The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-26
with Wells, to prevent his entering into any

with Wells, to prevent his entering into any
other, but the witness declined.
DIR. j. NJ. Jewett, who acted as secretary 10
the Republican campaign committee of Lou
isiana, in 1876, testified to false protests made
from several parishes of Louisiana. The wit
ness was requested to give an account of the
Bazler massacre of 1858, at the close of which
General Butler, referring to Jack Wharton,
asked, "And the commander of the rioters in
that massacre is no United States MARSHALL"
Ayes.
Q.-By appointment of Mr.. Hayes, of Ohio
he Is that? d
Witness did not reply. Other details were
given by the witness to the drawing up of
protests. The protests were drawn up upon
the evidence and affidavits of supervisors,
and they were obtained in some instances
only by dint of considerable pressure. VIM.
T.. Anderson refused to make his protest when
he arrived, but subsequently on the same day
he made one.
On the following day he repudiated it; on
the 18th ne made another and it was adopted,
and on the Sd it was transmitted by letter to
the returning board. The witness testified
tha. he had the original of the Richland pro-
test, and that ii was drawn up by Kellogg. In
the contested election case OF Frost versus
Metcalf, from the Third Missouri district, the
committee on elections decided unanimously
10 report in favor OF Metcalfe, the sitting men,
Der. The witness said on the evening he was
asked to attend a meeting in the private
office of the postoffice department., and
he did so He met there Mr.. Geo L. smith. a
member of Congress from that district, and
a number of supervisors. Smith stated to him
that they wished him to draft protests for one
or two parishes. the vault in the postoffice was
unlocked and a number of packages taken
ont, which proved 10 be the consolidated
statements and legal indorsers of DeSoto,
Webster. Boissier and Caddo4 parishes. The
several supervisors from these parish IS were
present. The witnesses drew up the
protests, referring to the o second
electoral certificates the witness stated his be-
lief that blanchard had no completely in 1t.
He (wltness) received a letter from III. d. Clark,
during last summer, who was also charged with
being guilty OF forging the names of those GER
| tificates. He assured General sewell. the
| young fellows f.uher-in-law, that it was his
| impression. it had been done by Thomas s.
Kelley He had not copy of any of
those letters. House again asked what
persons were in the postoffice at
| the time the returns were opened and the pro-
! tests PIT in the witness named the following:
| +. ID. 4Smith, cashier of the postoflice, who
had asked him to be present; C. L. Ferguson,
of DeSoto, F. II. Hutton, of Baisier, j. w. Nor
| row, supervisors: Fred G. Heath candidate
| for the Legislature, and General Gardiner and
/ Percy Baker, State senator for Baser, were also
! present. He remembered meeting with
| Weber and asking him if he had filed his pro-
| test Tne reply in substance was "My head is
a damned sight more important to me than
/, Packard being returned n
! Tie chairman then produced the Jewetf-
| Kellogg letter. but having asked the witness
| ifit was his hand writing, and the witness
having replied in the affirmative, the docu-
ment was laid on the table without further
| question being put him in regard TO it.
| The committee went into secret session,
/ during which it was resolved to take no more
| oral evidence, with the exception of Woolley
| and Solomon, If they can be brought here.
| Tomorrow, the committee will meet for a
long secret session, at which certain docu-
| mentary evidence Will be produced and the
| question of the committees report upon the
j testimony cnllecfed prnhanlY be discuSSed