The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-15

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES IN
HIS FAVOR.

of the Republicans Abstain From
Voting on the Decisive Motion.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14,-Every member
of the House Committee on Elections was in
attendance this morning to resume consid-
ration of the Thoebe-Carlisle contested
election case. Mr.. T. f. Hallam, of Coving-
Ton. Kv.. appeared in behalf of Speaker
Carlisle. while Mr. Sypher appeared for the
contestant.
The chairman announced that the pres
ortatjon of affidavits in behalf of the con-
testee was in order.
Mr.. Hallam said he took the position that
sufficient cause had not been shown for the
ra-opening of the case. The action of the
counsel on the other side in presenting affi-
davits at the last session seemed to
show that they concurred in that
belief. Among the things stated by the
contestant in his affidavit was one to the
effect that John A. Goodson, Chief of Police
Of Covington, and a brother-in-law of Mr..
Carlisle had stated one or two days after
the election that the Speaker had been de-
feated, and that Charles Easton, of Coving-
ton. Ky, would so testify. In answer to
that the counsel read affidavits by both
y.
inc the statements. Mr.. Goodson further
denies emphatically the assertion made by
the counsel for the contestant that some rel
atives of Mr. Carlise's had approached Mr..
Wood, formerly Mr.. Thoebes counsel, for
the purpose Of influencing him.
DENIED POINT BLANK.
He states that he is the only relative of
Mr. Carlisle living near Covington, and he
declares that neither he nor any other per
son. so far as he is concerned, ever in any
manner approached or attempted to ap-
proach Mr.. Wood or any other person in
Mr. CarlisleS behalf so far as the affiant
knows. The affiant further says that he
met Mr. Ea5ton on the morning after the
election. and Mr. Easton asked him the
result. He replied that he did not know, as
the returns were not in. Mr. Easton then
said that it would be an outrage if Mr. Car
Isle were defeated by such an ignorant
man.
Another affidavit by Horace Cameron, a
reporter of the Cincinnati EUenIllg TeLe-
qluyn. was read, in which Mr.. Cameron re-
cites the substance of a conversation with
Speaker Carlisle the day after the election,
in which the Speaker said that he did not
know whether or not he had been defeated,
but if he had been he would feel a sense of
personal relief, such as he had not expert
enced in ten years. The afiant further says
that he had several conversations with Mr..
TheObe, but had never told him that Mr..
Carlisle admitted that he was defeated. On
the contrary, he had told him that he (Mr.
Thoebe) was defeated. He had never sent
a letter to the paper declaring that Mr..
Carlisle admitted his defeat but he could
not prove this by forwarding files of the
paper, as they had not been preserved. This
affidavit was cOTrOborated by atfidavitS
made by John G. Benton, an attorney of
Cincinnati and Henry C.. Hallam, clerk of
the County Court.
NO MEETING HELD.
To the statement made by Mr.. Thoebe
touching a meeting Of Mr.. Carlisle's friends
on the election night, the counsel produced
an affidavit signed by Judge George G.
Perkins, w. W Cleary, Commonwealth
Attorney, and number of other gentle
men, which declares that no meeting of the
kind described could have been held with
out their knowledge and that they knew of
no such conference or meeting. One of the
signers of the affidavit, George G. Davis,
was, said Mr. Hallam the gentleman who
occupied the room of the Federal building
where the conference was alleged to have
taken place
John L. Furber, Deputy Postmaster, in
4 MS affidavit saws that the post office Occu
PIES the lower floor of the Federal building,
n and that to his knowledge no meeting such
Il as described had been held, nor could any
81 such meeting have been held without his
knowledge. Similar aflldavits were made
Il by Il. H, Dawson and J. G. Tunnel, occu
q pying the remaining floors of the building.
MI. Haam called attention TO the fact that
+. Casey, iauitOr of the Federal building,
was the only person who was particularly
named as having been present at the con
Terence and as having admitted that Mr..
IIlIn l,,,1t I l,J
oeen fixed up. Mr.. Hallam produced a
letter from Janitor Casey to the speaker de-
clarlng that he had never attended such a
meeting and knew nothing of it.
In answer to statements impugning the
correctness of the poll books of Vearna
precinct, Boone county, the counsel pro-
duced and read afidavits by NJ. T. Gar
nett, who has custody of the poll book,
" Winston and William Piper Republi-
cans declaring that the books appeared to
oe correct in every particular, and that the
en- signatures were in the hand writing of the
election officers
j. h. Callahan, who was Sheriff Of tn e
# precinct, in his affidavit declares that all
81 VI " lhe votes were correctly returned, and
eiiaJ ne witnessed personally the signatures
X VI yne Judges to the book.
Jamtor Casey's affidavit was read de-
@# CIdIlng that the statement was not true in
a. any attempt to count in Mr.. Carlisle, nor
uiu ne believe that any such conference as
was alleged had been held
CARLISLE AND THE BALLOT BOXES.
Mr.; Hallam said that the obscure charge
nal been made by one Charles Maunder
CaG iaG on the night after the election Mr..
OdIISle mad been seen figuring about New
poIO IN the vicinity of the ballot boxes,
nsaged IN conversation with Mr.. Hatch.
~ ~ reply to this charge he read the aftidavits
ot NJ w; Queen that on the night of the
egton he, his brother and Nj. Carlisle
nS su attended a social gathering Mt the house
a A ,. Barry and had remained there
aoIl o4 Z O'Clock until o'clock, and that they
,I ndl Vnell gone home to his brothers house,
"lgIe Mr.. Carlisle was residing On the
IsnD oil the election Mr. Carlisle had gone
boI bbollle at m o'clock and gone Immediately to
oe, 1 This affidavit is colroborated by an
4'TlaVit rI from Henry e. Queen.
i9V,ucs1lng Mr.. Sypher's statements that
t ~ M' Nelson had declined to participate in
6o1 meeting of Mr.. Carlisle's friends and
al ia l4Ren his hat and left the meeting when
ro,3 oJect was explained to him, Mr.. Hallam
Sl 3I letter from Mr. Nelson.
~ WI Italian next turned his attention to
t ratt dIhdavlt of John j. Pierce, of Cincin-
NJ f,i, w. 10 the effect that, with the exception
cort one precinct, all of the returns of Carroll
rr, appeared to be in the same hand
gfiI5Ing To meet this he produced the
vho vih'1aVlt OF r. f. Harrison, County Clerk,