National Republican., 1878-06-06
INFELICE!
tOoniinuoi from tYra Rnae.

INfGllCG!
tConinucd from IGa Pugcl
We had so much lawlcssness In that parish
last year that had thought It injudicious to
organize our party-the Republican party. I
really thought II unsafe. We were continu.
ally threatened with death If We should at.
tempt to organize. advised them
all to stay at home quietly and not to organ.
izc single club until we could get some pro-
lection In doing so. There has not
been in the parish of West Fclciana single
cIub organized during the present. year (lS76)
not one"
Tho Florida Sub Committee nt Work.
SAVANNAH, GA, June 5.-A special to the
Morning Nc'rs from Jacksonville says: "Thc
subcommittee Immediately proceeded to bust
ness. Secretary of State Bloxham was the first
witness, and produced four precinct returns
and two returns Of the canvass of Baker
County, the first showing a majority for the
Iilden ticket and the other majority for
Hayes, by throwing out two precincts. Tho
second witness was Cox, formerly clerk of
Baker County, who testified that he made the
aforementioned canvass IN favor of Tilden.
Ihat was the only one that could be made
from the original returns Of precincts as they
were that were In his possession. Several wit :
nesses are expected tomorrow from Lake City"
Third Day of the Examination.
The Potter investigating committee met at
ll2O a. m. yesterday, and, after a statement
by the chairman that the Secretary of the Sen.
ate had sent to the committee the Louisiana
election returns, took recess until half.past
one o'clock p. IN.
When the committee reassembled General
Butler submitted the following preamble and
resolution:
A CALL UPON THE PRESIDENT.
Whereas James T.. Anderson swcas that between
| May p and June !. 1877, Hon. Stanley Matthews
told him, 81 have Just to-day received letter from
| the President In regard IN your ease, and | have
written him such letter rs will secure your ap-
pointment 70 some position;" aud that or about
June the President said to the witness "he had
received letter from Mr.. Matthews requesting
him to give him place"
Reso'rsd, That the President be requested to fur.
nsh 70 the cIiniitce all the original letters above
mentioned which he has received, II any or certi.
fed cope: thereof, with copies Of any such letters
supposed tO be written by him, he may prefer In
order TO secure an intelligent cross examination of
| the witness on the subjCct-matier thereof.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
HON. GEORGE c. GoRHAM,
Secretary Of the Senate, was then called, and
testified that the papers sent to the committee
this morning were the only papers relating to
the Louisiana electoral college of 1876 in his
possession. lie said he knew nothing of any
returning board beyond this; that he was
Informed by the correspondent Of q New York
paper that box containing such documents
had come from New Orleans and that the
Sergcant.at-Arms had since Informed him that
the papers had been in his custody, in the
same box in which they had left New Orleans.
ANDERsoN RECALLED.
| James Z. Anderson was then recalled, and.
in reply to questions by Mr.. Reed, stated that
the agreement between himself aud Weber
was drawn up November Il, 1876, between
the hours of twelve and one, at his room in
the custom.housc; he himself drew it up;
could not say whether the first set of sigma
lures on it were affixed in the Gu stOm- house or
| in the notarys office but was sure that the
second set of signatures were made at the no
tarys; went to the notary, Seymour, with tho
members Of the firm Of Dix 4 Wilder; they
were present when he and Weber signed; he
| signed first aud Anderson next does not know
whether they saw him and Weber sign tho pa
| per, but they stood by.
O. Do you swear that d. A. Weber signed
the original agreement IN your prescnce?--A.
| | do.
| O. Did you sec him sign both times "A. To
the best of my recollection and belief did.
| My recollection is that in both instances
Weber signed under my name.
THE CONTRACT PRODUCED.
| Mr.. Reed. | desire to call tho committees
attention to this statement. To the witness
! Showing him paper: Is this the original pa
pcr?-A. never saw that paper before this
moment; it Is II regular counterfeit. TO Mr..
/ Reed who smiled at this rcply:) Reserve your
smiles until after the investigation Is over
| Mr.. Reed. Mr.. Chairman, you will please
identify this document. You will please notice
! that in this document Wcber's signature il
above Anderson's, and that in the copy already
| in II is also above AndcrsOn's signature TO
the witness, pointing to the paper just shown:
A. 1t is II forgery.
Mr.. Mcmahon. DO we understand that this
paper comes from Mr.. Matthews2
Mr.. Reed. Yes, sir
The Chairman. At the request of the com
mittee this was obtained from Mr. Matthews
Mr., Cox. I got it from Mr.. Matthews.
Mr.. McNlahnn, to the witness: Do under
stand you TO say that this Is not your hand.
writing?-A. 1t is an excellent counterfeit.
Q. Is 1t the copy You mailed to Mr.. Mat
thews?-A 1t is not: 1t is copy, but not the
copy ! mailed to Senator Matthews
BY Mr.. Reed In the paper which you and
Weber signed, you wrote the jard "A. did.
Q. You also wrote the witnessing clause p
A. Yes, sir.
@. You did not wtiTe Inc signatures of Dix
and of Wilder?-A. Certainly not
! Q. You did not write Weber's signature p
A. No, sir.
@. You did not procure this to be done "A.
| did not.
Q. Did you sec Weber sign his name "A. I
saw him sit down at the table and take the
pen, but am not sure that saw him write.
Witness stated that he was not sure where
the signatures were made but thought both
were made in the notary's office; was sure that
this Is not his handwriting and that this isnot
the original paper. 1t is not Weber's original
! signature, and 1t is not the paper mailed.
z. How do you know "A. On the sheet of
| paper on which wrote the agreement there
were two spots of red ink, one at the top and
one at the bottom got an eraser and erased
those spots. On the paper shown me here no
crasures arc perceptible think this is in
Seymour's original signature; the body of the
paper is Il counterfeit of my handwriting. On
the original there were no intCrineati0ns and
no crasures, except those two spots of ink
Anderson stated, in reply to further In
quires, that the clerk in Katz & Barnitz's
warehouse, from whom he got the package of
letters, was about his (witnessy height, had
dark eyes, wore q mustache, and at the time
was In his shirt sleeves. Further than that he
could not describe him, and he did not know
| his name.
Mr., Reed, making some inquiries with refer
encc to the stationery Anderson had in his
room in New Orleans, the witness replied that
he had an assortment of it. Being in the
custom-house l had, of course, plenty of sta.