Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-03
The 1rasbinatom Committee.

The IYashin0to,, Committee.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The Potter committee
go day recalled Thomas c. Anderson, who testi-
fed that he did not see any one sign the GER
tifcates of the electoral vote while in the
governors Office at New Orleans, that Mrs.
Jsnks, pleading the poverty of her mother,
asked him to appoint her brother, A. r. Muir
dock, to place in the custom house. Witness
promised to dosomething for him this month,
but has not yet. Murdoch had letter from
Senator Kellogg for some time, requesting wit
to do something for him.
long examination of the witness regarding
the operations of the returning board elected
nothing new. In reply 10 General Hunton,
witness said the returning board as body
alovsr attempted. tic fill tina vacancy with a
Democrat. He had spoken to MIR. Smith, at
present reporter on the New Orleans Democrat,
about accepting an appointment on the board
but he refused. He never knew of the board
barring asked Smith. Never heard it stated
that the presence of Democrat undesir-
able.
Witness, in reply to Mr.. Cox, said he had
heard that Daniel Weber was killed because he
had signed this protest. Never heard he was
killed Judge Campbell had testified because
he was supposed to have had the Sherman let
ter on his person.
THOMAS II. jerks
testified that he had never made an affidavit
similar to the one submitted before the Louisi-
ana Subcommittee yesterday, and in the hand
writing of Japies i. Anderson. Never No
tary Seymour in New Orleans before whom
the atlolvit appears to have been made.
JAS. f. ANDERSON
asking to be permitted to explain, stated that
the 18th Of May he met jerks in the street,
and as he Anderson, going to leave for
the North at p NJ, jerks requested him to
use his influence towards securing him posi-
tion in Washington, and, after some converse
ton, jerks went with witness to his Office in
the custom house, and dictated the affidavit in
question, and he, Anderson copied it, and then
they went to Notary Seymour office and jerks
ewore to the document. The purpose of max
ing the affidavit was to aid Anderson in secur-
the affidavit to Matthews, and endeavor to
secure him an appointment on the strength of
EMILE L. WEBER,
brother of Daniel Weber, was sworn; desiring
to read statement of his connection with the
Republican party Mr.. Cox objected, the
statement if read being part of the testimony,
and Weber retired for the present.
H. CONQUEST CLARKE,
former private secretary of Gov, Kellogg, re-
lated his recollections of the signing of the
electoral certificates, and promptly and en-
phatlcally denied all knowledge OF who ap-
pended the supposed forged signatures.
secret session followed, and when the
doors were reopened,
EMILE WEBER
was recalled and was given permission to reac
his statement, provided he would swear to the
facts contained. The statement was read ant
set forth that he had no personal knowledge
that Democratic intimidation had existed il
the parishes of East and West Feliciana. Hi
brother, Daniel Weber, and James +. Ander
son. had informed him that the two parishe
had gone fairly Democratic. great influence
was brought to bear upon his brother to ma k
his protest, and he had been approached yer.
frequently to use his influence with his brother
to effect the signing of the protest. He saw
Anderson sign his protest and saw the blank
therein. After Anderson had left Judge Camp
bell attached a jurat to the paper 1t wa
not sworn to by Anderson. 1t was notoriou
Fact in the custom house that Kellogg. Packard
and others were pressing Anderson and Webe
to make their respective protests. John Sher
man spokesman for the visiting statesmen
and he Weber, knew that Sherman had givel
his brother an assurance which caused him t
allow his protest to stand after it had bee
made. Weber had, in conversation with She1
man, explained to him that his brother though
his parish had gone Democratic and he wa
disposed to take back his protest, whereupo
Sherman assured him his brother would b
cared for, and requested that he send hi
brother to him.
His brother, on the day he received it, shove
him Sherman's letter of assurance, and said
had received it direct from Sherman. Webt
was familiar with the handwriting of Sherman
and was satisfied that the letter was written b
that gentleman. In 1877 the Sherman letter W;
the subject of great modification to the Webt
family, and his s1ster-in-law, Mrs. DAM
Weber, had endeavored to find it among tt
papers of her husband. which were packe
away in two trunks and large shoe box. La
in the summer, he, the witness, made scare
for the letter and found it in the shoe box ar
destroyed it forthwith. Mrs. jerks had bet
in no way connected with the authorship
the Sherman letter.
that only six Of the Hayes electors could
saved, and Kellogg on that day remarked to m
I'VE are, after all, beaten"
In regard to the agreement between Jam
Anderson and d. A. Weber | here state that
personally know that such an agreement W
entered into, and was substantially the same
has been presented. My brother was murder
March 7th. In the issue of the paper of viii
he was editor previous to his death, he thre'
cned to publish certain letters and a stateme
emanating from the State auditors otfit
and that is supposed to have suppl
the immediate cause of his death, and to tt
extent might suggest its authors. While &C
slider this threat the Immediate cause of his a
sassination / do not believe it would have occl
red had he not made the protest which {
prived the people of their votes, and thus plac
himself in such position that his person
enemies were encouraged to make this murd
GUS assault.
In the Sherman report appears purport
affidavit from me as United States supervis
containing somewhat sweeping allegation
intimidation in the parish of West Felicia
declined, when requested to make an athda
on this subject, to do 80. This paper was 81
sequently prepared by l.. 3. jerks, and wi
out reading examining it, signed it. l r
formed no duties as United States supervis
and should not have signed the paper if
previously read it. 1 did not swear to it,
the jurat was attached by the commissioners
matter of form merely. l have no defense
make for my action, except to say that 1t
done without deliberation. Mrs. jerks visi
nv sister-in-law in the summer of 1877, {
urged her to hunt for the Shern
letters Mrs. Weber declined to do SO, or
give her any information whatever. About
9th of May she brought letter from Gene
Sheldon, offering to pay Mrs. Weber's expen
to New Orleans and Washington in connect
with the Sherman letter, and threatening
case she did not come to have her arrested (;
forced to go. Mrs. jerks and her hush,
have always called the paper the Sherman
ter. Tom jerks, in fact, has claimed that
association and cooperation with Ander
was such as to give him an equitable right
some of the benefits that were supposed to
exc ar3ced in it. have ne