New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-03

held that day the most ana orderly one
Democrats being secured by legitimate means ana was
owing in great measure 10 the asSus anu an
the present state Government but the Electoral vote OF
HAYES and Wheeler and in order to such vote it
being to throw out the parish OF East Fecans
the parish Republican. have for this reason and no
other consented TO protest against the counting OF no
and request of S. b. Packard candidate on the Repuo
ticket for Governors j. Pitkin United sta a,a
and Charles E. Nash member Of Congress from the Win
| District and others. ~ a. WELL nS,v,sox
This was signed in presence, November IL, 1876
Sworn before me this 18th day Of November 1915 by
the within-mentoned James 4. anderson anu ~ NJ
! Weber JAMES $500 T. AnDhhsoS'
Mr.. Hiscock asked Mr.. Mcmahon whether he expected
| to produce the original letter.
| Mr. Mcmahon said he thought that when the commit
tee sent for another witness that one would haveit
| Mr. Reed-who has the originate
| Mr.. McMahon-we will develop that presently. s
The Witness-I know who has the original MI stan
and presume that he has it, know that he had y SIX
70 Nv r Mr.. McMshon~o~After the execution of this
agreement OH tho 18th OF November. state what TOOK
| SHERMAN BEsoUGHT FOR PROMISE.
| Ave swore to 1t ON Wednesday, and ON Thursday
first learned or it was first intimated that they had
changed my protest. then went 10 Marshal Pitkins
office and announced ii forgery to which did not
propose to submit on Friday =; II Tho Wy ,e,,r
ing Committee were at MIR. Ccekrom's room ana
they 1is tc no aSd Declined to em on
urday d. A. Weber came to me and stated that MT sner
the ST Charles Hotel but failed to him. do not
recollect whether he was out or not Inc next uay s
Hotel again ana going down Cana-st We passed by
Mocans restaurant The upper portion OF fhe door WAS
man now" said. "Don, may AS well seq him here
other pase oo and Su, w sdid 60 IN by ih s
door lest it might excite suspicion n we wehi IN, ~,
the saloon. Mr. Z. A. Burke was sitting at table
talking To gentleman and he called me, ana l went
room when Weber came in by the other door We
walked up to the table where Mr. Sherman was sitting
w wsn M sGne stoneSon. gentleman with remarkable
head Of white hair. That is the only thing 1 remem,
s Ssr a0 %Mr n Sherman believe Mr.. sherman SAID
YES Weber said MY ~, name s rs %sseT, a Inc
Felicana Parishes" Mr. Sherman said. 81 am GLAD
to YOU gentlemen lie leaned over te ,aoe s anu
MT stougnton then turned his back, picked up paper
chair inotoned to Weber and me to down. aud sat
on his lett hand and Mr.. Weber on his right, -
yoSi X.~Mr SHERMAN sand: % wanted to you, gen
tlemen. understood there was some difficulty N
reference 10 your parishes Now. there IS crisis In
which not only Louisiana but the whole country Is in
VOWED and It's time wnen we expect and want every
nope that You geutemcn are going 10 do mat Thing
" Well, Mr. Sherman" said Weber. MI Anderson ana
have already done more than than the 0,
the case would warrant us IN doing, and l
have done great s more h1a e Saey MO" dS
you mean by that" AIR. Weber said, The people
of nv parish are consid, raby worked up, and have
made protest, which perhaps more sweeping than
IL should have been, and 20 PACK VII, Dc nna03o a;
Necessity is III for your going backr Weber said
MY family thereby wife and children are faers
Sherman SAID yon Can provided for elsewhere
" Well, said Weber, Mr. Anderson and myself, on , se
Wa hay
enmity OF Mr.. Packard, Mr.; kellogg and every
Gpscs .%r Of in the the state o. ha
have no possibility of ever getting anyimng
nave no possibility OF getting anything Under the United
States Government" Mr. sherman interrupted ana
Packard as Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
win control the state M nayr a. tas Te1r
patronage. II does follow that Mr. Hayes Will adopt
Th , RepnbcsS party las not been in the habit Of
getting the who stood by II Ia the hour OF peril ana
viii 1S Sr C qPSS them NJ
Sherman The sentiment OF the country may De very
Inn being prosecuted charge OF PERJURY; for they
gng to Sw pS S e arsd a Gn Gne
son, is subject which you and cannot discuss
want 10 say TO you If hs-that IL you gentlemen stand
ii IN in tais matter and let it run along as u Is you viii
ended epd ~ That was on Sunday evening 10th
Mr. springer-wnat was i that you should Jet standi
ter IN reference parishes stand as 1t was then
The Chairman-That means everything as 10 the pro-
the Witness let the protests stand they existed
Mr. Morrison You have mentioned the protest asbeing
forgedi
O. You have stated substantially all that there OF
oTWas ANYBODY within hearing besideslyourselyesi
There nobody within probably ten or nlteen
one that occupied was the one where Mr. Burke sat
nut ha posite
Q.-HOw about St0ughtOn .
he heard the conversation. 1t carried Oh In low
tone He was engaged in reading newspaper.
w ~ s apsl Is s
wrote the next morning after our interview win Mr
Sherman requesting Mr. Weber to come round 10 my
OFT IL the original letter copy of It A-Itis
the or Iginal letter which wrote TO Weber.
The letter read and Is as fouows IN .o.o
Come round to my room this morning. ! am not
sas and pave Says nc p p Keo1s umes we ret
written guarantee that shall be taken care OF am
as Todd viii be out BY that tnewe might see Sherman
again and insist on written guarantee Irny yours
Mr. Weber, in answer to that note, came TO my room
that same morning. We took this letter which had
drawn up the Sunday evening before made some few
alterations it. wrote It and addressed y TO Mr. Sher
man, and Mr. Weber took II round to the 81 Charles
standing that to walt for Weber at the corner Of
Canal and st. Charles:s waited there pr91sa ro
sherman. asked him. " Did you see Sherman - He
said No; sent IL from the Cross Saloon" Weber
brought the answer unopened 1t was signed by John
Sherman. a..
Shenandoah Al do not; have no knowledge OF
where the original Is. .
Q-Look at this paper and see II you recognize It. A.
(examning the paper)-I recognize 1t. -
Q.-What Is IT. Alt Is the copy OF letter which
was sent Mr. Sherman, with slight alteration from
the original THIS copy that gave Mr.. Weber on
the morning when we sent the letter TO Mr.. Sherman
and received the answer.
The following the copy Of tho letter sent by Ander-
son and Weber to Sherman:
NEw-ORLEAHs, Nov. 20, 1870
ayp Wa hava carefully considered the arguments