New-York tribune., 1878-06-12
WASHINGTON.
vB. POTTER STILL HARD AT WORK, ..on,

X. .g~rpD
..,,.ee,,s D,oT. HOWEVER, VERY sAIlsfA iON-
I'M r,5s REPORT ON THE KINMEL BILL-GUNN''AN
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. ,.aorson
Tbo Potter Committee examined An''1,'C4 'T 90
,.o.tordav. and also Mir. DaII'n u
ne"ln Anderson was contradicted Oh Il"
Hou19l''- a 1,oint in his late testimony
NV ono of bis own i0'' =, mic
;nna The report against the hllnilei Dii. ne n's
ton s',.., agreed to, s to /. 1t connnes USeil
~ lecol points. Mr.. A. ii. otephenS
tos written a keen letter to a hlenu III
caorc;a on the subject Of his own pohlcal
o.inc;nles. An argument upon sugar duties TOOK
p,aaoi IN committee Yesterday between Merchants
Pa ro6ners. One of the appropriation bills
not reported to the House until hye
ontbs after the meeting of Congress. Green
hoet men are IN Washington to organize
t.osh raid on the Resumption Act.
N Mr.. PoTTER's COMMITTEE.
.r,,ve,s euN ALREADY sPIKED-AN UNEXPECTED
v,rvrss PRESENTS HMsELF-ANDERsoN AND
DARRALL.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRDUNEl
,r,eutNGToN June 11.-General Butler has ap-
..,e,.tlv reached the end OF his rope in inveS-
penlis Baker and Ex-Governor Young of Ohio
= ,ho cross-exsminatiOn of the Post Of
g. officials. this morning, it appeared
.not Raker at the time he sent the telegram to
core,nor Young at Columbus, had been already an
oeicial ja tbs Post Office Department, having been
snnoipted pnder General Grant on the recommends
ior of the late Senator Morton and of the
nemocrafic delegation in Congress from Texas.
General Butler inimated yesterday that he intended
Il show that Postmaster-General Key rewarded
ponlds Baker for his dispatch by appointing him to
an mportant place soon after he himself went into
oHee. The disclosure this morning took all the
oonf ont of General Buffers investigation and it
i,doubtful if he viii care to follow up this clue.
A rather laughable incident occurred during the
examination Of Mr. Darran this afternoon Cover
nor Young came into the committee room and said
that having read in a morning paper that General
Butler desired to examine him, he presented himself
in order that he might be saved the trouble Of re-
turning from Ohio, as he was about to start
far home to-day. General Butter said that he
wished people would adopt his rule and not
believe anything they see in the newspapers
about them. He added that he did not wish
to examine Governor Young unless he himself had
something that he desired to say to the committee
Governor Young replied that General Butler would
find nothing in the matter he was inquiring into
General Butler retorted " have no explanations to
make throwing strong emphasis on the word l."
Neither have l." said Governor Young, as he
Etalked out of the room.
James Z. Anderson was cross-examined for a short
time this morning, and a basis was apparently laid
70 prove that the signature OF Webber to the So
called Webber-AndersOn agreement was forged.
Experts who have examined it are understood
10 be of opinion that the words, and
D. A. weber, were written in the ac-
knowledgment after the signature by Anderson
VI. II. Seymour the Notary Public before whom the
Anderson-Webber 9greement PurpoIts 10 Hake aye De5h
acknowledged, and A. J. Wilder, one OF the snp-
senbing witnesses. arrived mere to-hsnt.
Mr. Seymour, in eOnyOrsatlon, says tIaV ho
has not seen the document now in the
hands Of the Potter Committee, and sald
10 be the one that Anderson gave TO Senator Mat
thews but that he took an acknowledgment OF such
a document. and remembers that both Anderson
and Webber were present Wilder also says that ne
remembers witnessing the signature both OF Ander-
son and Webber. George Dicks, the other witness;
will be here tomorrow. Mrs. jerks Is expected
also, and dispatch from Ex-Governor Packard III
dicates that be viii also be here tomorrow.
Anderson has sworn that he never said TO anybody
that the alleged Sherman letter also signed byMr.
StOughtOn. In spite of this testimony eX-COngress-
man Darrell testified to-day that Anderson several
times told hlm that Mr. StOughton's signature wGs
also appended to the document, and that he re-
peatedly spoke of it as the SheTman-StOughton
letter
Anderson has constantly sworn that the purpose
Of the Republican conspiracy was to have no cleo
ton in the Feliciana Parishes, and yet original
letter has been discovered from himself to Governor
Antoine showing that Anderson was actively at
work organizing the negro vote for the Republicans.
The most important witness to-day was ex-Con-
gresham Darrell, who was examined during the
greater part of the afternoon. Mr. Darrell evidently
told the truth, although be showed no particu-
lar anxiety to give the committee any
Information they did not ask him for.
The Democrats expected to make much
ont of him, but his testimony will hardly give them
great advantage. Among other things he proved
that Mr.. Tilden had early knOwlege of the Tevolu-
tionary conspiracy, and that negotiations were at
one time during the present year pending between
Anderson's counsel and Mr.. Tilden's friends in
New-York for the purchase of the documents which
have been presented to the committee. He
also brought ont the fact that these documents
bad been submitted TO Senator COnkling and to
several Democratic Senator'S and the fact that none
Of them seemed 10 have considered them important
led Senator Matthews TO treat them with
more uncOncern. The gist of Mr.. DaralPs
testimony was that Senator Matthews greatly
Packard or Mr DaTrall 10 the COllectOrship at New
Orleans, and that Darrall and Anderson were dis
posed 10 the papers which the latter held M any
way possible TO increase the zeal Ex-senator Matthews
IN this work. Mr.. Darrall also showed that Mr..
Potter, chairman of the committee, had knowledge OF
this matter early in the Winter, and talked with him
aeont the Shernan-StOughton letter. Mr' folttTT
seemed particularly deslrOus TO have Air. Darrall
testify that he Potter did not seem TO be acting as
Ex-Governor Tfidens agent to negotiate Tor the pnr-
chase of the papers. To this MT. Darrall replied
mat Mr.. Potter did not seem at all friendly 20 eA-
O0YemOr Tildcn.
8IR. BIATTHEWs'S INVESTIGATION.
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