Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-06


The Indictment d William p. Kellogg
in the star route fraud. his regarding il
As persecution and his reprOachful de-
cIaratiOn that ne saved the Republican
party in 1876 causes political circles 70
prick I'D their ears in anticipation d
startling disclosures. Not that Kellogg
would or could reveal anything ne" IN
that UNPARALLELED piece Of Filiainy We
call the presidential steal'' q 1876, Tut
as Governor Of Louisiana al the time and
without whose and and comfort the
scheme never could have been
carried 70 successful issue,
his testimony. even at this
late day, would not only freshen IN the
minds Of the people the black records Of
the actors still prominent in the country
tut abbreviate the work q the historian
with what might now be regarded as
states evidence Kellogg says Chan
der telegraphed him that ''uHless LOuisi-
ana could be held all was lost" and ne
therefore set himself TO avert the catas-
trophe 70 the party, and with success.
Amer TiIden's election had been pro-
claimed and Hayes had made speech in
Ohio admitting his defeat, the present
Secretary Of the Navy sent out the false
telegram announcing 80 votes for Hayes.
The conspiratOrs then worked rapidly
and boldly.
The @visiting statesmen were hurried
OF TO south Carolina. Florida and Louis
lana. 70 secure a divided report, and for
the latter state. whose vote must De
| changed .'Or all was lost" the most dar-
| Ing and astute members Of the conspiracy
were chosen. led by John Sherman,
James A. Garfield and stanley Matthews:
! while General Grant. still COMMANDMENT
/ Chief Of the Army and Navy, directed
/ General Sherman 70 concentrate hls
choice troops in the capital and prepare
/ FOR any emergency
Meantime. Wells, Anderson and their
| associates q the Louisiana returning
/ Loard. seeing the importance and money
value Of the vote Of the state, made
A vigorous effort TO sell il to the
| highest bidder. With this view
/ they offered il 70 Don Cameron, Sec
! retarv Of War. for one million Of dollars.
! This was too palpable, and the offer was
/ declined. They then offered it 70 the
/ Chairman Of the National Executive Com
/ mittee. 4. :. Hewitt, without success.
! Later it was offered 10 Mr.. d. T. Kenner.
4 for Tilden. al two hundred thousand
/ dollars, but that attempt also failed. KEEL
/ Iogg. as Governor, now certified eight Re
/ publican electors from the state, though
! he knew every one Of them had been de-
feated by large majority.
! Anderson delivered the certificates N
! Thomas W. Ferry, President pro tempore
Of the Senate, before the first Wednesday
in January, sealed, as prescribed by law,
and although the seals could not be bro
ken before the second Wednesday in Feb
I ruary. in Congress assembled, without
| violating the law, the certificates were
| discovered to contain an error fatal 10
them. and Anderson FASTENED back to
/ Louisiana for new certificates. Three Of
/ the fraudulent electors could not be
/ reached, and their names were forged TO
the substituted papers, as proved before
the Potter Committee. As Kellogg knows
all about the'transactions Of the cOnspira-
tors and their tools, he might do the coun-
try a service now by giving the true in
wardness" Of the whole affair.