one of the Hayes electors, on
his examination at Washington in January:

"_Q._ Did Levissee and Brewster vote at the meeting of electors?

_A._ I believe they did.

_Q._ Was not an appointment made for somebody to fill Brewster's
place?

_A._ I believe that that is the case.

_Q._ Who was appointed to fill Brewster's place?

_A._ Brewster himself.

_Q._ The same man?

_A._ The same man.

_Q._ Were you also instructed by these committees (National and
Congressional Republican Committees) how to dispose of Brewster
and Levissee?

_A._ My recollection is that some one of the electors had
received a letter suggesting that in case of a vacancy or in case
of the absence of Levissee and Brewster, they should be chosen in
their own places. That is my recollection.

_Q._ And yet they absented themselves from the electoral college,
and you filled their vacancies with themselves?

_A._ They were absent from the college when the college met, and we
filled their vacancies by themselves."

Being thus installed, they voted for Mr. Hayes within an hour after they
were chosen to fill their own vacancies; and three days afterward
Brewster addressed the following letter to the President:

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, _December 9, 1876._

SIR: I respectfully apply to be appointed Surveyor-General for the
District of Louisiana. Commendations from prominent gentlemen will
be submitted to your Excellency to justify the appointment.

I have the honor to remain
Your very obedient servant,
ORLANDO H. BREWSTER.

U. S. GRANT, _President United States, Washington, D. C._

The reappointment was made on the 5th of January, 1877. The Chief of the
Appointment Division in the Interior Department was asked and testified
about it as follows:

"_Q._ Who recommended his appointment in January?

_A._ I think the probability is (although there is no evidence of
it) that there was no recommendation, further than his own
application to the President.

_Q._ You do not know of any recommendation?

_A._ I do not know of any.

_Q._ There is none on file?

_A._ There is none on file to the best of my knowledge. There is