The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-14

! Both Sullivan and DrlScOll Sald they were
satisfied to close the investigation.
Capt Gordon said that be was not salts
fed He wanted all the testimony to come
out.
Mr.. Sullivan made no direct charge in
the executive committee meeting, In the
meeting last night, or tonight against
Capt. Gordon or Col. Reilly.
Capt. Gordon deny the charges, and
want them 20 get all their witnesses here.
Mr.. Sullivan-I have no charge. Tie
Morse tickets may have been fixed in your
| Office during your osence, but l 10 not
| charge that it was done in your office, and
| deny the statement that l have a " posi-
tive kno ledge T. at it vas done there.
Capt. Gordou-I demand OF you to say
who IN Gordon's Office substituted Matthews
name for Ciiftons.
Mr. Sullivan-I have no knowledge OF
the fact.
Capt Gordon-Do you retract it!
TOOK IT ALL BACK.
Mr.. Sullivan-I certainly retract it, be-
cause have no evidence to Substantiate It,
Is that satisfactory!
To this Capt Gordon assented, but he said
| that it was pOor satisfaction for the injury
done him by the baseleSs charge. he pro-
posed to intr oduce the affidavit OF c. II. Ebbs,
one Of the with wnicl Dir. Sullivan
| relied upon, which corroborate1 the evil
dence OF Mr.. Prltchard. NJ f. d. Blood
| worth'S statement also cOrroo0rated that of
| Mr. Pritcnard. Mr.. BlOodworrh further
| stated that the NOISE ticket was not fixed
in Gordon & Co.'s Office. He said that he
would have voted against Clifton after
| learning that some Of the la ter's friends
were scratching Gordon if Capt. Gordon
had not asked him to vote the straight
ticket.
Messrs. johnson, Habersham and Tyson
swore they had voted the straight ticket,
a ID worked for it among the business men
az Capt. GJrdon's instance on the day of
| the election.
Hon. P. W. Meldrim testified that he
| heard OF the cutting Of Capt. Gordon and
| Col Reilly, aud felt put out about it. Il
asked Mr.. Pritchard," ne said, what
Capt. Gordon was going to do about
it, and told him that l would stand by
| them" When Mr.. Meldrim learned from
Mr.. Pritchard that it was Capt. Gordon's
de ire that his friends sho I'D vote the
| trught democratic ticket, Mr.. Meldrim
said tlat he voted straight.
HEARD IT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
George A. Gemunden testified that he
learned weeks before The election that the
friends of Clifton intended to scratch Cor
don and Reilly, aud when he learned that
Dr1scoll was scratching them he tore off
Clifton's name from his TICKET. Col. Reilly
asked him to vote the straight ticket, ami
ne said that Capt G Jrdon persuaded him -
give up the torn ticket, and urged him to
vote the straight ticket, and get his German
frie DIS TO do the same.
Lemuel Downs y as called to prove that
he had told Mr.. j. Forman Sweat That on
the night of the meeting at tire theater
called by Mr.. Drisc oil it was said there by
Driscol That the cand dates who didn't
come to the meeting would be scratched.
Mr. Downs said that probably he did say
that ne hea d it mentioned by one of the
crowd coming fro the meeting, but when
the affidavit of Mr. Sweat to that effect
was introduced by Capt. sGordon, Mr..
Downs was not inclined to repeat the
statement of his friend under oath, and
added: II may have said it. | may have
put it in the words / believe they will
scratch Gordon and Reilly"
COMMITTEEMAN M'AULIFFE.
Capt. Gordon wanted Committeeman
| McAuhffe called. but Mr.. McAuliffe de-
| clined to give his testimony, and Capt. Cor
don asked that the fact be noted.
Col Reilly then lnttoducad The joint aft
| davit Lemuel Wade and Crawford Jones
| (colored, to the effect that they
had, as employees Of Col Joha
| Reilly and as friends Of Col
| Peter Reilly, his brother, used their exor-
tions among colored friends for G rdon and
| Reilly. There vas no promise of reward.
Iney were not asked to WORK against
| dubignon and Clifton, their whole aim
being to secure votes among their colOred
| friends for the men they were working for
| The affidavit of Julius Barth was intro
| duced showing that meeting Of the Work
| in zmen's Independent Club MIR. Driscoll
hal openly advocated striking the names of
| Gordon aud Reilly from th3 democratic
TICKET.
THE ALLEGED REPUBLICAN DEAL.
| Tire joint affidavit of w. II Matthews,
| S. b. horse and L. N. Peasants, the
/ republican legislative candidates, was
introduced, which was in substance that if
| any deal had been made on or in behalf OF
Go don and Reilly it had not in a y way
been brought to their attention, AID If
| there d been any such deal they would
have known it.
| Capt. Gordon recalled Mr.. Driscoll, who
admitted that he had been quoted correctly
| il the Times as having voted against Cor
| don and Reilly. He admitted receiving a
| letter from Matthews, one of the republi-
| can legislative candidates, before the cleo
| ton, but declined to answer wnat PROPOSE
| tons had been made by Matthews, as lie Is
now on trial before the executive committee.
COL. REILLY's STATEMENT.
Col. Reilly was sworn, and he reviewed
the causes leading up to the present inquiry.
AS far lack as September he told Capt.
| tJOrQOA Uuey WE 10 10 scratched Dy
friends of duBignon and Clifton. Az a
meeting of the candidates and the
| subcommittee OF the executive committee
| Capt. Gordon called the attention of MIR
duBignon and Mr.. Clifton to the fact. MIR.
| Clifton proposed that Col. Reilly should GO
| around IN some of the saloons with him,
which Col. Reilly declined to do, but he un-
derstood that Z. j. O'Connor had gone
around Wit Mr.. Clifton to see the liquor
dealers. Col. Reilly said the reports of
scratching conInuoI TO come TO him
up to the day of the cleo
ton, and that on the day of
the election, at an early hour he saw the
scratching. Driscoll and TWO or three others
scratched the names of Gordon and Reilly
on the democratic ticket. Col Reilly no
titled Cap5 Gordon, and shortly after
notified MIR. Clifton. Mr.. Clifton said he
| would stop it, buO the scratching continued
| the entire day.
| THE CoLoRED WORKERS.
To Offset it, Col. r lily sent to his brother
| for two trusty coiored men to work for
| himself and Capt. Gordon. and his brother
sent Lemuel Wade and Crawford Jones.
Thoy worked with regular republican tick
cts under Col. Reilly's direction, and he
assumed the responsibility for it, On some
of the republican ticke.s the name of Mir.
duBignon was printed and not scratched to
Col. Reilly's kno hedge. Col. Reilly
said that he know no better way
to Offset the detection of Messrs du Bigno