The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-04
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
MORE OF ANDERS0N'S TESTI'
MOSS.
lie Had IA Letter from the Editor of
the SteubenyiIIe Herald TO Hayes
Who Read IL and Recon-
mended u Consulate in
Warm Climate" for Mr..
Conn's Friend.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-In the hurry
of selecting from the notes of Anderson:
testimony Saturday, some interesting
points were overlooked by the reporter
the omissions are now supplied. After
the introduction of Shermsn's letter tC
Anderson and Weber, the witness went
on to testify as follows: The day after
the receipt of that letter l went down to
! the custom house and met Nash, who
was a member of Congress from the
Sixth Congressional District, in which
East Feliciana is located. Nash came
to me and stated that the Returning
Board were going to throw him out.
l asked him why they could not make
case for him, if they could for MIR.
Hayss. He said they could make
case equally as go1d with
Mr.. Hayes of course, but
that Kellogg was his personal enemy
and OF course would beat him. said:
Mash, now you wait for me few MN
utes until have an interview with Kel-
logg." Nash waited a few moments and
l saw Kellogg coming up the steps. l
followed and said: "GovernOr, what are
you going to do in Nash's case?' He
said: Mash is beaten, of course. The
majority against him is G,0OO." | said;
"The majority against Hayes Is 10000"
He SAID; THAT may be different thing"
l said: ait may be different thing in
your estimation, but not IN mine.
Now," said l, 81 will tell you what you
can do. You either return Nash for
the Sixth Congressional district, or
will burs! this whole thing He was
standing on the steps, and | laid my
hand on his shoulder and he said: "By
God, if you want to put your neck in a
hau!ter go ahead and do it, | am Gov
ernor of this State, l control the police
and the courts" Said he: ga word to
the wise is sufficient l said: "Now
Gov. Kellogg, if you mean that for
threat, it is thrown away;
you have got to return Nash
for the Sixth Congressional District. We
dlscusted the matter a few minutes and
ne said, "You 90 tell Nash TO make up
good case IN st. Landry, Livingston
and TGngikipoho."
Witness testified that shortly sf.er mis-
arrival in Washington he went TO the
President with Mr.. Darrell and Mr..
Nash.
Q.-Stste what passed then? Al
had private letter to the President from
d friend of mis- in Ohio.
Q-Whst was his name? AIR. 7.
B. Conn. of the SteabeuvilIe Herald.
q Were you present At the interview
with the PRESIDENT A.-Yes, sir.
Q-W hat took place there and what
was said to you. What statements were
maze by you to Mr.. DarrGll or by Mr.
Nssh2 A-Dr. Darrsll made no state
meDts. DR.. Darrsll and Mr.. Nash srgU-
ed my consnlship, and after they mad
made their arguments, DR.. Dtrrall pre-
sented this letter from Mr.. CoAn. The
President picked 1t up, read it over very
carefully, pat it in his pocket and made
a memorandum: Please appoint this
gentleman to consulship in q warm
climate. This is special case" signed
it r. B. H." and l took it over
to the State Department AID filed it
there.
The witness here stated that ne went
to the Treasury Department, but failed
to see Mr.. Sherman, so called at bis house
one evening, and sent in his card. He
came into the parlor, and l introduced
myself as Mr.. Anderson, as he pre-
tended not to recognize me. He sat
down the sofa. said "Mr Sherman,
l came here for position" Said he,
II have got no position for you in my
department" ! told him | did not expect
q position in his department. l wanted
it from the State Department.
Then he said; You had better call on Mr..
Evarts. l told him | had filed my sp
plcstion with Mr. Evarts, and what
wanted him to do was to use his influence
to get me the appointment. He replied
that he neither proposed to use MS iDhu-
ence for me in his department nor IN any
other department, neither IN Mr. Evsrts
department nor in aEy other department,
and just then Governor Wells, of Louisi-
ana, came in and took up my hat aud
left, and never saw Mr.. Sherman since,
until last Saturday.