Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-26
OVERWHELMING TESTIMONY.
THE COURSE PURSUED BY THE
VISITING STATESMEN.

ATLANTIC CITY, July %. Ten. Garfield has
arrived. Other witnesses now here are Decarur.
sherman, Judge Trumbull Frank Mores, Kellogg
aud Patterson.
committee. being examined by lliscock. lie said
on Nov. Il the visiting reps. called on the return
ing board to pay their respects understanding the
visiting dems. made similar visit.
Tie reps. stated they came to New Orleans al
the request of President Chant and others, to
duties OF the board, and expressed the hope that
the entire proceedings would be conducted
openly.
The board adopted resolution inviting gen.
tiemtn from each side TO be present and witness
the proceedings.
Republican visitors thought dem visitors more
active tran they minglng with the board and ex.
aiming papers. In other respects the conduct of
both part es was the same.
Nov. Doth, after testimony began to be taken,
under the rule it became necessary to prepare in-
terrogatOl les and cross heterogeneous. Visiting
reps. endeavored to procure copies as fast they
could on the rep. side. As these accumulated
rapidly the work of examining bulldozed parishes
was div ed, CORTLAND Parker was assigned East
aud Garfield West Feliciana, Hale to East Baton
Rouge, White to Washington and Kelley to More
house. The rep. visitors designated witnesses to
attend the board, and the first day witness at
tended
Odd you or associates meet privately with
Automatically No. was never privately
or alone with any mt mber Of the board. Treated
the members the same as | would have treated
any other court or tribunal before which | ap
pear Was at dinner with them and other guests,
but never alone. Never mentioned the duties OF
the returning board or alluded to an invest alton
OF protest Of any member of the returning board
Was IN the custom house several times, but didn I
transact any business there.
Q-While in New Orleans did YOU meet ID. A.
Weberi
Ado not remember meeting him or Ander-
son, except in u casual way. Met hundreds with
out making any impression on my mind. Have
u recollection that Anderson came to me at res
taurant, engaged in a short il consequential talk
aud went away. Stoughton was present. Never
saw him before.
Sherman denied emphaically the truth of An
derson testimony relating to this interview, and
emphsticay denied using the language atIrbut-
ed to him by Anderson. lie was very careful
about his expressions, as were all of bis visiting
associates.
sherman was shown the letter alleged to have
written ny him to Weber aud Anderson, dated
Nov. 20, l-16, and said he never saw or heard of
it until published. When th is matter came to
my knowledge sent Tor nv papers 10 OHIO to be
forwarded to me- ia order that might find the
original of this letter
Ii there was such letter it could not have
been sent to me without my knowledge. such q
letter would have excited my resentment The
letter on its face is insulting.
Q-lu what respect
Alt i, n suggestion OF falsehood and exceed
ingly improper
Sherman laid he never suggested TO these men
EMPLOY ment for any service they might render in
connection with the returning board or in any
other way, moi was any promise Of reward ever
intImated.
With reference TO the alleged reply. he did not
write such letter al the time. However, as he
stated al first there were things in 1t that he would
have written to them or any others who were en-
gagged in the performance OF what be believed to
be their duty, if they had been asked, but be did
not thiDk he wrote the letter. lie did say in con
verssto " it'll various gentlemen. all reps in La.
who stood hy their guns deserved credit If he
had been a citizen of La. he would had been
killed. for he should have resisted the rifle clubs,
who, in addition to their other crimes, drove ne
groes from their homes to the swsmps. His con-
versaton there on that subject was similar 10 re-
maj ks he had made in the senate and he would
make them 10 New ORR, aus to-day. Applause by
the audience.
There never could be peace and quiet while
the sc things otc cured. Scores of people IN La.
suffered intimidation, violence and wrong. lie
could not think of these occurrences, even now,
without a feeling of resentment, and without ex-
citing his anger The testimony was over
whelming.
sherman then handed in memorandum of
ndeI sons visit TO him in March last, giving an
account of conversation, noted at the time by q
stenogrspher. sherman, IN reply to Anderson,
said he did not r7memher cer,ain alleged con-
versation. to which Anderson replied, "If you
don't there is use in my repeating it,"
Sbermau-Whst did you talk with me about in
that interview
Anderson-I told you | came to Washington to
see tor place. You told me you had no place
In your department for me. told you did not
care for place in your department, came for a
place in the State department, and you told me to
20 to Evsrts. | told YOU | had been to Eyarts
and wanted your endol sement, and you said you
would lot give il to me. That was the end of It,
Mr.. Wells came and left.
The Secretary said that while in New Orleans
he wrote a letter to Hayes rs follows
New Orleans, Nov. %, &c.
My Dear Sir-l have not written you sooner for
the progress of our visit here will be known to
you through the papers sooner than from my let
lers, and the telegraph office here is more public
than a sheriff sale. We sometimes hear private
telcg grams before they are delivered.
The action of the returning board thus far hs;
been open and fair, and only confirms the result
known before. We are now approaching the con
tested parishes. In five of them, namely, BatoI
Rouge East and West Felclsna, Moorehouse
and Ouachta, the evidence OF intimidation is SC
well made out on paper that no mae can doubt 3:
TO the exclusion Of the vote, Ia these patishe,
| alone we ought to have majority oil 1000, bu
| under the law the entire return must be excluded
if all election lists where intimidation has affected
| Oh tuhHktu Tue result arc eNNtuueu ehS icsuito
will give Hayes electors a majority sggregating
| 2lll and Tllden electors 2, 633 But in mos
every parish the returns vary somewhat from The
stated una jorities, and thus far slightly reduced
republican majority. The vote of each disputed
par ,h has thus been laid aside, and among then
| are two parishes where a most foolish blunder Of
soinc one. made in emitting from republican tick.
ct toe names Of all electors but two senatorial aud
| ole district eector. The dems. claim this VIII
lose us reIs over 1000 votes, but eur friends
whose information we have generally found con
fl med, say it will lose us at the most lls5 votes
As to the lust exclusion of their vote, in thest
| fishes alone we ought to have to have a majori
~ of 1000, but under the law the entire return
| must be excluded in all districts where intimida
tion has affected or changed the result. If thi
is done the result will give Hayes electors a ma
jorty.
The law seems conclusive that defective ballo
cannot be counted for any electors but those nam
ed on the ticket, though IL is conclusively show
that the remaining electors were omitted by som
mistaken idea, that district could only vote for on
elector. The whole trouble has grown out of tn
fact that in these two parishes candidate for frs
Judge was not named ON the ticket printed by tn
state committee We undertook to correct thi
by printing new ticket which were voted ii
those parishes.
The result of this bunder will leave the poll 81
close as to render it probable one or more of thu
1ilden electors would have majority. There ar
other parishes where organized intimidation Wa
not so general as in the parishes named, though
ss,a tper Ia nj mr. tpa