The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14

tion. 1t is perfectly natural also that
they should telegraph Anderson assuring
him their belief that he is falsely aCcus-
ed and maliCiously prosecuted, and ex-
pressing their sympathy and hope that
he will yet escape. When one of a gang
of thieves is sent to the penitentiary the
rest always are liberal with their sym
pathy and their cash also, because they
don't want their unfortunate pal to peach
on them. But when John Sherman
makes, as he does to-day, the following
statement, he transCends the bounds of
decency, and takes step that will yet
bring him to grief He says:
Anderson was not indicted The Grand Jury
had refused TO indct him, The proceeding
against him Is called an information" andis ex-
pressly prohibited in cases Of felony by the Con-
stiution OF the United States, and Of most Of the
States, but is provided for by the law Of LOuisi-
ana. The information" was signed and fled by
man who was an officer Of the White League,
and identified with all the numerous crimes Of
that organization, The Judge who tried the case
is a public defaulter for over s600OO0
The Grand Jury did not refuse to in.
dict Wells, Anderson, and the two mu-
Iattoes. Or the contrary, it directed the
District Attorney to file an information
against the members of the Returning
Board. The Grand Jury would haye re-
turned indictments had there not been
a question as to the legality of the jury
itself They did not present any indict-
ment for that term, but for greater secu-
rity, and intended not to delay justice,
directed the District Attorney to file in
formation is equivalent to presentment
by it, and thus the prohibition of the
Constitution of the United States does
not apply. Moreover, the Constitution
of Louisiana expressly provides that
criminal prosecutions for capital or other
felonious crimes may be by indictment
or information. The information was
not signed and filed by man who was
member of the White League of Lou
isiana. Attorney General II. N. Ogden
was not an officer of the White League.
Sherman Confounds him with General
Fred Ogden, who was at the head of the
White League organization. But the At
torney General did not sign the informa-
ton against the members of the Return
ing Board, or direct it to be done. 1t was
drawn by the District Attorney of the
parish of Orleans, by the direction ofthe
Grand Jury, and filed by him.
But the most outrageous statement
made by Sherman is that about Judge
Whitaker being a public defaulter for
over $6OO000. Judge Whitaker is a ma
tive OF Massachusetts, and was Union
soldier with as good record as any
member of the Sherman family. He
was appointed, either just before the
close of the war or just after it, SUBJ
Treasurer of the United States at New
Orleans. He deposited the public mon.
eys, as he was directed by law, with
United States depository, one Of the
national banks of New Orleans. The
bank failed, and it was charged that
Whitaker was in collusion with the Off
GERS of the bank. He was tried on this
charge in the u S. District Court of Lou.
isiana, and acquitted. He has the ver-
dict Of jury declaring him an honest
man. John Sherman's man, Anderson,
has been declared felon by the verdict
of jury. John Sherman's own CharaC-
/ ter is smirched by the verdict of the jury
in Anderson's case. Hence his animos-
ity toward Judge Whitaker, in whose
court Anderson was tried. Sherman's
statement that the jury in Anderson's
case was packed is talsehOod, as he
we'll knows. The jury was drawn, as all
other iuries, from the regular panel Of
one thousand names prepared by the
Jury Commissioner, and if they had any
bias in the case they were inclined to-
sympathize with Anderson. Sr'%aa
Toward the close of his statement
Sherman intimates that if the authorities
of Louisiana persist in their efforts to,
bring to Justice the guilty men who per-
petrated the monstrOus fraud that made
HAYES President the Cancellation policy
will be at an end. In other words, he
saws to the people of the South: "Ifyou'
don't stop this prosecution of rogues We
will reconstruct you. We are willing you,
shall have your rights if you allow the
Returning Board and the men who acted
as their approvers to keep out of thepe
itentiary."
The President is the next man to be
heard from. He can't keepon rolling up.
his eyes and saying "if there are any bad
men about me who are guilty of any
crime, they must be punished" If he
does not interfere he will soon be with
out Secretary of the Treasury, and he.
may be put out of the White House. He
will call upon the Southern Democrats
who agreed that he should come in 10
save him from the wrath to come. II is
said this call has been made. Will it be
responded to2 Time will tell. eAa
HAYES TO TIE DEFENCE OF ANDERSON.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Hayes has ad-
dressed formal communication to At
torney General Devens in regard to the
members of the Returning Board
While his utteranCes are regarded, this
action in itself shows that Hayes has
reached the conclusion that he cannot in
view of past occurrences, separate him
self wholly from those members of his
own party who have expressed their ap.
proval of his past conduct and their SYM
pathy with the present situation of the
Returning Board, to say nothing of his
obligation to prevent the punishment of
men connected with his accession to his
present position. This letter declares
the full confidence of Hayes in the inno-
Cence of Tom Anderson, and offers the
suggestion that his conviction may be
due to political persecution, and is ac-
companied by incidents which rob it of
its character of a judicial proceeding
He directs the attention of the Attorney
General to the informalities connected
with the arraignment of Anderson, to his
arrest within the limits Of territory Ceded
to the United States by Louisiana-that
is, the Custom House-and requests his
legal adviser to report whether the State
authorities have exceeded their powers
and given an opportunity for Federal in
reference through its courts and law
officers, and if so, what should be the
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