The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-03
THE NATIONAL CIRCUS.
PROGRESS OF THE POTTER HIVES
TlGATION.

MRS. jerks CONTINUES HER LITTLE sTORY
PACKARD BEFORE THE LOUISIANA CON-
AITTEE--A BATCH or RACY CoRRRsPoS-
DEsCH UNkARTHED-sPICY LETTERS TROa
ASDERsoS TO MRS jerks.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Potter COM
mittee resumed its session to-day.
BowLEs BAKER
with his right hand uplitted and eyes
closed heard the chairman recitc the usual
oath Of the witness and then refused ~ be
sworn il hat form. He was excused from
further attendance pending consideration
OF his case by the committee.
Representative Foster inquired regarding
the published statement OF Gen. Butler
that certain weli-remembered speech by
Nr. Foster hsi been prepared by =
prominent southern Democrat Gen. But
Ter assured Mr Foster that he lsbored un-
der misspprthension.
Nr Foster was also assured that there
was no stten..on TO call him as witness
MRS. JESKs
reappeared and retired after testiiying that
she I'D brother named Adolph II. Muir
dncS, formerly United States mail agent.
and recently appointed IN the Now Orleans
custom house. but she had not been advised
Of he appointment which he should have
had long ago She had sought his ap-
polntmcnt but we- unsuccessful.
THH LOUISIANA SUBCOMMITTEE.
New ORLEANS, July 1.-The Potter sub-
committee met at 1890. hessrs. Black
burn, Reed and Stenger were present
GOV. PACKARD
was recalled TO produce number Of pa
pep u which he referred in his testimony
on Saturday including the returns Of the
election promulgated in the Joint resolu-
..on OF his Legislature. calling for troops,
etc.
The witness did not have copy Of the
governors letters transmitting the Joint
resolution 10 the president The promul-
gated returns of the Democratic committee
did not give the names OF the three men
from the Seventh ward Whose names were
put upon the roll of the Nichols honss, but
showed that three Republicans were elect
ed, This change was essential TO make /.
quorum for the Nichols house. When
Kellogg WA elected here were seventeen
senators present and AZ members of the
house.
In reply To . ~s.siion by Stcng-r ~ to
when he fnt heard Of the detect in the Ger
titicsn vi the eI, ;tcls, the witness said il
WA wien Gen. Anderson returned
to New Orissns from Wash
iAgSeu, VA rot prnsent during the
propagation of the new certificate ~as At
the cust,a, house At thss time and saw
very lirte OF these nalt.r, gave J. p Har
re Auth0ri ~ his st,orney, to sign the
protest for BIN Of the polls and parishes;
thishs Gov Keilogg siS led sone protests
% slect3r, cited section Of the election
Law 81 1879, authorizing candidate. to
MAKE such p'e.sts; described the differ
esc< <-M the profess mace 10y the
sl1tioa ofioer And 'se \ ID of protest he
made. IVES that be merely I, 1uested The re-
turning boArd II defer acton until he could
be heard hc did not coz. der such paper
a protest, had . convsraa,,en ~ah Marshal
pittn in regard to tive n4,.elJ 20 he cop
ycered BY the retaining ,Srd in regard
10 Aade,soAs protest Pitk'r told him An
aerson wished to reclaim tho protest, but
hc Critkin) refused - return i, 70 Anderson
d that time the ,,neSss y. ,omev hsrriS,
attended 10 All Such matters for him kc'.
l0Eg was "A candidate for senator several
s,oa.hs before tive election; the wit
ness supported him for the
long tSM never mad him any
promise OF Nippo,, he never asked wit.
ness TO make mch promises; Ms jerks
called At his house one morning AMI told
him she WAS going to Washington; don't
rccoiicct ANY ,prcin' conversation with her;
when IN Washington, in February, Mr.
l"nts made some reference to the Sherman
letter III. wi,ncss impression 10 sh" talked
nlys,rriously about it; the impression she
made on his mind ~as that she knew moth
ing about tho lettcr;,hr sS,ld not s,y who
bad IT, snd this made witness think she
knew nothing about it, the first hc ever
heard vt tlc letter Sse iroa letter Mr.
jerks wrot' to Gov. Kellogg; Mrs jerks
minated to Ninrss that abe waited him
appointed collector. but h. especially r..
IuuSlrj her not to speak to any of IN"