The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-04

posing VIVA; th-y knew they would es-
iablish III, nselYts on the de of the
good reop'e OF tie State. Jsues
Lewis told IN. he was ga'ng to Wash
iDpton iu the interest OF kellogg.
United States District Attorney
Leonard testified that be was Q men,
Der OF the Packard L. gislsture; knew
nothing u tue time about the rumof
thst the nlembers had been paid To
vote for X llogR never knew Of any
ba6y beng paid; believe there was
quorum present when the election took
p.ate.
Judge W. B. Phillips, formerly OF
Grant parish, testified: After the cleo
ton of United States S.ustor a young
man named Johnson came TO witness
and said he wss su,horized by Spot.
ford to Il n HIM, Phillips, 500 10 pro-
cure testimony of one or two members
of the Packard Legislature as TO bri-
berry Witness afterwards saw Judge
Spofford, who repudiated johnson en-
urely, but told witness he desired to
secure the services of some OF the Re-
pubhcsns who knew members OF the
Packard Legislature To ob,sin tes,i'
mony against Kellogg. On March 2s-
1879, witness received q city telegram
from Juige Sp. ffI,d reading, al con-
venIent call al my house few m nutes
between 10 and IL o'clock tomorrow,
Sunday morning. have to go to-
morrOH evening"" IL response TO this
Telegram witness met Judge SpoH lord
and had An in .erview with him, 10 the
C, use of which Judge Spofford said
be believed he had been properly cleo
ted Uaited States Senator; that he bad
the means to support his claim; that
he was convinced bribery had been
used to secure the election of Kellogg,
and that he was prepared To pay $4,000
t. every member VIII would testify to
hsVing BEN bribed. For this purpose
ne was to receive $1,000 after he had
made affidavit to the fact, aud when he
arrived in Washington to testify there
70, and $1,000 after he had so testified.
Sp' Il lrd also agreed to pay $1,000 adj
duiopsl to BIN, Phillips, for every wit
ness SO obtained, making $4,000 in all
for each witness. Judge -, ford add
ed that there was a large sm' unit of
back pay that he would get as soon as
seated. This money he did not want,
hut would give 1t to those who assisted
him. He would also obtain for them
positions IN the custom house. Wit
ness continued: Ward and myself Sc
cured six or seven sffiisvits, including
those made by Milton, Jones and John
con. They admitted TO Ward and my
self that the statements made in the
afiidsvits were false Garey's affidavit
was written by me.
Cross xamined by Mr.. HIll-Witness
said he did not know it, but believed
at the time they were made that the
sffidsvits were not true; Judge Spot
ford did not request witness to secure
false sffidavits; nothing OF that kind
was ever mentioned in our interviews
my intention from the beginning was
to deceive Spofford; knew when the
witnesses gos to Washington they
would not testify sgainst Kellogg.
Witness saw Spcff)rd hand Cavagnac q
quantity of money; Spofford also paid
witness sos for his services and gave
Ward something; when Spofford came
back from Washington asked him for
| referred me ID Mr.. Walker, his counsel
Walker said he thought | had been
well paid for all had done
was satisfied Walker knew
nothing of my agreement with
| SpC ford witness said he took the in
terest he did in the matter for the in
terest of the national Republican party
that he was really from the first work.
ing IN the interest of Kellogg.
A number Of letters from Phillips to
Spofford were read, in one of which
POillips said he and Ward would gel
testimony o; bribery in Kelloge's cleo.
ion, and would not require sny COM
pensation for their services. The 9th
er letters urged Spofford to have wit
nesses summoned at once; that nine
teen of them had just then been given
places in the custom house, but they
had enough without them.
A number of kilograms from Spot.
ford to Phillips were read, evidently
replies to communications of urgency.
Among them were the following:
washington, April 16, 1879.
''W. B. Phillips, o. Gssquet street,
New O!lesns-Bullyi Wal. for the
wager. All goes we'll at this end.
III. N. SPoFFoRD.
washington, May 10, 1870"
"W. B. PhllIis, o. Gasquet street,
New Orleans-The committee is abou,
to act. Patience and sweet oil viii
working wonders.
s'H. NJ. SPoFFoRD."
[NtTE-These kilograms were intro
duced in the first part of Phillips tee.
timopy, apparently for the purpose oil
showing the relations existing between
the parties The committee did moi
conclude t0eir labors to-day, Weber
not having returned for cross exami.
nation. Phillips was on hand sbou
three hours. He stated on cross tx
animation that he had been charged
with murder, perjury and forgery il
Grant Parish, but was never tried,
though he attended three terms of the
court to get hearing, and that che
charges were finally dismissed.
WASHINGTON, December 2.-HoU.E
Young, of Ohio, offered resolution
for the appointment of q committee tC
investigate the present system of pay
ing fees of officers of the u aited States
courts. Referred.
White, of Pennsylvania, introduced
a joint resolution proposing constitu.
tional amendments providing that gen
eral appropriation bills contain nothing
but appropriations and granting power
to the President to disapprove any
separate item without defeating the Ell
tire bill.
MIR. Fort offered q resolution oppos-
ing attempts to withdraw or change the
status of any of the paper money issued
by the United States or to reopen By
legislation currency questions settled
by the Supreme Court.
MeC5rd, OF Iowa, offered resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
TO give Congress the power to regulate
and protect trade marks. Referred.
WASHINGTON, December 2. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue to-
day received dispatch from Collector
Clark, of Atlanta, Georgia, stating that
an assault by band Of illicit disiillerE
has been made on bis deputies In
towns. The county collector also says
three OF his deputies IN Rsbun county,
after seizing several Illicit distilleries,
were fred upon and all wounded, one
OF them five times.~ The deputies re-
urned the FIRE and being armed with
UoItsd States breech-loadiDg rifles
were enabled to drive the distillers of.
Collector Clark expresses the opinion
tnAt there is precoDcerted plan on the
part OF illicit distiiiers throughout the
entire mountain section 10 resist the
revenue officers. The commissioner