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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Investigating the Election OF 1876
Under the Potter ResOIutton-James e.
Anderson and secretary sherman ON
i the stand. Es&
| The select committee of the Housesof rep
resen tatives to investigate the alleged frauds
4 in Louisiana and Florida, began their labors
on the lst inst. The committee sat with
! open doors. Messrs. Wilson and Shellabarger
appeared as counsel Tor Secretary Sherman
The sub committee to visit Florida, was an
Inounced to consist of Hunter, Springer and
! Hiscock. James E. Anderson was first call
ed to testify. At the time of the election he
was supervisor OF election returns of the
/ Parish Of East Feliciana, Louisiana: He
! testified at length in regard to transactions
+tins the parish, in interviews with certain
! parties, and in regard to an attempt to get
him to enter a protest against the returns
by reason OF intimidation having been used
In reply to Marshal Pitkin he said intim-
idation had been used, but he did not know
whetherit had been practicedl by Democrats
or Republicans, and that consequently he
was not prepared to make aiprotest. 4 He
subsequently entered protest and testified
as to various attempts to have him, change
and make said protest stronger. He
gave the substance Of an interview
between himself and D. A. Weber,
supervision of election returns in West Fell
ciana and John Sherman. Mr. Sherman re-
marked " there is crisis in which not only
\ Louisiana but the whole country is involved
! and it is time when we want every Republi-
can and every true patriot to stand by. u.s.
1 ~ t1ar1a toro uoiv,r 10 a.
that thing" Mr.. Weber explained that he
and Anderson had already done more than
the circumstances of the case would warrant,
and great deal more than safety would war
rant; land that, if Packard became Governor
| there was no possibility of their getting any
! Mr.. Shermc n assured the witness, Mr.. Weber,
| that no danger lay in that direction, that the
Republican party had not been in the habit
| OF forgetting men who stood by it in the hour
ofperl. Mr.. Sherman" said the witness
"raised his left hand and said'' what want to
say to you is, that if you gentlemen, stand
firm in this matter and let it run as it is, you
will find no cause to regret it.n3 Subsequent
ly the witness wanted Sherman's verbal dec
larations and assurances in black and
white" and accordingly he and Weber Jointly
addressed the following letter to
"SIR.-We have carefully considered the ar
duf;tHCGu ny yOuA1n our interview.
Your assurance that we shall be taken care of,
is scarcely specific enough: Ii case we pursue
the course suggested by you, we would be
obliged to leave the State. Will you, there
fore state in writing VINO we shall look to. for
the ful6llment of these promises. Respect
fully, tl5 4
(signed) D. WEBER,
8l JAMES Z. ANDERSON
/ To Hon. Jno. Sherman. a
be Mr.. Mcmahon proposed to put in evidence
copy Of Sherman's letter in reply. After
strong discussion as to whether the copy OF
Mr. Sherman's letter could be read and put in
evidence, Mr.. Butler offered the following res
olution, which was unanim ously adopted
RESOLVED, That the paper identified by the
witness beIread, but not read nor given TO the
public until Mr.. Secretary Sherman may be
forWith called, and the paper shown, and he be
asked if he admits it to be acopy of any letter
written by him. b, .,5f,3 <f,,. sEs
Mr. Sherman being notified of this proceed
ing, and invited to appear, did appear in re-
SPONGE to such Invitation, when the following
took place: III
The chairman to Secretary Sherman.-Jas.
E. Anderson, the witness testifying before the
committee this morning, stated that he had
| received from the hands Of D. A. Weber a let
ter purporting to be signed by you, of which
now show you copy, Will you now state
to the committee whether you ever wrote
such letter?
Mr.. Sherman, after an inspection of the pa
per handed him, replied: I can only say this,
| that believe upon my responsibility and the
| oath have taken, l never wrote such letter.
have no recollection Of ever writing such a
| letter. If this letter was written it must have
been, if l am not mistaken about the date on.
the day when the returning officers first com
menced to open the returns. think it was
on the Goth. At that time knew but little
about the transaction. The papers had not
Ibeen opened. I do not believe ever wrote
that letter. AT the same time there are. things
| in this letter that I would have written to
| these, or any other men who were engaged in
| the performance Of what believed to be their
duty, if II had been asked, but do notbelieYeI
wrote that letter. 1T 9ssg #21as @E5g 9gss g.
Et3 THE LETTER.
III New ORLEANS, Nov 90, 1876.-Messrs D. A.
! Weber and James E. Anderson: Gentlemen
| Your note Of even date has Just been received.
Neither MrsHayes, myself, the gentlemen who
accompany me, the country at large can.
ever forget the obligations under which YOU
| will have placed us should you stand firm in
| the position You have taken. From long
and intimate acquaintance with Gov. Hayes /
am justified in assuming responsibilityifor the
promises made, and will guarantee you, will
be provided for5as soon after the 4thSof March
as may be practicable, and in. such manner as
will enable you both to leave Louisiana should
you deem it necessary. Very truly yours,
SEQ n John SHERMAN.
The examination Of Anderson was resume d
and much correspondence was put in evil
dence, including several letters that passed be-
tween him and Stanley Matthews, pertaining
to Anderson's claim upon the administra-:
ton for some lucrative appointment develop
ing the fact that though Matthews reeog-
nized such claim as legitimate, Anderson IS
expectations were not realized ,land that he
finally turned, with scorn on Matthews and
the administration saying in his letter to