The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-26
SENATE COMMITTEE.
a General Denial and Universal
Contradiction by Witnesses
for The Sitting Member.
Innocent Jeremiah Blackstone and
the Sly Supervisor Moore Tell
Their Little Stories.

Their Little Stories.
The saneta committee raaaaemblad Al Il
O'clock Yesterday and devoted the day TO hear
Inc the witnesses for MIR. Kellogg In rebuual o
evidence previously taken,
JEREMIAH BLACKSTONE, 0oLoRHn.
was the first witness On tho stand. Ifa testified
as follows:
10 Henator Cameron reside IN this city
Have lived here Thirty years Was born In
MARYLAND. was elected member af The lower
Washington ne a Witness In this cnae. ! was
summoned BY NJ. spotrora., was not sworn
I'LL the cage Johnson. Of De Roto. Jones' Of
pointe Coupee, do Lacey. Of RapIdes, believe.
aud one or two othera, whose nnmaa do not
know. went to Washington with me. have
the committee that he took mo aud othara TO
Kelloeg's room on the hight Of our arrival In
Washington Ia not so 40 far as am aOncatned,
] was "A stranger In the city. and remnlned ut
Witness then denied being. present At the
payment OF money in k.'!"gR,s rom Is W.,
true" he aaid: nothing 81 To- kind
cannot e4ae!l, renremhAI when frat s q
Gov. Kellogg In Wash ingten, but nm satiaed
that had no. conversation With Gnv. Kellogg
until / was told BY the committee that would
not be put On the stand
by VIM. ii. Seymour as his tBlankatonesl state
ment made u January la77. te iessrs lloat
ae1 and aachas H. w. ey nm a hHp ire
paper To Witness and said Now. Mr.. Black
stone. you can 20 on and state The feeta, ~, far
aH you know them. III regard To- tina papnr,'
Witness 40 far a. | mn concerned. 1 never
saw that paper before. ! will state the facts
10 far az ] remember them Jaw paper In
the hands Of Mr.. Ewart down town. He ahowed
me paper like that. and asked me II knew
1t. | said no. He showed me my name tott.
recognized tho signature but did not know. the
x1nl tngrtn mar n
OF mine named D,eka. who hni business with
relative to bounties. Dicks got sl7o from Ewari
told me that could se' s,5oo or $4,000 for 4 state
ment. He asked inc If WAS not q member M q
ring In the Packard Legislature. la made. out
declined. and he said that could yet slNoo fnr
doing It, and to show me that he was
n earnest ,1n b. b. 50, said that ha w. not
gentleman who was authorized " act and ne
took me TO r gentleman named Atr spearins,
kgsh m ba mi =" H.
said that II H. could get the evidence Ut witness
es La the country parishes ne wanted DO would
pay my expenses ~ procure H.. Ha gave me-
$40 Or sbo To get Witnesses. He told me- that he
was bound ~ vet even with Kellogg for a trick he
had done him and hia nephew, Anderson; that
with the whole facts OF the caan, as Kellogg was
bound TO go. Az to the affidavit. know moth
ing u u, and II signed 1t did SO without
Witness was then questioned by Senator Cant I
sron separately In regard to 10" statements ~
be d COPY Of his afrliavlt, and be denied the
truth of each and every one If them.
never got any money from any one Hhila
,f the Packard Legislature, except |
used to tell us the broker 10 40 to. Gov Kel |
lggR never gave me any, money 70 influence hia |
election a. Senator. / knaw Of 10 man who |
was paid to induce him 10 vote for Gov Kel |
logg.
n htIf an SHay I hind tGi wi htaEa IN
regard To pensions, hauntiea and prize money, |
was engaged 10 hunting w business, aud
Witness. and did II frequently without knowing
the contents. Pauars used sometimes ~ accu |
mulate for 4 week mt ! #eala align theln with
I went once before d State Senate committee |
with Dicks. Dicks told me he wanted mo 60
make statement, and that there was money In
IT, told him did not wi4h to En. nut ho H.
duced me to Dc 90. and We wont TO auma gentle
mans office cannot aay that II waa Mr. Soy
nour's office. There were several gentlemen
there and they asked mo few 1ues, ions. which
did not answer. Dicks answered for me. He
said that did not understand the case and
that he wac In possession Of all the facts | had
answered few II any questions.
am. acquainted with A. Il. Milon. have
known him for number Of years. Am fnmtl-
aAr with his signature.
Witness waa here shown two papers and |
identified tho signatures attached 70 each as
CROSS. EXAMINED.
To Senator 4 am we'll acquainted with |
Senator Kellogg. | saw him, often during the
sitting of the Legislature. aud several times A.
Tore the election ! did not know before the
election that he was o candidate fer the United |
States Senate. | know nothing personally |
about any member being paid for his VOC
There was rumor, that votes had been pad
Tor but heard nc talk among the members OF
the Legislature about II.
sold my vouchers. Or rather should say,
per diem warrants, to brokers The Highest
price got for, any warrant was twenty fv.
cents on the dollar. and the lowest twelve aud d
half cents. The pay was 81 day, and drew
FOR the full number 81 days " which was en-
entitled. The Legislature sat about three
months. cannot say how much money got
all told. ] got different amounts on my war
rants at different umea. The lowest amount
ever got was 81 70. and the hiahest was between
10 and $50. sold some OF my warrants o Mr..
Bray and to Mr.. Klein. on Carondelet street.
and 70 Mr.. Fairfax. The total amount got tor
Dicks said he wanted me to give testimony.
He had some papers. which he wanton me- to
sign. | would not do IT, signed number of
affidavies as a witness to claims against tho
government, but know nothing about the afii-
iayit before the committee. often certified 70
signatures which never saw signed can toll
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