The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-04

f'1t.is flirt|t uNNIUNl va VIC now electoral
lei. witch wrro prepared ga distinct. That is
ii.r, wr- Il separate certificate 30 be- signed hv
I'll the clu',Ors. siutlng the votes cast for Prcsi-
ami md another distinct r,in'ate. also 10 be
,.'t.lv signed ly thr cls tors stufinu tho
s rost Tor Nlro- Prosidont and both these
I,i,t certificates hy ihe clertors WIRE. to bo
ys.i In ua'e of the original single certificate
vb.lt r,iur'.i tine votes rIst Tor both officers
"'i.ict sen docs not r"roll"ct that he cnnsultrd
H., rlrctorili 'Ifiil.'ut" hu took TO Washington
tf,rn ur brought 10 buck to Kellogg. hut sun.
ios,s he may have done 80. He certainly did
,,utuotiiy him or any ono OF the defect 10y tclp-
rrqth But not 90 have consulted any one in
Washington about i would have been very
unlikely cOurs" tu tnko in a matter OF such inn
rorlnnce. uui upon which. rs Ferry told him
anderson on his return told Clmrk that "friends
In Washington thouplt that instead OF the
names for President and Vice President being
on on sheet, they should hc an two sheets"
md notified sheldon what tho real defect was
icdoubtless had consulted his friends" here
about It.
tora cert llra'c made on the 9th of December
was only adoi ted after much consultation mud
advice 81 counsel; that IN matter OF such
gravity no should AT once and without consult
ing with any one. have proceeded To dlsrurd
that form, and 30 al "pt. instead 81 one. two dis
met certificates. shows also that this course
must have been advised 10y friends whom
brewster " supposed 10 be some OF our lendinp
mca; friends. indeed. OF controlling prOmi-
Is tho law tR. $. llol required that the ccriin
cate should reach Washington ~ the first Mrd-
lUANNY Ni dUnhNfN lINn. y. lNtfl. n Inner
atyc that tn new c"rt ncatrs should leave New
orleans not later than the afternoon OF the iol-
lowing day. Friday, Dec. ~.
so PRINTED AS TO M1sLFAp.
Pressing IA was the hnsie. Clark curiously
enough. found time t. have the new electoral
lists printed upon sheets OF n peculiar size tex
tar and alpenranr". and in peculiar type. MI
corresponding in appearance exactly with the
urelcctors 10y the Governor ON The Dill of De.
center. and 10 De dated that day. 81 that when
annexed 70 the new electoral certificates. ono
hohlnR ~ Hose certificates would naturally
suppose tina; both the electors and the attached
Governors certificates were prepared and is
suri az the same time instead Of weeks apart.
The deception thus intended would have been
useless. and would not have been attempted
IA ess the parties had known that i'm advance
they could possess themselves OF certificates by
the Governor dated December G. One of such
cert nrnt's CLARK ohtninrd. 10y detaching II from
the electoral certificates OF December Ander-
son brought back from Washington. aud nm
nexing Il TO one OF the electoral cert cates pre-
but antedaied TO the 9th. For tho other two
parts OF these later electoral certificates he saws
he took Ike certificates by the Governor. which
had been lett over since the 9th Of December.
His story is. that Kellogg. finding that his GER
thcaies OF who had been APPOINTED electors had
been iilled out in handwriting he did not like.
ordered another set 10 be- made out and that
thus there were duplicate Governors ceriih-
Gates OF the 9th OF December made from which
Clark. after using those required for the cleo
toral certificates Of that date. had enough loft
over To- answer for the now electoral lists Of the
cover any such inferority IN the penmanship
IN the Governors certificates which Kellogg re-
lected MS TO require new set to be prepared:
nor mas IL been explained why. II the prnman-
shin WIS so Objectionable. Kellogg should have
thought II necessary to be- Rtthetrouhe not only
OF signing all OF the REJECTED ertncates hut
Also OF having his signature attested by the
great seal OF the State. and by the signature Of
the Secretary OF Stnte nor why. after the we'll
written electoral certificates executed on the
9Th Of December were completed II should have
been thought necessary to preserve those re-
But. whether the Governors certificates for
the new electoral lists were made on the 29th Of
December, and falsely dated and certified by
the Secretary Of state 10 appear ms II issued on
the 9TH OF December. or whether they were
curiously surplus certificates let over from
the 9th OF Decemher. IN either case Clark was
nble TO provide himself with certificates by the
Governor. dated Dec. 6. to annex 10 the new
electoral lists, SO Us 10 carry out the deception
designed
SECRETLY SIGNED.
The lists. being thus prepared for signature.
We're taken 10 u small room in the third story Of
tne Sqie House. not ut all irequented.". where
ark had them in charge. instead Of being
taken 10 his ordinary Office adjoining the Cow
errors chamber.
nor was any notice given that new lists were
Icing prepared. but the whole proceedn g was
Kept entirely secret among the parties con-
cerned IN us execution ami theiI advisers.
On the following morning. Friday. Dec %.
Anderson proceeded, about II o'c.0ck, 10 this
upt"r room, where he found Clark sitting NJ a
uh.", and spread out before him wor. papers
which seemed 10 be the electoral lists lie
stated 10 Clark that he WIS unable To again
make the journey to Washington. and that some
one must 10 in his place and that IL mad been ar
ranged that one Charles Hill then am eNHmlnrr
IN the Auditors Office. aud now u storekeeper
~ the Custom House. should be- the m ns-enger
fog that purpose and he asked Clark II the Ger
tncHtrs would Do ready to gO that Afternoon Ivy
the train 10 the North-wllch train left New Or
i istns abou, : o'clock. Clark responded that
been sent out by Clark to the different electors
tocnmsto the state building
Kellogg. Brewster. Sheldon Burch. Joseph.
aud. perhaps, Marks, seem 10 have been at the
State House during that day.
Kellogg swears he signed the certificates that
day. hut saw no one else sign them. Brewster.
That he signed them. but saw no one elise sign
them. Marks. that he signed them. and saw
sneidon sign them. and saw Burch. anl. he
tAlnks, Joseph, IN the room when he signed
Clark SAYS he saw Kellogg sign them. and that
Kellogg signed them first, aud saw them signed
sheldon says he saw Anderson on tho morn
Ing OF his return was told Of the defects in the
first certitlc tie AMI the necessity for "A new set.
forward Il, once. Knew Joffrion and Levsee
U tr ont OF town, and qnired Of Kellogg ifthey
would be there In time, and was told they had
been sent tor Called the next morning on KEEL
logg, and asked II they had arrived. aud was
told by him they had and then went with Kel-
logg up stairs to the private room: there saw
helogg sign. Birch sign. Marks sign. aud
signed himself, but met no other OF the electors
tuit day ~ an,
In The afternoon. about half past s. Hill says
says Kellogg went with him from his chamber.
90 wv I At'hllfF ONl'f', UP SUITS 10 Eft inc re-
turns. There they found CLARK, but no one else
whom he can nos identify. Kellogg asked IL
brewster had signed. and Clark answered that
Brewster had not come yet While they were
waiting Brewster came In and signed the re-
turns and was the last " no did sign them then
CHrk folded w the papers, put them in the en-
Ielppes, and Kellogg took them down stairs 10
hls office. accompanied by llll. and there wrote
hpmeiniug on them iprObably his signature 10
Y cndorsemenu. and handed 10 Hill Ia take 10
NashlngtOn-one of tho triplicute parts and
gave him aletter directed in Anderson's writing,
u Ferry.
Anderson states that toward o'clock Of that
qV, ne went ~ II this upper room and met
Brewster cOming out Brr wsu-r stated that he
hni MT SIGNED the returns. Anderson entered
tni found Clark there. and he thinks Hill nj
thugsh 10 10 thht i.r h. not positive, Anderson
tt u wu M desk in the room and wrote "A let
yer Ferry Introducing liili and enclosed with
T. hls authority, M messenger and handed II 10
mn hni ieit tn room.
I'M departed for Washington with his tripli-
cAle ~ thr electoral certificates that afternoon.
tHrN sent another triplicate by registered mail
y The same train, and on the following day
Clhrk took the third set TO the District Judge
and He'd them there. These certificates pur-
ported 10 be signed by all the electors
TWO ELECTORS SIGNATURES FORGED
Levisee has testinea that on the 2sth and Goth
~ December ho WIS himself many hundred
Mil0s from New ORLEANS at Shreveport. He
could not therefore. b0 procured for the pur-
D. OF signing the new electoral lists. and did