The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-12
POTTER INVESTIGATION.
Kelloggs Examination continued


POTTER RINvEsTIGATIoN.
Kellogg's Examination continued.
WASHINGTON, July ll.-After recess
witness continued; The Tilden electors
and Nichols had majority on the face OF
the returns. His dispatches to Florida
that the election had gone favorable, were
based on his knowledge of the terrorism
which bad existed, sufficient to justify the
returning board in throwing out votes
Witness produced one of these dispatches
to Chandler, dated Nov 6, stating that
terrorism had prevented the colOred peo-
Pile from voting in certain parishes, and
that some of the parishes which before
were Democratic had gone Republican.
The returning board had laid aside for fu-
ture action eighteen parishes where returns
were irregular or disputed. He believed
the undisputed parishes would each give
majority to the Republican ticket through
out; in seventeen parishes there was intiml-
datiop, and in five there was absolute ter
rorism among the blacks. The white regis
tration In seventeen parishes was 1860.
and the colored registration 1859. These
parishes on the face of returns gave 81 ,232
Democratic votes and 1880 Republican
votes. Hence seventeen parishes, with
colored majority of nearly 1000, gave
| Democratic majority of 10, 1913. The col
ored majority in the forty undisputabe
parishes was Is. 965 votes, according to
the registration, and over COCO according
to the face of the returns. These figures
are official. The registration officers kept
tally of the white and colored registration.
and it was calculated, and the facts bore
out the calculation, that about the same
number of votes would be Republican as
there were OF the list of colored voters and
that about the same number would be
Democratic as on the white list, A few
whites would vote the Republican ticket
and few colored men the Democratic
ticket. Andersop's absence from East
Feliciana parish did not prevent or impede
registration there. Buldozipg did not af-
feet registration very much.
By Butler. Do you know of any
ground Of legal right or form of law or
constitutional provisions by which Nichols
and bis people were anything except an
organized mob? A | know of no reason
why Packard and his government was not
the legal State government of Louisiana
aud the Packard Legislature the legal
Legislature, the Supreme Court the lega
, and undoubted Supreme Court of the
State of Louisiana.
@. Do you not know that after the
McV eagh Commission mad disposed OF
the Packard Legislature, Gov. Packard
threatened TO appeal to the Supreme
Court? A. Yes, sir, he would have sub
; mltted his claims If be could. but Nichols
had thrust it out.
After Packard had threatened to appea
to the Supreme Court to determine tht
legality OF his election, did not Presiden
Hayes destroy a quorum OF that court by
appointing Kiag Collector? A. Tho
fact Of his appointing him Collector anC
his taking the oath OF Office did not de
. stray the court, on the ground that III,
taking OF one office is virtual and iega
surrender Of the other.
Then what Gov. Nichols did by !orc
President Hayes confirmed by appoint
ing him Collector. Was this the sam,
e King who, after he had been in Office
little while aud ;ht court was destroyed
8 had his name Withdrawn and his uomina
: ton unt acted urrn by the Senate? A
lie is. After tic object OF his appoin
ment had been accomplished then tn
nomination was Withdrawn.
S Q. Where j. he now? 4. He is i
ri St Landry PARISH. He has retired fror
:, public life. 10 not think the Republ
J. cans wanted han as Collector.
=, Q. Then against the wish of the reput
licans of Louisiana this mau, being one {
the legal supreme judges, required I
make legal quorum, was appointed
k this Office A Yes. sir, aud Mr.. p. i
is Morgan, who was one of the Judges VIII
G. held over. was appointed by the presider
10 he Judge OF an international court
Africa
Q. Was he not translated into tn;
position? A. | believe he was.
: Q, Then when Morgan aud King ha
been appointed Packard had not niue
chance with the Nichols judges, had he
A. | think not
Q. | want To ask you, in all soemnit
this: Do you believe, from your know
~ edge of what took place, that there VI
nc any other reason tor appointing King &C
e. ecror than 10 get him out of that court,
n that Packard would not have his righ
lie tried by legal court2
Hiscock objected.
he Witness answered that he could not 81
Is as to the matter referred 10.
le- Butler-l will now ask you il YOU
ay not believe them to be facts?
ne Hiscock-I object TO that question
Is think it hardly competent for any one
swear as to what Influenced the preside
ng in making such an appointment, or VIII
'te operated in the mind of Gov. Nichols
a his action 10 the matter.
,ii- By Butler-I will ask you, then, if y
Tor know on whose recommendation King "
'as appOinted2 A. think he was appoint
ca on the recommendation OF Thomas &. a
derson.
e. 1t was said that King declined at I
10; last moment to relieve the president of
l'o embarrassment.
In Adjourned.
'rd Representative Potter writes Secrets
I'd Sherman, dated July 10, stating tha, q
field and the visiting etatesmeD will
ne summoned before his committee as ca
40 US practicable.
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are CANADA
ere MONTREAL, July 1.-THE Mayor
oW just given his ultimatum to the effect G
the he will carry out his proclamation 4
prevent the procession taking place.
er- this purpose he is about to swear in
ain special ocnstables. He has Just marcl
ate large body of police TO the Orange h
IN St i 44nas streef uhara thav are ria