The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-03-19

the State, and that Tilden and Hendricks
were elected, and he knew, too, that the
Democratic majority in Louisiana was
about 5000. The Democracy had carried
the country, and this was too severe blow
for Garfield and his associates, so they set
to work to reverse the decision of the peo-
pie. Under oath Gen. Garfield tells what
they decided to do and his share in the
work, as follows
Thereupon in order 10 make our work Of eX&mi-
nation and knowledge of the case as full as pos
sble, the suggestion was adopted that al the testI
mony relating to one parish be given to one man
and the testimony relating to another parlSn sholu
be given to another man. Among the parishes that
and believe that Mr.. Sherman assigned these par
ishes to Mr. Parker and myself saying that we could
divide them between us as we chose suggested
to Mr. Parker to take his choice He took East Fe-
liciana 1 took West Feliciana.
Q-What did you take it for?
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 FELL
ciana and for convenience of examining these pa
Ders as did not reside at the St Charles Hotel Oc
cupied room in the Custom House IN the corner OF
the building.
By subsequent examination OF General
Garfield it was shown that this rOom,where
he took the papers for examination, was
an inner-room which could only be reached
by passing through another room. 1t vas
there, shut in from the world, he conduct
ed his part of the grand fraud to his own
satisfaction. Out of Garfield own mouth
we propose to convict him, and we con-
tinue his testimony:
Q-what did you do? Al took all those papers
commencing with the protest, and read them care
/ fully and made careful brief of their contents
giving the summary of each witness IN my ora ray
| as would ii were a lawyer in the case. .
When had completed that, felt great deal Of
anxiety to see the men who had testified, II could
confess felt good deal of surprise and astonish-
ment at the revelations c, ntained in these docu-
ments went there with not little apprehension
that there must be good deal Of lying in the papers
OF both sides connected with the erection. made
inquiry and found that considerable number OF
these witnesses were in the city. made out list
of perhaps one-half or threeuurths OF the names OF
the witnesses Whose testimony had examined, and
them l sat down with them and asked them TO tell
me in their way the stories OF their relation TO
the election. cannot name all the witnesses with
/ whom couversed bat some Of them remember
! distinctly Mrs. Amy Mitchell, the young woman
whose husband had been killed during the prqsresS
of the registry or election. also remember Judge
Quail Parish Judge. whom examined in the same
way As to the result OF the examination, q eolIse
il was entirely unofficial twas conversation Y Day 0if
trifh tAesc rifessss draughted some iuterrUsator
les TO draw ont more fully iron some Of the wines
/ ses the testimony which they had given rather IA
brief and Of the intcrrugaiories which snhse'
| quently were appended 20 the testimony Of these
| witnesses
Feiiciana case were made afer you arrived IN New
I Orleans Did you have anything y do with them
I yOurself-in taking them A-Nothtng eNeeia ihSi
/ In some instances a have already related, pro
pared interrogatoFics
I o-The next witnnss vas George sWayzcc. noyou
hort raj with him A-Ae< I Go
member talking with Swaygec. ] think inierrogs
tories prepared for him amer my conversation
with him. ! don't think prepared them, but tleFe
was a brief affidavit In the that read talked
with him and then after that these intcrrogGt0Frs
s,SaS az he original talked with ssSybee saw
hs testimony not very full. AID after my CON
verSation with him interrugaforles wegc TFopQunao
70 him necessarily to bring out ms eNlochet III tu.
and that evidence. in answering the tnicrrQ
was the evidence Of SwayEec that ~ a. printed Inc
I next man. Napalus remember we'll, ior ne Aaa q
very striking siory OF having been partly hung and
having been dragged with a rope around Ms neck
I he was one OF toss 70 whom tnterTogaiories were
--,r,,1,-ssi aster the filing ~ the hrsf afildavt
! Q-As regards the case OF Amy Mitchei. men
made an impression on you can yen tel Mhethef ~
was before or after you were furnished with copy
OF her affidavit that you bad this conversation Win
herr Alt was aflerward. IL was the reading OF
the affidavit that impressed me AMI asked 20 nave
o@I 20 that the affidavit appears 10 have been
I sworn TO the Ssh Of November. Al advised them
I Amy Mitchell and think pruPOunded a portion
81 the interrugatories The preliminary statement
o-Bat didn't you understand that IN the cass-
where yon suggested that interTogaioTie should =
I prepared instead OF the evidence they WEIR . -
/ before the Returning Board A-Ncs, sir
To sum up the testimony, Gen. Garfield
knew that the returns showed the election
Of the Democratic electors in Louisiana.
| If the fare Of the returns were to be &C
eepted Tilden and Hendricks were elected.
Garfield and other visiting statesmen
4 then set to work to examine the papers
and protests concerning the election. These
papers and documea,s they had no right
to Law hands upon. But, upon fairfield
examining those pertaining to the election
/ 10 West Feliciana parish, he discovered
that they did not sustain accusation OF
the illegaliiy of the election. lie made
a brief Of what the protests contained
| then sent for some Of tie witnesses
whose testimony be had read; aud in that
/ inner room of Packard's Custom House
/ be propouaded questions and dTeE out
such answers as would serve bis purpose.
He swore that these interrosatories and
answers we're unofficial, and little further
/ on ia his examination he swore that he
| kReic th0f some Of them tcere 70 90 10 hs
Retwaiag Board Gen. Garfield spent
eighteen days 10 New Orleans. and by bis
manipulation Of testimony succeeded in
having the Democratic majority Of West
| Feliciana parish thrown ont, aud the State
turned over to the Republicans. Fer this
action he is just as guilty as though be had
forged aud altered the face Of the electjon
returns. The result was the same.
I We did not add the charge OF double
dealing when speaking of Gen. Garfield two
weeks ago, but he was guilty Of that, also, in
connection, with the Presidential fraud Of
/ 1876. When the Electoral Commission
bill was up for consideration in the House
of Representatives Geo. Garfield resisted
its passage, on the ground that the con-
mission would have the power, under the
i bill, to examine into the returns of all con-
tested States. Gen. Garfield knew that
this would expose his Eays and acts in
connection with the reversal Of the Fota
of Louisiana, and he opposed the bill
The bill passed, however. and Gen. Gar
field was selected as one of the Electoral
/ Commission, and as a member of that tri.
buual be argued aud voted that the com
mission had no power to inquire into the
returns of the States.
We shall not go into details regarding
the charge of bride taking and perjury,
but append extracts from several leading
Republican journals on Gar6eld's eonnee
ton with the Credit Mobilier swindle and
the DeGolyer contract. The journals quo
ted are the most widely circulated and in
auential Republican papers in the country
Abiding the report of the Congressional