Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-13
especial Cases.o

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1t will be remembered thdt Mr.. Hayes,
in recommending James e. Anderson for
position 10 warm climate, denominated the
applicant as special caee. The Washing.
ton Post complies number of Especial
cases" in which individuals who perpotrated
frauds, or aided and abettcd in their accom-
plishment, have boen rewarded with Office
undor tho present administration. Our
contemporary evidently believes, from the
irony of his closing paragraph, that Mr..
Hayes had a guilty knowledge Of the frauds
and tho persons engaged 10 them, but we
respectfully submit that it ID another in
stanoe whero "wioked associates" bring q
man into trouble. All of these Especial
cases" are duo to the inAuonoe Of John
Sherman and Stanley Matthews, who havo
boon tho 60 betweens in this nefarious bust.
ness:
Mr.. Noyes, who divided tho, 6wpg among
tho Florida thieves, was made Minister to
France.
Mr.. Stoughton, who "conferred" with
Anderson and other Louisiana oulprits, was
made Minister to Russia.
Mr.. Kasson, who WAS one Of the visiting
statesmen, and helped steal the Florida
vote, was made Minister to Austria.
Mr.. MoLin, who confesses that he helped
steal the Florida voto, was made Chief Jus.
tico of New Mexico.
Mr.. Dennis, who oonfesses to the frauds
that made it possible for MoLin to steal tho
Florida vote, was appointed, on the special
request of Hayes, which was "written with
blue pencil" special treasury agent.
Governor Stearns, who held the fort
while Cowgirl and MoLiu stole the Florida
vote, was made one of the Hot Springs
Commissioners.
Mr. Cowgirl, who completed the theft of
tho Florida votes, was made United States
Marshal.
Thus Noyes, Kasson, MoLin, Dennis,
Stearns and Oowgill, through and by whom
the four votes of Florida were stolen from
President Tilden, have all been recognized
by Mr.. Hayes as "spooial oasos," and re-
wardod accordingly.
VIM. Pitt Kellogg, for helping steal the
vote of Louisiana by bracing up the re-
turning board and such supervisors as An
dersan, received seat in tho Senate, to
which he had no title, through the single
vote Of Stanley Matthews, the friend and
representative of Mr.. Hayes.
S. B. Packard, who helpad Kellogg steal
tho Louisiana vote, received tho biggest
consulate in Europe.
George l.. Smith, who forged aud falsi-
fed the returns of Do Soto Parish, was made
Collector of New Orleans.
Jaok Wharton, who assisted, was made
Marshal of New Orleans
Madison Wells, who was ono of the
thieves whom Kellogg braood up, was given
the Office Of Surveyor of the Port.
Tom Anderson, who was another return
ing board thief, was kept iu office as acting
collector, even after his conviction of forgery
and theft. This was very special case.
Casanave, the third returning board thief,
was made naval officer.
Kenner, the fourth and last returning
board thief, porjurcr aud forger, was given
place in the custom house under principal
thief Anderson. :.
General John NJ. Harlan, who was one of
tho referees in tho Foliciana Anderson case,
was made Judge Of the United States Su..
promo Court.
George A. Sheridan, for helping to keep
the returning board thieves stiff, was trans.
planted to Washington and made Recorder
Of Deods.
Dan. Wobber, who, at the request Of
John Sherman, stole the vote Of West
Felioiana, was promised in writing a consu.
late, but was killed before he could be ap-.
pointed.
J.E. Anderson, for complying with John
Sherman's request to the extent Of signing
protest he know to be false, and which
was afterwards forged to tho extent neccs
sary to steal the parish of East Feliciana,
was personally and in writing recommended
by MIR. Hayes for 90 consulship in warm
place"
A score Of clerks, supervisors, constables,
and others who helped forge or cover up
others forgeries have all beon provided for,
but these wo have enumerated wore Especial
cases." Still wo have no doubt that Mr..
Hayes was perfectly innocent, and that
these appointments wero all accidents.
The Charleston Jetties.
Tho report of Con. Gilmore, submitting