The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-01

N..- "|"-"N'HNtft"A =
there eighteen days What did he do while
there charge. and tile Journal -nN- II II 1,
.nppnned he = disgraced man. charge
ocCrrIED Az INNER ROOM
81 the Custom house. assigned 20 him. and
n,n aioiie AID IA that room he saw Witnesses
u.AcN anu ~Lit*. of Louisiana. and he con.
NeEsru With thcm alone. and When their to-.
ttni"hs Mas not made out satisfactory a. him
~ susse-ird lnt.rIpgatories that shf AID he
- the Returning Boarti. and that Rftnrninr
BOARD made report against the men that
Mrtr riec.,.d- That Il what charge. say
Y" You Nil prove Il 20 YOU "a night bv III
o~n evidence. What does the n n-,.1i a. n,
nlr. That have furnish no respectable
Sfinrnee. when l have referred ~ page and
nseuintut ~ the sworn testimony III Garfield
himself. What dill ~ los lir-f rsnflrrnru
said that they distributed p4ri~ll... among
.nsrt visiting statesmen. and thar la the Ill.
tAiputA 9h - the parishes for invests afinn and
manipulation. tilc parish u Wet feliciana
Tell - James A. tsafileld will read \ hnr ~
~Aot. ~. and after 10 night II shall not h.. be-
lore the Intelligence ~ Indiana what Hen.
uTirhs said. bur the question nov ~haiI n.
Mtist fairfield said lApplauSc. In hi~ an.
NJ - a question. he SAP "ThercupOn ia
vrier - make oar work u examination and
our kno ~i-dge If the cit<e a. full a. possible.
the Suggestion WAS ndnl Ted that am tn.ste~tf.
Inpns relating - one parish be- given ~ one
W., Als thr Testimony relating 10 another
parish sroul be given 70 another man
among tlis Parishes that were contested we're
.nr PARISHES 81 feliciana. ami heiiev. that
y, r.f- sherman assigned these parishes TO Mr.
hstt krt am my ~, Say ing that we cos4ld III
Nidr them between " a. we choSe I sug.
4-~trd - NJ. Parser 10 take hi~ choice lie
',"k hat teiicisna, tack West Eeliciana.v
-. what asa sou take /, fors'
vail give the answer offhat pregnant cues
M. "nl y het Il = An-~ cred the Jhrnai ~nys
tAslf banner i"r caniidttei j.
DfsCRlcED NAN
lAnplanSe-l "a mean by thar 20 say that
'opA ~ copies ~ all the official papers winch
were deiyc. "a to tile Returning fsofrsl touch
INK The election IN Nest fcllcinna. ana Tor
convenience ~ examining theSs. papers a.
a,l not reside AZ the - harles Hotel. otru
ptru = ft'.rin IN the Custom house ia tile cor
mr. y tie building" Laughter.
His H. coming close np 10 Garfield and
closer - rne J3urssnl
ton't know nov whose room Il was: II
WAS room not very much used: think n
Wa one ~ the private ofllce. serfap- III th.
-" ertor him>clf-s You rec0liect Who Ma.
ns,..'s."a nnnt your AZ was Packard that
y - running tor Governor ana that could not
hoii III ofiicA although he rot a Thousand
NOR yote- than haycs. VINO got tile vote III
Louisiana Applause
Genfielnen, sA4t DO sou say to the PROPOSE
tinn winch made M my speech month ago
that tsar1sli went ~ New Orleans AZ a par
ii-aH' that ~ orcupsd one ~ the rooms ii
tie tu-,tul hOu-- Tor the purpose 81 making
UP the evidence tor the - turning BOARD but
We Will 20 q good deal further than that
int- question that make tonight j. NOT t. 4
suipofdinAte winter on the Journal repeat
y T. 81 John &. View. owner ~ the paper ana
the chairman ~ the Republican Central Com
niftee "a Indiana i i John 4. Ncw that
shall brand Il le sioe- not place my answer ~
~ ..inertlyin his paper tn-morIs1w morning
A. TIE article ~ the Jgasrnai this morning.
Where y ~ this room ia the Custom huuses
SID this wt- m inner rDofn. and propose 10
prove tiiat ~ Garfield himself.
~ Where dill gon converse with her thar
Y negro Noinan- Emil, MITCHELL 4. In
private office In tine Custom house.
q. one ~ ,ov- Kellogg rOorn-s A. No.
tom house.
don't thick there Was any body else present
when SHE there
~. Who brought her 20 the rO0ras A.
can't say somebody brought her there
think -hc had little chiid IA her arms >he
~Af 1own, and asked her 10 tell me the story
- her husbands death. with all the p.lrticu
lar. and told her that All wanted 10 know
y a. the exact truth about II.
20. Wa there a decr- keeper 20 the room
\. think there wa- nobody by az ail.
". But Was there a tk0Or. keeper outside 4
tile door, 4. That don't know.
~ 10 you remember thar there was a
door keeper inr that room A. That room
no dos into the hall. think that door com.
nunicated with thc next room, which com
inundated with Tire hail.
Na- \ m inner fnom or not. gentlemen
LAY : Il IL not true That T. befwsen Garfield \
and the JonrHai, and between them would \
nov Know witch 10 Dettrte- APPLAUSE.
a. 20 she did 70 from hail into that other \
room before she would get into the room
where yOu we're A. le~. take II that fhe
Question ~ the inner room i q settled ques-
20 was that door leading from the ouser
door into this. open or shut A. don't know
- Who occupied the outer room ~ the
time, A. There were several Custom hou-s.
clerks who had de- L. hehtnd sort ~ railing
= very little more. gentlemen. about these
.s1 h. .,,a, f,,,... ~x.,.., =. ~ e.. ..r.,.,
beside yourself: 4. Nobody
He WAS asked whether there was anybody
IN that inner room but himself. and IL SAYS
no. Not that there NO inner room. but
there was nobody in the inner room but him.
sell -~Omc ~ the men y no were getting ND
statements about other parishes came in
there, hut the roofn was a. signed to me-" Ap-
rlNu~e.l There You have tan inner room
reached only by passing through another
room from the public hall. and that inner
room was assigned 10 James A. Garfield aud
be- occupied IL and received the witnesses
there A. ! will proceed 20 prove. 20 the
question. What did he do in the inner room
and that question wa asked him under oath
%. what did you d0s A. took ali these
papers. commencing with the protest and
hen read them carefully and made careful
brief a their contents giving the summary "
zach witness In my own way, ~ would II l
we're lawyer In the case Appiausc.
THERE Is GARFIELD
Il New 0rlean--the man who asks 20 preside
n the chief Office If this great Nation There
= trNFNFiN~ ~lttluG IN tuAI iuuti room IN the
custom. house. where the hght Of day and the
Judgment of the American people was cut OF
lnd receiving the evidence thar turned tile
Parish az West feliciana. and examining them
j. though he we're "a lasyer IN the case and
.O he sworc- "Mhen had completed that
cit great deal of nnxicty 20 see THE men who
iad testified n could. II was not enough a.
ead the evidence ~ II had been fixed up for
he negroes and the whites. hut II was more
han that :" confess felt a good deal 81 sur
,ri-e and establishments NJ the revelations
contained in these documents: that went
here with not aiiftlc apprehension that there
must be
A GOOD DEAL OF IrfSG
n the papers Of both sides connected with the
lection. I made inquiry and found that n
number II these witnesses we're
n the city. made out list " perhaps one
Imlf or thrre-s0urths of the names ~ the wit
lcs-cs whose testimony had examined. and
inquired for them and procured interviews