The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-18
The Louisiana subcommittee.

Additional evidence taken by the Sub
Committee up to the 18th, is as follows: Il.
T. Hobbs testified that one Wilder told him
that he (Wilder) accompanied Anderson to
Notary Seymour's Office when the Anderson
Weber agreement was sworn to by Anderson
Weber was not present. I. Kelly, Su-
pervisor of Registration in Richland Parish,
testified that he delivered the returns OF the
parish unaccompanied by any protest, but, at
the solicitation of Kellogg and others, finally
was induced to make protest; did not make
oath to the affidavit published in Sherman's
report. purporting to be sworn TO by him.
..-... Hiram Smedley testified: Being shown
by Mr.. Cox the Anderson Weber agreement,
he said, al saw the name of ID. A. Weber
signed to that paper by j. W. Jones, Notary
Public, in the back room of my coffee house
on Exchange Alley. Jones spent most OF his
time about my place" .E. L. Weber was
examined by Mr.. Cox a to his testimony,
given in jackson, Miss, in 1876, before the
IBoatwell Committee. Mr.. Cox read
from the report of that committee the
questions propounded and answers
given by Weber at that time, asking the wit
ness whether they were severally true or
false. The witness said the statements then
made were not wilfully false, but from hear
say and imagination; his intention was to tell
the truth; thinks in most cases he told the
committee the truth as understood by hlm,at
the time, but he knows now that those state
ments werefalse. Was never warmed away
from the parish; had no information that
would justify him in making such statement.
In answer to a question of Mr.. Cox as to the
Sherman letter. the witness said he found 1t in
a box sent from his brothers, at Bayou Sara,
to his father in laws warehouse, in Donald
sonville; found the letter after Mrs. Jenks's
visit; showed il to no one; tore lt up az once,
because it exposed his brothers wrong do-
ing his brother&told him there were no
grounds for protesting the parish.
Z. l.. Weber was farther examined on the
18th. Cross-examined by Mr.. Cox in relation
to his connection with the Legislature and
his absence from the Packard Senate for ten
days, the witness stated his object was to
elect Pinchback United States Senator;
Pinchback paid the witness 81 900 for ex-
penses. The witness then explained his re-
turn later to the Packard Senate, and sub
mitted a portion of $1,000 of warrants on
the State Treasury received from Twitchell
as security of good faith to carry out the
scheme of passing the Appropriation bill of
100000 out of which Insane Asylum claims
for $4,000 held by the witness were TO be paid.
The witness failing to get his claims cashed,
retained collaterals without
being able to give any very good reason
why he should retain them The witness
said 49, Senators were interested in the
$500 900 scheme, and Packard promised
the bill, when passed, should become
4 law. The witness stated that he was a
of an association in the Senate in
1875 6, which included Gov. Antoine, L. c.
Anderson, Twitchell, Burch- and Others, for
purposes. There were IS of them. !
They received SO, GOO for passing the Levee
bill Each member of the association re-
ceived s., 600 of the money. Twitchell was
President and I. c. Anderson Treasurer of
The association.