Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-06-05
NO. 1872.
Qallp Atnnebet 4onrnal.
The Fraud Campaign.

James Z. Anderson, Saturday, testified before
the Potter Committee. He began by making O
statement about mis- protest as Supervisor of East
Felicisna parish, Louisiana, to the effect that he
told Marshal Pitkin that he had not made pro-
test because he was not certain of the grou nds.
He, however, made statement which pro-
nounced to be so general in its nature as to be of
no use He then told Judge Campbell taat he
could make anything out of the paper that would
cover the case and he would swear to it.
On this point Anderson testified as follows
Campbell took the paper and drew another, which
be submitted to me, and when l refused to sign
and much less swear TO, he asked me what was
willing to swear to, and | told him that l was
willing to swear to the facts as given 10 my first
statement; he then drew up another protest and
submitted it to me; read 1t over; it was partly
10 blank and | asked him if he expected me 10
swear to that; he said not necessarily then, and
that perhaps it would not be necessary to swear
to it at all | said | do not know that can sign
that paper, there two three places blank,
and | asked him If the blanks were in reference
TO the number of voters that had been intm-
dated in the parish; he said "you had better
think over the matter, and compare notes with
other parties and when you are ready to fill up the
blanks you can come here and we will give you
the paper, and you fill It up to suit YOURSELF
signed that paper, but did not swear to it; the
last paragraph in it was that did not make the
protest at the time, for fear | should stand in
danger of my life if did so, and that if the peo
Pile OF East Felieisna had thought was going to
victory, they would have swung me higher than
llamsn, and, consequently, the statement was
correct.
Anderson then gave long account of the
troubles which occurred between him and Gov.
Kellogg, but which had no bearing on the case.
A PROTEST.
After some consultation with d. A. Webber 4
Supervisor of West Feicisns parish, in which
Anderson swears that Webber declared to him
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fucnce was being brought to bear on him Web
ber) to make such protest as would cause the
vote to be thrown out they both went to the Gus
| ON House in New Orleans and made such paper,
| of which the following is a copy
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. IA, 1876.
The undersigned, James Z. Anderson, Super
visor of Registration for the Parish of East Fell
cisna, and ID. A. WeUber, Supervisor for the Par
| ish of West Fehcisna, La, have respectively re
fused TO sign any protest against the counting of
the vote of our parishes. cast at the election held
| on the seventh day of November, 1876,
| for the reason that the election held
| on that day was the most peaceable and orderly
one ever wi essed by either, and the large gains
| made by the democrats, being secured by legti-
| mate means, owing, in great measure, to
the disgust and hatred with which a large proper
ton of the colored people regard the present State
| government.
| But the electoral vote of Louisiana being neces.
ssry to secure the election of Hayes and Wheel
er, and in order to secure such vote, it being nec-
| essary to throw out the parish of East Fellcapa,
| and enough democratic votes in West Feliciana
/ to make the parish republican, we have for this
| reason and other, consented TO protest against
| the counting of the vote as cast, and we have
done this at the instgaton and request Of S. b.
| Packard, candidate the republican ticket for
| Governor; J. X. Pitkin, NJ. D., Marshal; Wm.
| p. Kellogg, now Governor of the State, and
| Charles L. Nash, member of Congress from the
| Sixth District aud others.
| (Signed) ID. A WEBER.
(Signed) JAMES f. ANDERSON.
The original paper was not presented to the COM
| mttee, but Anderson swears that the above is Q
true COPY, and that he made it in May, 1877. This
paper was signed before the arrival of the "visit-
| ing statesmen" lie testified that Senator Mat
| thews had the original. Anderson testifes that
he soon learned that this protes. had been changed
/ and hn uent To Marshal Pitk1na,s nhine and de