The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-04
TIE Louisiana Senatorial Contest.

Tie Louisiana Senatorial Contest.
Below we publish an extract taken
from q staff correspondent of the Angus.
form some opinion OF the corruption in
tho election OF Kellogg to the U. 8. Sen
| ato by the pretended Packard Legisla-
| turo. The testimony was taken before d
subcommittee of the u. y. Senate in tho
Spofford- Kellogg contest: It would be
rascality and lying for party purposes
than this evidence discloses:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. %.
Tho appearance last Thursday OF
Mesars. Alleyne and Leloup, managers
of o!egraph companies, before tho
suSsess S5Hsh' of up pFedsspai ddsnni sa the
pfemacy and corporate rights. Both
gentlemen declined TO deliver any
messages In their possession until fur
thor orders from their superiors in New
York. Tho subsequent production by
Dir. Alleyne OF all messages sent to Kel-
logg from Now Orleans during the
| months of May and juno, 1879, put to
rest for tho present, at least, a question Of
State rights that MIR. Hill thought might
be carried to the absurd extreme of con-
stituting corporations, chartered by New
YC:. and under Government protection,
th5 dictators to and defiers of the Govern
ment itself The New York authorities
however, did not court this issue, and
Mr.. Alleyne, therefore, was able to pro-
duce twenty.one kilograms from General
Badger to Senator Kellogg. They are
written in cypher, but OF so simple o
character that am satisfied an expert,
like Gen. T.. p. Alexander, for example.
could unriddle them without much
trouble. Tho testimony OF the last two
SESSIONS of the committee has been much
mixed, but bears very heavily upon Kel-
logg. Gustave Tournade, o Commission
or OF Election in the 7th ward, poll 8,
declared under oath that the election was
o fair one; that the Democrats had de-
cided majority, but that his papers were
Moore, one of the candidates, and by
Gardere, who had a brother also candl-
date. This witnesH was evidently @
truthful one, and his testimony was val
uable as showing how officials were
duped and returns "doctored." Tho
peared In the filthy person of mulatto
named John Clark Miller. His testimc-
ny was one unblushing, shameless lie.
He said, when cornered by Mr.. Hill,
that he thought 1t no harm to tell n lie if
yon did not swear. to it, and moe than
intimatcd that under certain circumstan-
ces, notably for party purposes, ,,wearing
to lie was an act Of virtue. This was
the most colossal liar yet developed, and
one, too, whose moral code knocks the
decalogue higher than a kite. Senator
Cameron was willing to pay the follow
and let him go; but Senators Hill end
Vance overruled him. Pending tho pro-
duction OF witnesses by Judge Spofford's
attorney, Mr.. Kellogg was allowed
meanwhile to Introduce "Col." Jim Lew
the terrible evidence Of Bernard Will.
liams. The "Colonel' took the stand
with an mir OF bravado, but Mr.. Hills
cross-examination made him as limp as
o dish.rag. He began with q flourish of
tho offices he had held, from the time he
ny, In the Confederate army, to the as
cendiug grades of Captain OF Police,
Administrator OF Public Improve
ments, ard Naval Officer Of the Gus
tom House. He comprehansively de-
! nled the giving OF money 20 Will
| to him and rs against Williams unsav-
\ ory record, he presented his own charac-
I Ter as commended officially by such
| Democrats as Wilt and Burke. Having
testified that his departure on the same
train for Washington with the Eve me-
\ gro perjurers was mere coincidence,
and that he went 20 the Federal Capital
to consult Secretary Sherman about the
reduction OF wages In his department. at
the Custom House. Mr.. Hin compelled
him to confess that nearly two inontha
had elapsed since the reduction had been
made, and that he know OF the depart
uro OF the five negroes. He then ahuffled
and said no went to see how .the Briga-
dlers" looked in Congress; but had to
confess that the sight was no novelty,
aa he Ind paid annual visits to Washing.
tion. Admitting his intimate friendship
for Kellogg, he had the hardihood to de-
ny taking an active interest in his case
at Washington, though several times
conferring with the Senator. Although
he slept in bed with one afndavit negro
and had constant intercourse with Che
others, he had the audacisy 70 deny
1 speaking to them on the subject OF their
visit to tho capital :Ho alluded to the
affidavit negroes as s'statesinen"-Louis
lama statcsmen-and thought he helped,
with Kellogg's money, to pay their board
bill, which was deflnlted by debsuching,
he had never, forsooth, talked with them
4 about their business In Washington! Mr..
Hill made hiIa disgorge that he felt
bound TO help Kellogg, and that his pre-
men who had perjured themselves. The
value OF "Coi.n Lewis testimony may be
:nferred from the fact that, In answer 10 =
l direct question from Senator Hill, he
made the disgraeefnl ayowsil that he was
an intimate friend Of Miller and the Eve
lying witnesses; that he believed them
l to be men of "truth and reliability - that
lying Is no sin 'sunder certain circiim.
| stances" ETC., etc. I .pTheEl," said Sem
ator Hill, "there Is code in Louisiana
. ulllOItS COlUECU tuit u ktttla
| may lie SO he does not swear TO IL; and
that he may even, without crime. peEjure
himself for party purposes ~ With a
! hanse-doa look. and baholdinR no escape
from Hilre terrible grip, the "Coionel''
hnr.ily eiimitted the impeachment. but
Il plaintively b1eated out that he wonld not
lisi The testimony OF this man reminds
L ono of that of the Italian witnesses rs the
trial OF Queen Caroline, and It is appa-
rently Just CO Incredible. That such q
man, with such q code of morals and such
associates, ahould be q high Foiofal OH
ninl In the CnnknEn Hnnna. Ia minnAkrcrH
apd intolerabie. He ia q Niasiasippian
by birth. Bis head exhibits Gran, and
Intelligence. His feet are Ike Hcows.
His abuse OF Engilah .graJn is ffe-
qnent, and his knowlodge - 3fsnch pro-
hiematical. Tae goneraI impression
made by bis testimony is unfavorabIe 10
Kellogg, ana IL wnuld appear that the
4 inCot. =. while pulled up with YainEIory,
Is nombarrassed by fiicis.n
Louis Il. Baugnof, an assistant Ser
1 geant-at-arins of the Packard Iiegi gisimturo,
brih9 Senator TwicholI, and described
how 1t was done. Kellogg put che mon.
oy in TNichelps S vest pocl<aE, becanae the
Slete Senator had lost both arms. a
number or WiEnessea sSgore that accounta
4 OF bribery weg9 notorio09, especially
among colored members. and that no
groes who had not q cent tho day: before
Keliogg,e election were quito huala tle
day afrerward. Frederick ~. Stokes hsd
bson Judge of Grant Parish and Is stlll g
Republican, Tho election there In 1870
yFaa q fair one and carried by. She Demo-
Chats. On On anoEyulpy-I lester, written
By J, AAzsasslison Wells, he sssS ran ont ol
che State and carried 10 Texas on. false
charges ~ fIe was released promptly 8s er