The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-19
LAMAR TO BE CONFIRMED.

LAMAR TO BE CONFIRMED.
Senators Riddleberger and Stewart Will
Vote for him.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 15.-It has
been developed to-day that Mr.. Lamar
will positively be confirmed tomorrow.
Senators Riddleberger and Stewart are
the only two from the Republican side
who are expected to vote with the Dem
ocrats. These will give Lamar one
majority and confirm him.
The Senate is expected to go into
secret session after the morning hour to.
morrow, and enter at once upon the con-
sideration of the nominations of Messrs.
Lamar, Villas and Dickinson, and to
continue in secret session until these are
disposed of. The assumption that there
will be written reports upon the Lamar
case, and that the injunction Of secrecy
will be removed in whole or in part from
the proceeding, can be traced to nothing
which the members of the Judiciary COM
mittee have said or done, which commit.
tee rarely con6des its purposes to other
senators and never to the public.
If Chairman Crisp of the House COM
mittee on Elections, can complete his
report upon the Thoebe Carlisle contest
ed election case by noon tomorrow, the
matter will at once be laid before the
House, and, as question of the highest
| nr;v;laoe will command immediate
| attention.
MR.. CARLIsLE's AFFIDAVIT.
The affidavit of Speaker Carlisle in the
case is as follows:
The affidavit of ]. G. Carlisle says that
he has carefully read the statements con-
taired in the affidavit of Chas. Maunder
filed before the committee on the sixth
day of January, 1888, and he says that
the statements contained in said affidavit,
80 far as they relate to him, (the affiant)
are untrue in every particle. He says
that he was not at the Office of the Ken
tucEy State Journal, in the city of New
port, at any time during the evening OF
the third Of November, 1886; nor has he
been in said Office at any time, either
during the day or evening, since the
congressional election on the End day of
November, 1886.
Afiaut states that he did not go from
Covington or from the direction Of Gov
ineton in hack or carriage or otherwise
to the corner of York and Bellone streets
in Newport at any time during said
evening, nor did he go from said corner
north on York street toward the residence
| of Hon. A. S. Barry in hack or carriage
or otherwise at any time during said
evening. Affiant did not see detective
Hawes of Covington, in Newport or else
where at any time during said evening,
nor did he attend any meeting or confer
ence at any place or have any consulta-
ton with anybody on said evening in
relation to the congressional election in
said Sixth congressional district, or in
relation to the result thereof. He says
that at that time he resided with H. E.
Queen on Water Works row south of the
city of Newport in the county of Camp
bell, State of Kentucky, and that he was
not outside of the house of said Queen on
the evening of the 3rd of Nov, 1886, at
any time after 9 o'clock or about 9
O'clock. Afiant says that he has read
the affidavit of 81. E. Queen and that the
statements therein contained as to the
Whereabouts of this afiant on the even
iug of second day of November, and on
the evening of the third day of Novem-
ber, 1886, are true. Afiant says that he
never attended any meeting or confer
ence at any time or place after said
election to consult about or to consider
said election or the result thereof, or to
take any measures to affect the result
thereof in any matter whatever, and that
he never knew of any such conference or
meeting upon the part of his friends or
supporters, nor did he ever hear of any
such conference or meeting. He says
that he did not write any letters or send
any kilograms or messengers to any part
of said district after said election for the
purpose of ascertainipg the result, or for
any other purpose in connection with
said election, nor did he request any one
else to do so, and if any letters or tele.
grams or messengers were sent by any
one, affiant had no kno~ ledge of it then
and has none now. Afiant says that the
statements made in the affidavit Of
George H. Thoebe, that no tickets were
printed and distributed bearing the name
of John G. Carlisle al said election, out
side of the cities of Covington and New
port and their adjacent suburbs, and at
some few points which could be reached
by railroad, is not true. On the con-
trary, he says that an ample supply of
tickets was printed for each precinct in
said Congressional district, and afiant
personally sent them into ever county to
be used on the day of election, except for
the county of Campbell, and for that
county tickets were left in the hands Of
the chairman of the county executive
committee to be distributed by him. Nor
is it true, as stated in said affidavit, that
this afant on the evening of the day
succeeding said election conceded to
Horace Cambron, Esq, that he this
afiant) had been defeated for member Of
the House of Representatives of the Fif-
tieth Congress, and that personally he
(afiant) was heartily glad Of it. Affiant
was not in the city Of Covington on the
evening of the day succeeding said elec.
ton, but was there on the morning Of
said day, at which time he met said
Cambron aud had O short conversation
with him at or near the corner of the
Lower Market and Scott street. Said
Cambron, when he met atiant, said:
Governor, you are not beaten are you ?"
To which affiant responded that be sup
posed not, but that the returns had been
received from only few precincts in the
country, and showed that small vote
had been polled, and then afiant added
that if it should turn out that he was
beaten, it was perhaps very good thing
for him personally, as he had neglected
his private business for ten years, and
worked faithfully in Congress, and it was