The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-07

Treasury, and Stanley Matthew'S had
prlmaOd him that he should DO pros
vded for II he stood firm In the posi-
ton he had taken, VIZ; perjury,
All Of the correspondence, which
IN quite vOlumin0ua, was brought
out by the committee, including n
letter from Sherman 10 Anderson TO
tho effect that he, Sherman, nor Hayes
would forget the obligations they
were under 10 Anderson. THIS is the
letter Of Sherman regarding which
there has been no much comment A
short time ago Sherman said this lot
ter was n forgery, and at that time
he showed good deal of temper. On
hls examination before the commit
tee the copy was shown him and he
said he might have written such u
letlor under the circumstances, but
that he did not remember such
letter This IL II crushing revelation
OF rascality, and Viewed from this
distance 1t shows Kellogg and others
sitting In New Orleans before the
election, and deliberately planning to
throw out the vote OF this parish for
no other reason than that IL was sure
to be carried by the democrats. In
pursuance OF this conspiracy, they
contrive to get Anderson to leave his
parish In the midst OF registration,
and endeavor TO prevent his return,
even when he av0ws hia readiness To
do 80, and the alleged bullsdozers
guarantee his safety, The election
takes place, and the returns ARE
'ory arded without protest, because, in
the East fellcnna case mt least, which
In the Que under consideration, there
il no cause or preteXt for complaint.
In the face of this fact Anderson la
besoughl by Marshal Pitkin, Hugh j.
Campbell, the author OF the return
ing board law, and Others TO
make n fraudulent protest or
any sort Of protest that may be used
~ an excuse for disfranchising the
parish. He yields 30 far NJ to sign
mild protest In which there are blank
lines, with the und erstnndiDg that he
IL TO fill the blanks at leisure, but soon
discovers that somebody has by for.
gerry saved him the trouble in the in
serton of protest of the most sweep.
ing character. The same kind turn Ia
done for Weber, and these two wor-
thies are about to expose the fraud
when the visiting statesmen appear on
the scene. Sherman irtimates desire
to see them. They meet him at n res
taurant in company with Stoughton,
OF clerical error fame, who discreetly
turns his head the other way. Mr..
Hayes personal representative and
prospective cabinet minister ~ in
formed that the protest is forged and
that they propose to denounce 1t,
whereupon he begs them to stand firm
(th&t IL, to let the forgery go unchal-
lenged), and promises that they will
he upheld by the administration. Not
satisfied with the terms OF this agree
ment they ask for an assurance in
writing and get It, This assurance is
that neither Mr.. Hayes nor the gen,
tlemen representing him ia this i'm.
portant business twill forget the obli-
cations under which you will have
placed u.s." together with n guarantee
that they shall be provided for az soon
after the 4th of March as practicable,
and in such manner as will enable
them to leave Louisiana should they
deem II necessary. The person most
immediately concerned in the truth of
thisstory, which is rich in its details, is
John sherman, II member of the pres.
ent administration. lit Is not true IL
would seem to be an easy matter for
him to disprove it, or failing In that,
he might at least deny it. Called to the
stand at the request of his friends he
does neither the one or the other. AT
first he says 81 believe | never wrote
such letter." again, 81 have no rec.
objection of writing such letter;u
again, "Jit was written 1t must have
been" ON certain day, and again, al
have no recollection" of 1t. Sherman
has never befora shown such faulty
memory; usually he is very emphatic
In denouncing anything that concerns
his fair fame. These revelations are
satisfactory to the people that, what
has been believed from the first is now
and the violent criticisms
made by party organs OF both demo.
'ratic and republican persuasions ON
he aim OF the Potter committee.
'ught to be hushed, for this committee
lss handed down to posterity the fact
hat a whole nation can be stolen.