The daily gazette., 1878-06-04
FIFTH EDITION.
ANDERSoN's TESTIMONY.
FURTHER DETAILS OF A SEARCH FOR
oFFICE-INTERvIEw WITH THE
PRESIDENT, STANLEY MAT
TuEws
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1878.


THEws.
WASHINGTON, June 3, 1878.
The Potter committee is not in session
to-day.
In the hurry OF selecting from the notes
of Anderson's testimony on Saturday
some interesting points were overlooked
by the reporter. The omissions are now
supplied.
After the introduction of Sherman's
letter to Anderson and Weber the wit
ness went on to testify as follows
After the receipt of that letter Mr..
Weber was not satisfied that we should
be provided for in such manner as he
thought we should be. Weber's circum-
stances were rather worse than mine. He
had wife and children, and, as he said,I
could get up at any time and leave Louisi
ana, but he could not. l think it was the
day after the receipt of that letter
that went down to the Custom House
and met Mr.. Nash, who was a member
of Congress from the Sixth Congressional
district, in which East Feliciana is loca-
ted. Nash came to me and stated that
the Returning Board were going to throw
him out. | asked him why they could not
make case for him if they could make
case for Mr.. Hayes. He said they could
make the case equally as good with Mr..
Hayes, of course; but that Kellogg was
his personal enemy, and, of course, would
beat him. said:-
"Nash, now you wait for me a few
moments, until have an interview with
Kellogg"
INTERVIEW WITH KELLOGG.
Nash waited few moments, and saw
kellogg coming up the steps, and | fol-
lowed and said to him:-"Governor
what are you going to do in Nash's case?'
He said, "Nash is beaten of course; the
majority against him is 5000"
said, "The majority against Hayes is
10000"
He said, "That may be different thing. "
l said, SIT may be different thing in
your estimation, but not in mine. Now
said |, 81 will tell you what you can do.
You can either return Nash for the Sixth
Congressional district or Weber, and
will burst this whole thing.
lie was standing on the step and laid
my hand IN i, shoulder this way, and he
said: ''By God if you want to put yo,ll
neck in halter you 90 ahead and do it
am Governor of this State; control the
police and control the courts" Said he
"a word to the wise is sufficient"
Said l, "Now, Governor Kellogg, if YOU
F mean that for threat it is thrown away
You have got to return Nash for the Sxtl
! Congressional district"
| We discussed the matter few minute,
and he said, "You 90 and tell Nash tc
make up good case in st. Landry, Liv
ingston and Tangipahoa.."
The sub-committe will sit in secret
session in Louisiana and gave out moth
? ing that they hear until it shall be re
ported to the full committee on the return
The main purpose of the trip to Lonis
ana is To examine Marshal Packard anC
Others who were prominently connected
with the canvass in 1876 and who thel
held official positions. 1t is not intended
, to examine pa ties who assisted in tn,
! Returning Board, and it is stated that in
timations have been received that Ger
1 tain persons who aided in the count ar,
. willing to divulge important informa
= ton. This subcommittee will leav,
some time during the week, and will re
4 turn in about len days. Meantime tn,
q the examination will continue here, ant
a quite number of witnesses have beel
y summoned.
n Among these are ex-Umted State
Marshal Pitkin, l.. b jerks and wife
;, Q. B. Darrall, ex-Congressman Nash, Il
u l.. Webber, cousin of the supervisor: VIII,
- was murdered, and Major Burke, VIII,
was present, according to Anderson
testimony, at the interview IN the restau
/ rant between Secretary Sherman an,
it Webber and Anderson. Mrs. jerks is tn
}. person in whose hands the original of tn
t. Sherman letter was said to have been las
:, seen, ,and it is said that she was cognizan
: of many of the political secrets ofthe col
l. tests over the count of the vote in Lous
4 lana. in 1876 1t sesms that jerks hous
n was common meeting place for til
t. parties Interested in having the State z
5 for the republicans and that Mrs. Jenk
4 was present at many of these conference,
a President Hayes and the memb rs 0
:. his Cabinet,who were expected at Evan
u vile, Ind, on July 4, have notified tn
- authorities that in view of exi>tin
d political complications the Presidel
e Will not leave asAington.