Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-20
THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION
Proceedings OF the Potter ComI,iittee.

| Proceedings OF the Potter mffiittee.
Secretary sherman, on the 9th, addressed
another letter to Chairman Potter in refer
ence to his (sherman's) offer to furnish evil
| dence as to intimidation, etc, in East Felci-
| ana, and in reply to the letter of Mr.. Potter;
heretofore published, pnnrunbing the deter
mination of the Cofnihittee not to go over the
ground travefsed by former Congressional
| ebmfnittees. Mr. Sherman cites the fact that
| the Potter Committee have already admitted
| evidence tending to disprove that fraud and
| violence existed in the parish, and complains
that he is denied the privilege of introducing
| evidence in rebuttal. He also states that he
| is now prepared, ut the convenience of the
Committee, to submit testimony to repel the
charges made against him pstsonnlly, and
OF Witnesses whom he asks to be subptenaed.
Ex-Gov. Kellogg, Of Louisiana, was ex-
amined before the Potter Coyrithittee on the
llth. In answer TO inquiries propounded by
Gen. Butler. he expressed his opinion that
gether with a majority of Republican mem
bers in both houses of the Legislature. On
majority, but the Returning Board threw out
enough parishes, on account of alleged in
limitation, TO change the result In, favor Of
the Republicans. Gen. Butler produced ta-
bles complied from Returning board figures.
which showed that, after the Board had
thrown out sufficient Democratic parishes to
elect the General Assembly, it was found
there were still two Hayes Electors defettted,
whereupon the Returning Board threw
out parishes and pfecints until they had
succeeded in securing q majority of Hayes
Electors. Witness stated, assuming the fig
ures to be correct, the finding of the Return
ing Board left the General Assembly Republi
can in both branches, and still lett two
Hayes Electors in the minority, while Pack
ards majority for Governor was i0l. Gen.
Butler questioned witness regarding the APP
pointment by President Hayes of King as
Collector, and asked him If he did not think
the Presidents motive in doing was to
break up the quorum of the Supreme Court,
of which King was member, i'm order that
Packard could not carry his case before it.
Witness admitted fla pfaCf Of Kings a
pointment, but was unable to determine by
what motive the President was actuated.
The examination of ex-Gov. Kellogg was
further continued on the 18th. He consid-
cred Packard elected fairly as the Hayes
Electors, so far as Louisiana was concerned.
Gen. Grant had telegraphed the witness n
day or two before he went out OF office, stat
ing that he had hesitated recognising Gov.
Packard in consequence of there having
been commission appointed to investigate
the result OF the Louisiana election trefer-
ness heard last fall that the Sher-
man letter had been found among
weber's papers, and that Mrs jerks had pro-
with the Weber family. Mrs. jerks had call
ed on him in New Orleans and spoken of the
t sherman IA ,s Letter; While @ explaining the co CON
sofa and pretended to be reading him the
substance of the better from a paper she held
caring to be connected with the affair, he
advised Mrs. jerks to call upon MIR. Pack
WHICH ne DelleNtu Snc uluS Dut ne WIS
unable to relate what occurred further than
that Packard had said he did not attach
any Importance to her conversation. The
witness, being Questioned by Mr.: Hiscock,
stated that the testimony OF Ell. Weber,with
one or two exceptions, in so far as IL relates
to him (kellogg), was entirely without foun-
dation. He had never been informed by
Weber and Anderson that the elections i'm
their parishes were peaceable, and that they
% Two letters from from b. 4. Weber ''e to Gov. SS Kei
logg were introduced, in which the writer
says that the. colored voters I'm the country
are prevented by piekets from reaching town,
and that an attempt has been made to assas
sinate him tWeber). a. Do you know of any
case where there was a false, forged or unfair
protest, or any other unfair election paper
that was used before the Returning Board of
lsI6p A. 1 do not. Q. Is there any lette
canvass or action of the Returning Board
that you do not wish made publicr A. No,
sir: on the contrary, II any one has any let.
ters written by me bearing on the election, /
hope they will not delay in publishing the
same The soonerthe better.
The examination of ex-G Gov. Kellogg was
further continued on the 18th. He had no
knowledge of intimidation in the Feliciana
various sources; Mrs. jerks did not visit
Washington I'm his behalf, and he had no cor
respondence either with MIR. or Mrs jerks
interviews with Mrs. jerks during
the progress of the Electoral count.
Witness, in response to questions, stated nu-
merous instances in which Republican OFF,
GERS were driven out of their parishes by
Democrats previous to the election of 1876,
and said he would furnish the committee
list of names of persons killed, hanged and
whipped for political reasons, IL they so
desired. He refused to reply to the ques-
ton, whether or not, as Governor, he had
any knowledge that no protests had been
made from East or West Feliciana, other
than to say that the records would show.
Gen. Butler asked witness If it was a fact
that ali the members of the visiting Commits
sion, with one exception, all the members
of the Returning Board, all the Supervisors
(except Weber, who was killed), and Mr.. and
Mrs. jerks had been rewarded with Federal
offices for their part in the election or other
causes. Witness replied that, with the ex-
ception of james e Anderson, he believed
ali the parties designated had been appoint
ed to office; that ne believed them to be com.
petent persons and good Republicans, and
there were still others who ought to be ap
pointed......TheC Committee adjourned un-
I'll the Esd of July, to meet at Atlantic City,
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