Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-03
THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION.
Proceedings of the Potter Committee.

Proceedings of the Potter Committee.
The Committee reassembled, pursuant to
adjournment, at Atlantic City. N. j., on the
23d. Present, Representatives Potter, Butler,
Hiscock and Springer, and Mr.. Shellabarger
of Counsel. 49,. Representative Danford tes-
titled he was a.member of the Morrison Com
,nittee that visited New Orleans, and there
met Jas. f. Anderson, who told him a good
many bulldozing stories about his parish
EAST Feliciana). Anderson also told him he
had circulated the report that his parish was
going Democratic, the colored vote being
largely on that side, his purpose being to get
the Democrats to offer him money as bribe,
SO that he might expose them.
Representative Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
testified on the 2ath that he went to New Or
leans to witness the counting of the vote at
the request of President Grant. Never heard
any suggestion to manipulate the returns,
nor that the Returning Board was Influenced
believed in the evidence of Eliza Pinkston
and others as to intimidation; believed there
were frauds on both sides, but that there was
land T. Parker, of New Jersey, also
~ visited Louisiana ishs A. a. the iag request & OF
with that of Mr.. Kelley...... Representative
| Hale, of Maine, also went at the request of
President Grant. He was in company with
| Senator sherman nearly every day, and did
not believe he ever wrote the letter attributed
to him by Anderson. He believed both Pack
gressman.J. Hale sypher, OF Louisiana, tes-
| titled that ID. A. Weber consulted him re
garding certain promises which had been
made him, as he said, by some of the
visiting statesmen, mentioning particularly
| Sherman and Matthew'S; that subsequently
purporting to be signed by John Sherman, he
| could not remember the text of the letter pre-
| cisely, but believed it was the same as the
published letter offered in evidence; did not
know that it was sherman's handwriting,b but
had no reason to suppose it to be a forgery
the letter was written on note paper.
Secretary Sherman was examined al
length before the Committee on the 25th. He
gave a detailed account of the visit of the
Northern Republicans TO New Orleans to wit
ness the proceedings of the Returning Board
which he testified were fairly conducted, sc
far as he was able to determine, and without
the slightest collusion on the part of the Re
publican visitors. In regard tn Andersonr
testimony as to interviews between Sher
said he had an indistinct recollection of An
derson and Weber coming into a restaurant
where he sat at a table with Mr.. Stoughto1
versation, which he affirmed was in no re
| spect such as stated by Anderson in his tes
them before, and was positive he never hat
any such conversation as was imputed :,
him by Anderson Being shown the letter al
son and Weber, witness most emphaticall,
denied ever having written it; as he hai
were some things in the letter that he woul,
have written had he been requested to do SO
as he had freely expressed the opinion tha
their guns deserved credit. Witness furthe
entered a general and explicit denial as to a
the evidence given by f. L. Weber. Captai
jerks and Mrs. jerks, so far as it represent
ed him as being cognizant OF any scheme .
ward others for doing so. Gen. Butler ques
toned witness regarding the recent appoint
ments to ONCE of Louis j. Sauer, Henry {
Clark, and Badger, Postmaster at New Oh
leans, his intention being, as he said, to sho'
, that these men were adherents of Senate
Kellogg, and appointed upon his recon
r | Mr. tn rf
I late any conversations which had oC
CURED between him and the Presiden
regarding these appointments, bI
A said he would give the exact facts when I'll
: Committee returned to Washington. A letts
Q from Senator sherman to Gov. Hayes wa
n submitted. 1t is dated New Orleans, Nov.
U 1876. The writer gives full account of I'll
progress of the canvass of the vote, speal
of the serious bunder of omitting the nam,
. of all but two Electors from the Republicn
n tickets in two parishes, the result of whic
. leaves the pon in one district so close as
: render it probable that one more of tl
a Tilden Electors will have Il majority. n
= letter says: 1--WE are now collecting test
d mony as to the bulldozed parishes 1t seen