Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-11
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Investigating the Election of 1875
Under the Potter Res e u.
Anderson and Secretary sherman ON
tho stand. =, - Il ; ~ HsrG - y 1:
TUESDAY, July 2.-Thomas G. Anderson
recalled. A long examination Of witnesses
regarding the operations OF the returning
board elected nothing new. Witness had
heard that Daneil Weber was killed because
he signed the protest Never heard he was
killed as Judge Campbell testified because be
was supposed to have had the Sherman letter
on his person: Thomas jerks denied ,tilat
sons hand writing similar to the one sub
mitted before the Louisiana snb-comnittee
yesterday. James E. Anderson testified that
jerks dictated the affidavit and Anderson
copied it and then went to- notary seymour's
office and jerks swore to it. HE object in
securing jerks position. Anderson was to
show the affidavit to Matthews. Emile Weber
testified that his brother Daniel and James
E. Anderson said the two Parishes had gone
fairly Democratic. A great influence had
been brought to bear on, his brother to get
him to sign the protest John Sherman was
spokesman for the visiting statesmen, and
witness knew that Sherman had given his
brother assurances. Sherman assured wit
ness his brother would be cared for. His
brother showed hiA( Sherman's) letter and said
he had received it direct from Sherman Wit
ness was familiar with Sherman's hand writ
ing, and was satisfied the letter was written
by Sherman, Great search was made fer the
letter, and late in the summer witness found
and destroyed it. Mrs. jerks had betn in no
way connected with the authorship of the
Sherman letter. The witness was shown q
long letter he had written in March, 1877. He
requested committee not to have it read But
it was read Witness denied the truth of
statements in the letter. He had written it
uNHor mic n formation Ho o+oI %o
long cross examination, and before conclud-
ing. committee adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, July 3.--Emile L. Weber
testified before the Potter committee that in
conversation with Senator Sherman. witness
was assured that if his brother should stand
by the President he would be protected Two
or three days after his brother showed him
the Sherman letter, and told him Sherman
gave it to him. Witness had the Sherman let
ter IN his hand. 1t was written on double
sheet note paper. Witness said it was arrang-
ed before election by Kellogg, Thomas c. An
dersOn and Packard to secure affidavits of in
timidation in the parishes of East and West
Feliciana tor the purpose Of throwing ont
those parishes. Witness testified farther as
its destruction; about the action of Mrs.
jerks, Mrs Dan Weber and her brother;
about Eliza Pinkston, snd other matters, aver
ring that Ms. jerks had told Mrs. Weber the
Sherman letter was worth a thousand dollars,
and said she would pay her good price for
it. Mrs. jerks did not intimate to Mrs Web
er that she had any thing to do with the au-
thorship ofthe letter, but always spoke of it
as letter written by John Sherman, assur-
ing Weber and Anderson positions in the ad-
ministration. Witness produced letters from
several parties, and his further examination
was postponed, and he was ordered to appear
before the subcommittee at New Orleans
The committee adjourned to July 10th.
MONDAY, July s.-The Potter sub-com-
mittee had a session at New Orleans. Mon
day July 8 tn, and witnesses were examined.
But nothing OF Importance was elected, ex-
cepting, to bring lin holder relief the
croQkedness of Louisiana political action. 1t
was shown that in 1872 indictments had been
found against Thomas FL. Jelksfor embezzle-
ment, and had been nollied and the records
do not show that any warrant had been issued
Tor jerks, and he may not have known of the
Indictment. No evidence of an indie tment
againstsT B. jerks was found