Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-15

begin with, that the election of Hayes was fraudu-
lent. an assumption winch, as lawyer, Mr.. Hem
false, he asserts that Gen. Garfield had more to do
with 1t than any other man. - Proceeding to specify
Mr. aerdricks asserts that Gen.. Garfield went to
New Orleans as partisan, s'without authority Of
law, :" as If any law were necessary to authorize
man to go to New Orleans, and that while there he
took charge OF the returns from West Feliciana
tom-house, manipulated the returns, and prepared
aidavits and interroga cries to make out case. If
this could be substantiated, Gen. Garfield would be
disgraced. Unless Mr.. Hendricks can substantiate
the charge he is dsgraced. He offered no proof of
the charge In his Marion speech and has offered
none since. He can not produce any. The charge
is unsupported BY any evidence worthy of belief Ga
this point call attention to the following letter
which we have just received from D. J. M. A. Jew
ett formerly Of New Orleans, now of White Oaks, N.
If don't this evening substantiate every
material charged will ask no man to vote
against James A. Garfield. What did I say,
gentlemen? said that Garfield went to New
Orleans Immediately after the election four
years ago; that he participated in manipulate
ing the evidence and preparing the case for the
returning board, and that upon the evidence
which he and others thus prepared the return
ing Eoard made return against the men that
that were elected, for the men that were not
elected-that is the charge.
Mr.. Garfield himself gave this testimony be-
fore the congressional com ittee under cath:
Q. Did you visit New Orleans In the month of
November, 1862
A. did. a
Q. What time in the month did you 60?
A. think it was about the 14th day OF November
that we arrived in New Orleans.
The 18th day of November was Immediately
after the Presidential election of 1876, and he
was there with John Sherman, he was there
with Kelly, of Pennsylvania. and many others
whose names will not delay you to repeat.
and from one passage in his testimony he says
they left New Orleans to return to Wash
ington city on the 1st day of December. So
you will observe that James A. Garfield
was at New Orleans, reaching there about a
week after the Presidential election, and STAY
ing there eighteen days. What did he do while
there? I charge. the Journal says if it is SUPP
ported he is a disgraced man. charge that
he occupied an inner room of the custom
house, assigned to him and 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 suggested interroga-
tories that should be put to them, and those
interrogatories went to the returning board,
and that returning board made report against
the men that were elected. That is what
charge. l say to you / will prove it
to you to- night by his own evidence.
What does the Journal say to me?
III.
when have referred by page and document to
the sworn testimony of Garfield himself
What did he do? First, gentlemen, said that
they distributed parishes among these visiting
statesmen and that in the distribution of the
parishes for investigation anc manipulation
the parish Of West FeIiciana fell to James A.
Garfield. will read what he swore to. and
after tonight it will not be before the intelli-
gence of Indiana what Hendricks said, but the
question now shall be what Garfield said. In
his answer to question he says:
Thereupon, in order to make our work Of exami-
nation and our knowledge OF the case as full as
possible, the suggestion adopted that all the
testimony relating to parish be given to one man.
and the testimony relating to another parish should
be given to another man. Among the parishes that
were contested were the parishes of Feciana, and
believe that Mr.. Sherman assigned these parishes to
Mr.. Parker and myself, saying that we could divide
them between us as we chose. I suggested to Mr..
Parker to take his choice He took East Feliciana
took West Feliciana"
@. What did you take it for?
l will give the answer of that pregnant ques-
tion, and when it is answered the Journal says
that the man that the Republicans have upon
their banner for candidate, is disgraced man.
A. mean by that to say that took the COPIES of
al official papers which delivered to the return
ing board, touching the election at West Felicana
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 build
ing.
This is coming close to Garfield and closer to
the Journal.
81 don't know now whose room 1t was; 1t was a
room not very much used: think 1t was one of the
private offices, perhaps of the collector himself.n
You recoilect who was collector. don't you?
1t was Packard who was running for governor,
and who could not hold his office although he
got thousand more votes than Hayes, and he
got the vote of Louisiana. Gentlemen, what
do you say to the proposition which made in
he n. Ill
New Orleans as partisan; that he occupied q
room in the custom house for the purpose of
making up evidence for the returning board.
But we will 60 great deal farther than that.
This question that make tonight is not to a
subordinate writer on the Journal. repeat it
to John O. New, owner Of the paper, and chair
man of the Republican State central commit
tee of Indiana. II is John @. New whom
shall brand if he does not place my answer as
prominently in his paper tomorrow morning
as the article in the Journal this morning.
Where was this room in the custom house? l
said it was an inner room, and propose to
prove that by Garfield himself.
@. Where did you converse with her, that is q
negro woman, Emily Mitchell?
A. In private Office in the custom-house.
@. One Of Gov KeIogg's rooms7
A. No sir; In one Of Mr.. Packard's rooms In the
custom-house.
@. Who was there besides you two?
A. don't think there was anybody else present
when she was there
Q. Who brought her to the room?
A. can't say somebody brought her there. I
think she had child in her arms. She sat down,
and asked her to tell the story of her husbands
death, with all the particulars and told her that all
I wanted to know was the exact truth about 1t.
Q. Was there door keeper to the room7
A. I think there was nobody by at all.
Q. But was there q door-keeper outside the
door?
A. That don't know.
@. Do you remember that there was a door-keep-
or for that room?
A. That door communicated with another room;
there was no door into the hall. think that door
communicated with the next room, which commune
Gated with the hall.
Was it an inner room or not, gentlemen?
That is what Garfield swears to. The journal
says it is not true. That is between Garfield
and the Journal, and between them would
not know which to believe.
@. So she did go from hall into that Of the other
room before she could get into the room where you
were?
A. Yes. take it that the question Of the inner
room is q settled question.
Q. Was that door, leading from the outer door
into this, open or shut7
A. don't know.
Q. Who occupied the outer room at the time?
A. There were several custom house clerks who
had desks behind q sort Of railing.
A very little more. gentlemen, about these
rooms:
Q. In that inner room was there anybody beside
yourself2
A. Nobody.
He was asked whether there was anybody in
that inner room but himself and he Jaws no