New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-16

announced that he had just received as
s,h that Garfield was elected PRESIDENT
Tho Democrats were stupefied. for they hau peeh
,orv confident Of Hancock's election lhey tho"ght
A. hes not TO pnsh matters too far. and started LOT
home. leaving Brockscy still on guard over the bal
lot-box. On my way met Pasco, on his way 10
the scene. He persuaded me to 20 back promising
that he would see fair play. He told the Democratic
INSPECTORS the game was up that CARRIED was
elected Then the inspectors made a falr count,
irving the Republican ticket ia votes and thi
Democratic ticket 81 votes. The Democratic
inspectors then threw the ballots into fre'
but Brocksey grabbed handful of them and have
filed some of them with my papers before the com
mittee. These ballots about two inches square
perhaps little larger-aud printed on the very
thiunest of thin. white, transparent tissue paper
They were used all over the district especially IN
the Republican counties"
mir. WitheIspoon how did 1T happeh-n '"'
frauds in your district were so fragrant as you 'op-
resent-that you were unable to present proper
legal proof 10 sustain your Ease before the
Committee" the correspondent asked
"Weu in the first place you must know that all
The Jpstices of the Peace, and Notaries Pubic IN
Florida are appointed by and can be removed rom
office by the Governor. who is bitter BOURBON
naltisan. After much difficulty found JUSTICE
of the Peace in Tallahassee, Mr.. Cameron VINO
agreed to swear my witnesses We brought IN 400
or 800 men who bad beer. fraudulently deprived OF
the right to vote and Cameron began to take the'r
depostions The Democr. tic leaders got wind ot
IL and before he had taken frty dispositions ne was
snmmarily removed from office bY Governor blOX-
ham Aftcrward "a County Judge-Iudge CHRISTIE
lin my own county said 1t was an OUTRAGE that
sbouId I've denied the rig 70 take testimony, and
no acreed that he would take the dispositions of my
witnesses. lie stipulated nat should pay him 20
cents each for the depositions and that ne SHOULD
receive $40 III advance. paid HIM, TOOK Ms re-
cept and II o'clock the Lext morning was SET IOr
him TO begin | immediately sent out conIlers. ana
early the next morning to town was Hii.G VIZ q
men come in to testify III my behalf. About y
o'clock met Pasco on the street ana he asRfu me
why SO many coored men were in town. t0ld
HIN. He learned from me VINO was gong 10 tahT
the testimony. can prove mat Ne jInt r ~
commun ca led with Judge Christie, ana before me
hour of 10 o'clock arrived Christie sent me PACK
the $50 had paid him, with note say ing lhat nv
cond NOT take the dispositions, and that must get
somebody else. OF course could find no one else.
and all my witnesses went home without TESTIFY
ing. ,,,,,. -. :; e,d,,,. or,,,,..,.,
take charge # my case, but at las l. W. brcvard,
an able and prominent lawyer of Tallahassee, was
engaged. / paid him $l25 Ia advance, and hold his
receipt. placed in HIS hands all my papers IN my
case, including my notice OF contest Colonel DAVID
sons answer what testimony had been able to OBJ
tain and other valuable documents. Then, suPpOs-
ing that everything was properly arranged, came
TO Washington. Soon alter arriving here meet
Colonel Davidson, and in response 10 his questions.
! told him that Breyard HAD taken my lie APP
peared much surprised. lie then asked me
to call at his hotel the next morning
10 talk matters over. When / went there
was informed that he had left for Florida the night
before IL a few days | began to receive letters
from Tallahassee saying that he was there and had
been In close consultation with Brevard that Bre-
ward was doing nothing in my matters and could
not be induced TO do anything. Brevard never did
DO ANYTHING. He is Bourbon Democrat. After
a while tried to get from him the papers in my
case but he would never give them up. commit
tee of the most prominent Republicans in Talla-
hassee went and demanded the papers, but had no
better success than l. Finally on January % last
the Elections Committee passed resolution Order-
ing Brevard 10 produce them. Two weeks later he
acknowledged service of the resolution, but has
maid no further attention TO it, He is therefore,
suppose in contempt of the House. Ii may be thai
he cannot deliver the papers Tor the reason that
they were long ago destroyed.
THUS You how the Democrats in Florida,
from Governor Bloxham down, cODspred together
10 make il impossible for me TO make out any case
here"
Mr. Witherspoon sulemnly AYERS that he can
tain by indubitablc proof every one of these alega
tons and many others besides. Under the cirCum
stances the House can hardly refuse to make in
by Mr. WItherspoon are sworn to, and one of the
men concerned in the frauds has admitted in let
Ter to Mr.. WtheTspOOn that there was " no Tree and
fair expression of the people" This is Linton Bird,
o ringeader in the conspiracy at Precinct q Jefier-
son County, whose letter The TRIBUNE CORE
spondent has read. He says other things that
the old leaders put the young men TO the front to
do God -darng and man-hurtlng acts, and when
they become involved in trouble, and others have
proted by their deeds IN the hour of need they are
deserted" Bird is under indictment for violation
Of the election laws.