The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-05-14
The FFaui,' iBribery, aid Fes5ary BY
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DeDocsAes.. The law of L0alisianA re.
4uired tho Returniug Beard to consist
of five men of different political parties,
but The. Board of1s77 was cousposed ol
TIVE black Republican, and too white
RspabateanA, ohio rrefnsed ia. lfill the
vacancys WHAT better. evidence WIS
needea ,tha4 these men N0no afraid st0
let's 'Pslitical opponent SEQ what they
Vaese dosng2 Mr. Vance then went
over the testimony, showing that Kel.
iogg e1ployed bribery to secure his
telectiou. Several persons made aAida-
Wits to -this eAect, ,and denied tho am.
davis when they appeared before the
cOmntlteo. It was said that therefore
the a6Adavits wsse pot original .evl-
'deNces that .one oath destroyed the
other. Bstthesa men we're all men,
hers Of xhe Packard Legislature, who
were charged with conspiracy, and
their aliidavits were evidences against
better settled ;dOetrine than that the
presumption of a, mans guilt was
strengthened. by his making various
contradictory statements as to his acts.
DeLacy was one OF the most unblush-
Jag or these" Witnesses. He was the
Napoleon Of: falsifyers, aud swore to
his own perjury. For these gallant
services to the Republican, party he
was at once prouroted from the posi-.
tfon or day laboret to that Of inspector
in the custom House at New Orleans,
us per month ,Haids out or the pcopless
money. Similar rewards were given
to other pertufefs! Tho t6leRran0s be-
tween Kellogg, and his tfricnds,l fur
nisiied by the Western Onion fTesev
graph G Company; were m eypfer and
uninteliigible. An innocensa.s man
would pFobably have translated them
q Mr.. Kellogg eRep. Ia. ysafi that he
had offered TO do SO, as appeared by
the testimony, bat was not allowed to
Mr.. salisbury (Dem., Del.) said the
committee had given Mr.. Kellogg per-
mission, but he had not awaited him.
self Of 1t. t'f' '-'yi'" f1' t's.'' -'-:'
Mfr: Vance continued by reading some
them as the com nfttee supposed they
should read. One read as follows
rp Gen: 4; S;71 s. Badger, Collector Of Customs,
nentiy; importaht. Hat ali can fwhiie
pear s6sent. fHswkley little easaSrb Fear
eSigneal ,a.tsft5..,s AAIrx.
'- Mr.. Vance translatedltth thus Please
appoint -=- and permanently.
Appoint all youA can.
White Sherman is absent Hawkley 10
4 little easier. Sherman away this
week. (SignedJ Kellogg" Mr.. Vance
the Senator from Loaisiana
would correct him If his translation.
was wrong. '''iit-e'- " T~' .','...e' .1.'. /
Mr.. Kellogg having left the Cham
ber, Mr.. Vance raisedfa laugh up by
the welf known fines a7..s|
Ho smiled . kind of sickly smile and curled
up on the floor, =
And 1.-The the s,,bseaaent proceedinss Interested
The telegran1s were SO numerous
that Mr.. Vance could read but a few,
which he Interpreted as duplicating
Kellogg in tampering with witnesses
and directing the movements: Of the
persons workfng in his interest. i"4
sider the legal aspects Of the case, Mr..
Vance, said fhe Republican majority
Of the COMMITTEES on Privileges and
reported IN the Butter Cor
bin case that 'sthe principle Of res ad-
ludicata can only apply where parties
to the controversy have been before
the court or body having jurisdic-
ton thereof, and been heard on
the merits Of their respective claims,
and decision, has been rendered
thereon" How could the representa-
lives In the face Of this report now
plead res afjulicata In this case ? Ger
tain testindony, already taken in va
rious ways, had been Allowed by the
former Committee to be submitted both
by Spofford and Kellogg, to be taken for
what It Is worth, but Spoford was not
allowed to produce any evidence bear
ing directly on his case. He' never
was permitted to present his case on
its own merits, and the committee re-
ported against him. He long protest
ed in vain, and finally a Democratic
Senate allowed him to present his case
and prove it. The principle Of res ad-
judicata, if applied here, would be a
bar, to all constitutional remedies for
wrong and Injustice. 'ri"i
Mr.. Vance argued that the Packard
Legislature had no legal existence, and
she choice OF the Nichols Legislature
the only choice of the State. It had
been said that it was q dangerous pre-
cettent to reverse former action of
the Senate. Mr.. Vance thought it a
more dangerous precedent to say
was entitled so seat on the