The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-19

Messrs. Iotter anu butler uecllElng TO favor
Mr.. Springer's suggestion to change to Deer
Park, Maryland. Prominent gentlemen, iu-
Guiding Garfield, Hale, Foster and some of the
visiting statesmen have been invited by letter
to appear before the committee. 1t seems
probable. owing to the large number of wit
nesses. that the committee will remain in ses-
sion a month at Atlantic City.
The Louisiana Snb- Committee.
NEW ORLEANS, Jnly 1S.-T. M. j. Clarke,
(coiored) formerly recorder of mortgages in
East Feliciana parish, testified that he had
two or three interviws with e. L. Weber re-
Gently. Weber wanted him to recount the tes-
timony given before the House committee.
The testimony then given was true. Weber
offered me $175 and position at $75 per month
if would testify as he wished. Dula also
asked witness to 60 with Weber. My impress
sion is Dula wanted me to make money, and he
said bales OF it had been sent here from New
York. Dula said Weber was was to give him
$500 to testify. Witness had not been in the
parish since 1875 and was afraid to return. A
report had been circulated that he AMI other
prominent Republicans had organized the me-
groes for the purpose OF numbering the whites.
l am certain there never was such an organi-
cation in the parish. The report was started
by the whites. Witness detailed the acts of
violence by the whites, including the murder
of John Gair. He said the colored people
never banded together for an unlawful purpose,
never thought of such thing. Has heard
East Felicana. He refused to give their
names.
Geo. A. Swazey (colored) testified: Resided
formerly in West Feliciana parish; am now
employed in the custom house; had an inter-
view with Weber few days ago and before he
went to Washington; he wanted me to take
back what had testified to before the Senate
committee; refused to do it. Witness refused
to repeat private conversation between him.
self and Weber. He said his testimony before
kba inf
ceived from Others. Witness was afraid to go
back to the parish. The feeling against him
| ia solely on account of politics. Swazey de.
| MED that there had been an organization Of
| negroes for violence against the white s. He
| said the whites started the reports to serve
| their own ends and afford themselves pretext
| for violence.
Milton Jones (colored) member of the legis
| lature from Pointe Coupe parish, testified
Live opposite Bayou saia: In the fall of 1876
came to my. house one hight and said the
''bulldozers" had been after them. Weber
| wanted me to take him to Waterlee to take the
boat for the city. He said hey would not lei
him 60 from Bayou Sara. | took Weber to
| Waterloo that night. Andrew Duncan and
| others from Feleciana took refuge in nv
| house.
e. L. Weber was recalled and produced a
number of letters called for BY Cox. but did
not produce the copies of his Own Letters e
w. -. Cnandler as ne nad PROMISED to do saw
log he had not been able to find thela. The
letters from Anderson and Chandler made in.
! quiry of Weber for information concerning the
Sherman letter. Chandler, under date o.
March 18th, says: MRS. jerks and Anderson
called on me recently and told their stories
Mrs jerks said she had the letter about whic
I wrote safely deposited in New Orleans. Sine
her return to New Orleans she has written mi
aletter. You do not inform me why you thinl
the supposed letter to be genuine nor where yo
think it is. If you get any light on the subject
| Please inform me.