Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
POTTER'S PUMP.
SUCTION APPLIED 1T BOTH ENDS
OF THE LINE, ...

The Investigation Proceeding Both at
Washington and New Orleans---Mrs.
jerks Enlivens tho Washington Com
mittee with Some Of Her Evasive but
Sharp Sayings---Bill Chandler Manipu-
lated by Ben Butler Especially with
Reference to the Elacyeaeh Commits
siOn---Packard Leads the Trail in tho
Same Direction at the Now Orleans End.
The Potter Committed
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Potter commit
tee has received telegram from Gov. Packard
stating that he has been cited to appear before
the sub-committeein New Orleans to-day, and
it is understood that his examination all the
points suggested by Gen. Butler will take
place there. "
MRS. AGNES JENKs ..-a
appeared and produced her correspondence
with James E. Anderson, but, Gen. Butler be-
ing absent, the letters were not read. Mrs.
jerks, under examination, still refused to dis
close the name of the person to whom she die
tated the so-salled Sherman letter.
The party was sitting against
the wall in parlor p whom she
entered, and when she left her arnanuensis was
sitting at the, table. H..
Mrs. jerks said at the time her letters were
written to Anderson she made copies of them
before delivery. and added they are verbatim
put in evidence u letter I wrote Mr.. SyPher,
and one received from him, and az he repre-
sents MIR. Tilden, think it is right they should
go into the case.
Mr. springer-I object to remark of that
kind going our record.
Wall h. L~Jl
with Mr.. Sypher himself drew the inference
Q. Are you acquain ted with Mr.. Reynolds,
publisher of the paper at Bayou Sara? A. Yes
sir. When made my first visit to Donaldson
vile, Reynolds escorted me from Z. l.. Weber's
house to the hotel, Weber being afraid of being
assassinated if he went outside his door after
dark.
Q. Did you converse with him during that
visit? A. No sir. l am not accustomed to
converse with common people,
O. Did not you call L. l.. Weber off into the
room and have some conversation with him
about the Sherman letter at that time2 A. On
the contrary, if / had, all the dagOs in town
would have painted it as breach of etiquette
y. Did you make Weber any proposition it
he would find and deliver up any letter to you ?
A. No, sir. Weber was always open to propo-
sitions and KNEW could approach him in any
way whenever wanted to, because had done
it before. When wanted to make u quorum
in our Senate he always knew what the Demo-
Gratis were offering, and he wanted to know
sometimes what we would do, and sometimes I
used to inform him. I met ex-Congressman
Needstam in New Orleans and he said I ought
to come to divide. You understand what that
is. 1t is slang. 1 don't.
@. Did you tell Reynolds if you got the let
ter you would pay we'll for it? A. Certainly
not. 1 am not millionaire. I might search
the world over, from zone to zone and not find
one spot of the earth my own. lLaughter
Q. The reason you did not speak to Rey-
nolds was you do not speak with common
people. A. Well did not suppose you wanted
all the tramps in the country to know about it.
Q. He was a newspaper editor, believe?
A. He might have belonged to the press, and
lhaughter Newspaper men are we'll enough
in their way, all due respect to them, but they
take too much liberty with PEG .,le. You Ameri-
cans have too much license anyhow. Laugh
@. I will ask you what is your occupation.
A. am a general genius. ....
.. liz that the means by whibh you make
your leaving? A. Othello's occupations gone
Republicans are dead. Laughter. s
Mrs. jerks, as to her husbands occupation,
unfortunately, whenever they discovered he
was identified with the Republican party,
Othellos occupation was gone. DBL, .. ...'
@. You regarded him as the Othello? A. Not
a bit Of it. l am the Othello myself.
Laughter.
Q. Did you have any conversation with
Gen. Sheldon as to your coming here? A. 1
may have convcrsed with him after was sum-
moned.
q. Did he tell you to report to any particu-
lar person here. A. He did not. Gen. Shell
don had duel on hand at the time, ana he
could not attend to small matiers-tho code
Q. Has that duel been fought yet? A. It
was bloodless one, as all Yankee duels are;
they do not understand the code.
,.. SAMUEL p. BUTLER,
Il Washington correspondent, testified that
Mrs. jerks stated to him that she came to
Washington in behalf of Gov. Packard for
collectors; that she called on. Secretary Sher-
man in relation thereto, but had not met with
a very warm reception; that the secretary had
given her assurances in New Orleans that her
influence would go quite far in appointments;
that she had heard it said that Judge Campbell
had forged a iurat to the Anderson protest,
and that the so-called Sherman document was
safe in New Orleans.
@.-..... VIM. E. CHANDLER
produced q dispatch sent by him from the Fifth
Avenue hotel early on the morning of November
Sth, though dated November 7th to John c.
Gorham, California; J. H. Mitchell, Oregon; s.
B. Packard, New Orleans; Gov. Chamberlin,
South Carolina; and Senator Conover, Florida,
in each Of which he stated that Hayes and
Wheeler were elected if they had carried these
States, and in each of which he counseled the
Republicans to be watchful against possible
Democrats frauds. While in Florida Chandler
received a telegram from President
Grant, saying, II hope you will
remain in Florida !. until the vote Of the
know of the existence Of fraud in Florida
and the $4,000 for which he telegraphed was
handed by him to Gen. Martin. who expended
it in procuring evidence.
Mr.. Chandler maintained in his opinion
there never was fairer results obtained by
fairer means than the result of the Florida
election. 80 -9s
By Butler-Haye you list of the Presiden-
tlal appointments made subsequent to the
Florida question upon your Recommendation?
A. Yes sir, those that remember are fol-
lows: Major J. q. HUMPHREYS, . collector at
Pensacola; Gov. s. Stearns, member Of the Hot
Springs commission; Judge McLin, associate
justice Territory Of New Mexico; George H.
DeLeon, former secretary to Gov. Stearns, clerk
in the treasury department; young man named
Phelps. local Republican in Florida, APP
pointed to the treasury department. has gone
to Paris with Gov. Mccormick; Joseph Bowles,
who was inspector of elections ut poll
near Tallahassee, where there was an alleged
fraud of "a votes, clerk in the treasury depart
ment; James Bell, county Judge in Florida, was
appointed clerk in the land office; Capt. Den
mis-, recommended for auditor Of treasury, was
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