The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-16


testimony he says that they left New
Orleans to return to Washington City ON
the first day of December So you will
observe that James A. Garfield was at
New Orleans, reaching there about
week after the Presidential election, and
staying there eighteen days. What did
he do while there? charge, and the
Journal says if it is supported, he is dis
graced man; I charge that he occupied
an inner room of the Custom House, as.
signed to him alone, and in that room
he saw Witnesses, black and white, Of
Louisiana, and he Conversed with them
alone, and when their testimony was not
made out satisfactory to him, he sug.
gested interrogatories that should be put
to them, and those interrogatories went
to the Returning Board, and that Re-
turning Board made report against the
men that we're elected. That is what l
charge. say to you l will make it to
you to night BY his own evidence. What
does the Journal say to me? That have
furnished no respectable evidence, when
1 have referred by page and document to
the sworn testimony of Garfield himself.
What did he do? First, gentleman, l
said they distributed Parishes among
these visiting statesmen, and that in the
distribution of the Parishes for investi-
cation and manipulation, the Parish of
West Feliciana fell to James A. Garfield.
l will read what he swore to, and after
to night it shall not be before the intel.
ligence of Indiana what HendriCk's 3 said,
but the question now shall be what Gar
field said, [AppAuse,] In his answer to
question, he says;
Thereupon, in order to make our
work Determination and our knowledge
of the case as full as possible, the sugges.
ton was adopted that all the testimony
relating to one Parish be given to one
man, and the testimony relating to an
other should be given to another man.
Among the Parishes that were contested
were the two Parishes of Feliciana, and
l believe that Mr.. Sherman assigned
these Parishes to Mr.. Parker and myself
saying that we could divide them be-
tween us as we chose. l suggested to Mr..
Parker to take his choice. He took East
Feliciana; l took West Feliciana.
TLorghter
Q, What did you take it for?
will give the answer of that preg.
nant question, and when it is answered,
the Journal says that the man that the
Republicans have upon their banner for
candidate is disgraced man. Zap
plause.]
A. I mean by that to say that took
the copies of all the official papers which
were delivered to the Returning Board
touching the election in West Feiciana
and for convenience of examining these
papers, as did not reside at the St.
Charles Hotel, occupied room in the
Custom House in the corner of the
building, Laug lter.]
This is coming close up to Garfield
and closer to the Journal.
l don't know now whose room it was;
it was a room not very much used l
think it was one of the private Offices,
perhaps, of the Collector himself.
You recolleCt who was the Collector,
don't you2 1t was Packard that was
running for Governor and that could not
hold his office although he got a thous-
and more votes than Hayes, who g7t the
vote of louisiana. Applause
Gentlemen, what do you say to the
proposition which made in my speech
a month ago, that Garfield went to New
Orleans as partisan; that he occupied
one of the rooms of the Custom House
for the purpose of making up the evil
dence for the Returning Board; but we
will 90 good deal further than that
This question that make to night is not
to a subordinate writer on the Journal.
l repeat it is to John c. New, owner of
the paper, and the Chairman of the Re-
publican Central Committee of Indiana.
1t is John G. New tha. l shall brand if
he does not place my answer as promi
nently in his paper tomorrow morning
as the article in the Journal this morn.
ing.
GARFIELD IN A SECRET ROOM.
Where was this room in the Custom
House? said this was an inner room,
and propose to prove that by Garfield,
himself
@, Where did you converse with her,
that is negro woman, Emily Mitchell ?
A. In a private Office in the Custom
House.
@ O.e Of Governor KelIogg's rooms
A. No, Sir; in one Of Mr.. Packard's
rooms in the Custom H Juse.
@ Who was there besides you two
A. don't think there was anybody else
present when she was there.
@ Who brought her to the room2 A.
! can't say somebody brought her
there. / think she had q little child in
her arms. She sat down and / asked her
TO tell me the story of her husbands
death, with all the particulars, and told
her that all wanted to know was the
exact truth about it.
@ Was there a door keeper to the
room A. / think there was nobody by
at all.
@ But was there a door keeper out.
side the doorP A. That l don't know.
@ D. you remember that there was
doorkeeper for that room? A. That door
communicated with another room; there
was no door into the hall l think that
door communicated with the next room,
which communicated With the hall.
Was it an inner room or not, gentle
men? This is what Garfield swears to.
The Journal says it is not true. That is
between Garfield and the Journal, and
between them l would not know which
to believe. [Applause.]
@ So she did not go from hall into