Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-08
WEBER, ANDERSON AND SHERMAN
ABAD DAY FOR JOHN.
MAJ, o,n TIME IN sHERMAN's OFFICE.
(wasl,inrtOn POSt.)

washington Post.)
Mr.. John Sherman has become oespe-
rate, and like the drowning man so o1teh
suoken of, is clutching at straws. no
caunht at Il straw Saturday, and, instead
of helping him to swim, it added TO 'he
load that is already bearing him do"h'
Since tho day Mr.. Potte' introduced Ills
resolution in .he House. ordering an III
vestiration into the frauds IN Louisiana
and Florida, tho fraudulent Secretary o1
,bc Treasury has rested very uncaslly, II
indeed he has rested at all. HIS hrst
stcu WAS to send out spies to keep the
track of the men who ESd cha'sc
Of the investigation mo'emeh'.
Everv effort was directed at first
| to the defeat of the investigation p'ah'
and if the Committee goes to the bottom,
t. will show John Sherman'S hand To
have been guiding the republican mem
brrs of the t:ouso in their opposition to
thc movement. The passage OF the
| Potter resolution made investigation Il
certninty. and Sherman's $ next move was
to ,ccrtain what evidence there was
,uainst him, with the view, of course,
of .rcttiuy it out of the way. Mr.. Sher-
man stood in dread of that important
functionary named Anderson, who, at
the Presidential election, was supervisor
in East Feliciana parish, Louisiana. The
connection Of Anderson with that elec-
ton, and the part he played in furnish
. ing u pretext to threw out votes, nave
b.rn made public The fact that Mr..
: John sherman wrote q letter to one Web
l Or. Superyisor of West Felicana parish
nrom;s,n. him an ample reward or lull
y nrotectionif he would consent to aid the
!. scheme to carry the State tor Hayes, has
also been published. The two Fe'lclan;
parishes are Immediately opposite eacl
other, OH the Mississippi river, and II
sc,ms that Anderson and Weber were
/ good deal together: too. At any rate
Anderson was, according to Sherman
nromise. to share in the official plunde
that was to follow the Inauguration
IP Hayes. Anderson never got his rcwart
hut he did get the Weber letter, and, Il
# ia claimed, had a Photographic COP
made after which he returned the orig
n,l to Weber's widow, Weber havln
We he.n killed SOON after tho returnll
at board accomplished its rascality. JoE
10 Sherman has always been afraid OF til
ut letter, and, as tho sequel will show,
nS is equally afraid of Anderson. Last sa
ny urdav Anderson arrived in Washingt'
from Philadelphia, where he has resld
ror some time past. He had hardly Ii
: time to get the dust of travel brush
-- from his clothes when one of John Sh
hams tools laid hold of him. Sherm
was evidently on the look out for And
son. for one Of his agents found him
da fore it was generally known that he
ay, in the city. This particular agent OF
fraudulent Secretary is known as NJ
can Marks. and halls from New Orleans.
Major was once "jedge," and orname
{. ell the bench in Louisiana in the pal
. days of carpetbagism. Under the I
d;spensation, there was no demand
z. such legal talent as "Judge" Marks
sessed in Louisiana, and 80 ho brou
sn' himself and his talents to Washing
ond offered them to John Sherman as
EAR the right size to fill q place in the Tr
ury Department.. Marks had known
ona- dersen in Louisiana, and John Sher'
Immediately found better 'ee