Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

] had written summary Of tho -.
dence before that, but consjde,stir.
portion Of the brief was written in j'aols
Gil on the cars after | left New Orlls.
on my way home
"You see he completes the eyid,,.
lie is the only man that prepare. /,
! West Feliciana after the eyiderc. ~,
been turned over TO him, and wbc,t4 "'4
has done that work on his way IT,,
New Orleans TO Washington he trer.,1 ,ya
AN argument in the case. viii -
connect directly this transactiob u,%
the duties Of the man who take soI.,'|
oath to deal fairly. Tie next qy,.,'u
IL, what did Garfield know in regard -
louisiana That We find on psge .ls
! ! say he knew that Louisiana vac Bs,.
ocratic by 5000 majority when he -,
in that inner room and had private c,,r,
yersation with witnesses and pfcps,sd
interrogatories TO guide and c5rpI
! their testimony, when be wag a, In,
work, and when he was writinga b,,J
10 make il appear the other way he
! knew that Louisiana had cast Dem.
cratic majority OF 5000, and here il HI,
sworn testimony on that subject:
"'Q. Did you get any idea Of how Tie
vote Of Louisiana stood from the FACE r.
the returns! 4. had all those ides,
that could be got from the ncwspsper,
and the leaders Of the different pariia,
We had, OF course, very full iufofma,.os
Of that sort
"'Q. Presuming that there were not
| some parishes 10 be thrown out by the
/ Returning Board, it was very clear TIA,
the State had gone for Nichols and
| Tilden, was IL not! 4. It was ve-y
well understood by the time got there.
and, indeed, before got there, lha, 4
| nothing but the face oi the return. va
TO be considered, and If every vote se1t
1 up was to be treated as a legal vote, H.
Tilden was ahead (Applause.J
"Q. And il every vote sent up wa
7 q legal vote, and some more NeIgtH
can votes were not found, it Wa yer
! clear that the State had gone for N.ra
oils and Tiiden? A. Yes
"There is your man, Republicans. that
! you propose to place in the chair that
/ Washington occupied. "A voice, 90.
never."I II will never be done. 30
man with record like that did ever
! take the chair, and in the kind prov
] iFllEE bA All FAfIEAhg AtbI IL VIII L'tNf
| occur. lie knew by the returns that
TIlden for President and NIcholi. 'ar
/ Governor were elected in the State Of
/ Louisiana, and yet when he knew iAsl
I he says when he got to New Orleans be
I staid there eighteen days, and all that
/ he did was 10 sit in that inner room
where nobody could find him EXCEPT
4 they passed from the public hall through
/ another room, and there alone with
! poor ignorant witnesses lac prepared
/ interrogatories, and talked with them,
aud that those intcrrogstories and tLa,
/ talk went TO the Returning Board aud
/ furnished the scoundrels Of that Board
| the pretext 10 return against the truth
that Tilden was beaten in Louisiana
"Now, gentlemen, this man that thus
came and conducted himself at the city
OF New Orleans, and helped TO prepare
| the case, and helped 10 get a false return
I from a false and reriuTed Returning
/ Board and he came on his way North
~ far as Bellaire and was overtRken by
the lightning informing him and biz co.
/ conspirators as he sat in the palace car q
the decision that they had procured u
/ city of New Orleans. know how
| lawyer feels when his case has been
submitted. know the anxiety which
| drives sleep and quiet awsy when lie
or property may depend upon the result
/ made by the Jury. But surely never
expressed myself in regard 10 that anx.
/ iety, as Garfield did when he said they
left New Orleans, very anxious about
/ the result, and when the result came
all anxiety disappeared. His work wss
/ completed and an honest return was De.
/ ieated. He came on 10 Washington,
and then what do You think he did
/ when there was bill proposed in Con.
/ gress--the bill that did finally paste
appoint Commission, composed Of FIVE
/ members Of the House ana FIVE mem.
bers of the Senate and FIVE members Of
the Supreme Court TO hold conference
upon this great issue when that bill
was pending Garfield got up AID said,
no, it must not be; and here are the
reasons that he gave. Let me give you,
in his own woTds-if ! can, it is in very
fine print and difficult TO read. Speak.
ing OF the bill then pending in Congress
he saye-thls was on the 25th Of Janu'
sry he got back 10 Washington by the
ID of December, and the bill came up
Tor consideration in the House whether
this commission should be appointed TO
pass upon the right Of President and
Vice President, and Garfield opposing
this bill uses this language: 1t assumes
the right Of Congress TO 90 down into
the colleges and inquire into all the acts
and facts connected with their work.
II assumes the right Of Congress 10 60
down into the States to review the set
OF every officer, to open every ballot
box and TO examine every ballot cast by
| 100000 of Americana That was
Garfield's objection 10 the bill--that ifii
did pass and that these fifteen men ap'
pointed under the Law, il would be their
duty TO 60 back OF ell technicalities aud
returns, and 10 pass upon the real fact
OF the case; TO 20 into the ballot box
and see how the votes were, and 10 de-
eide upon the real truth. And after that
when the bill passed and he became one