The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-13

savers in Assay Offices Assistant Trcasurcrs
of the United States to receive gold coin and
bullion of deposit for the purposes provided
by Section 254 of the Revised Statutes, was
passed 10 the Senate. as was also the House
joint resolution providing for the issue OF arms
to tho Territories. The bill establishing post
routes was considered, aud an amendment Ia
tie vOte-29 to -. Bills were introduced
in the HOuse-to restrain the Secretary of the
Treasury from paying outstanding SO bonds,
except In legaltender Treasury-nOtes; author
ixinE the issue of $4,000 yOOO United States
notes, to be known as "NatiOnal money!"
THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.
SATURDAY, June 1.-The Select Com.
mittcc of the National House Of Representa-.
tives ON the alleged frauds in Florida and
Louisiana in the last Presidential election, be-
gan its examination of witnesses to-day. There
was large attendance Of newspaper men and
others. Messrs. Wilson and Shellabarger were
present as counsel for Sec'y Sherman. The
Sub Committee to visit Florida was announced
as to consist of Messrs. Eunton, Springer and
HiscOck.
The first witness examined was James f..
Anderson. He stated that previous to the
last Presidential election he was clerk in the
Custom-Housc; at the time of the election he
was Supervisor Of Registration for East Fell
ciana, La, and In that capacity made up his
statement and sent It with the returns OF the
Commissioners Of Election by mail from Baton
Rouge to the Secretary of State at New Or
leans; all the forms Of law were fully COM
piled on election day in that parish
in subsequent interview, in New Or.
gentleman, in answer to question as to why
no protest had accompanied the returns, that
the circumstances did not warrant It, and
that there was no ground ON which t.
make protest.; that he did moi
know whether what intimidation had OK.
by Republicans; Pitkin stated to witness that
a crisis existed, and it looked as il the Pres
idency would hinge on Louisiana, and he
wished witness, II he could conscicntiOusly do
80, would make protest against his parish
witness made statement of what occurred
and it was submitted to Judge Hugh j. Camp
bell, who said it did not amount to anything
I'm law, and asked witness to make another; q
paper was then drawn up and submitted t.
witness, which he refused to sign, much
less to swear to, and another protest
was drawn up, partly in blank, which witness
signed but did not swear to; one Of the blanks
was in reference to the number of votes that
had been inttmidatei in the parish; the last
paragraph in the paper was that witness did
not make the protest at the time for fear Ui
his life, which witness stated was the case, fOl
If the people Of East Fcliciana had thought
he was going to cheat them out of the fruits
of their hartl-earned victory, they would have
swung him higher than Hannah: witness then
went ON to state that Gov. Kellogg had
expressed y desire that he (witness) should
return to East Fcliciana; that dele
cation of Democrats had said they were salts
fled with his manner Of conducting the regis
tration. Gov. Kellogg asked witness, in the
presence Of Democratic delegation If he
would go back, and when he heard the Re
publicans had circulated the report that he
was afraid to go back because Of cOwartlicc
he (witncss) told Kellogg he would return
willing to go back they cOnspircd to pre-
vent his doing SO; and witness was told
that the expressed desire of Gov. Kellogg
to have him return to East Fcliciana this was
before the electiOn) was assumed, as they (tht
Republican managers) did not intend he
election in that parish, and throw the onus on
witness, on the ground that he had refused to
return and thus they would not get the vote
of the parish; witness then detailed the
manner of his return to the parish t.
hold the election, and the trouble he
ed to kill him; subsequent to the signing OF
the blank protest, on the 10th Of November
DonA. Weber, Supervisor of West Felicians
Parish, came to witness and said he lad un
derstoOd that he (witness) had made sweep
ing protest alleging intimidation, etc., in the
Parish of East Feliciana;. witness said
down to Marshal Pitkin's office and
asked to see the protest, but Pitkin said II
was in other hands and he could not get it
witness said to Pitkin that if they were going
to throw out that parish on q forged protest
nc (wftncssl did not propose to stand it; wit
ness made this statement to Mr. Pitkin in the
presence of half dozen persons; wit
ness then gave I'm detail an account of his and
Weber's alleged interviews with Mr.. Sherman
in which the latter assured them they should
be well provided for at the hands OF the Fed
eral Government for the parts they had taken
to secure MIR. Hayes the Electoral vote of the
State Of Louisiana, by consenting to false allie
cations Of intimidatiOns, ETC., in the two Par
ishcs of East and West Fcliciana; some letters
in connection with the matter were also
offered in evidence, the reading oil
one OF which, purporting to be copy of .
Messrs. Weber and Anderson, was objected
to until Mr.. Sherman could be notified and
appear to deny or acknowledge its authcn.
ITCHY; Mr.. Sherman came before the commit
tee and sworc he did not believe he ever wrote
the letter, but there were things in the let
ter that he, would have written to these
gagged in the performance Of what
he believed to he their duty; objection
was made and Overruled to the letter being
put in evidence; the purpOrt of the letter was
that Messrs. Weber and Anderson would be
provided for, the writer s. assuming the respOn.
siblity for promises made. and will guarantee
that you will be provided for after the 4th of
March as may be practicable and in such man
ner rs will cndble you to leave Louisiana,
should you deem it necessary" a copy of the
statement subsequently drawn up and
sworn TO by Weber and Anderson, under date
of Nov. IA, 1876, in which they disclaim the
truth of the protests made in the cases of the
parishes they represented, and state that the
elections there were orderly and fair, and that
the gains made by the Democrats were legiti.
mate, was produced and sworn to by Mr.. An
dcrson as being . true copy of the original
Among the correspondence submitted to the
committee were several letters from Mr.. An.
cure official patronage for Mr.. Anderson
sixth Louisiana District nlc,ioinr thcmsc,v v
to suppress the evidence showing that the
Democrats had fairly carried the Parish Of
d 5ass GnG anu ,S when agreement II
Their staten that Nash Member Of s'"nores,
from the sixth District, had told him
that the Returning Board we're going to throw