The daily gazette., 1878-06-13
FOURTH EDITION
From Washington.
FEATURES OF THE FRAUD INvEsTIGA-
TIoN-LoUIsIANA NOMINEES IN sUs-
PENsB.
THE INTERROGATION.

TIoN-LoUIsIANA NOMINEES IN sUs-
PENsg.
THE INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, June 12:-The Potter
! committee room was enlivened to-day
by several intesesting scenes. Gen. But
Ter took Mr.. Darrell in hand, and in a
short time wound him up so tight that he
lost his recollection and almost his tom
que. Gen. Butler was very minute in his
questions as to all the details of the in
tercourse between Darrell and Anderson, /,
and the negotiations which were carried
on between them in regard to the office
of collector to be obtained for Darrell
DarrelPs testimony was to the purport
that he did not believe that Anderson
had the documents which he alleged
were in his possession. He admitted
that he had written letter to Anderson
denouncing the administration in pro-
fame terms, and advising Anderson to
give them h-ll.
Gen. Butler, in examing Darrell as to
his intimacy with Anderson, referred to
the latter number of times as "this
loafer, "this prrjurer, ""this drunkard," !"
while at the time Anderson was sitting
within few feet of him and looking
him directly in the face. Some of the
spectators thought Mr.. Butler was in
earnest lin using the epithets he did,
but Others were of the opinion that he
used them in an ironical sense, his pur-
pose being to show that Anderson was
sought after and trusted to the fullest ex-
tent, while they thought he was valuable
10 them, by the very parties who are
now denouncing him. Later in the day
very sharp passage occurred between
Gen. Butler and Gov. Cox, the latter ac-
cusng Butler of bullying and browbeat-
ing witnesses. This episode was enjoy
ed by all present. The paper purporting
to be the Anderson w cher statement
was pronounced by Seymour, the notary
before whom it was executed, to be gen
uine, to the best of his knowledge and
belief.
LEONARD AND MARKS.
The judiciary committee of the Senate
to-day reported adversely the nomina-
ton of Albert Leonard for the United
States district attorney of Louisiana
Subsequently Senator Bayard entered
motion to reconsider the confirmation of
Morris Marks as United states collector
of internal revenue for one of the Louisi-
ana districts. The nomination of Leon
ard is understood 10 have been made ON
the solicitation Of Senator Kellogg, and
Marks was one of the Hayes electors for
Louisiana. 1t is supposed that the OBJ
lect in moving for reconsideration in
Marks case is to ascertain whether he
was party to the forged electoral GER
tificate which came up from Louisiana.
and on which certificate the vote of that
State was awarded to Hayes.
Mrs. jerks, accompanied by her hus-
band, arrived here tonight from New
Orleans. She is the woman who has
been published as having been at one
time the custodian of the letter alleged
TO have been given bv Secretary then
Senator) Sherman to Weber and Ander-
son, and her presense in Washington at
this time is in obedience TO summon
from the Potter Investigating Commit
tee.
Secretary Sherman has written to say
that he has a letter from Mrs. jerks ties
| tlfying that she never saw the alleged
letter from him TO Anderson and Weber
and does not know of its existence. He
has also told this to prominent Republi-
| cans.