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Show I'OTTKK IS VKWTIGATIOX. V'sbl V.gtoc, 2$. In Dennis' testimony, tes-timony, to-(lv, me following evidence was given: Witness said he didn't disclose to Xoyes bin knowledge of (he republican frauds, but merely said he did nnl want to tastily. Butler said he had gone en fur in order to Bhow that (tun. Noyvs was innocent. Hiscock said be expected to ehow that Vance and B nek, election inspector in-spector and clerk, did not raise the return, and IhiU all tbe rt-publicau wheae names were oc tbe poll list to i fad tbe republican tickets The poiot was not yet closed before the country. Nuvea said the wav he came to co south was thia: At a meeting of the prominent republicans of the southern diotrict ot Ohio, Kichard 8mith, o( the Cincinnati (Juz'ttct stated that he bad telegrams to tbe eflt'ct that the northern democratic politicana were assembling in Florida tor tbe purpose of taking irum Hayes a state justly his, nod it was thought beet to send there some prominentuorthern republicans. His name was ouggested as one of the neiiore, and that very night, without communicating with Hayes or any nody else he started. They did nothing noth-ing while there except arrange pre luiiinaries with the democrats, and; after two or three days he went back. Subsequently Hale urged Kasaon and General Wallace to go and avert the impending danger oi fraud in Florida, and aa they agreed to gn if the witness would, he started back with llieru to Tallnhavipe. Hp con uinird n y-irriing the Archer pr.inct: "I desired, in preparing the case, to know trom tbe electors thfmselves Uow many ot them had actually voted ibe republican ticket. We sent down (.here to get evidence, and my i& membraoce iB ot 399 republican voice counted and returned. We proved about 340 or 350, and I waa told thai they could not gt the rest bscauaa the parties had scattered in various directions. But we came so near to it as to make it thoroughly impossible that 219 votes bad been added. That satinfied me and seemed to satisfy the canvassing bord I wish to Bay tbat o mortal man ever told me or intimate.! in-timate.! to me, while in Florida, that there was anything fraudulent about that return, except what waa sworn to before the canvassing board and waa made public. I mean, I bad no private pri-vate iniormation derived from aoy source whatever. I bonestly and conscientiously believe that tbe re- urn made and argued by me was right, and can say that we made a ,-A3e which would satisfy any unprejudiced unpreju-diced court in Christendom. I wanted Dtnuis to be a witnes?, as he ban sworn, because, from the very begin uing, be had insisted on the truthful nets of that return, and bad undertaken under-taken to prove, and had proven it to my satisfaction, and because he was o thoroughly acquainted with the country and knew tbe people who lived there. I bad already learned that Dei nis' lile had been threatened aod that ho considered himself io very great danger. He had related to me on one occ-asion, that when his lite was threatened, be had called to- . nether, io a church somewhere, all : the colored' people in tbe vicinity, t and be had made tbam kneel down -and swear that if be was killed they i would lay waste and revenge his i death. .Remembering what he bad i said, I received the impression on i this occasion, tnat tho reaao.t that he did not want to testify was that ne diii not want to bring himself in conflict con-flict with those people any more- 1 . said to Cowgill and McLiu, that all I wanted ol them was to do their duty honeatly and fairly. I said to them, il the state had hunesily cast ita vote for Tildeu, it was their duty po to declare; de-clare; but if it had goae for Hayea. we wanted it, but we expected nothing of them except what honest men could do. I never made one of them a promise nor intimated a promise, nor held out any inducem nt tn have them declare the Btate bad gone for Hayes rather than for Gov. 1'ilden. Bulore tbe final decision bad heen rendered, after the vote in Florida bad been cast, McLin came to me greatly depressed and said hr d'd not know what would become of him; that he. had so excited the ha tihty of the democrats, that he could not longer live in Florida in peace; ibal he ao poor and sick and almost in diepair. I eaid to him: "Mr. McLin, you have done your duty honestly and fairly, as I think, and I rihall take great, pleasure in saying so to Governor Hayes, it ho shall be declared president of the United Stales, and I shall take pleasure also in recommending you for Borne position posi-tion where you can Lake care of yourself your-self and family." About the time 1 was going away, I aldo Baid to Dr Cowgill, tho other member of tbe board, that I bad be&n greatly impressed im-pressed with bie boneBty of purpese, and manly bearing during the canvass, can-vass, and if 1 could ever be of any use to him he could command me freely. I will add that I did more than some politicians do, I kept my word and I did recommend both thewe gentlemen to the president, and I am Eorry they were not appointed to good places. If I bad had influence enough with the administration tboy certainly would have been appointed. I never saw McLin one minute alone to talk with him nn any subject until the final vote of Florida nad bfen cast. I never represented myself to eithflr of these gentlemen &a a special friend of President Hayea. Governor Noyes then submitted uuo ui tiia miLeru irom luoijiu iu Noyee, as that already made public deprecating tbe fact tbat tbe demo crats, whose frauds in Florida were even greater than was at first suspected, sus-pected, were about to reap the fruite of their victory by stealing the presi dency. It mentions instances where democratic claims of fraud had been absolutely diaproven and republican honesty at the polle shown. It declares de-clares thst treachery aod cowardice aloDe would allow Ttlden to he inaugurated, in-augurated, and sayn the writer is sick at itid gloomy prospects for repub iicanism in the aoutb. It concludes with a request that Noyea speak a word to President Grant favorable to the writer' appointment as a Unit' 'I j States district uide of Florida, adding tbat be asks this as a favor and not on account of the political canvobs, regarding which he only performed bin duty. The eecond letter ia to Noyes from McLin, dated Tallahassee, March 3, 1877, and heartily congratulates the country at tbe triumph of Hayes, and predicted unexampled prosperity under un-der so noble a president. He con elude that be ia happy at tbe pros peot, even though in Florida, eur rounded by the mcanent democrats the world ever Baw. Witness continues con-tinues that their friends always claimed tbat, with fair and free election, elec-tion, Florida would have trom 5.0(H) to ti.OOO republican majority. He natianed himvnlf thut ih tft nf the returns wus correct and then that the returns represented the VDte ol the state. Gen. Stearns never told the wttne?s tbat arrangements were made to carry the slate for Hayes, regard 1(-bs ot the face of the returns. Witness positively denied telling John F. Boyle that he had authority to represent Hayes. He did not know Coyle from Adam, lie did not toll him tnat, for it wuuld be a ' lie and he did not tell lies i General Lew Wallace teitifk-d to going to New Orleans and thence, by the request of Noyea, to Tallahassee. Was with Kasaon and Nnyes a'most the entire time and never saw or beard McLin and Noyes in conversation. conversa-tion. Believed Noyes honestly thought the state had gone for Hayes. Wjiuees did not understand that Daring relused to testify because it would show the republican Iraud, but thought he was unwilling lo prejudice his personal safety. Both Zach. Chandler and the president asked him to go to Florid, after the canvass, to attend to certain suit in courts. Witnens told McLin so, but on his firrtt visit never intimated anything, any-thing, because the president had not then aaked him to ku. He had told McLin that Hayea would take as grod care of bia friends as Tiklen could. providing be was elected. He did nut regard that as a coir up t proposition. Hh respected MoLin and expected him to do his duty, Tbat was the only time be made such an observation observa-tion previous to the count. He said similar thinga frtqueotly thereafter. General John Little testified that be visited Florida, noil g from CoUimbui. Governor Hayes didn't know of his going. Ex-Governor Stephens of Florida, testified that McLiu testified talsely as regarda a private conference in which the witntBS participated. He never had any such conference. Adjuurncd. |