The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-03


however, said he would go back, although we
| We returned to Kellogg, and he agreed to send
him up. Anderson agreed to meet me at the
ish He knew the time Of her leaving, which
was O'clock. / saw him on the street after
wards. had come to the conclusion,
| AFTER SEEING KELLOGG,
| that we would not get supervisor. formed
| that impression from my knowledge of Mr.
| Kellogg and the political requirements of the
fitaatiTnii Tai, When en- was IN the city on that visit
| All OF these times Anderson was in close prox-
unity to the q vernon; could have ordered him
| up In five minutes 1t was not possible for An
derson to eomnlete the registration when he
did come up. By reason of his not going up
there were over 400 votes which were not voted;
| A separate box was kept by the citizens, and all
| ballots refused on account OF not having papers
were deposited In 1t.
| / afterwards saw Anderson and he stated that
| he had tried to go up. but that
| HE WAS WATCHED
| by L. b. Jenks. He told me that he had once
eluded them by taking the boat at Carrollton
and getting on after the boat had left the city.
To Mr.. Reed-According to Anders MS state
| ment a few days before the election Inferred
that he was eager to go back, but feared watch.
eager to go back than before. so he said. The
reason OF this eagerness was that he was going
Col Patton had made arrangements so that the
people Of the parish would FIX 1t. would hardly
| believe Anderson on oath. My experience with
|
| less corroboI ated.
Anderson never told but one story about
being shot at near Jackson, La, when h3 was
on the witness stand. He was u man of courage.
| undoubtedly,
He had been up in the parish attending to his
duties well up to he time of his first coming
doWn-that was the commencement OF our
trouble with him.
He was in the room during one of our
| INTERVIEWS WITH KELLOGG,
] know, He never told me that arrangements
bpnn made q
one of the parties attending Anderson to Baton
Rouge when he left after the election couing
affair happened him between tive g'i the town towns St Of
Clinton and Jackson. / examined Anderson
that day. John PLANT was with Anderson when
Judge Mcvea Of East Feiciana sworn l
am, judge of the Fifth Judicial District Court.
Orleans in. the fall of 1876 for the purpose Of
looking, after the matter OF registration. l
came alter Judge Ly ns had returned and An;
to see Major Burke. for the purpose, of getting
Sn En- e Coy Kellogg 5sE We Wd %nt b, to
my mission; that Anderson had
LEFT THE PARISH.
and there was no registration. / told him we
were very anxious to have the registration
taken and 81 'ction held. He said to me that he
could not see why Anderson staid away,
HE AGREED TO SEND ANDERSON
up at once and send him up with L.. B, jerks.
Afraid as Judge Lyons had bsen unsuccesst'l
| doubted the tTovernor, and asked him whether
he would not send some one If Anderson would
not go. and he told me he would at once. In
the evening went down to the levee and met
Anderson. and he said he would go, but was
not on the bat. The next m rDing | went to
Gov. Keogg's and L. B. jerks was in the
room. He tKellogg) expressed surprise at An
ders0n not going, and sent in and got he order
book to show that he had gone. / then asked
| the Governor to send another man. He said
that he had done all he could. | asked him to
| send jerks. jerks came in and promised, In
presence OF the Governor, to go that evening.
| | met Anderson that af ernoon and he said that
| he could not go. / asked him ii he would go
up by the Jackson railroad, and he said that he
couldn't He then told me or ovortures that
hal been made by the Democratic party. He
TO GET NASH IN
| for Congress-that was what he wanted most.
| He promised to meet me that evening on the
boat; he was short of funds and said that he was
not cared for by either party. He said that
Kellogg had gone out to get him some money,
ont nd 9nly m & gage IN MN Rn S9 and na was tof enks
the Lee saw 7. II. jerks and be asked whether
Anderson was on the boat. l told him that
did NOT know, and jerks replied, Don't you
know jerks would not be allowed to go? He
would pc arrested If he put his foot ON that
! boats stage plank"
After | arrived at my home got dispatch
| from Col. Patton stating tn t Anderson would
go up on tue Pargoud; few days before the
election he tAnderson) old me that he had to
TAKE A sKIFF
at Carrollton and board the Pargoud on that
trip. Col. Patton had made arrangements for
him, understv cd. There were over 400 votes
whi h were refused on account of not being
10 M. Blackburn--I think the vote of East
Feliciana In 1874 was $500 There was no reason
why the vote vote OF 1876 should not have been as
To Mr.; keed-Gov. Kellogg had the right Of
appoi ting supervisors.
To Mr.. Backburn-The law gives the right to
the Governor to appoint another to take the
place of the first who refuses to perform the
duties of the office.
W. I'll. Seymour recalled.
=, To Mr.. Reed was born In @ 1884; first made
| troduced to me in Algers by Mr.. Aiken. De-
Klyne or Mr.. Redmond, late tax collector.
They all served on the gunboat Mohaska. He
| two or three years before saw him In New Or
| leans. must have seen him at least q dozen
times. 1t was some four or five years since
HAD SEEN HIM
when he came into my Office with Anderson In
1877. When Anderson brought him In my office
received him as one whom | had known be-
To Mr.. BIackburn-The agreement between
Anderson and Weber which had in my office.
was drawn on g double sheet OF PAPER; am
Shown me- 0 with % he h edp Of Weber and
Anderson. Only half Of it WAS used, and half
OF the sheet was surplus. What fixes this In
fixed my lurat to. the contents of which were
Kept hidden from me. have never been an
active POLITICIAN, voted with the Union ticket,
on the Union side under Gov. Hahn and Gov. |
Wells. | did not go TO Washington on anything
but a telegraphic subpoena.
Mr.. Reed. In a long cross examination, en-
deavored, without success, to break the WITH ess
down an to make him contradict himself The
witness, however, without any excitement what |
ever answered all questions clearly.
When this witness was dismissed the COM
m1ttee adjourned until '-day at 1880 a. N.
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