, 1880-07-20
How the Democratic Judges Of
That City Sided with the
Perpetrators.
Encouraging Reports Daily Re-
ceived at National Rcpub-
lican Headquarters.
The Views Of the Hon. Stanley Mat'
theWs On the Situation. .

DAFESiflHT'a TESTIMONY.
Sptctat Ultt4trA tu Th< EAteaga Tribune.

Spsctat Ltsp4trh ~ 1h< EAteago Tribune.
NEW funx, Jn!y M.-Thc Wallace COM
1n!ttcp's examination III Chief Supervisor John
J.. Davenport III regari to election and uuturall.
*atton frutts nnd nblscs III isls In this city was
onllsenef yesterday by SUNG slturp tlss l,c-
tween thu wttslvs* anl se1latnr Mcnona!,l. which
tended to r.itcvc snnlGwut tho t1ltI,otOny Df the
rollcrs hf figures Mr. Davenport wns hitrl[ng ut
tho C0'h'n!ttct. The Inquiry WIS opened by'
s'eiiAtor Mcfh,lnla nakLnY Sir. Davenport
for tho nan,ea Of n1l tho persons against
wa,uEn he Issued warrants IN 1879.
Mr. Davenport fn('I there were about
stf00 wurralnta Issued, and It would takc some
tltna to nuke Il lst. 1le caIsed attention tn the
sunt TINT three tnys after tse first order, no.
body having yet been haturnlizcd, 1D,O00 tnurc
applications were called for. On Oct. tj. huvtng
Then 1iatt1ruizcd two persons. .i.UU mnrc npplI-
tGttons nnl 6O,Q0Q tnnre certificates were ordered,
and on Oct. =, uliho'tRh they hui already or
tered a1'd got sooU bunk applications, ar,tI but
nno day nUre remained III which 10 nnturlltxc
lcnpte. they called for 300 tnore h,.tlkE Judges
BMrnnrd hn1 htGGnhn were both candtdntcy for
reflection 1T tllAt ti1ne.
THERE WAS THEN No STATUTE
Of the United States Under which my Of the
tbhra fur tho perjury which they committed. An
lort WIS 1,!sle ~ puisl. nun ,,Atnu4' scout-
convicted under thp Sthtc lls uf perjury, but
p, ecrtlnrnr nnd review tho court discharged
Lily. l,olli'iH tlAt ~ re,l.e. if any, ws ts'ts-
oSur, Wlnw was pnsscI By Ct,1,gress c',verihg
nitch perjury, Hnd the SUING law nude i
"1s9 't an "lrse t merHiy t., nso trana.
4 m pos.essl";l; knt,wllsE its chnt1tctpr, Mr.;
1ayenrnrt sui.i u !ler. ws's my n!sse III regard
proportions ii itt5s he .I'i not Klsuw ~ os ~ t.mrS
c,iuy, fnso voting. fAIsc swearing. fnlsn cl1,-
snssilK, tHls. natural1attun tA!se!rtsl lhro4lgh-
power Ut tho crt1l,iisal bench III the aoills nf
party 70 strongly intrcnc!ird by 1agss1s of Its
irNnt5 that he b9tterrd 1t cnulsl not t rsrunHcl.
j ls i'll ''''''''e' 'N''0 "aS one saaE of osAt c''
ExnAaxp IN HErEArixn,.
who Registered 2!D nAtncs 1T that election, The
c s nrt! @ IN sS S sose %ns Mxnsy t,s y,;,e Il
,;oM,"!ts,q,sr r.; @ G',,l,'Ss % "S'S*eys y portralt
" ine 5 xt ScF . 5 hss xaE rsss,e's + II is
Il ;d,, W.5a Si.l'; M Tw$sa; Sr IL iS ss;s I'D
Ind one of tho t'nks usctl BY thnt g,,,lY
wllch co,1tatnet tue mines ,Rivc', by tho
!,at'E n rcRsa!srinE: lie and nthars hearlng Of
" Inspector Wa11InK. ltild on taturlay morning.
ct, q. lsts. thren !iays t,sfnrc e!rcnol,, win
watchns them, she Inspector ca,.,nred the E.liI4
a1d seized their txuks. iiv f,unl thnt they
wcro II p'vtlm, anf 'tet!.ly the ntasks'nilh's
iurtal another nrnk. Witness previously rom.
lnrel the I,nsnes II, the links with the registry
i!sts. a,,d f,t.d IN, ~ q them rcssterc1. On u.
nvonle OF tiln ilny thBy wore arrested II writ uf
AaDea5 corpus lrA8
EI.flvED ON THE OFFICER
IN whose c,.stotly thcy wcrc, directing thotr
dismissal. Their counsel Et,i!Ursrti Oh thu
hack If tho writ, "Ihu prisoners boz
tug chnrgcsl with. III ofcnsr. Us ul'-
pears y Tho nrHexcd ref,r1t, they Mre ordered to
he tschnrEr'.' That ol.1cr wus sGiIt p.stnirs
IL Judge linrnunl, md hg Signed it, and tho
prisoners wero discharged. At tho election II
VOTED I'hnt nr,lcr WIS nlalo III violation OF thu
ntMtutc 1T thu Stntu which requires tllat n0tcc
Ut such II writ tha1l be given To- tho District
.ttnrer, aux! he has tnItti}csl ufsler uash tiat
ilu n.11It'0 WIS given hin II, thnt cllse. Mr.
lMycnM,rt next saiA !hAt that iMrn. M oi trs!'!d
thnt GlcctiUsl, aud tn gave tho colnm!tcu ~. I'm
nrnsu nrtsly Ut tvura's showing tho n,lNlhpr Of
unregistered yUles pn5t III tArtNls districts. Il
nrKe number uf ARRESTS werN l1lntlc ut tho Inst-
lfatlun Ut Republicans, mud 1l,tlgu Nctunr dis-
uhargca tho prisoners HfslllEnarlly.