The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-27

cess of those required for the use of the
Electoral College.
After further unimportant testimony, the
witness was excused, and ex-Representative
Darrall was recalled, remaining on the stand
but about five minutes, when Chairman Pot
ter announced thathe had requested Senator
Kellogg to appear before the committee,
but had received a verbal message from him
saying that he could not comply with the re-
quest at present. The committee adjourned
until Monday.
The documents sent to the House of
Representatives by the President, at the in
stance of the Potter committee, embrace all
the communications to n from the
Louisiana Commissioners in charge Of the
Department of State. All have been here
tofore published.
The Potter Investigation Committee had
a short session, June IL, and H.. Conquest
Clarke, late Private Secretary to Governor
Kellogg, was cross-examined by Mr.. Nc
Mahon relative to the second set of
Louisiana electoral certificates. Witness
said: The two lists of returns lay on
the table in the Committee room at
New. Orleans, according 10 his present
memory, until he gathered them up for
forwarding to the Secretary of State after
the signatures were complete. The only
parties signing in the presence of witnesses
that he remembers, were Governor Kellogg
and Mr.. Brewster. He thought there were
one or two others who signed in his pres
ence, put could not be positive as to that.
! Did not know where Levissee or Joffrion
were at the time of the signing of the second
set of certificates, and could not say posi-
lively whether or not they signed per-
s~onaily, but was of the opinion that the
| signature appearing on the certificate is that
Jofrion, being familiar with the gentleman's
signature.
@. Wasn't it q well known fact among
the politicians in Louisiana that Judge
Levisee was not in town at the time the
papers in question were signed?
A. 1t was certainly not known to me.
Mr.. Mcmahon questioned the witness as
to who signed the namesaef Jofrion and
Levisee, and witness replied he knew abso.
lutely nothing about il.
The investigation is adjourned until Wed.
nesday, that members of the committee may
be in the House during the closing hours
of the session of Congress.
l. The Potter Committee met on the 21st OF
June, and Captain Thomas A. Jenkins, OF
| New Orleans, was examined. He said that
he was present when Anderson signed and
swore to the protest which he now denies
that subsequently Anderson tried to induce
him to make an affidavit that he (Anderson,
was tight when 1T was signed, and that on
another occasion Anderson tried to have
him state that, while he signed it, he did
not in fact swear to it. These requests
jerks refused. Anderson informed him
that he (Anderson) could make m~oney-by
denying the protest.
One of the most important points in his
testimony was that he was well acquainted
with Weber's handwriting, and after identi
flying several documents and letters as his
he swors that the purported signature OF
Weber to the Weber-Anderson statement
was not genuine.
jerks also swore that he never had any
knowledge of the alleged Sherman letter
and that Anderson's testimony that Weber
had taken it from his pocket when Weber
Anderson, and jerks were together in New
Orleans, and given it to jerks to read, wa
untrue, and that nothing of the kind eve
occurred. jerks also testified as to tn,
general intimidation in East Feliciana, ant
as to Anderson's full knowledge of it.