St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-13
KEIFER- BOYNTON.
A Good Deal Of Wrangling Between
the COunsels on Either Side.
Documents Presented Showing the Exceeding
Bad Reputation of Garfield an Elder.

peared as counsel for Gen. Boynton. Much
time was consumed in attempts on the one
baud to secure the admission of evidence,
and on the other to exclude it, and in argu-
ments and consultations between the mem
bers of the committee in regard 10 the points
raised.
The Hon. j. c. S. Blackburn was called
and examined by Gen. Keifer He was
member of the committee on rules in the
Forty-seventh congress. He said no rule or
practice of the house was known to him under
which a conference committee report upon
which point of order had been raised that it
contained new legislation, could be sent to
the committee of the whole on the state of
tue union.
Major Mckinley, a member of congress
from Ohio was called. He was a member
OF the conference committee of last congress
on the tariff bill The last meeting of that
committee was held the day the tariff bill
was reported to the senate, but the witness
could not remember the date exactly. The
last night of the session was held very late,
and John Carson, clerk of the ways and
means committee was present. Witness
heard, by current rumor, of propositions to
to defeat the bill by parliamentary
tactics, but had no personal knowledge of
any such purpose. He remembered that
General Keifer came to the committee room
on the occasion of its last meeting, and asked
witness about the points of difference, and
especially with regard to the wool schedule,
which was decided upon at that meeting. In
answer to Gen. Keifer, witness said, he had
heard no proposition to defeat the tariff bill
after it been reported 10 the house, by any
ruling OF the speaker, and he knew no rule
under which that could have been done.
Coleman offered in evidence number of
General Boynton's published dispatches, of
a later date than March 3, 1888, to show that
the bitterness which was manifested therein
could not have had origin in motive so in
sufficient as the admission of outsiders to the
press gallery. The dispatches, were
ruled out by the committee.
number of gentlemen, whose
names were inaudibly stated, lawyers, doctors
and men about town, were called by Gen.
Keifer, and questioned about J. w. Elders
reputation for truth and veracity. They, for
the most part, testified that they knew Elder,
and never heard his good name questioned,
but did not know anything about his reputa-
ton.
Judge MeErick offered in evidence a copy
OF the docket of the United States commits
sioner in Williams county, Ohio, in the
limited States VS.. Chas. s. Garfield" The
charge was ''selling forged circulating notes
of the United States.' The hearing took
place the 14th of January, 1870. This was
offered in rebuttal of Gared's testimeney
that he had never been arrested in Ohio.
The paper was not admitted. Judge Merrick
offered copy of an indictment found by
the grand jury of Indiana, of Charles S. Gar
field for breaking into stable and stealing
two mares and a two-horse wagon. The
same document contained the record of the
dismissal of the suit. 1t was not received
by the committee.
Capt Brooks, chief of the secret service
division of the treasury department, was
called and sworn. He produced the back
records OF his division, entitled Description
and Information of Criminals He turned
70 the instruction record of Charles S. Gar
held, Bryan, Ohio, which was as follows:
&c. 5. Garfield Bryan, Ohio, dealer in
counterfeit money, connected with Gardner,
alas Wilson, is about five feet eight inches
high, dark complexion, black moustache and
whiskers, thirty-ive years of age has been
two months in the army. Judge Merriek
submitted this record in evidence. Coleman
said this evidence was submitted yesterday
and ruled out, upon which conclusion wit
nesses left. This was an effort, he said ma
liciously and meanly to get into the Record
something to injure Garfield. He said
his remarks did not apply to Judge
Merrick whom he had never known to do
anything which was not straightforward.
The committee decided the evidence was in
competent, and the Record was not read
Judge Merrick offered Elders testimony in
the Kellogg-Spofford case. He said, it was
Elders own evidence to his own character
II offer the Record,'' said Merrick, Gin
which he admits himself to be liar in so
many words, and presume from the Record
that 1 now offer, he, himself, if he testified
to the truth would swear he was not to be be-
lieved nnder oath. The Record shows he
made that admission, and that Immediately
after making that statement, when pressed
on the question, by the senator from Massa-
chusetts, Hoar, said the testimony of that
man could not be relied upon for
any purpose, and that any further
examination was unnecessary. A tribunal
of the senate, before which he appeared as
witness, was thus constrained to ignore him,
and spewed him out as it were, of the com
mlttee." The committee was divided upon
the question of admitting the testimony, but
the majority opposed it, and was not admit
ted. Upon Coeman's request the sub-com-
mittee decided to meet on Friday at Elders
room, where he lies i'll, to take his testimony
in explanation or refutation of the charges
made with respect to his personal character.
Judge Merrick asked time to bring witness
from Texas, to prove that Elder was a fugi-
tive from justice in that state. He exhibited
a telegram, which was not read, ae the foun-
dation for his request. The request was not
granted. Adjourned till Friday.
SANTIAGO, De LAS VEGAS, CUBA.-Senor
Serafin Costales says: 81 was cured of facial
neuralgia of six months standing by afew
applications Of st. jacobs Oil, the great
remedy.
A Sweet Singer Gone Home.