Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-12

Orleans to get him out of East Feliciana
parish was untrue; also AnderSonS belief
that the republicans had assaulted him TO
dllEe HIM out OF the parish, was not We'll
founded he denied that he had ever had any
conversation with Anderson with reference
70, raiiying the col0red men in East
feilciana and voting them at one or two
polls, then 10 protest and throw out the parish
gave Anderson the money 10 go back 10 East
Feiiciana, so anxious was that he should 90
back; never made any threats to him: never
asked Anderson to make a fraudulent pro-
test, nor did know he did make fraudulent
protest: witness denied that there was any
premeditated agreement among the repubi'-
cans to manipulate the vote of the state: VII
ness denied that the republicans did not make
a canvass in the Feiciana parishes because
they intended to throw them out any way:
teleerams were read sent by E L. Weber ia
wtreSS &C mplaining of intimidat on in Wes.
Fehciana; and one setting forth that an at
tempt had been made to assassinate him tE.
Q Do You believe Packards government
could have been maintained without its being
mary S wod have been Ss se tn
tain l.? A. No, sir, l do nor.
Witness said that neither Weber nor Ander-
son represented % to him that the election was
peaceable in their parishes. and that they
could not conscientiously protest; the con
trary was the case.
Witness denied that he ever dictated or
wrote a letter or syllable OF any protest filed
with the returning board, except one he made
his own; he denied that he ever advised or
urged a supervisor named Kelly to make
protest, but did tell him that it was matter
left.WhOiiy 10 his responsibility.
Witness believed that the democrats, pre-
ViouS to the election in Louisiana, had pre-
lOrltleS by violence and terrorism. The par
isles to be buldOZed We're East and West
Felici&na, Washita, MoorehOUse and East
Baton Rouge. In these parishes before the
election there We're repeated acts of violence
shown towards republican leaders and repub-
lican organizations.
At 2:l5 O'Clock the committee took a recess
for half hour.
Chairman Potter to Secretary Shcr.
Chairman Potter, under date July 10, replies
to Secretary Sherman'S letter of the o.h, in the
course Of which Mr.. Potter says;
"As the testimony OF intimidation in the
parishes OF East and West Feliciana proposed,
III neither of those parishes did the election
officers make anv protests with the returns,
and, as received Dy The returning board, the
returns Of the election of 1876 in those par
ishe5 stood absolutely without objection. AT
West Feliciana, undertook TO furnish pro
tests upon which the returning board might
reject the vote of those parishes II is
claimed that they did this without cause
political promises, and it is in evidence
that they have themselves confessed this
1t is also claimed that the fact that there was
not a republican vote cast in certain sections
which mad Heretofore been largely repub-
lican. was the result of a conspiracy to with
hold the republican vote there in order to af-
ford preteuce for claiming that result as 0e-
caSiOned by intimidation, and thereby furnish
ground for rejecting those parishes The
committee have not considered that the ev-
dence you proposed land which has been
taken by former committees) OF certain al
legged murders, vhippingS and raidingS not
known to Weber nor Anderson nor connected
with the alleged conspiracy, and upon which
neither they nor the parties engaged in the
conspiracy acted, could have bearing upon
those questions, nor upon the action OF the re-
turning board en- their protests, and they
Where, in the course Of the examination, the
witnesses, 7. A. jerks, Pitkin and Weber,
have referred TO intimidation, in those par
iShes, 1t has been incidentally, OF as bearing
upon the conspiracy. Should it later appear
that the specific acts to which you refer have
any bearing upon this conspiracy or upon the
good faith OF Weber or Anderson, of the re-
turning board, in respect Of their protests, the
committee will then consider the practicable
ity Of taking the testimony and that in con-
radlctlon OF 1t, or OF permitting you TO use
instead the reports of such testimony taken
before former committees"
The Investigation at New Orleans.
Before the Potter subcommittee yesterday
in New Orleans, Hiram Smedley testified that
he saw the name of ID. A Weber signed to the
AndersOnsWeber agreement by G. w. Jones,
notary PUBLIC, in the back room of witness
coffee house. Jones spent most of his time
about the coffee house, and had the reputation
of signing other peoples names and fixing up
crooked papers. To the best of witness
knowledge and belief Dix and Wilder in Ger
tifying that Weber's name was signed to the
paper at the date given they certified to a
1alsehood. Witness also told Seymour few
days ago that he (Seymour) knew his certif-
cate was untrue.
WEBER IN TIGHT PLACE.
+. l.. Weber was examined at length by Mr.
Cox. He admitted he had been indicted, for
feited his bond, and afterward at the Sugges.
tlon OF a district attorney. made false atfiday-
1t in order to have the bond restored. Weber
was on the stand three hours under Mr.. COX's
crUSS-eNaminatiOn. He several times became
very much excited and accused Mr.. Cox of
broWbeating him, and appealed to the commit
tee for protection.
THE CABINET MEETING TO-DAY.-Secreta
rieS Thompson, McCrary, Evarts and Sher-
man, were absent from the Cabinet meeting
to-day. Assistant Secretaries HaWleY and