The New York herald., 1878-08-16
A Free and Fluent Witness on the
Louisiana Oonspirators
KELLOGG'S AMBITION.
What Southern Republicans Thought Of
the Visiting Statesmen.
ANDERsoN's LITTLE GAME.
Some Rascalities Of Carpet-Dag Rule
yrgvea Graphically Described. siI

yfsvea Graphically Described. siil
The Potter Committee resumed It's sittpgs yosl erday
morning at eleven O'Clock. ample, airy room fac.
Ing down Broadway, on the fourth door OF the Post
Once building The attendance was large, ana In.
ciudst Justus Schwab. the distinguished Communist,
who came TO feast his eyes on tho future standard
bearer Of the masses, General b. +. Butler john E.
Laee, editorial help the New Orleans Times, re-
stunned his testimony, when in the Same free and
discursvs fashion on the day previous. He seemed
ent,sely pleased with himself, ana 1t allowed though
he really was accorded very wide latitude, would
havo Told, in his seli-compiacent manner, all that
happened 10 him since he left or teeth
Ing He said no sprood TO declare
tina. he held. no converse with the
visiting statesmen. In reply 10 Chairman Potter he
said Anderson bOasted OF keeping the negroes away
from tho polls IN East Fsliciana; he gave nobody
etse any credit t there fair election the
publlcAns would have bscn beaten; Governor KsL
logg used TO ask him, when no to soc ham, What
docs this man or that man sayP no. had q habit Of
wncedlng and cojoling witness and getting things out
ofhim before he had seriously Thought OF
he knew he got out OF him what Anderson said, and
wanted him to stlfon Anderson up, which ne agreed
10 do, and got HIM TO sign lis protest the parish
L. Weber, Of wcst Felciana da not aAk him to mako
Aprotcss about the election, but he ater~ard made It,
SUSPICIOUS wRBxR Il ni3l
The Chairman-Mhat wore your relations with
WebcrY A While was friendly still was suspi-
eous OF Weber; when Anderson came to me at the
time Of this protest business and told all they
were going to do to burst up inc republican party
told him to watch Weber, because thought he
would sell him out; alter thia business took place
something occurred that mado me think that Weber
was acting In good faith.
@ How did Weber ieel toward Kelloggp A. Weber
did not like either Packard Keoge utter this oc-
curronce met Weber In the ST. Charles Hotel; he in.
vited me 10 take drink, and wanted to tell him
whether Anderson did not do u wrong aud foolish
thing IN signing these protests but there worc
some democrats In the State dctested so cordially
that he was just as glad mono OF them were let In
Herses, democrat, was standing in tho barroom at
the tne and he pointed to him, saying, .srhero Is
Quo OF these democrats hate and he wanted wit
ness to back him up aud he would have row with
him witness went on 10 say that no avoided all con-
tact Win ebor as hc drsaded getting into some co
iison on his account that might cost him liie
Did you understand that Weber and Ander son
that; Anderson said that Wobsr ana himssit bad
bound themselves together by oatn not to 20
he need not be sorry about signing tho protest as he
was bound TO get some big fat Office tor doing SO; AT
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looked upon the politicians Of both sides big
aud thought Anderson and Weber wore only irving
30 mako the best bargain thoy could.
DExP DESIGNS LEErE.
Witness rclated how he kept In with Anderson In
order 70 got hold, possible, visiting states
men he knew tnat Anderson, II hS had nerve enough
could have demaadcd anything for his services and
hc "stuned" Anderson with the notion thst no man
IN America had such y GLORIOUS opportunitJ: tho
anxiety 10 get protest from Anderson was 10 fore.
stu any action on the part OF the loo
toward buying ui, Anderson; when the Manufacture
OQ9 wa ntedn I'm
witness, 10 30 into the work Of maKng up afhdavits
but he scorntuliy declined
A HARD casE TO MANAGES.
the chairman asked II he had persuaded Anderson TO
Withhold making voluntary aidavit in oraer TO hold
hs calculation was that ho could work Anderson he
might make MS fortune, but ho found n,m hard row
airs and IN The long run somebody persuaded MIN
that no twitnesBl was 70 bs trusted aud so the
ness at was ropod In Anderson iuio signing that
protest, and thereby saved the republican party;
thcse old buns ana biowhards from tho Norm
lneaniny the visiting statesmsn) DON'T know how to
work this racket"
chairm.o-was this tho language Of KclIosss
THE VISION HELD pP TO ANDERSON
sWNness--fes; he yook grsat prido ~ himself for
having got Apders0n's protest.
Chsrman-wnat argument did you advance to An.
dsrsen 70 persuade him not to give mis- prolcstY
wiiness--l Told him 10 mold out aud that he could
make tho wherewiths TO 1--we like pr,ncc, and make
some OF these visiting Statesmen his humble slaves
tor tue remainder OF their political lives. Witness
then related now Kellogg wanted TO Introduce MN to
men, aud lie told Kellogg, d" don't want TO DO INTRO
aucsd to any such old frauds as they arc and shafts
motive In oducing wtnoss the visiting states
men was thnt n would nattcr his vanity ana mako
iavor OF the general scheme on FOOT Anderson subsc.
quanty told hm be had seen the statesmen and that
they promlssd 10 do anything for him he might ask
-lsllul.#sJ ~ sMkkxAN'a LkrTkR. s
Y. When did you next bear from Anderson A.
The nexl ttmo saw MIN asked him II Incy had
givea nim any moro 'vsfy, - slang phrase We have
down there Tor empty promises. ne pulled out =
letter signed John Sherman, but hed his hand over
che body Of the matter IN 1t, exhibiting only the
words .aiter the 4th OF March soon AZ pruencabe
And he gave mo 70 understand that Ino of the
,sler promised MN tho position OF Naval Oiiccr at
T. Did Anderson receive that letter boiors the Re.
turnins Board Ind auwbed It's oounts A. That am
unable to say, but think ho did.
What did Darrell say TO you about tho letter An
dsrsen rcssivodf "A. Darroiit told mc that Kellogg
visitors That the Sherman laior was OF general and
indenfnte character aud could made o use oil TO
w's"ass ~ "I mon W INTO giving hm ANYTHING
graphic dehunion OF what a balidozcr was; that ho
should DO native desperado ready TO snoola Niger
Oh sight, without character or fortune taking priio
In carrying o whoio arsenal about hin ana quick TO
cnange his political principles Tor money or ofIiee
Every man oi thcm was willing to bo republican Tor
the sake VI an oleo, but before tney got tn al they
were tue 1ercest VI dsmocra,s aud did moro harm 10
sner own party than ever tho republicans could.
TIM REruHSSo BOARD VACANCY. a-1
Didyou know o vacancy on tue Returning
goosp teIo me snsrs WAS q vacaucy. Uas tnat II
Soud never be dlied, AS Cassnave and kenpurd wore
Two and Anderson and Wells were Two, aud The Bith
man would De most apt 10 upset republican caicuia-
uona fiE ..tsa .t+ FAftH -als
81 ssga. suRs THs iDkMocRArs WOULD wix.
g. Did you hear what estimates wcro made OF tho
probable returns o the election In Louisiana by any
0i tho repubncan Isadcrs2 A. There was "a general
tmpro~siou among republicans that somei eihing should
bc done against democratic success; Warnoth SAID
that ne expected Packard would be beaten by 25 900
majority. aud thai Hayes would be beatca too, bus
WIZ ths reservation that he wouldnt DO long beaten
q what did you hear was tho opinion OF the resi-
dent repubGans rcspccting The visiting oncsf A.
Warmoth said 10 mo conhduntialy that the carpet
pa4gers were more Respectable set or men than the
yisiors; these fellows, he said, who have down
here ars a set OF od frauds, aud thoy have come
down 70 stoal tho lter)-and that they
Would not loavc Without Sealing IT,
&. v what other republicans expressed themselves
ABOUT Tue motives oi The visiting statosinenf A. kei
logg, often; no said he gong 10 get tho whole
crowd M ms hands before they long The eity