Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-25

iety to Sell Out-And d. Nj. Jewetr, Re-
publican Campaign Secretary. Explains
How Protests Were Made-Testimony
Virtually Closed, and the Committee to
Meet To-Day to Consider Their Report
The Teller Committee to Ask Authority
to Sit During Recess.
AN AFFIDAVIT BY WOOLLEY NOT RECEIVED.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 24.-When the Potter
committee met to-day the chairman read the
following letter:
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 22.-To the Hon.
Clarkson N. Potter, chairman: Your affiant,
Chas. W. Wooley, says he is AZ years of age, a
citizen of Cincinnati a lawyer by profession,
and a tax payer by occupation; that he never
INDUCES in alcoholic drinks, nor does he ever
engage IN games of hazard. Afiant has been
i'll for more than week, is now confined to
his bed and cannot leave it without probably
endangering his life Affiant has read the eyi-
dence of one John F. Coyle before your COM
mittee the Itch inst, and swears without con-
dition, stipulation or exception, that so far as
the testaments of SAID Coyle purported to say
of him (affiant) the same are utterly false and
that he cannot otherwise better describe his
estimate of them than by simply saying they are
absolutely untrue. AS affant is unable to go
to your committee and the committee can
come to him, he respectfully asks that this af-
idavit be allowed a place with the records of
the committee.
Afiant says that if your COM
mittee will receive and file
a sworn statement from him as to all his trans
actions III political matters in Louisiana and
Florida in 1876, he will have his amanuensis
prepare the same at once. Afiant promises that
10 fnl1
fairly to every point of attack made upon his
conduct from any and every responsible source,
50 far as the same has come under his observa-
ton.
(Signed) G. w. WooLLEy.
Sworn and subscribed in my presence bv
Charles W. Woolley this 22d of February, 1879.
FRED R. JOHNSON,
Justice of the Peace.
Mr.. Hiscock moved the affidavit be not re-
ceived, and the motion prevailed.
The chairman said he would comm unicate
with Woolley and tell him he would attend AZ
early as possible.
The chairman also read a letter from Alex
Thain, who, according to Coyles testimony. Of
fered the Florida returning board for 100000.
He asks permission to refute before the COM
mittee charges against him. No action vas
taken upon the letter.
WIN. e. CHANDLER
asked leave to place in the hands of the COM
mittee some papers in the handwriting of Gen.
Barlow. One was letter written by him to
Jas. Bell, Monticello, Fla, introducing n. G.
Hopkins, of the postof1ice department., as a
man fit to be trusted. The other paper was a
memorandum of Dec. 5, 1876, to Miles, one of
the Republican collectors. These letters were
put in evidence to show at the time they were
written General Barlow was acting in the Be
publican interest.
Mr. Chandler informed the committee his
Florida ci pher and numerous kilograms sent by
him to Florida were in possession of John l.
Davenport.
JAMES H. MADDOX,
replying to Wharton's statements, said Whar-
ton knew Gov. Wells was fer SALE and he pro-
posed they should see Packard in regard to it.
They talked the matter over with him, $780, 900
was mentioned as The sum that would be re-
quired. Mr.. Packard did not decline to put up
the money, but said he would take the
matter into consideration. few days after
wards it was suggested by Wharton that Packard
should promise an Office to Wells. Packard
said he could not promise an Office at that
time, but he had done Wells many other acts Of
kindness, and he must judge from the past
what he would do in the future.
Maddox reported the communication to
Wells, who declined the offer. He said he
might want to leave New Orleans aud did not
want an office, but money. Wharton proposed
he (Maddox) should keep up the negotiations
with Wells to prevent his entering into any
other, but witness declined.
D. M. JEwETT,
who acted secretary to the Republican cam
paign committee of Louisiana in 1876, testified
to false protests being made from several par
ishes of Louisiana.
Witness was requested to give an account of
the Bolster massacre in 1868, at the close of
which Gen. Butler, referring to Jack Wharton,
asked, "And the commander of the rioters in
that massacre is now United States marshall
A. Yes.
@. And by the appointment of Mr.. Hayes,
of Ohio. Is not that So?
Witness did not reply. Other details were
given by witness as to the drawing up of pro-
tests. The protests were drawn up upon evil
dence and affidavits of supervisors, and they
were obtained inf some instances only by dint
of considerable pressure. VIM. E. Anderson
refused to make his protest when he arrived,
but subsequently, on the same day, he made
one; the following day he repented, on the 18th
he readopted and on the 23d it was sent by let
ter to the returning board. Witness testified
that he had the original of the Richland pro-
test, and that it was drawn up by Kellogg
Witness said one evening he was asked to at
tend meeting in the private Office of the post
office department., and he did SO. He met there
Mr.. Geo. L. Smith, member of Congress for
| that district, and number of supervisors.
Smith stated to him that they wished him to
draft protests for or two parishes. The
vault in the postoffice was unlocked and
number of packages taken out which proved 10
be consolidated statements of DeSoto Webster,
Boiser and Caddo parishes. The several super
| visors from these parishes were present. Wit
ness drew up protests. They were afterwards
copied by the supervisors and inserted in their
proper packages with other documents.
Referring to the second electoral certificates,
witness stated his belief that Blanchard had no
0nrr 1InSfy IN : Ho ltroS lot-
| ter from 81. D. Clark during last summer, who
was also charged with being guilty of forging
names to those certificates. He assured Gen.
| Sewell, the young fellows father-in-law, that
the forgery was not done by him, but that it
was his impression it had been done by Thos
8. Kelly. He had not copy of any of these
letters. Again asked what persons were in the
postoffice at the tina the returns were opened
and protests put in, witness named the follow
ing: E.. D. Smith, cashier of post
Office, who had asked him to be
present; @. L. Ferguson, DeSoto; I. H. Hutton,
Bolster; J. w. Morrow, supervisors; Fred. G..
Heath. candidate for the legislature, and Gen
| Gardiner. Penny Baker, State Senator for
Bolster, was also present.
| He remembered meeting with Webber and
asking him if he had filed his protest The re-
| ply in substance was: 'sMy head is a damned
returned.
The chairman then produced the Jewitt-Kel
logg letter, and having asked witness if it wa.
his handwriting and witness having replied il
the affirmative, the document was laid on the
table without further questions being put ii
| regard to it.
The committee then went into secret session
during which it was resolved to take no NOR,
oral evidence with the exception of Woolley ant
Solomon, if they can be brought here. To
morrow the committee will meet for long Sc
cret session, at which certain documentary eyi
dence will be produced, and the question Of th
committed report upon the testimony collect
ed will probably be discussed.
TELLER'S COMMITTEE,