The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-05
PROBING THE FRAUD.
xorRsON BEFORE THE POTTER
COMMITTEE.
u,,uess closely Cross ENRmIm, Il
IN Impeach His Tesiim0"S-
Rut He Passes safely
Through the ordeal.

N Is
80, into the alleged frauds in Louisiana
..5 Florida st the last Presidential
LECTION was resumed to-day.
Chairman Potter read cOmmunics-
40, from the Secretary o St'te in re-
,,v,o the request of the committe, to the
's,c, that the original returns from
r,,ri5s and louisiana we're not in his
i,os-,ment and be wss unsble to for
u.rs them to the committee.
lanes Anderson was recalled and said
,ssttbere were numerous corrections he
.ssi-ed to make in his testimony OF Satur-
~ These were made, but were
-';rn5rtsnt. and his crOss-examluation
~. begun by Representative Reed IN
..fs-erce TO the agreement signed by
X..b sad witness (Anderson) to sup
=. al, evidence OF fraud In East Fe-
l.i.ns Parish. together with the state
mani made by witness Saturday that
,Isrs WAS no evidence Of fraud IN his pos
.ss.ion st the time be signed the agree
meHL - -.,
.Ia-s,reement there was no positive evil
4,rcs in NV possession affecting the local
sfurs of my PARISH. Atthe same time l
new It was the intention TO throw the
rsrsh out on a forged protest.
Al this point considerable time was oc
,rn,s5 by the Committee, discussing the
crs-.c,er Of the questions proper To be
NJ, TO the witness concerning certain
Lsr,s OF the testimony given by him be-
io-e the louisiana Investigating Com
r,i,tee At New ORLEANS. A protest con-
t,irei IN the Sherman report, which the
y-itrsss Saturday referred 10 st Wash
jrg,on. hSviug been filed and altered, was
then glveu 10 Anderson, that he might
r,.-g the alterations after which the cross
s,,mi1s.lon proceeded. The witness in
q,n-.s answered and acknowledged
,1s, he had Intentionally and under
o.-7 rls,sd the Senate Investigating
C,Tm.t.ae while 1T New Orleans, for
the rll pose Cf carrying out the bargain
be aad entered INTO with the RePub-
i-s1..
Recess.
After recess the croSs-aXsmlnstion OF
Anderson was commenced by Mr. Reed,
rr. .t ,F, members. 1t was largely de-
.r..s tp an cudcavOr TO convict the Wit
LES, of discrepancies between his tesJ-
rJay OF Saturday and statements here
,5.ars made by him before the Senate
Investigating committee that visited
Louisiana last year. The bulk OF the
testimony was ss 10 the minor details
which would not be OF any general In
,e-sst to the public The contracts be
tween Anderson and Nash and between
Anderson snd Weber were used for the
0lrp7se Of showing the contradictions and
3,,r-pDsrcies and the disregard OF
considerations on the part OF the wit.
moss. For instance, he mad stated Sstur-
t,y il relstion 10 the Nash contract tnat
8. the time Of its date he had no evil
sa.ca of fraud in his possession and had
Nh. pretended that he had, yet the con-
.-,a. rrcites thst he IL to suppress the
EVIDENCE showing that East FelicIans hHd
been fairly carried by the Democratic
r,r,v. the consideration for such sup.
n-a,,rDr teiay that Nash WAS 10 secure
,-a ra.Itirn o. uavs. officer tor him. lie
w,s pressed on this point as to whether
The statement on Saturday that he had
rgs..a evidence, WIS correct or not, aud
he s,.pr.rt il was, except that he had
The Sherman letter in lis pocke. At the
tine. !. .ta, could be construed INTO
such evidence. and also except that ne
had ,row.sdga that the vote OF the State
w,st1 be- thrown "a, on a forged pro-
.... He admitted that he did not eX-
PaG D 1t . :. sItiou as naval o1hcer'
lie was lu"D asked:
g-Tleu inst agreement does not eG-
7-.,, the truth? A.-No; not III that
sense.
Q-Yu1 simply took this paper like
9.ts o. immoral promIssory.rote. A
Ias. is about the construction when
l.r. man might put upon 1t.
Q-I.g were not very particular
s'5a. stating the facts exactly In 1t.
Wa. yuu wanted was TO get the thing
in slc0 shape tha. II would hurt Na-h II
laatno. carry it out. A.-Ihat wss 1t
eIsc..y.
Q-Is that sort of transaction one
which YOU frequently enter into. A
n, never entered into anything "t the
And before until / was brought IN con-
&C.. with the Republican Cti.rals IN Lou
a.sla.
Q-I. Is 3 common sort Of document
). Louisiana? A--Yes, It Is common
'-.-- 8. .uIisisca.
Q-~.mo.rirg like this: 1 hereby
confess ,as. stole one huudred dollars,
s-1m consideration OF that l will give
John Smith sn office. And you both
5..l !. ald that binds you. Is that the
s-. @. ayreement You are in the hsbjt OF
nsa.ng? A-No; an no. aware OF It's
.sO1s usbI,.
g-Iol do not know how many more
Of these little promissory notes are outI
A-I-a. 3, the only one.
4-Go. tried 1t On cOlored man trstI
A-Yg..
g-Tl.s little arrangement which YOU
1'erei into, was that = sort OF Droml-
sgE'u.t Al do not K ow that we
s'm-at anything to anybody.
z -I-., arrangement with NssA WAS,
'.. .sy ,o that Nash would 10. throw
!.- oTar2 A-EXactly.
..4-Iou got q thing that would blacken
LID # lie drd2 A-Yes
Q-And as for yourself blsckening
you'd improve you, would III Al
Go 10. know whether il would or not.
Af Reed think 1t would.
Ile cross examination was then direC-
.s1 10 the object OF showing contra
S-,."oa between the statement in the
weber contract, that the parish had been
-'''el by the Democrats by legitimate
ec'7al', and the statement made In
S''-'lsy testimony that there had
zen some intimidation in the parish.
" long time was consumed in this
ranch, the wltuess having repeated
vas! be said on Saturday, that in the
protest the words "RepuhIicsn and
sIog'a,' did not occur, and was asked
H1s.ler ne had omitted them purposely.
- sad b" had, and that he Tad done
ID 'he Weber contract, with the OBJ
~. on Dis and Weber's part OF protect
.sg lEr~r-af,.o-