The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-11
The Louisiana Subcommittee.


The sub committee, on the LIST, further
examined ex Gov. Packard, who produced a
number of papers to which he referred in his
testimony on Saturday including the returns
of the election promulgated in the joint res
olution of his Legislature, calling for troops,
etc.. Charles Hill testified that he was the
bearer of the second set of electoral returns
to Washington; received instructions from
Gov. Kellogg, together with note to Mr..
Ferry and letters of introduction to Messrs
Hale and Frye; delivered the letters; had
conversations with them, but nothing was
said about the second or corrected
certificates; 1 supposed they knew more
about it than did; Sherman was present
when delivered the returns to Ferry; Mr..
Sherman told me the party would stand by
us; that we must go on and inaugurate Pack
ard. VIM H.. seymour, Notary Public,
identified an affidavit sworn to before him
May II, 1877, and signed by Thos. II. jerks,
a a Deputy Marshal under Pitkin in East Fell
ciana Parish. The handwriting of the affida-
Wit appears to be that of James Z. Anderson.
The affiant states that he is cognizant
ofsthe fact that Kellogg and the -Repub-
lean leaders were engaged in a
machination 10 preventthe returIfof Ander-
son, Supervisor5of Registration, to East Fell
cipna Parish, so that no election could be
held and that one i. B. jerks was employed
by them to watch Anderson while in New Or
leansand prevent his return. At1iant further
states that both Anderson and himself were
in said parish on I he day of election, that the
said election was conducted under their su :
pervision, and was the most peaceable and
fair one ever witnessed by him (the afhant) /;
and he further states that the said Ander-
son made no protest against the
returns from said parish, owing to the
the return OF himself aud the said Anderson
to the city of New Orleans it was shown that
the election of Hayes and Wheeler depended
upon the electoral vote of Louisiana; that in
consideration of this fact, and in order to Sc
cure the election of said Hayes, said Ander-
son signed in the presence OF afi1ant protest
partly in blank, said blank being afterwards
tilledout by parties unknown; that both he
and said Anderson would not have signed
the protest for said parish had 1t not been
necessary to throw out said parishes, in or
der 60 secure the election of said Hayes and
Wheeler.
The Subcommittee, on the I'd, obtained
from the Clerk of the United States District
Court for examination the copies of Elector-
al certificates filed in that office. W. A.
Strong Secretary of State, also produced all
protests on file in his Office that were before
the Returning Board relating to the cleo
tests by Packard or Kellogg or their after
neys. 80
The committee, on the 3D., after TAX
ing some unimportant testimony, adjourned
till the 9Th.
Potter's subcommittee met at II O'Clock
on the 9TH. L. A. wolfiy, Clerk of the Circuit
OOuTI U. >. JOHANNESBURG, IeSIlucu
Thinks most of the affidavits before the Re-
turning Board were attested by him; super
intended their preparation as supervisor
of Elections; his office is the repository for
these papers; original affidavits were
borrowed from him from time to time
by the Republican counsel; some of
them had not been returned; brought here all
protests, affidavits ETC., made before me p; also
some discovered among them a few days
ago which think should have BEEN filed in
the Secretary of States office. The papers
were delivered TO the committee, and includ-
ed the original protest of ID. A. Weber, with
evidently made after the original draft, being
in different ink and handwriting. The COM
miftee at 80 went into executive session and
adjourned till Saturday.
d. j, Wedge, Chairman Of the Democratic
Campaign Committee of East Feliciana Par
ish, La, testified on the sth as TO the Repub-
hcan leaders refusing to vote at the election
and advising the negroes to do likewise. An
dersoni signed the returns, and witness paid
him the amount of his voucher for services
$500. Thomas Z. Williams. colored, testified
that Capt De Gray, a leading Re-
publican, told him it was no use to vote,
that the votes would be thrown out. John De
Leetestified that DE Gray and Campbell told
him that it was agreedibS the leading Repub-
hcarls that there was to be no Republican
ticket in the field. John S. Lanier, Clerk of
the District Court, testified that two indict-
nents found by the Grand Jury against Thos.
III. jerks, for embezZling $4,000 as Tax-CoI-
Hector, had been nolle prosecuted, but civil
suit tor the deficit was still pending. Mr..
Cox took the place of Mr. Reed, as Republi-
can member of the sub Committee.