The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
Copy Of Telegrams from Custom-
H0nse Officials to Kellogg
Called for.

Committee That He Did Not
Go to Washington in the
Interest of Any One.
The eenate Committee, inauiripg Into this
csroumstanoes unlsr which M. Kellogg got
his certificate Of election as Senator, reas~
sembled yesterday 81 Parlor @, at. Charles Ho~
tel at 10 o clock.
i. t. ALLEN -...+5
was cnlled to the stand.
/ am manager Of the Western Union Tele-
graph, ennn.,t sag that there wore any tele~
grams sens 70 Gov. Ksliogg. have been sub
kellogg. will have to fseone b, produce them.
/ will proine5 those which m w b specifically
called for. LIDO not think hat call for al dis
patches to Gov. Keogg ls Specific There
| might be Iersonal and ptf 7ate telegrams which
the, commlttee would haye NO right TO- can
| and can produ 10 them II VCu VIII specify them.
| nust dee.Ins 70 produce tel grams on gem
aral order for MI. net shls WI after consulta-
tion with the executive of the company. /
have 10 personal political intsrsst Ia not
s9ansns sen h b1 b1reses s5aes aa as
| others In the Custom House,
Senator HllI thon Instructed whuess to pro-
duce the teleg~ams sent during the months Of
MRy aud Inne- to Esllogg by A. 3 Badger, l.. J..
Bouer, Jas. IswIs. Morris Marks and other
persons in the Custom Hpuse Witness was
further Instructed 10 produces them by Monday
next.
EDwARB LIE sous, swoaN.
an eonneotei witt tbs Atlantic md Pacific
Telegraph Uompgny. ! WIS connected with Ii
in May and June ] heqe rsetivea the subpoena
Of the 7ommiftae tn produces the tslsgrema ssnt
TO Mr. Kellogg duriug tho months Of May aud
June. / cannot produces than untess dates are
giysu. "An fnd tho tslograms ssnt 70 him.
The Witness was then gi Tsn the same instruo-
tions - were gtven to tfe preceding Witness.
To sena6or Cklnaronf-I intead to consult
vi h the officers Of the company who are my
supstiora, and to act In accordance with thelr
Instructions without regard to tho commands
70 senator HllI-In my estmatlon. the In
struoone of my superior ON ep are entitled to
moro respect than ~ atder # court.
arsT.4yE TouhssDE SWORN.
! To Senator Hill 9as citizen OF the seventh
ward in ts7G. was eoInmssloher 81 election
| In illat vehr Mt poll No. 8. ] sm n Republican
ana was then. 1hn e'netspn was e., peaeeable and
| lirsrei 10 he sheriff u tle parish as provided
by Inv. We bad 70 prephre paper for the
counting We we're tiaed and canelndei TO delay
the flAng q the aaper until next day. The
count however, wAs perfectiy fair, and We had
ao intention of doing anything wrong. Moors
was 10 supervisor Of The ward. bu3 t1e was fol-
loved day or two before the eleeion by Con. On.
there was decided Deraoefatio majority at
| that poll.
count lbs votes immedataly after the close Of
| the polls OH the day Of tho elee lon aud eou-
tinued to count anttl the next day q, o'clock.
tEe sher.fs Office The returns we're all signed
and sworn to ut that time but We had some
oepIes Of papers. the character Of which do
net know. to Nuke We delayed the copying
until next dag. ! Ink thsy were pRpers re-
quIrad by law. The deg foil wag the election.
after the count. / was very tlIed and went to
bed. and was reused I'D BY my vile, who said
some mon bad come after tie papers In mv
| possession and delivered then. Moore, Con-
doln and GGrdere wore three Of the men who
called tor them. thought 1t Vas formal de-
1 hs be G nth h a2 1ess sd sys
was some trouble, and went With tae olherr
eommi s'oners to Supervisor Moore. and
asked him to return the papers. So that we
could make copios and thsy declined TO give
them up have given this statement to d pre-.
yIous ean4gressonal g sonat'se .a . have not
1868. From 1864 to lsss WAS deputy sherir.
To Senator Hisl-rne Moore who called on
candidate for t6e House. and had been super
V sor Of registration. aondoll was the m IN
Moore g. as was
was o brother to d who WAS also running
for the House., ] never got the papers back.
and never saw them again. Tho papers wsre
n properly made ont aud sworn to and the
!, only work for the day after election was to
make copies for certain State officials.
JOHN CLARK MILLER tCoIoREDl SWORN.
| am n resident Of Now Orleans. Have lived
here since 1856. Do not know either OF the
Johnsous VINO went to Washington last sum-
NOR as witnesses. got aeauaifted day or
Soto | never beard him say au ythine to Tom
u Murray about IN, hs ,fsimony aeyes @ saw g.han nm
Johnson. who to not know. or msn who
was told was Johns nd NJ johnson. Of Ter
rnfDnne | was sitting on one Of tho bridges
: Of the Malp,mene cana wnen this man came
up. Murray aud i" had II ttlk, and when he
won't cT murray asked me il had heard the
{ Murray a4kad me il would tell Mr.. Walker 50
md ~ 80. and ! sata wooli, and dif tell /, Mr.
y Walker 1t, but ! cannot slbea' 10 lie. Wuat
/ told tho dommistss what Murray wanted me tp
: tell Mr.. Walker 1t had not been sworn. told
Mr., WAlker that | would tell The committee 1t,
:, but did not say would swear to 1t. Murray
asked m.to IT 90 to Mr., Walker and say hns and
: so. Mr.. Walker came to nus In the rDtunda and
. asked me If had heard the c,nyarsation and
/ told him Just what Murray told m 10 say had
: onducementto to tsll the iie have haa no con-
persation with g " Kellogg his friends reia-
r tive to this matter, and have hat no Induces
: mens from them 70 aetas | am would have
10 1t. Ithiuk 1t Is wrong to smear TO lie, but
do not think i Is wrong to teA me.
r Murray told me when Johnson let him on tn the
i bridge, thatif tbe eomm ft.e G ImD here john
o sou would swear 10 diferent story from the
g ono he had tod in Washing On. He told me
+. that he tha only nun who had laii the
, foundation for a ease for Nc. So ,fford. This
conversation WAS IN the warm mouths. do
j., not remembsr the exacf month heard none
II 81 the conversation between Murray and John
10 Senator Cameron-I have known Murray
long time We were boys fogsther. Murray
did not tell ma he Was employed by Judge Spot.
ford. H. said thAt he fdurray) had laid the
E foundation for IL case.
Judge SpofYord-l Wish to set Senator Came
t. ron right. His question about the employmenl
80 Of MURRAY, laa Is to the niersnes that | had M
v emplJyed him, | wish TO say that have neve'
K etn poyed Tom Murrav III any eaoa tty.
- senator meton ohj acted 20 this statemenf e
% . Judge sp ford going on the record.
- Sel atpr Hill thought hat It was but fair tn
81 1t should be recorded as Sat nsas ar
speeches Of Gov Kellogg had ba-in enter ed.
Senator Vance coin3ided with 5enai' ,r Hi
TX anatne objection was ovsrruiel
- Senator Vance moved that the witne ,ss be n
allowed to prove his attendance and draw h
pay as he had confessed hs had u sd. and u