The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-06-12

he was asked 81 his counsel az to occurences
which took place on the night Of tho so.called |
whisky riots To which the managers object.
ed on the ground Of immateriality. Argument |
ensued, aud council for respondent. made 1 |
motion to Quash the fifth aiticle and spec; fca.
lion their Of the tenth article. embracing |
charges as to the conduct Of Judge Papa Il |
that time, upon the motion the court went into |
secret session, but without reaching cOnclu.
zion adjourned to O'Clock, p. M, Tuesday.
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Il The rKEoADEN'flAL ELECTION.
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1nvestlEat1nx the Election OF 1870 Under
mo Potter neseIutIon... ames =. An.
s Ses ana Seore'Afy sherman ON The
The select committee OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives to Investigate the alleged frauds in
Louisiana and Florida, began their labors on
the 1st inst The committee sat with open
doors. Messrs. Wilson and Shellabarger ap.
The sub-committee to visit Florida was an.
nounced to consist OF Hunter, Springer and
to testify. At the time Of the election he
was supervisor Of the election returns
for the parish Of East Feliciana, Louisiana.
He testified at length in regard to transactions
ties, and in regard to an attempt to get him to
enter protest against the returns by reason
Of intimidation having been used. In re.
ply, to Marshal Pitkin he said intimidation
had been used, but he did not know whether
It had been practiced by Democrats or Re-
publicans, and that consequently he was not
prepared to make protest. He subsequently
entered protest and testified as to various
attempts to have him change and make said
protest stronger. He gave the substance of an
interview between himself and D. A. Weber,
supervisor OF election returns in West Fell
ciana and John Sherman. Mr.. Sherman re-
marked there is crisis in which not only
LOUISIANA 9. put the whole country Is involved
ana 1t IS time when we expect and want
every hcpuDncan ana every true patriot to
stand py u.s.. NOW nope you, gentlemen, are
going to DO that thing" Mr.. Weber replied
than the circumstances Of the case would
warrant and great deal more than safety
would warrant in that if Packard became Gov
erhor there was no possibility OF their getting
anythlng underline United States Government.
n Mr. sherman assured the witness, Mr.. Weber,
Inas ~ uanger !ay III tnat dlrectlon' what the
KepuDilcan party had not been in the habit of
1orgettng men who stood by It in the hour Of
perl c! Mr. sherman, SAID the witness,
- ralsea ms leit mana ana sald," that want
10 say 10 you IS, that II you gentlemen, stand
hrm IN this matter, and let it run as it is you
y. y, nna no cause 10 regret IT, subsequent
~ the Witness wanted Sherman's verbal dec
loranons and assurances in black and
VILE dat ana u, accordmgly ne and Weber Jointly
auuresseu Tue 1ollowlng letter to
de-. MR. SHERMAN:
SIR: we have carefully considered the
arrangements advanced by you in our inter
view. our assurance mat we shall be taken
care Oils scarcely speclnc enough. In case we
pursue the course suggested by you, we
Would oe oohged TO leave the State. Will
you, therefore, STATE IN Wrltlng VINO we shall
look LOOK 10 LOT the tulhllment OF these promises.
Respectfully, E.&
\Slgned.) u. A. WEBER, So ~
JAMES -. ANDERSON.
70 hon: Jno. Sherman. III
!. Mr.. McMahon proposed to put in evidence
q copy OF Sherman,s letter in reply. After
s NJ alecusslon as 10 Wnether the copy OF
~ w. ies.e1 couau De read ana put
~ eyluence, VT; Cutler oHered Inc following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
Hesotved, mat the paper identified by the
puolc unui M; Secretary sherman may be
loItnWltn caiieo ana the paper shown and he
asked II ne ADMITS II to De a copy OF any letter
"r Ill., s9 pv nm; o .:e
ceeding, and invited to appear, did appear in
response 70 sucn lnSltatlon, when the follow
ing LOOK place:
Inc chairman TO Secretary sherman: Jas.
=. anderson, the witness testitying before the
committee this morning stated that he had
'~ 49, AA~~AtAs -. - a. VOOCA a 4ot-
ter purporting to be signed by you. of which
!! now snow you copy. viii You now state
10 the committee whether you ever wrote
sucn !etter!
Mr.. Sherman after an inspection of the pa
per handed him replied: l can only say this.
that believe upon my responsibility and the
oath have taken, never wrote such a letter.
letter. If this letter was written it must have
been, II am not mistaken about dates, on the
day when the returning officers first COM
menced to open the returns. I think 1t was
on the 2oth. At that time knew but little
about the transaction. The papers had not
that letter. aAt;the same time there are things
in this letter that I would have written to
these. or anv other men who were engaged In
the performance of what believed to be their
duty, If had been asked, but do not believe
I wrote that letter.
81 II THE LETTER.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 20, 1876.-Messrs. D. A.
Weber and James E..Anderson: Gentlemen-
Your note Of even date has lust been received
Neither Mr.. Hayes, myself, the pentlemen who
accompany me, or the country at large can
ever forget the obligations nnder which Won