Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-03
The Peter sage>tisation.

TIE MAJORITY REPORT
TIE report OF the majority OF the Potter
Investigating committee has been made public.
1t IS quite Il long document. 1t first reviews
the Florida case, and argues that the action OF
the canvaSSng board declaring the Have,
electors elected was not only Illegal but fraud
uieHt. The same conclusion is reached con-
Ceinlng the action OF the louisiana returning
G0ard. Concerning the sherman letter, the
felOt1 SIMPLY states the facts as they stand.
claiming that letter was actually written. and
largely Influenced political. action in Louisiana
whoever signed ii, and drawing attention TO the
attempt III the interest OF Mr. Sherman by Mrs
Jehks, whose husband aud brother are EN- oloye5
O the treasury department. to induce the COM
ihllite 70 produce forged letter. OF the forged
i.ouhiaba certillcate, the report says that there
vas such a forgery, and that the burlesque LJohn
Snllnl certificate sent from louisiana by mail
"htei .le IoiEed ceftlilcate and suppressed from
,li, the Iecoros, cannot now be found. The COM
nltlte regard IL as part OF the same fraud ttS
oDJect Oelng 10 mSlead and draw off attention
from the forged certificate The renorf then
charges that all the persons connected with the
forgery nave peen appointed 10 Office and
charges that suspicious circumstances were
connected with the appointment of SOma. and
particularly charges That Kellogg and CLARK
i nas pii'aIe a secretary, were privy TO the for
seIies; inc report concludes with the Tndnsr
that the lull ef1ect was not given to the ele,
Iolal votes OF Florida and Louisiana: that
NoseS, sherman and others encouraged this
result; that the second certificate from Jouis-
ldha was forged as TO TWO OF its names, Kellogg
dDo lafk Deng priyy TO il, and that Tiiden
ara hendricks received true majority OF the
eleclofal vote and were the real choice OF the
leople of the United States at the last pres-
Dental election.
The report is agreed to by six OF the seven
democratic members OF the committee
Mf. Stenger, in all probability. Will not make
separate report but Will add an expression OF
Ills views upon certain points in the e5timOny
10 Mr.. Pot'er'S report
HIRE OF THE VIRGINIA STATE DEBT Bill
Ihe Nii2Ella House OF delegates remained IN Ses-
soii All saturday night and until IL 80 D. m yes
ttfoay. The nllibuatering tactics resulted in
Staying OF final action On the state debt bill
ne pending question during SATURDAY. night s
ulscusSlon was an amendment providing for the,
submission OF the proposed bill to a vote. of The
people for ratification before ii became a law.
III was rejected early Sunday morning. The
ttieIdS or The biH were powerless to reach q
hLal vote. as the previous question could only
pe oideIed Dy two-thirdS vote which they
couid not command. Uuder these circumstances.
~ Deing apparent that ii would be imposible TO
Dfeak down the opposition in time to result i'm
any good, the debt-paying party gave up the
Ignl anu voted for adjournment. The bill is
mus Killed for the present session, and rhe
chsnces OF its finally becoming law depends
ehtlreiy upon the governors calling an extra
session. 1t is generally believed that he will do
SO, put that he will probably postpone it for a
month Or more. ~ "
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