Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17

what was there in the character 81 TINS or any
circumstances which made repusion and kept
you and these visiting statesmen apart,
A. Nothing that know Of but my duties did not
bring me into contact with these gentlemen and n
we always hal coroncrs inquest held over NJ after
every election. feared to know ~ little NJ pos
siblc.
q. by Mr. Butler. You pnrposely avoided meet
ing with the visiting statesmen lest you might
know too much Of what il going ON. Is that it
a. without casting any reflections upon them,
yes.
This witness swcars that he avoided
knowing anything that those visiting
statesmen were doing, because he did not
want to know what was going on there. as
lie would probably have to answer under
investigation afterward. So | will spend
no more time upon that witness. Now for
Mr.. Garfield himself and he gave his testi-
mony befo-e this same committee under
oath:
O. Did you witt New Orleans in the mont, Of
November. 1857
A. did
q. Whit time in the month did you go
a. | think il was about the lith day Of No
ycmbcr that we arrived ut New Orleans.
The 18th day Of November was imme-
diately after the presidential election Of
1876, and he was there with John Sher-
man, he was there with Kelly. OF Penn
sylvanin, and many others whose names
] will not delay you 10 repeat, and from
one passage in his testimony he says that
they left New Orleans to return to Wash
ington city on the LIT day of December. So
You will observe that James A. Clarified
was at New Orleans, reaching there about
II week after the presidential election, and
staying there Is days. What did he do
III al 4 ,h
If IL IL supported, he IL disgraccd man,
the custom house. assigned 10 him, and
him alone, and in that room he saw wit
nesses black and white, of Louisiana, and
he eonverscd with them alone, and when
their testimony was not made out satisiac-
tory to him, he suggested interrogatories
that should be put to them, and those in
terrogatories went to the returning board,
aud that returning board made a report
against the men that were elected. That
il what ! charge ! sny to you ! will
prove il to you tonight by his own evil
dence. What does the J0.Tnai say to me?
Tint ! have furnished no respectable evil
dcncc, when have referred by page and
document To the sworn testimony of Gar
field himself. What did he do? First,
gentlemen, said that they distributed
parishes among these visiting statesmen
and that in the distribution of the par
ishes for inyeEtipation and mnnipulniion
the parish Of West Ecliriann fell To James
a. Garfield viii read what ne sworc to-
and after tonight il shall not be before
the intelligence OF Indiana what Hen
bricks sud, but the question now shall be
what Garfield said. IN his answer to u
question he SAYS.
"Thcrcupon, in order to make our work of cx-
animation md ourkuowcdgc Of the ease ms iull ns
possible the suggestion was adopted that all the
testimony rola''nE '" one pnrls,l ~ gtc. 70 o''c
hun H. ~ ,rs.', rum,R = ,,".uVr l"',,"
ill.,. ,hnt wcrc con,rs,nI w,re II. narish,s If W.
lirnnn md believe TINT Nj. sherman assigned
these parishes to Mr.. Parker and myself, saying
TINT we could divide them between us M We chose
took hnst r'l,cinnui took Mrst fellclnhH'
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~ III, returning hnnrl ln,rhnv the election N
West Fcciann, nnd ior con, cnioner Of examining
these papers, ~ did not reside nj the 81. Charles
Hotel, occupied II room IN the custom house in
I he corner "i the building
This IL coming close up Ia Garfield aud
closer To the ,IOUrHOi
~ don't know now whose room il was; it was IL
room not very much used think il was ono oi
the private othcrs, perhaps uf the collector him
self
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Gentlemen what do you say To the propo-
siti0n which made in my speech n month
npo-thnt Garfield went To New Orleans ns
n PARTISAN. that he occupicd a room in the
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