, 1879-06-06

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| 8PofFoRD NOT TEr THE WINNER.
"Dfcfaf nspa'eh 10 ms Tribune.
WARRINGTON u. C'' June h.-The Democratic
H'enpt 10 oust hel'osg from tho Senate and
'saa oponofu Is rapidly becoming tasco. At
a' c'ehts' u'e Dethocfata suffered terrible de-
'eat a1 the speclai meeting called to-day, as The
+esu'l Vi Tue MISSION OF Judge spotford to
Aou,h's"a Win ptank aubpnna a. draE.nct
10 Ahd the additional evidence which 1io claims
10 nave discovered. Au agent Of Bpof1ord's ap.
psarcd 'ieFn tbls morning With number ot
negro witnesses, from whom wonderful develop.
mehta were expected. special meeting Of t'e
Committee was called. One Of the witnesses.
JoAuson, was put upon the sta1,t], and an an.
dayIt was presented signed hv him. IN uhlct n,
set forth that he Ind bccu nntd mon.v -, rn.o
for Kcllore for tho scuate a thn 1e rsct 'ose
i,'ation he admitted tue gcnuincuess Of his siQ-
nature, and the Democrats We re triu,nnh,nt tr,
when tI,e crnsa.cramtn.tton y, mn .,,.r ,r"ss ~
sponaen1. 'oAoson' VINO 'ad been much bad
eercd by tile Democrats, was taken IN hand by
| Kellogg himself, who conducted the cross.
| examination, Kellogg had mt soon mo colorod
| man ft,r ,vo veo,. IN c,r ra,,os, ~ it,
| ,on, eroupl, n tha aor,t T., rr.ns..s.a a."
| w., ,,,....... ., ~ o N''e i1e
~. ~ e1a5ases' ano unoef MS seassnflhE ques'
tons johnson soon appeared at case. The re-
sut Of very brief cross-exan,,natson was that
Johnson declared that the a,ildavi. ,ra, ,s
hv an .pert ~ an,fyo.d. H.. ..,.s"sI.1...
h,s ~ a asns % " spuno1a, n, ,at repteaeotat'ona
Aao ueen maae To hifi tJohnson) by Spofford's
agents that Kellogg would be compelled to
leave the Senate any way, because the Demo-
,,rata hal central - n a,5 ,,,.t ~ g.. .s..,,
.t1n III, ,,t,,as,t tha non. n, au s"as ~ ~oa,u
az. |,e a''ua'''t tlt oeaocsas "oulo see TO 1t
tlat he was well cared for In Washington or
elsewhere; that az 4 matter Of fact tue state
TIE AFFIDAVIT WE'RE p4LsE.
Hc never did fscetye auy money from Ke,loou
for voting. Ind. II ,,nhn.on sa,d h ve1tort-
Nv, ,,,as.,. % 49, .ss". 4'a ~ Neno9e'
.r.sn,.ssa 49, 1a:, wy necessary 70 ouy ao9oodg;
nj sasr w W.T. ,ro ioF @ Inc psnoerass were
haso hnaea. h aao s1eV Done IL said kclloEg you'd
nase oeen AUG 70 prove that sotne ono in the In
eaHn ~ u spono.u aau ga1a tnis coiored man
e.;r, en ~ .ns ia!ss s4aVt tnat hs nad re-
nb'nuvs s,h " ue Witnesses whlcn ths drag-net
suo snupoea ~ 1e lhtefcst o. spoIord has dlscov.
IT. Joi tusn'sn 80 Gooo testtm1hy ios keiioEE IS
~ ~ sno99nr', LILLY anese vi. 99 vers lttio elt
eoncetns3 et' ~ inc Inquiry anu appeats 10 be
oeooLmpuGshy lniormcn ~ to every step taken by
opono'aS uhsesapa4oas agents.
70 n. 1rs.ttr7. a..oeta,ta pr,,.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June h-rhe comnIt.
tee On Privileges nnd ELECTIONS thIs aftsrnuou
commenced tile examination Of witnesses In tue
contested Senatorial election case Of HnniYord
against Kellogg X. 7. hierrlck appsared for
SpofTord, und Judge Blcl!abarCer for Esnatnr
Kellogg. 0'
An affidavit dated April 4, 1870 and signed by
Joscpll j. JutItsun co!orcd tnember of liz
Louisiana Legislature Of 1877, was rcaii. It
saws, among otller things, llas before the cicc.
t{ou for United STATED lcnator hc f.inhnson,
!oG money, and could not get anTthIng, and did
,1n sornsrhnc "a 1sti ,a nau nsIeu o'In 70