Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-29
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WASHINGTON, D. g., June 90.


WASHINGTON, D. G., June 90.
THE POTTER INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Mrs. jerks was agalL before tho Potter IN
vestgalng committee to. day, and during her ex'
animation both she andMr. Potter became quite
worried, the former asking for categorical re-
plies to bis questions, and she, finding that her
usual difFuse answers would not BIO accepted,
replying yes or no With considerable emphasis
| Though she stated day before yesterday that
| the dead Weber was an honorable msn. uhe
said to. day that she knew be- could be bought
| at any time When asked if she had offered
Weber's wife any money for the Weber Sher
man letter, she replied that she did not, TOR she
had 20 money to offer, and then striking
theatrical attitude, said -
"Travel the world from zone to zone.
There is no spot can call my own"
| When asked what occupation her husband,
| the CAPTAIN, had, she said he had several. but
| "a soon az the democrats found out be had one,
it became like Othello's.
Mr.. Springer asked if her husband was to
be the Othello in this notorious play She re-
piled there was nothing notorious 10 it 30 tar as
| she was concerned, but that she had made HIM,
Springer, famous, and that he did not under.
stand, or was not bound by the code.
S. P. Butler, the Washington correspon.
dent Of tho Baltimore Gazette, was then ex
amined. He testified that he aud Anderson
had called upon Mrs. jerks last winter, and
that during the interview she had stated that
she came to Washington in Packard's interest,
that she had the Sherman Weber letter secure
in New Orleans, and that Hugh Campbell had
forged the jurat to the protest.
William e. Chandler then took the wit.
ness chair and testified that while 10 Flor
ida he had received dispatch from Gen.
era Grant asking him to remain there untl
the count of that State was settled. tie
also stated that when in Florida attending
to tho count thore. he had been assisted by
numerous persons 10 the employ Of tho govern,
mont, persons in the Postofice Department,
Treasury Department, Attorney Generals O&ce
and Secret Service, and that for ths services
they had performed there they had not been
paid by tho executive republican committee,
, but out of the treasury OF the Uuitcd States.
That, 10 fact, instead of attending to their lee'
innate duties, they We're engaged IN securing
!. Florida for Hayes and wero paid for their ser
, vices out of tho treasury Of the government
Civil service reform, said he had not then been
inaugurated He reafirmed the statements made
, 10 his political pamphlet, in which ho had
, stated that nearly all the visiting statesmen
who had gone South to secure the votes OF The
three Southern States had since been appointed
to GOOD ofisee. He also stated that be believed
Stearns was elected Governor OF Florida, and
should have been sustained. Continuing, he
said that be had recommended many It the
persons engaged 10 the Florida count. aud none
others, for Federal Offices, and that they had all
been appointed one CT whom, detective, sent
, doWn there by the government, had been made
a lieutenant 10 the army; one had lost his place
by the failure Of an appropriation, but that
since Moliu confession be had been reappolnt
ed. He further stated that Gov. Noyes and
Gen. Lew Wallace had united With him in
these recommendations, and that all the ap.
pointments made on them were tor political
reasons and utterly regardless Of civil oerToe
} reform. Ho acknowledged that the demo-
Gratis who mad the Florida case 10 charge
were men Of moro ability than the
radicals, but that tbs latter, By Industry aod
degerce made up for what they lacked 10
ability.
Ii answer to lGestiona prop0u0dei ~ Gen.
Butler, he narrated d conversation that had
taken Place between himself and Stanley Ma
theWa, before the final announcement Of the
oourt, i1 which the latter had asked him to Use
his influence with President Grant to have tho
Nichols government 10 LOUISIANA recognized.
30 that Hayes would have 10 undo aothiDg, and
toat 10 the same conversation Mr.. Matthews
informed him that it Waa the intention to
recognize, tho Hampton government also;
that he, Chandler, was astoHished and provoked
at this, and said that the Hayes electors had
been chosen and that Mr. Packard had been
elected By the same vote: that Matthews re.
piled, no, the Legislature had decided that
Nichols was elected, and that Hayes and
Nichols did net get their title from the same
source that ip reply, he Chandler, bad said il
Packard was cot recognIZ ed tho republicans
would lose the Senators from that State and
thereby probably give the United States Sen.
ste to tho democrats; that Matthews answered
10, all that had been arranged, and that though
Nichols and Hampton were recognized. pro.
vision had been made for having the right sort
of Senators; as confrmatory of this he produced
newspaper statement at the time to the effect
that Louisiana would elect any two Senators
Matthews, Mr.. Foster and the Northern repub.
loans might designate. lie also stated that at
dinner party in Washington at which EVarta,
kasson and others were present, previous to
the announcement of the electoral count,
he, Chandler, had denounced the pro.
posed selling out of Louisiana, and that none
of those present dissented from him, but
| NASsUu, HuQ uG UuiJ HuCu tuS oiuuoA 100
over, and when they were by themselves
Sioce that time be had not been recognized by
the Administration, except 10 the cases of the
parties who took part 10 the Florida count. He
also narrated conversation with Gen. Garfield
previous to the announcement OF the electoral
count, in which General Garfield had told
him of the famous Wormley's Hotel con.
ferenccs. at which MIR. Ellis, of Louisiana,
and other Southern representatives, and
senators, Sherman and Matthews and him.
self (Gar6sld) were present, and that in those
conferences Sherman bad said be was looking
for way to arrange for Packard to withdraw
He, the witness, did not at that time believe
that Mr.. Garfield was engaged 10 any such
plan, but he has since become convinced that
he was. He also stated that the dispatches
cent to New Orleans by Gen. Grant, the effect
of which was to turn over Louisiana to the
| democrats. though nominally dated on the lst