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

them one By one. iie examined them
inil A. b. desired, he prepared nddi
tional infefroesforles. which went. ~ -0ms
eases az least. Lefore the Returning Board. Til.
coRE- REALLY VIA, cLnsE
around the Jcurnaf ara Garfield. The sum
mary ~ the testimony In the case 81 West
fcn, iAnn was prepared ~ me-" A little
tnrther about what he did
: some ~ these aiiiaasif- notice ia the
West fcllciana case we're made after You ar
rived in New Orleans Did you have any
thing 10 10 with them yOur-rif-In taking
them A. Nothing. except tlat, In some in.
interruzatorie~.'
The next witness was Gen swayzee.
iso you remember taking with hins
~ le~. sir, 10 remember talking with
~wayzec- think inferrogat0ries were IRE.
pared Tor him after rny conversation with
him. don't think prepared Them but there
wMs bIlci affidavit Ia the case that read.
talked with him. and then after that thr-s. in (.
teifogatories were iilrd. in the printing. they
.trr printed instead ~ the original talked
with >~nyzee. saw his testimony wa not
very inll. ANA after my conversation ~ilh him
fntcriugAtorie- were prOpOundcd 70 hun nee
e,7nfiiN - bring out his evidence III FULL aud
tories, MAS the evidence 81 swayzee that was
printed
The mex man. Sapalu-. I remember well.
ior ~ ni.d very striking story Of having been
= -
rope around his neck. he was one Of those
~ whom Intermediates were pro pounded AZ
ts-r the filing al tii- nr-t niiidaSit. Now. gen
tis-fnrn, he mentions AZ the most rennaf = able
case ~ y hicn he prepared the questions for
the witnesses, the case Of Amy Mitchell, 20
Will read wnat GARFIELD sw0re 70 in regard to
that ease
20 ~ regards the case Of ANY Mitchell
which made an Impression you. can YOU
tell whether u ~a~ before Or after you were
furnished with copy Oi her afii1avit that You
had thi- conversation with herr A. II wa At
ttrwAfd. Twas the reading Of the affidavit
inst Impressed me, and l asked 70 have her
% see that the afiidayit appears 70 lave
been sworn 10 the 3Uth Of NovcInbers A. nd-
vi-ed them - take fuller statement hy in
teErogatorie- from Amy Mitchell. and tltlnk
prop0undcd portion of the inferrog ato-
re- Ihr preliminary statement. the simple
aihhayit. uas earlier"
Now, gentlemen, viii turn over n page and
See what the case " Amy Mitchell was Turn
ing the leaves ~ book She first made an
afndatit ia the Custom house. ~here
sHE WAS Examined PRIVATELY
by James ~ Garfield. That affidavit was not
ihil enolgh. He prepared additional inter
fogaipfies 70 be prup0unded 70 her. ami she
ana Herttl those inferrOs<afOritas. aud ia her
testimony before this same committee she af.
ttrwari -worc that there was no truth ia the
statement given in response 20 ,sariield- in-
tcrrogatoIles. IN answer 20 a question pro
pounded ~ Gov. Cox. 81 Ohio. who j. a lse-
pubiican, Amy Mitchell sald-slle repeated
her direct testimony-that every sentiment
contained IN the affidavit was false: that she
uttt not Say hnE thing because she knew IL,
but aid " iiat they told herto say Her testi.
inuny also showed that -he had been trained
IN the Custom house - testify before the
committee. ] don't saw that Garfield WAS
present when Sic swnrc 10 the inferfogatorie
bot be prepared the interrogafories that were
answered. and ~ prepared the intcyrogatorieS
alter NJ had an interview with that coiorcd
woman, ~ hen there Wa no person besides
themselves present, and the same woman
comes before the committee Of Congress. not
IN an inner roum. not where the light ~ Gods
day J. shut on, hrlf he comes before the COM
iuittee ~ Democrats ana Republicans, and in
thar testimony. given under oath ana under
the test ~ cross examination by the Rcpub-
lcan members ~ the committees. she SAYS
there wA~ not a word ~ truth in he testimony
which IA. gave in answer 10 6arneld- cues
fion-. Arplau~e.i the next purpose. gen
tlemen. have in my mind j. 70 ask why did
1arneld spend
kiGHTEEN DAYS N TIE INNER ROOM
in the Custom house, Why did he have pri-
waite int rNiess with the cOlorcI and Iife
people Whose Testimony was 10 lie taken 10
he used before the Returning Boardg and whv
did ne prepare tnterro-atOfics for Witnesses
viii answer IN his own words:
- but don't sou understand that I'm the
eases where N0n suggested that interrogation
ies should b. prepared instead II the evil
Board A. le-. -ir."
And when the work AZ taking the testimony
was completed he turned his attention 10 the
a n W.
J. "A lawyers argument I'm writing ! will show
yon what he says upon that subject, on page
- ~ the report.
20. Wa that brief furnished 70 the Return
Ing Boards 30. sir That brief was never
furnished 10 an BODY hut the President 81 the
nitcd states. In tact. n considerable portion
q the brief was written on the cars on my
20. Written after you left New orleans? A.
A considerable portion ~ IL. had written a
summary ~ the evidence before that bat
IA pencil On the cars alter left New Orleans
IN my WAY home
You see he completes the evidence. He i
he only man that prepares Il for West Felici- \
ana after the evidence had been turned over
n him, and when he has done that work on I
nj way from New orleans 70 Washington he <
prepares AN argument in Tire case wish 10 4
'onnect directly this transaction with the dn-
les Of the man Who takes the
SOLEMN OATH TO DEAL FAIRLY.
Z T. your duty As n member Of the Commits 4
ion 20 deal fairly. The next question H. " hat \
lid Garfield do IN regard 90 louisiana That
siana Was Democratic BY 5000 majority when 4
ie sat In that inner room and had private
conversation with the witnesses, and pre-
jared intcrrngatories 20 guide and control \
heir testimony: when lie was nj that work \
md when he WAS writing brief to make IL \
appear the other WAY, he knew that Louisiana
lad cast a Democratic majority of 5000. and y
iere Il hi- sworn Testimony on thar subject
= q. Did you get any idea how the vote of n
louisiana stood from the returns2 A. had Y
M those ideas that could be got from the "A
newspapers and the leaders of the different n
'artieS We had had, of course, very full in.
orrnatiOn OF that sort.
20. Presenting that there were not some
PARISHES to be thrown out by the Returning
Ioart. IL very clear that the State had
one Tor Nichols and Tildcn, was IL notg A.
I was very well understood by the time got
here that, II nothing hut the lace Of the re-
urns Was 70 be considered. and, II every vote
cnt up was % be treated n legal vote. Mr..
'ilden was ahead. Applause.
" ~. And II every vote sent mp was legal
otc. and some more Republican votes were
lot found NJ was very clear that the state had
one for Nichols and Tildenf A. Yes"
THERE Is rorR MAS. REPUBLICANS.
hat You propose O. place In the chair that
Washington occupied voice. mo. new
ri II will never he done. No man with n
ccord like that dsl ever take that chair. and
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