Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-10

Sherman AGHtn BegS the question.
WASHINGTON. July 9.-secrctary Sherman
has sent the following reply to Chairman
Potter's letter of July 1st:
TREASURY DEPT. OFFICE OF SEc'Y,
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 9Th.
Hon. Clarkson N. Potter Chairman of the In
vestigating Committee, House of Representa-
tives:
SIR: have the honor ito acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the LIST inst.
upon my return to the city after a brief abb
sence. In respect to the evidence rendered
by me to prove frauds and intimidation at
the election, have to say that since the date
of your letter the question seems to have
been settled by the committee in favor of
taking such testimony, as E. L. Weber,
witness called by the committee,
has been examined as to whether
there was violence and fraud
at the election in East Feliciana. In his pre-
pared statement he was not only allowed to
testify to the extent of the violence and
fraud in East and West Felicianca, but to
the cause of that violence and its effect upon
the election, and next day he was examined
by members of the committee distinctly
upon the causes and grounds for throwing
out the vote of these parishes. Surely when
the committee thus seeks to prove that
violence and intimidation did not prevail in
these parishes, cannot be denied the right
to prove that murders, whipping, burning,
raiding and all forms of intimidation did
prevail in both these parishes, and that in East
Feliciana these were sufficient to deter every
Republican voter from voting, though there
had previously been a recognized majority
of Soon rIv H>li
Whether the testimony shall be taken anew
by your committee, or that taken by the
former committee eshall be received, 1 will
with entire Difference await your decision.
With view to identify the testimony Of
fered by me, have placed it in the hands of
one of your committee in the order in
which it is referred to in my written offer.
In view of the fact that your committee is
now engaged in taking further testimony in
tended to show that the declare tons set
forth in the various protests are not true, it
seems to me that should be allowed to
prove by additional testimony that these pro-
tests are true.
I also call your attention to the nature
and character of the examination of E. L.
Weber, the Sd day of July, whe a no member
of the minority of the committee was pres
emit to object or to cross-examine, aud
by some misunderstanding, my counsel was
denied the privilege of cross-examination
unless he did SO against what was claimed to
be the order and wish of the majority of the
committee. The questions were not only in
form leading, but he was allowed to testify
to common rumor, and his differences were
based upon common rumor, and this not
only as against me, but as against several
members of the House of Representatives
and other high officers of the government
I also beg leave to correct misapprehen-
sion into which you have fallen in saying
that have given to the public commune
cation designed for you. The only commu-
nication l have given to the public is my
formal offer of testimony of violence, and
that only gave several weeks after it was
sent you and after Mr.. Morrison's
paper had been published, but
now respectfully ask that my
tender of testimony and my memorandum
to Gov. Cox and this letter may be pub
lished in the official record.
have also to state that I am now pre-
pared at the convenience of the committee
to submit testimony here in Washington to
repel the charges against me, and have given
to Mr.. Shellabarger list of witnesses, who
ask may be subpaned. Very respectfully,
JOHN SHERMAN.