The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-11
TORN AGAPE AGAIN.

SAMPLE OF THE MEANS EMPLOYED by
REPUBLICAN CARPET pAGGERs TO Sc
CURE SEATS IN THE UNITED STATES SEN.
ATE.
Whatever may be the public estimate of
the swearing capacities of the average Lou
isiana politician, the following testimony
given by the Sergeant-at. Arms of the House
Of the Packard Legislature, will scarcely
fail to carry conviction. 1t is direct, sbarp
vigorous, and so directly in harmony with
the methods Of the average carpet-bagger,
that it seems unassailable. Who that reads
and believes will dare to say that the un.
considerable rascal that misrepresents Lou.
isiana in the higher branch of congress
should not, by the vote Of every honest man
Of that body, be hustled out of his seat, q
disgraced and dishonored man
Before the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, Thomas Murray, the Sergeant
alarms aforesaid, testified that Col. Souer,
the man who handled goodly portion Of
the Kellogg corruption money, occupied a
room next to his, and that Gov. KELLOGG.
on number of occasions, directed him to
conduct members of the Legislature to
Souer's Office which he did.
Question. Did they ever tell YOU what
they went for? Answer. Some of them
have.
Q. What did they tell your
Mr. SheIlabarger objected, on the ground
that the question proposed to elicit merely
"hearsay evidence"
Finally Mr.. Hill moved that the question
be admitted. Carried-Hill. Vance. Hons.
ton and Baily voting in the affirmative, and
ingalls, and Cameron in the negative.
The witness said that the men who came
before the election of the senator were
hard up, and when they came they gener
ally went to the governor for
A LITTLE MONEY
Some OF the men he took up to Souer's
Office. They told him that they went to see
when their warrants would be ready. and
Others to get money.
O. Money for whatl A. Voting for Gov.
Kellogg. ! saw some men have as high as
5000, which they said they got for voting for
Kellogg. He had heard generally around
the offices that members of the legislature
had got money. Four or five had told him
Of it and shown hima portion of the money.
He could not tell how many had told him
of having received money without showing
it to him. His office was headquarters |
where they all came, and some of them
slept there. The man who
sHowD HIM THE MONEY
were Sonny Sims, of St. James, and Nc
Gloire of Avoyelles parish. Joseph ]. John.
son, OF De Soto parish (who was examined
Yesterday. did not tell him, but Robert
Johnson of Terrebonne, did. These were
all that he recollected. The talk among
hem was that the price was 5000.
Merrick-How many members of the
legislature that elected Kellogg to the sen.
tie are now employed IN the New Orleans
Witness-About twenty, suppose.
roud like to be there myself. 4;
Merrick-How many of them were in the
ustom house on the fourth day of March
ast9 81
Witness--Three or four. The rest have Il
zen put in recently-since Bager was a
lade collector. cannot tell how many of 9
hem were put in within the last month.
he senator was elected on the second Tues
ay in January. There was joint session C
t the Legislature on that day. d
The witness was instructed on that day
bring in ten members to make up a
uorum. He went out and brought in five NJ
lembers and then went out to get the =,
Their five, but did not get them. When he :,
sme back the clerk BADGER told him Of
lere was quorum. Kellogg was. III
THE ONLY CANDIDATE NJ
oted for as United States senator, and re. ,
'lved the unanimous vote.
Kellogg When was it that you saw these
embers who told you that they had got m
oneyg Ii
Witness-I cannot tell you that, =,
Kellogg-Wasi 1t before or after the cleo. !.
IN Of senatorg
Witness--It was before the election of N
nator that these mon went TO SOuer. ri
lted tothe other sideth the members had
90 aftet Kellogg was elected, and they told
, they had gct n for yotlng fdr Kellogg. "a
. Ksllcss9 4 did not bling you into that IL
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