The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-05-29

In the interest of the female
sex [ am glad to say he had
none.
Q. Are YOU NOT one Of those kind of men
in Louisiana
Thank. God they are confined
as far as l know, TO that sunny
cline
@. Are you not one OF those kind of men
in Louisiana who think. as you probably
do, that yOn Lave been a consistent republi
can. and when you find anything against
the republican party and you gel a point,
men like you quietly and secretly, like q dc
tective run it ont?
Upon perjury. :
A. 1 always do SO.
True to my party, true to re.
publican instincts and practices,
whenever | get a point l general
" manage to get in a lie. Laugh
teri
The Presiding Officer, [Mr. Fer
~ in the chair. The Chair re-
minds the galleries that it disor
der is repeated he will order the
galleries cleared.
Mr.. Vest. But this is not all.
The governor is not satisfied with
the individual ; he wants to insti
tate aud establish a class of re-.
publican perjuries in his State.
Q. And has your class lone it repeatedly
IL parishes II in the city
A. Yes, sir.
q. Now
Says the Governor
l want to know, did you take it into your
head, seeing that scheme was on foot. that
You would follow it and 90 to the bottom
OF it, and get the details of it :
A. Yes, sir that was why 1 wanted to
be examined on MIR. Spofford,s side.
That is tire reason The wanted
to swear to a lie, Ito .get to the
bottom of it.
Q. Is that the reason why Won went IN
MIR. Elder and made that afiiavit-to Get
his secret e'
Play the spy and the traitor
and the perjured scoundrel and
villain that he was, is the ques
ton
l ENJOYING that he was on Mr.. spoffotd's
A. Yes, sir.
What must be the cause that
would use such instrumentalities
and unblushingly bring them be
fore the Senate Of the United
States He asks this man, did
YOU do this voluntarily, act the
spy, the traitor, the perjured
scoundrel, all in the interest of
your partys
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you 60 with Murray into Cavan-
ac's office for the purpose of ~pettinD ont
the secret there!
Another affidavit there. One
lie was not enough. he was ready
to perjure himself again any
hour in the day for the republi.
can party.
Q. Did you swear that that was your mo
tlvef
a. That was my motive and nothing else
Y. Have you been offered any indnce
ments by anybody
A. 1 was on the cars and was offered in
there, that il l testified in be-
halt OF MIR. Spofford that l would be taken
care of. ~o"
Y. You are a Catholic, are you notq
A.. Yes, sir. Fl
Senator Hill. He is what?
Senator Kellogg. l have a reason for ask
ing it.
The reason has never been de
velOped.
70 the witness.) Now, l want to know
II that was your motive in running this
thing downa '"''
A: Yes, sir.
senator Kellogg. 1 may get Mt some 9th
er aimcqitlsf In this matter. ITO the wit
purpose ""'
Mr.. Merrick. To run this thing downg
The Witness. Yes, sir.
And this is the testimony Of
this man Seveignes, who made a
voluntary affidavit, wrote it him
Self, swore to it himself, went and
sw0re to it again, and comes here
anu says he committed perjury
to demonstrate the fact that one
could do it with the utmost facili.
~ and alacrity in the State of
Louisiana at any time whatever