Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-01
ON HIS EAR.
Aadcrson VIII Tell What He Hno,rs About
Sherman's Rascalities IL, Lowisiana.

Anderson VIII Tell What He Kno,rs about
Sherrran's Raseatities in Louisiana.
New York Herald Interview.
care You willing to tell what you can tes-
tify about Secretary Sherman's alleged con-
nection with the Louisiana frauds?''
81 don't care if l do tell. They have been
lying about me long enough. The Republi-
cans seem to think that my card to Mr.. Pot
ter the other day means that am going to
stand by them. Why did they not remem-
Der nae when needed help? Now am in
dependent of them, and intend to keep SO.
But I'll go on with the story, and you can
Judge whether I am able to give any evil
dence calculated to make certain parties
tremble ittle.''
IF you had. as is charged, any transac-
ton with Secretary Sherman, what was its
date?'
"The protest to the vote of East Feliciana
is dated Nov. 10; that of West Feliciana.
Nov. IA, l believe. Mr.. Sherman reached
New Orleans about the 18th of the month.
Things were then in a very critical condi-
ton. Dan Weber, who was supervisor of
elections in West Neliciana, had signed his
protest, but had not. From what l heard
at the time felt sure that Dan was acting
in the line of duty in putting his name to
the protest, because in one part of the
parish, down in the river region, there was a
small body of disorderly roughs, who inter-
fered with the negroes from pure cussedness
There was not much politics about it. Dan
was not very firm in the faith, however. He
had his doubts whether the protest should be
made to cover SO much, and made up my
| mind that l did not propose to testify Off
cially to intimidation when there was no
| sign of it on election day. The thing had
all been set up beforehand, but had no
right to swear that any voters had been in
terfered with unless I knew of actual cases
of violence on election day. There were none.
The election was as peaceful as any in the
country. So l refused to sign. It was
very few days otter this, as the dates show,
| when Sherman arrived in New Orleans. Dan
1 Weber and were both weak, and it was
vital that our parishes should be thrown
out. l told you months ago of the way my
signature was obtained to blank
sheet of paper and how that was afterward
filed in without my knowledge with a most
sweeping protest, accompanied by
forged jurat That was fraud, and I
had made up my mind to denounce it. Just
| then the visiting statesman came on the
field. Weber and I both needed backbone.
There is no use in telling great long story
now. but we were written to by Secretary
Sherman. We wanted written guarantees
that we should be cared for if we allowed
this crookedness to go unrebuked, so that
the returning board and the Republican
party could profit by the wrong.''
"Did the secretary write to each of you?''
'No; the letter was written to us Jointly
1t did not come through the mail. It was
directed to D. A. Weber and James E. An
derson. The stories about there being two
letters are false. 1t was transmitted to us
through third party
Show did the letter read?''
"Well, it was one of those shrewd things
which nobody but shrewd politician would
devise. He simply said that we should be
literally cared for if we stood f-m.''
"Don't you suppose that when Mr.. Sher-
man was placed on the stand he can laugh
at that letter and say that the only object of
it was to let you know that the leaders of
the Republican party would stand by YOU
| if you performed your duty?''
"Yes, realize the force of that, but it
happens that the vital point in this matter
concerns the fact whether Sherman knew,
when he wrote that letter, that Webber had
his doubts about how far his duty would
stretch, and that I was on the point of de-
nouncing the forgery of which I had been
made the victim.''
"And you think you can prove that he
was fully aware of all these facts, and meant
his letter to be guarantee that you should
be provided for if you consented to shut
your eyes'and hold your tongue.?'
"Ihat is exactly what we expect to do.
Suppose that Lawrence testifes that he in
formed Sherman of the way things stood in
the Felicjana parishes, and suppose that
Pitkin testifes that Sherman understood the
situation exactly, and suppose Whitney testi-
ties more fully than he did before the Morri-
son committee, that one day at the St,
Charles hotel displayed an envelope which
contained the Sherman letter, and said: 'sI've
got enough here to burst the whole thing
Then where will Sherman be?'''
whatever became of that letter?''
81 gave it to Dan. Weber, and don't
know exactly what he did with it. You re-
member he was murdered at St. Francisville
very shortly afterward. There has always
been peculiar mystery hanging about biz
murder. have heard that the Democrats
claim to have Photographic copy of thai
letter, but can't state whether it is true OF
not. You elso remember when we calico
on Mrs. jerks last winter iha
she intimated that the original letter was safe
and sound in place where it could be easil,
reached. That may be true, but the grea
importance to the investigation, 80 far a.
Sherman is concerned, will consist in prov
ing, not that such letter was written, ant
not that it contained such and such words
but that he knew when he addressed it to u.
that we were being bribed to submit to for
geries.''
"Do you think Pitkin will testify?'
~ know he will
"And you have no doubts you can max,
the matter so clear that the country will un
derstand?"
81 believe we can make Sherman com,
down from his high horse.''
Il Sud Case.
Des Moines (Ia.) Register.
The Fort Madison Plain Dealer, in it.
penitentiary notes for the past week, says:
Graham, the man who has served tive Mt,
years sentence without committing the GRIM
charged, goes out on the 9Th inst.
This refers to sad case, and one that ha
been standing disgrace to the State O
Iowa, and especially so to the count,
of Dubuque. This man was sen
to the penitentiary on the perjuret
evidence of his second wife and step
daughter, who, to get rid of him SO as to ge
to keeping house of ill-fame, trumped ur
the charge that he had attempted to outrage
the person of the girl (the step-daughter)
and had him arrested, and swore it through
, in court. Yet, afterwards, oyertaken will
! ramorao tho uonnay confessed Tho ,,,-;,,,.,