The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-29

Tho Senate committee ro-asnnmhod yaRtn
day morning. mt nbnut 10 O'Clock. and resume
their investigation.
r.A. FLANAGAN
was recalled 10 produce tho promlae' mono
randa made by him whom onrk Of tho Ketutr
Ing Board,
Before his exam ination commenced hn neke
permission to make u statement. and he tho
went Oh ~ any that his previous testimony I'm
been Incorrectly reported tn several instance
Al the Touunte He corrected tho report. m
told the committees what he did sny.
Witness than eatd that ho had lpat conHide1
able 81 The memoranda taken Ivy him. but h
Ind sufficient lert ~ satisfy him that ia ls76 th
returns ia they were presented u tho Return
Ing Board, and before being manipulated y
thom. showed that tho Stnte had gone Demo
cratic byalght Or nine thousand majority.
GEN. RoRT.J BARROW SWORN.
To Senator Hill know Goo Andrew jack
son HwRie. liz general reputation In tn
parish OF West Feictana was that of q worry ba'
and DANGEROUS man. II ia tho gonorn impress
sion there that he murdered Judge Winter.
know Interpolation. and certainly would no
believe him under oath.
Mr. Kellogg here asked that n subpoena Issue
for MltonJones. 81 Pointe uoupse. 10 wanted
Garret.
Senator Hill authorized Mr.. Kellogg to ar.
point d mfn to aoTve the subpoena and author
ized It's issuance.
Examination of aen. barrow reaumedl
To Senator Cnmaron-I 10 not know that
haye over laard his character for truth partiou-
larlv discussed.
no Senator Hill NY testimony la hnsad on
his general character, Properly behaved sol
Ored men ptn live IN tho parish Of West Fei-
ciana and tDt be moloRted.
motion In 1875 and 1875 The negroes were
riding abou IN armed bands. Tho white mon
MISC rode. bit tho eolorod mon started II. There
were both wtito md ooloroh mon killed. was
not present whom any Of tbem were killed.
d.. NJ. A. JEwtrT SWORN
To Senator DameronI reside In this city
In 1870 ! was SECRETARY Of tho Republican State
O9mmittee % Registration. Tho attention Of
ness Houscr % tho effoct that ho tJewett) aud
Blanchard were often 10 kellogG's house writ
INK on paparaHaih to DO returns.
Witness said That during tho tlme both he and
Dlanchard wete often In Rcllogg'a office In hia
residence. Md not ,remamber having done
IN nv Y,n ~ hara NV tbn ~ Wprs
were IN tho cuaody OF the secretary of the Ro-
turning Board,
Custom House, and they ware corrected there
from flcts III tho onceof Mr. Wooney. olerk
Of the United Suites circuit COURT.
Thers was n general understanding with |
Peter Wiliams That his name was % be used 10
dispatches 10 supervisors ana Ii ID probable
TINT HE pAme WA signed ~ the dispatch in
Ntruetlnf the SUPERVISORS to bring their books
10 the Custom Houso.
THE REwIEa- MACHINE CIRCULARS
were sent out by tho mail carriers Those re-
turned hr Thorn % not found were. entrusted 10
can vaaaers who were instructed to sa,lsfy
themselves OF the correctness OF the returns i
AMdavtts were made against those returned
not found BY the cmvassars. and warrants were
Issued. Those warrants wore entrusted to the
wat. -,3.,yIt
by them not found tho list Of erasures wore
made
did not affect tho realIt. MY recollection Ia tint
the Democratic majority wAa two hundred ind
NE omission Of that poll did ret affect tho re-
Ward, the supervisor " Grant parish. was
lirected by Gov. Kellogg to return to HIS parish,
Jn the first occasion hat met Ward handed
urn TO Grant parish.
TO Senator NnnGe-Np nnme was strtcken off
he regiHration rolls on tho authority Of the
strtcken OF on the af1davits OF two citizans
Ward was ordered back 10 Grant parish on No
'embor and tho els"tion wls held on tho
seventh. The repatriation under the law must
lose ten days before thu electi a. His return
you'd have enabled him q hold q legal election !
u such registration az had already been tnalo.
Know Ward started back TO tho parish. but he
vas not thore on the dry Of election.
To Senator Iiill Ward ieft Grant parish on :
october a.. think this was several days heroro
he time fixed for the closing of registrations
wrote circular to the supervisors calling
heir attention g the character 81 the registra-
lon and urging them 10 bring It up. The TO
ult Wished was tu make tho State Republican !
The great end Of the Republican managers
Ias 70 throw out what thsy considered frauds )
Z the Democratic party and secure the Stnte to
up Republicans by MI legitimate means
KEW moth ing about Grant parrish. except from !
Wrds statement that he had been driven from
.hs parish.
he testimony OF Ward's wife beforo the Pot q
Lartommittee. to the effect that II WINS made np-
oannt BY conversations between Jawett and y
leT husband. that JeweH did not want him to
70 hck TO the parish. and ala not want m cleo I
ionhela there because tho parish was Demo- {
'ratA. was pronounced by witness TO be incor- G
Cannot shy TINT his orders III regard ~ regis r
fatlc1 were made with tho purpose Of comply +
ng With the color Of the law. md disroenrding v
III sprlt Az means We're Of course used 70 y
nske no State Republican Immediately nHe II
hs eltMon had information VI the result II
~ no. nave y wait Tor the regular returns TO "
et the tate Of the polls
lganlW recollect that COY. Kellogg III our in /,
,rvfeWsevsr expressed any more than an Or t,
can. | aean by that that he did not express Il
artfcula' anxiety about the Legislatures / 40 J
ot hoW llnenber that any athdaylts ana pro- r
lowed bNaaw. Anldmylts were made In this b
~ ater ,Surp d from the parish.s reached
aud and Intimidation M the polls Wnro made b
Ter roturlh reached here. and whoa tbore Ii
q no eyid'ssee Of anything Of The kind ac-
InpahEa ng vac returns. am inclined to think W
Y was legit nate %
FlIers vas ssan thing as supervisors pro- IN
'ts Many Supervisors In the parishes @ .me
this city without protests or with incomp lete m
otests. ard they were made out Or finished Ia cs
D city. nj
am absol.ltelr unable to say whether thore r.
9 or was o. II aauorum tn the Packard Leg OF
atnre when 1t assembled or when Kellogg III
8 elected til
"a regards til parish OF West Felic.ana elee- n,
q IA 1875. the returns OF which showed the W
ctton Of the Democratic candidates for the W
sisiature by y large majority. witness said he
" hmed that TIN, Returning Board In return- ne
the Republican candidates acted on evil to
lce. bGt could Rut say whether they had evil in
ice before them or not. ut
met three re-
SUPERVISORS Y THE PosTMAsTERs III
70 and looked ovar their returns A.
hey were the supsl -VisNrs on Webster BOs- -
and De Soto. 1ohll II. Morrow was the su-
visor OF webster. WI . was there G. r. Hut
was OF Booster. ana o. u. Tucker was from or
Soto. VIM. O. Smith and Samuel Gardner. no
Webster. were there Tho supervisor of wa
Rive. A. w. Cornotf svas also there Geo
NTH. the candidate fol Congress Ill that
rict. was present. AT thes'r Instance drew !
protests. which they eopta q ami aItervari IsI
re 10. The original return were there and po
, eomnlete with the except lon of the pro toG