The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-19

FRIDAY, January IT. Isl
The Senate met at II 80 a. M: Lieut.
Witt In the chair. and twenty-eisht sena
o EXPORTS or CoMMTTEKs.
Library; BY Mr.. Bowden. unfavorably
Senate bil No; ~. authorizing ne puIsc a,ss
1s H sJa u io GyJ u yof fss apps arAd
before the grand Jury. Insist. as 2 eonditio,
tg gopsr e. ylng that she Who'll
A.-Thats according to grand jury proceed
s.. Landry-I don't think We have the rich
Mr. Dupre--Mr. Chairman. there has been
ner baeeS Upon The secret nroceed H 91
TIC state Printer could possibly shov
hs world clad with the guilt wS GSfs attaches {
malicious representations and false swearing
except BY presenting to this committee some 8
the evidence ~ given before that grand Jury
nd ior 10 t5at purpose ,hp With that object ~ yiev
desires that the COMMITTEES should compel him
70 answer: The 8 ate Printer has been stabbed
Oser w ss benz esae DUB
1ished to the world as n criminal and without
opportunity q vindieste himself. Three
nSSest nail ali O'e 81 ssm alike X Tue ru fnaps
70 his character rs gentleman and his credit
ln the marts of finance. And; SIR, unless this
expert who testified before the grand jury.
pal have to make TIE statement broadly that
wsa ns Mb be t rqsna S AMY
dcnce 70 prove The truth Of my position, CON
spor e. M sss r. eo s 81 bass
ssvessl a, distinc. charges assIinSst me-
which was s fso soa when
there vas ~ means q obtaining trial. @ the
5ury's instructions. 1t would seem that the
Equities are 70 e, n av9s hs prGpos
SHOULD DO compelled 10 answer his questions. az
to leave little doubt as to the committees course
"a the matter 81 ordering the, Injunction Of So
upon which the grand jury made its findins
po given to the world as freely as the report
III. Delahoussaye renewed his motion IN oh.
tain the. advice OF the. Attorney General. The
mQtlon being seconded was put to vote and lost
a; Greep-The State Primer seems 70 think
4nat he has been prosecuted. Now. sir, II is my
impression that he IL mistaken. and have
never advocated an, personal attack upon him.
M 6os Sa Sat h L 6Is own % s
Examination Resumed.I
\ Q.-Mr. Green, desire to know whether or
not you were the first source OF information
thqt the grand jury had in regard to that bill
Al don't think that was.
Jury q what you considered to DO fraud In that
ss.s had s9oI s,s5nrs Az you had
Nov. sir answer my question. didn't you
Inform the grand Jury that there was fraud
pxnCticad In the execution OF this work.
Al think the work Is fraud ulent
Q--Answer my question categorically. Didn't
yoa fret furnish .p ihs iniormatlon to the grand
A portion Of them did. sir. and portion
Of them did not
e 4 aF q he hem 6a hs srvns
Jury called upon you as q witness
A;--well. the trouble about the bill began
Q:-Xrswef my question. ,xant you to
some souarely to the question. Wasn't Il after
lou furnished u part Of the Information that
/. A...Will you allow me to make IA explana.
Q.-Angwer the question and then explain.
. =. Well the amount OF that bill was brought
y me and found tbat the bill was wrong.
..Q.And you furnished the information that
A,-yes. sir. Plenty Of bills were brought to
4a 70 BE- corrected. There used to be several
bills brought to me when was at the Repubh-
re- once: Bnt you are trying to create . wrong
.o.-.Are you constant corrector of erroneous |
Dills AZ this community2
Q....Why should they be brought to you. Are |
yoa the Cato Of the printing prQtsssionf
I. A. 40. Sir; but great many bills come from
40 eQuntrv. aud they have to be corrected In |
g S. el!E whom do they come,
A.-They used to como to the Auditor former
y, and looked them over for him.
Q.-pid you correct them officiallys
Q-iiavs you had an Office entailing that duty
Al corrected thera whenever they we're sent
g me, and Mr. Tracy used to do II have
Q-xre you not mistaken about THAR Was
Ms what you saw Mr.. Tracy do-furnish inior-
b e Ss srd rSm n nsa G0sns s aSs
u WAS able to do from his knowledge as State
Printer and the laws on the subject In his DOS
n Sometimes 1 have.
Q.-TherefQre. 1t was not as public corrector
q accounts. but as an advisor OF how to make
o. nd you alsoa
sQ.-pld you advise anybody In this matter2
Ayes. sir: the foreman OF the grand Jury.
Q.-pid YOU advise with the AUDITOR
&.-E VII The he Governor
Ayes. sir. After the matter was over
Iaited upon the Governor and offered him a
g. Did he accept III
You advised the foreman of the grand
X.--Yes, sir.
Qs-Who gave you the bill to advise upon2
A.-Mr. Todd, the foreman Of the grand juryf
Q.-Then you didn't get 1t In a letter.
A--No. sir: 1t was In an envelope whom he
6nded Il to ma. He handed II to me and wanted
} know various questions about It. and said
aat knew nothing about 1t. +
Q.--Tne bill wasn't brought to your
A--Afterwards 1t was sent to mt. The figures |
& tho bill were sent to me originally
Q.--And you advised upon those fguresp
Ayes, sir.
.Q.-The arst time you saw that bill was out
|do the grand jury room?
A.-No. sir.
Q.-You only got the fgures2
Ayes. sir.
Q.-Then how came you to base your advice
d al imperfect blllp J
Al knew what the rate was, and what the
~ should be, by computing the number of
GLOW did you know the number OF paResa
Ally counting them
Q-How did YOU get the book2
be book.
o. Then y mt from information that you
made these charges?
Al never saw anything In your Office about
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