Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-16

SOun a. EEcet.
Of New Orleans, continued his testimony be-
fore the committee. He said: When An
deTsOn called ON ne after coming from East
Fellciana, he told me he had carried out the
programme, as was understood between Kel-
iogg, Anderson and myself: the programme
was 10 keep the cCiored Republicans from
voting; each man had a programme of his
own; 1t was thought best to exclude the col
ored Republican votes, so that the returning
board could throw out the whole Democratic
vote Of the parish If necessary; the Repubi-
can party was demorahZed there, and w01ld
have been beaten: Anderson went back to
East Feiiciana and a pcaceabie election was
held; Anderson told me he did not mean to
make a protest till he found out where the
land lay; Kellogg urged me to do what |
could to get Anderson to make q protest; the
attention OF the whole country was being
concentrated on Louisiana, and Kellogg
said It was highly important to get a
protest out OF Anderson before some of Til
den's emissaries arrived there and bought
him up; ! advised Anderson not to make any
protest az all; Anderson and ! agreed that
the Republican party was defeated, and we
were sorry for Hayes but glad Packard was
beaten; we agreed, however, that, though
beaten, the Republicans would get in; in an
interview with Kellogg, he SAID that no mat
ter what Anderson would do ne would count
the State in for Hayes; we agreed to Kel-
lO0g's plan to count IN Hayes; i knew very
well that Sherman and the visiting statesmen
had come down to steal the State; | knew
they were alter Anderson protest; so that
after committing himself he could not 90
over to the Democrats without perdring
himself; there was a glorious prospect for
Anderson, and | knew that he could get any
thing he demanded for his protest, which
would cause the vote of East Feliciana to be
thrown out, think that even with
out Anderson's protest they would have
thrown out the vote of that PARISH
they would manufacture a lot of affidavits
just for moral appearance, you know; Kel-
logg wanted me to manufacture affidaVits,
but | refused; | never did wrong In my life,
and have sacrificed many opportunities TO
keep within the dictates of my conscience
[grsat laughter; | thought by working An
derson | could get enough evidence out Of
him TO expose the whole thing and make a
sensation and my fortune; | can I say what
would have done If some one had offered me
one hundred thousand dollars to keep quiet,
and the high, moral statesmen had come
pressing around me to keep my mouth shut
llaughterl when Anderson told me he had
signed the protest and got no money for It, |
told him the visiting statesmen and Kellogg
would leave him in the mud; told him if he
held off with his protest he could get docu
ment5 from those visiting statesmen that
would make them his slaves for the remain
der of their political lives; about this time
Anderson began jumping around and threat
ening to whip Pitkin, Kellogg, and every
one else; Kellogg and others called on me
one day, and said: Come, old fellow, | want
to introduce you to the visiting statesmen"
the statesmen admired Hall, in the naval Of
fee, and then they edged toward the "affi-
davit mill;" / told Kellogg | would not
go to see such a lot of old frauds; |
was afraid that if l met them they
might get something out of me; my desk in
the customhouse was a sort Of political Mecca
for all Louisiana men; Anderson told me that
he and Weber had an interview with John
and that Sherman had promised
them everything; told Anderson he was an
lunatic to believe In anything
but written contract; he said he was prom
Ised the naval Office, and | told him he would
never get it, and he hasn't [laughterl; an
other day he called on me and said I've got
it," | replied, "What have you got; more
tatfy?" and he said, mo, sir; I've got them
hxed;" he pulled out letter and said it was
from John Sherman, that it was a letter Civ
ing him the naval office; he showed me John
S name at the foot of the letter, but
refused to let me see the remainder of the
eral one, and non-cOmmlttal; Kellogg and
considered the count of votes finished before
1t was begun Ilaughterl; | spoke with Darrail
about the Sherman letter, and he said it gave
no grip to Anderson on the statesmen; they
had a hold on him, however, IN his protest,
and if he had opened his mouth for
the Democrats they could pro-
duce his sworn protest and have
him up for perjury; the bulldozsrs were plen-
isul, and would shoot a white man or a
black man to get an Office; E. C. Butler, An
derson's clerk, was one of these; had diff
fculty with a man IN Vermillion parish, and
tried to kill him, but did not succeed; he is
cd ~ oil tal tl,.,
State would be lost by twenty-five thousand
votes; Warmoth said to me, confdentially,
these visiting statesmen are a lot Of old
frauds, and have come down here to steal the
Stale, and they will steal it, too.
After some further testimony Of like char
acter, the witness was crOss-examIned by
General Butler. He said he was intimately
with all the politicians of LouIsi-
ana, and, in his opinion, they were the most
complete set OF raScals he ever met; that Cas-
sanave, of the returning board, was the hon
estest of the lot. Witness was questioned as
to his standard of honesty, and becoming a
little nettled at the manner OF questioning,
said he proposed answering whep, where and
how he chose. The witness then submitted
4 copy OF his paper, IN which he published
his prediction that the election Of 1876 would
turn on Louisiana. Several extracts from the
paper were read to the committee; several
letters OF Anderson . to witness were placed
IN evidence after being read, but only showed
the terms of intimacy between them. The
complained that he was not SLOWED
to make full statement of his record to the
committee.
Mr.. Potter said that they only wanted his
testimony.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Murat HaIstead's Comments OngCOIo-
mel Roberts's Testimony.
NEW YORK, August 15.-Mr Murat Hal
stead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial,
sailed for Europe to-day in the steamship
Servia. He is accompanied by Miss Mary
and Miss Ciarissa Hl'stead. la a conversa-
ton with - reporter OF the Tribune, Mr.. Hal
stead has made the testimony Of Colonel Rob
erts. of New Orleans, before the Potter com
nittee, IN so far as it relates to aim, the
subject OF comment aud explanation.
RepOrter-DId Mr.. Lamar say anything or
indicate in any way that there were negoti-
atoms on foot looking to an arrangement by
which Hayes was to be seated as Ple-Ident?
Auswer-There w2s nothing of the kind
suggested or thought Of; Lamar was simply
apprehensiYe as to the condition of the coun-
try; he knew the critical state OF affairs in
louisiana perfectly, and said that without
doubt there was imminent danger that the
spark to llndle the fire would be very apt TO
be struck right there; IN order to cheer him
up, loaned him, a he went away, Bob In
gersolls cOplous lectures on God. Speaking
OF the letter introducing Colonel Roberts to
Mr.. Hayes. Mr.. Halstead said that there was
nothing in the letter that would promote the
happiness OF General Butler, and if the letter
was sealed, 1t was simply from the force Of
habi, OF scaling letters rs soon as they were
written; the letter told the President that
the bearer was Colonel Roberts, OF New Or ,