lows:-
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4. 1870
TO Senators MoRror and SHERMAN, Washington D. -
CIV: me your .avc. on subject q
To which she reply that II the electors mot
and any cector was absent the others could iii the
vacancy.
Levissee to-day testified that he was In fact ap-
proached BY what turned DO the agent OF somo
gambling spectators with offer OF money to absent
himself; that, never intending 10 do what they
wished. he drew them on. to what they would
offer; that on the succeeding day the agent
told him 10 would not be enough 70
himself but be must cast his vote for rilden,
bn which, having gone as far ~ he Intended with
them asd discovered tho principal tho attempt to
bribe him TO be one Joseph Hernandez. he says be
dropped the whole mattsr In all this Levssce testi
al Ia hiatt to-
tended TO accept brbo; that he attended tho mcc,-
Ing Of the Electoral College, that he his for
Hayes and whescr that he sign ed the ripiicate
neates and the record or tho proceedings and that
in fncssvsrythiny, far acts wore eoncernsd
was entirely regular .~.;l
rHE SURPRISE.
Now came the surprise. The certificates had boon
brought at she request Of tho committee In place
OF three thero proved TO have boon six. double SET
and from what appeared this afternoon, what
been before known, it would seem that the FIRST sot
were In some way informal and irregular The ir-
regularity, 20 far shown. In the Endorsement on the
envelope which they were sent, and II supposed
that when tho notorious Tom Anderson, Of tho Re-
turning Board, VINO was tho worthy messenger In
trusted with the vote OF Louisiana, got here,
the vico President or some expert dis
covered this informally, wheroupon Anderson
was sent post haste back to New Orleans TO have
sct prepared The envelope which held the nrst
ses II postmarked December .. that which contained
The second bears date December %, copy OF tho
certificate having, under the law, DO by mail.
FORGERY LgvIssEE's NAME
Levissec asked to say that his signatures to
these certificates genuine. Il so happened that
Arst paper he took mp contained what he at
and confidently declared to DO forgery OF hts name.
This a surprise. but no went to smother which
10 two which contained hts genuine signature.
Tho -forgeries he declared to be rather
clumsy OF bis signature though an un.
familiar oye they pretty good limitations It
shown later by his testimony. that he not In Now
Orleans after certain day and could not have signed
tho second set and It appears TO be fact that WHOM
Anderson returned post haste to New Orleans have
certificates prepared In place OF tho nrs Lcvssce
being nj hand soms was employed 10 sign his
name Tor him. In short the rest OF tho returning
board united In . forgery.
OF course there 10 nothing In all this to affect the
Presidential title, though Il Is little startling to re-
member that those forged ccrtinrntcs werc formally
opened aud l,d before both houses. referred IN
the most solemn manner TO the Electoral Commits
sion, and werc BY them viewed aud accepted rs
authentic evidence that the republican candidates
entitled TO the vote Of Lousians. II the forgery
Of Ievssecs memo had boon ., that ,,mo discovered
81 course the certificates you'll been rcjccted
LOUISIANA RxrunLrcASs.
But what is important 10 this and In tho previous
revelations aud what the country ought regard az
the most important result OF this Is the
cvidopco Il Affords Of tho character OF tho men who
called themselves republicans IN Louisiana, who were
Tor years forced upon that state by the republican
Congress and the army, who manipulated It's politics
and robbed ITS citizens snd were all tho while held up
10 saints and martyrs by tho Northern republican
tors. The republicans themselves nov denouncs An
dorson ~ . brnscn porjurcr and graceless
wretch. ana so no is But, such MS no
70, he was the one and only witness
IN whoso testimony they demanded that East Fccana
parish should DO thrown ou', and on his single pro-
les, tho whole people OF county deprived OF
their votes oy tho Returning Board. His testimony
now is justly held TO DO worthless unless II Is sup
ported by documentary evidence, but " Is worth no
loss now than u was when the Returning Board
slowed him to swear away the vote OF a county
Levissses charge inst his name was forged to the
electoral certificates appears to;De far rmy estab
nsbcd by strong clrcumstantiai details But n Ia
true 10 shows Tint pprt At least. OF tho republican,
Electors OF Louisiana. with Mr.. Kellogg standing a.
heir head, wcrc privy TO tho forgery OF a signs-
uro upon ono Of tho most important public docu-
ncpts osc which rested the result
u tho decision, aud thu, these mon did no. hesitate
commit forgery which had Tor It's purpose 70
,roi tho political future Of forty millions OF people
conHoBoRArivE EVIDENCE.
They seem not TO have thought worth who
10 conceal so great crime. but II appears meant 10
use IL 40 means Of terrifying Mr.. Hayos, for Andcr-
,on wro.e little moro than month aicr the ,nau.
sarr,ton 70 senator Matthews us foiiows:-.
Crsron HOUSE. Ngw ORLEANS, La.,l
ColLscroRs OrsIcF. apr. 7, 1917. !
70 Hon, STANLEY MArrngws:-
DEAR SIR Packard on MONDAY concluded that bis
only nope lay IN his abitv to brighten the President
Nv tnreatened exposure VI rascs,ity commiticd dur
,ng ,hc past campaign, aud his AGENTS have been
a work sinco thsn ehdeavoring 70 collect
violence. He has scnt for me three times