Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-18

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f West Feliciana fell to James A. be
FAIRFIELD. | will read what he swore rel
o, and after tonight it shall not be DC
,etore the intelligence OF Indiana
what Hendricks said. but the Ques- re-
ion now shall be, what Garfield sald. IL
Applause In his answer to q ques- We
ton he says: "e
Thereupon, in order to make our 10
work of examination and our know So
ledge of the case as full as possible, W
the suggestion was adopted that all al
the testimony relating to one parish ="
be given to one man, and the testi- le
mony relating TO another parlsh
should be, given to another man. L
Among the parishes that were con-
tested were the two parishes OF u
Feliciana. and | believe that Mr. +
Sherman assigned these parishes TO
Mr.. Parker and myself, saying that o
we could divide them between US as
we chose. suggested to Mr.. farker
to take his choice. He took East
FeJiciana: I took West Feliciana. c
[Laughter.1 e
O.eWhat did you take it for lt
l will give the answer of that
pregnant question, and when 1T is
answe cred the journal says that the
man that the republicans have upon
their banner for candidate is. us
graced man. [Applause.I
Al 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 I eliciana, and for convenience
of examining these papers, as L dld
not reside at the ST. Charles Hotel.
occupied a room in the custom house |
1n the corner of the building. Laugh
ter.
. This is coming close up to Garfield
and closer to the Journal.
: don't know now whose room IL
, was it was room not very much
: used think it was one of the fri-
: vate offices. perhaps OF the coilec'sf
: himself. ,.a.
e You recollect who was the collec-
), tor, dent you? 1t was Packard that
/, was running for governor, and who
could not hold his office, although he
= got a thousand mere votes than
!. HAYES, who was awarded the vote OF
il Louisiana. [Applause.] Gentlemen
3 what do you say to the proposition
= which | made in my speech month
ago, that Garfield went to New Or
y leans as a partisan that he occupied
e one of the rooms of the custom hous
o for the purpose Of making up the
r evidence for the returning board
.e But we will go good deal further
IL than that. This question that l make
is tonight is not to 4 subordinate writer
~ on the Journal. repeat that 1t is TO
III Johu G.. New, owner Of the paper,
at aud the charm Of the republican
Il central committfH of Indiana. 1t Is
id John G.. New that shall brand if ne
rs does not place my answer as prom
lr nenrly i'll his paper tomorrow morn
in ing as the article i'll the Journal this
e. morning. Where was this room II
ng the cust ON house? l said this wa'
ce all inner room, and propose to prove
ID, that by Garfield himself:
RI Q.-Where did you converse VIII
or her, that is, a negro woman, Emil.
at Mitchell? AIN a private Office Il
of the custom heuse.
o. Q.-One of Gov. kellogg's rooms
py A.-No, sir; in one of Mr.. Packard
In rooms in the custom house.
W. Q.-Who was there besides yo
mt two? Al don't think there wa
lot anybody else present when she wa
re; there.
re- Q.-Who brought her to the room
I'D Al can't say; somebody brougl
3u, her there. think she had ittl
es- child in her arms. She sat down, an
on- | asked her TO tell me the story of ne
ur- husbands death, with all the paru
we ulars, and told her that all L wante
tee TO know was the exact truth ABOUT
,li- Q.-Was there a doorkeeper to u
YES room FL think there was nobody
ar at all.
en-. O.-But was there doorkeep'
outside the door9-That delf't knoN
=
,es. was a dourkeeper for that room
do A.-That door communicated wi
ing another room there was no door III
the hall ; [ think the door commui
not Gated with the next room, Will
communicated with the hall.
in Was it an inner room or not, ge
the tlemen. This is what Garfield sWea
you to. The Journal says it is not trt
can That is between Garfield and
sni- Journal, aud between them Wou
lere not know which to believe. La
cir plause.
sion Q.-So she did 90 from hall il
.tes- that other room before she Wol
1T l get into the room where you Wer
ring A.-Yes.
ltle- Itake it that the question OF
ler's inner room is settled question.
cleo Q.-Was that door leading fr
c as the outer door into this open or sh
next Al don't know.
, are Q.-Who occupied the outer TO
him. at the time A.-There were seve
custom house clerks who had de
aker behind sort of railing.
ear A very little more gentlemen,ab
use. these rooms:
that Oh that inner room was tn
any body beside yourself.
: out Nobody.
void He was asked whether there
smen ANYBODY in that inner room but II
b of self, and he says no. Not that II
A was no inner room, but there
upon nobody in the inner room but
self.
void "Some of the men who were get
e WIS., up statements about other pari
cause came in there, but the room Wa'
gong signed to me-"
have There you have it, all inner +
after reached only by passing through
) time other room from the public hall,
rtield that inner room was assigned
mony James A. Garfield, aud he occu
under it and received the witnesses II
as l will now proceed to prove.
ans in the question. What did he do IL
A inner room? and that question
asked HIM under oath:
tn did Q-What did you DO? Al
G l4th all those papers, commencing
we'd at the protest, and read them care
and made careful brief OF
+ was contents, giving the summar
(ential each witness in my own way,
there would If | was Il lawyer III the
there There is Garfield at New Orlet
|. and the man that asks to preside l
in not chief office of tins great nation.
imouy is Garfield sitting in that inner
orleans in the custom house, where the
on the of day and the judgment of
IL will American people were cut off
d was receiving the evidence that IL
about the parish Of West Feliciana, an
| cleo amning them as though he "
n days. lawyer III the case, and go he sv
re? "When had completed that,
if it is a great deal of anxiety to see til,
mail who had testified, if | could.
inner fess felt good deal OF surpris
.sioued astonlshment at the revelation:
IN that tanned III these documents. L
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