The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-07-18
THE SHERMAN LETTER

Referring to the MacVeagh Commission, the
witness heard last fall the Sherman letter had
been found among D. A. Weber's papers, and that
Mrs jerks had procured possession of il through
her intimacy with the Weber family, Mrs, jerks
had called upon him in New Orleans and spoken
of the Sherman letter, and while explaining the
contents of the document, Mrs, jerks sat on the
sofa and pretended to be reading him the sub
stance of the letter from paper she held IN her
hand, Being very busy, and not caring 10 be
connected with the affair he advised Mrs jerks
to call upon Mr.. Packard, which he believed she
did, but he was unable to relate what hau occur.
red, further than that Packard said that he did
not attach any importance to her conversation,
adding, "if you want to put your neck IN halter
60 ahead and do it, am Governor OF this state;
| control the police and control the Courts. A
word to the wise is sufficient" Never attempted
to induce Anderson to make a fraudulent protest;
do not remember having ConVersed with him Us
to protest after the election Kellogg remarked
that Anderson was not man with whom he
would hold such conversations as he had testified
had occurred between them,
Questioned by Mr. HisCock, witness testified
that in his opinion, the statement Of James e.
Anderson to the effect that he (Andsrson) had
been assaulted, was nothing more nor less than
conspiracy He had requested Anderson to return
to his parish, and had given him money to go
back, but he remained in New Orleans and spent
the money never employed L. B. jerks to watch
him as he had testified Witness pronounced as
entirely imaginative AndeHon's testimony that II
Kellogg did not return Nash for the sixth Con-
gressiOnal district he and Weber would burst the
election, and slated that he never used lhe Ian
guage Anderson attributed to him.
The witness stated that the testimony Of Ed, We
ber with one or two exceptions, in so far as 1t re-
lated to him (Kellogg), was entirely without foun-
| datiOn. He had never been intOTm9d by Weber
and Anderson that the elections in their parishes
were peaceable and they could not make protests
| on that account,
A recess was then taken by the Committee after
which the examination of Senator Kellogg was
resumed and in response to questions by Mr..
Springer, he stated that he wgs acquainted with
all the members of the Returning Board, and had
several conversations with General Anderson
| pending the sittings of the Board, and from him
| obtained general Information in regard to tran
saCtions that occurred in public sessions Of the
| Board.
| Question.-At the time the count was concluded
| did Anderson or any other member of the Board
come to you and state that any other member oi
| the Board was disinclined to sign the report OF
anything to that effect2 AnStUer. No; but Gov,
Wells and Gen. Anderson stated that one of the
| colored members, Mr.. Kenner, was disinClined to
| assume the responsibility that would incur by
| reason Oh LUG OuluLu ne tlOubub WOulu w NlnltSA
upon him If he continued on the Board. think
| that was about the commencement OF the can
vass. Gov. Wells said that Kenner was rather
| timid aud had suffered good deal for his rela'
tions with the Board in 1874 and that he was com
| paratively poor and felt that he did not really
| like to further incur the odium connected with
| his position on the Returning Board.
Q,-Was not proposal made that some money
must be raised for Kenner or another member oi
| the Board A.-No sir.
Q.-Did not Governor Wells say that the Demo.
crats were using large sums Of money, and II
would be necessary for Republicans to do so also
Al think Governor Wells said that Democrats
were making great efforts, and he feared they
| might bring to bear great influence on somt
member of the Board or their clerks or attaches
| which might do damage. he thought the opposi
ton would bring that Influence TO bear, If neces
| sary to accomplish their ends. But he did no
| suggest the raising Of money by the Republican,
for the purpose Of counteraCtlng that influence
and no such measures were taken, to my knoWl
edge
THAT S2OOOO
| Odd you not borrow about 10000 aft thu
election from the Union National Bank of ChiCa
| GOT Al did.
Q-Who were the sureties with you on tina
loan? A-JOhn B. Lyon, of Chicago, a commits
sion merchant an old friend of mine, endorsed
the note, and had some a. sistance from my
| friend Mr. G, B. Farwell, formerly member o
Congress, and believe a Director in the bank
| though he was not an endOrser of the note Thi
was in August or September, 1877. That pape
has since been taken up
O,-For what purpose did you make that loan
Alt had nothing at all to do with the election.
loaned portion, about $4,000 or sl50OO of thl
money l. obtained to my brother-in.law, g. W
Wells and used portion to pay OFF debts that
| pNynd IN Chipap0 and New Orleans,
The witness was questioned at length by MI
Springer in regard to the disposition Of the none!
thus obtained, and reiterated his statement tina
none of il was used in connection with the eleC
tion or with the count made by the Returning
Board, but 1t was purely business transaction.
The witness was.also questioned by Mr.. Spring
er as to the conversation held by him (witness
with Senator Spencer at Chicago in regard to thi
$4,000 loan and denied that he ever said or init
mated to spencer that the money was to be useC
for The purpose of paying one OF the members
the Returning Board for political services render
ed.
Odd you ever say anything to Spencer abou
5000 having been paid to any member OF the Re
turning Board previous to the final signing Of tht
report of the Board A.-No, sir; If Senate
Spencer has stated anything Of the kind he ha
certainly inexperienced what / said. To pu
II in as emphatic and respectful language as cal
| use, IL is certainty uOI OOAAoVI
o.-Mr VIM. Simpson has testified before tn
subcommittee In New Orleans that he was in
formed by gentleman who was present at th
time in Gov. Kelloggs Office, that one Of The mem
bers of the Returning Board declined TO sign thu
report until he was paid 5000. What do yol
know about it2 Al know nothing about
whatever, except know there is such man Al
simpson, and he has been turned out of the Gus
tom House and Is probably sOreheaded, and hs
been specuiating good deal. have no knowl
edge OF any such thing ever taking place.
Q.-Do you know that certain assurances wert
made members of theBOard2 Aim not prepared
To say thatt there was not some conversation which
might have led members of the Returning BoarC
to think they would be protected.
Q.-Please give us the best information yoI
have as to what the Returning Board did expec
for their services? Al believe thatthe Return
ing Board and its officers generally felt that
Haves became President there would be Repub
liCan State administration and in that event the.
would not be subject to the odium or ostraCisn
which they knew was unavoidable II the Stat
fell into the hands of the Opposition.
Q.-Do you mean that they expected to be pro
vided for in the way of Officer A.-No, sir
think the only thing they expected was, as hav
stated, that the State Government would be II
harmony with the General Government, and tina
they would not incur in that event any Demo
cratic hostility.
Q-Didn't they have assurances that either tn
State or the United States would reward them b.
public offices? Al do not think they had eX
cept as they might nfer that they would Ieceiy
that degree of encouragement from the Nations
Government that is usually conceded to men
that class
The witness was questioned at length by th
] Chairman in regard TO sending the electoral II