The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-29

tiNp rae VIII say tntt tfOV. N0yeA ann my
aelf have talked about FLORIDA nattrrs with tho
exception ot such portions M related to him.
and on those points We were careful not to con-
Odd you. in any conversation who Mr.
Noyea was In Florida, RAy or intimate to him
that there was anything traudu, ent about the
evidence that you had procured. or the cnse
that he WIS 70 present Ia tho bonrd2 A,-No.
sir II WIS the object ni the local Republicans
thing WIS correct and proper. | gave the evil
denre to Gov. Noyes. aud meyer threw any
d"um upon II III ny convcrsnt ons with HIM;
Q.-Do you think your expressions tn Gov.
Noyes about going on the stand could hayc bC"n
sun M To create any impression IN his mimi
TINT your cHse WIS fraudulent or fnlsr2 Al
len that to his own intelligence. | could not say
nv Mr.. Huuton At the timc Gov Noycs
wanted you To 60 on tho stand did you know
from Information derived from oihcrs that box
No., OF Agcher prccinct contained 2lg ,raudu-
formation derived from two witnesses on the
Republican side.
some Repuhl leans bad voted there2 Al be-
heyed we should have had the majority We
Q.-And you also believed that somebody on
the Democratic side Ind taken out after they
were put In. about 2l9 votes' A.-No. sir;
Odd you believe from Information, that
offset the Democratic votes taken QUIT A.
That had been said TO me. but had seen tcsti-
Didn't you understand that In some way
the Democrats had got out 2l9 votes. and the
Republican canvas. ers had put in 2I0 votes TO
offset Il Al have reason TO believe the oxis-
Q.-IIow did you suppose these $40 votes
had got out Of tho bOx2 Al believed then
that the box should have contained 900 more
Republican votes than II did. and TINT the elec-
ton officers ut that precinct made II to show ~
c9rting to what they believed IT ought to have
Q-You were told by the election officers sub
s,gntially that hey meant to put in enough
Q.-And YOU saw them doing that didn't you
Al saw them NJ work using the registration
list Immediately afterward. and had no doubt
that WIS the work they were doing Since then.
however. they have both sworn Il was not true.
since. and for these reasons do not believe 1t
Odd the nfidnvits Of these men convince
you that what you saw them doing WIS not the
fnot. Al have not admitted that saw them
doing 1t.
man pulation these other votes would b. added
Alt was not put in that way. hut they told me
they Intended TO add 300 votes, that they be-
lryed 100 Republican votes had been changed
To DEMOCRATIC votes, and That IN making up the
Teturns they should correct the error. and m H.
the result what II ought TO be-. ! went into the
room. and saw them writing and using the
registration list of the county. and | had good
reason to suppose that they were making NJ
the returns. The figures they gave me after
having made the return there were 300 more
than the figures which they gave mo when they
hrst reported the result Of the election III that
Q-Give tho names OF these two menp A
Thomas III. Vance and Richard H. Black. Vance
X here in Washington. in the Sixth Auditors
unlre. and Black has position in the Custom
In answer to questions by Mr.. Hunton the
witness s9id that Green r. Moore, Richard II.
BLACK, and Floyd Dukes were the three Inspect
Tors 81 II" lions IN Archer precinct, and Thom-
as H. Vance was the Clerk. Vance and Black
pendent. although he had been working with
N" Republicans during tho campaign. Mr..
Dukes was Democrat. At midnight on the
day Of the election Vance and Black came To his
house and said they had the returns signed In
blank 10y the three Inspectors: that the Repub
can vote WIS 80 and the Democratic vote 1856
that the vote mad fallen short Of the eNpectat on
OF the Republicans and they had determined TO
make good that expectation by adding votes TO
II. and they did then sit down and add 10 the
returns 2l9 moro votes on tho Republican side.
Gov Edward. +, Noyes was then called. and
WIS At present Minister to- France. He was In
Florida soon after the election Of 1875. but he
did not. TO witnesses knowlrdge. know that wit
ness was going Ia the South. He visited New
Ofleans hrst. after which there came an urgent
telegram from Eugene Hale that some one be-
sent To- Florida. rs Democrats there were trying
70 steal away the State for Tilden.
Q.-State what connection YOU had with the
canvass there. and in what your alprs consist
ed A-When ] arrived In Tallahassee II was
my intention % take no active part. but simply
To observe and II possible 10 SECURE an honest
return oi the vote cast hut II was soon mad"
lawyers IN that stat" who could manage the
properly To- the Canvassing Board. Ju Ike En-
u.n,i th.r ,,a. 1,rv III aWi ~. i,,,r,,,,,,',.t
Hv - i.al p'.,',,i ii,.a 49,, -, M, - y, ~, 49,
ora,i9n ~ th.tr .,.s a. ,b. u,,''N.rnt H. f,,tg
yrs ,sars trararin., il f'r ,L, -, ,r 10
1yr,..d Ia t'r,.,,',r H., .,oea nuI nr,,,,, il hr,
tIls R..furnina, En.rJ ana M n,,.. ,r"rt "a ,v,r
/ und,rtonk ~ lind mn ,vhaf were tin tn,fs
about the Ar.h~r urseinet in Alnriua
county. was informed that two of In,
/ insn.,tnrs named dates AMI Moor
hrd mate e-i,i',y ts maj a,ore w. We're fr91J.
In re involving 2fg votes / think thev boti,
spl-. Inutly muia az her n m ,lnyifs .n, tnr tt.,
truth II th's. mud nunliv cane on tho -tnnr a.
say tint Tho hret HniIuyt was true md ths sne-
ond ono Was false Having testified 80 many
wnys | ptl no ronild.nce whntrynr in what
they said and 80 argued ~ the Board oil Cmn-
vt-sers. On the other hand. one clerk and the
other inspector had constantly sworn that the
return WAS true and correct ns made. aud in
their favor was the tlct ol the return signed hy
all the returning on cr- without protest in
quirod Of the Republicans. and satisfied myself
that evcryth INK WAS perir. right rs returned:
but not content with III" testimony Of these two
returning ollloors. rontradicted ~ they were by
the other two. / desired. in preparing the case
TO know from the electors themselves how
many Of them had actually voted the Rcpuh-
lirun ticket We sent down there 10 gct ct
dencc and my remembrance is that OF The 800
Enpubiican votes counted and returned. We
proved about $40 or $50 ana ] was told they
could not get tho rest because the parties had
scattered in various directions hun we came SO