The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-17
ANOTHER DAYS WORK
WHAT WAS SHOWS Yesterday BE-
FORE THE sTENGER sUB-COM-
MITTEE.
How the Boys SwOre to the AfndavIts Ia
the Gust Om- witnesses frora
West FeIicIana SO Back ON
Their Old ffidavits.

The committee assembled about 1890
o'clock yesterday morning, and at about IL
o'clock the business OF the day was opened by-
calling to- the witness stand
W. A. STRONG, SECRETARY OF STATE.
To Mr.. Blackburn / have the returns from
the wards Of the parish OF Orleans asked for
yesterday. I stated yesterday that I hadn't
them with me. There Is q protest in the
eleventh ward. Poll two Is not included, be-
cause, as stated there witness readl "The
commissioners refused to send me the tally
sheets, as provided by law" In the seventh
ward there is a protest; poll three is not in
oluded The protest states that the lawswas
not complied with in several instances. Now
we have the second ward. There are one or
two statements in this. Poll No. three gives
John G.. Roche 247 votes, in two places, and
TO the ether candidates none. The tally
sheets give DR.. Chastant lat votes. Poll No.
fonr, ."The commissioners furnished no tally
sheets" Poll No. SIX; owing to imperfect re-
turns the poll is omitted The protests are
signed by Al. Brim.
JoRE cLBgG
was next placed on the stand.
TO Mr. Blackburn reside in the parish of
Lafayette. / have resided there since 1879:
by profession I am an attorney In 1876 b..
A. Veazey was supervisor Of registration.
The day after the election in November, 1876.
he asked me to make up his statement of
votes. He can write his name, but do not
think could have compiled the statement. I
made them up, he swore to them and brought
them to New Orleans. came with him. I
don't think he ever filed the rrturns before
the board; ii he did, they gave them back
and he made new set. The statement shown
me as filed before the Returning Board is not
the one made by me The difference between
this and the one l made out, and the one he
sw0re to, is nearly 400 votes. There are three
polls, giving large Democratic majoriies,
thrown out In this which were on the original
prepared by me. There was no protest at all
in the returns / assisted him in making up.
AS promulgated by the Returning Board
there were three polls thrown out On this
return filed with the Returning Board there
are but two polls protested against Mr.. An-
gust MOnnier was clerk of court; he Is still
in the parish of Lafayette.
! To Mr.. COx--I could not give the exact fig
ures, but have general impression
AS TO RESULTS.
There were other papers, cut of which the
consolidated return was made, which accom-
panied it. This, the one shown, is sworn to
before A. MOnnier, the same clerk before
whom oath was made to the return madet
To Mr. Blackburn-The date to the tfrat is
iurat to the returns which | made for Mr..
Veazey was the same, November ID. never
understood, prior to the PRONUNCIATION Of the
returns, that there was any other return
than the one assisted in making.
To Mr.. COx-Mr. Veazey called on ms be-
cause he was satisfied | would make his.re-
turns correctly. That is the reason he gave.
| The next witness was
A. J. REYNOLDS.
! To Mr.. Blackburn live in the town of
/ DpOa i6GOnvilIa 7 yuaS r.cidiDc, in
| Der, 1875 in the town Of St Francsville, West
FeliCiana. was member Of the Republican
party.
| HAVE KNOWN MRS. AGNES D. JENKs
for number of years. l saw her in Donald
sOnvile-I think in July, 1877. l saw her at
the residence OF Mr.. E. L. Weber I waapass-
ing the house; Weber called me and asked IL
| knew who was in the house. | said f4No,"
and he said it was Mrs. jerks, who hadaeome
up to see Mrs. ID. A. Weber about the Sher-
man letter. l went with Mrs. jerks 30 the
hotel. She asked me about the letter-"a
letter" she said,
''sAID TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY SECRETARY
/ SHERMAN"
She wanted to know If | knew anything
about it; II | was not good friend ofiWeber;
i it it was not possible that he had 10 on his
person when he was shot. L know nothing
about the letter Ouside Of this I was an in
innate friend of ID. A. Weber. / knew him
first in 1868; heard him say after the election,
he had no intention OF making a protest.
This was before he came to New Orleans
TO Mr.. COX-I was employed il st. Francis
vile on the Feliciana LEDGER. g. L. Weber
owned it. | was employed by the week. am
a practical printer. My name appeared as
publisher; it was a weekly. We Issued it from
1872 until after the election. We suspended.
and then resumed and published one number;
then Mr.. ID. A. Weber was killed; he was
editor and we stopped publication. / am now
employed on the DOnalGsonvilEe Chief; 1t is
now independent; has been since the election.
Mr.. L. E. Bentley is the proprietor. have
told all the conversation which. occurred be-
tween myself and Mrs. jerks. She broacheG
the subject of the letter helselI. She spoke
Of it
AS LETTER
"said to have been written by Secretary Sher-
man and given to Weber" I have had no
conversation with E. L. Weber about the let
ter since. had no connection at all with the
making up OF the returns OF Mr.. Weber The
! paper Office was two squares from the c5uFt-
, house, in an Office In which the returns were
: made
Witness recognized papers shown as being
, in D. A. Weber's handwriting.
J. W. ARMsTEAD,
cOlored, was next sworn.
To MIR. Stenger-I live In the parish Of So
. James. In November, 1876, I resided In the
parish of East Feliciana. I lived there since
, ny birth. | was a Republican. waS super
. visor Of poll No. IL during he election. After
the election / made an affidavit in references
! | to it in the CustOm-House. | was Summoned
by marshal. The affidavit was made in the
court room, think. | was asked questions,
} and there was man taking down wfst /
!, said. Witness was shown and identified his
: affidavit,f I was sworn by Mr.. WooIfey. 4
signed it without reading it or having il read
to me- did not know
e WHAT WAS IN IT.
Q I did not say, as is stated in the affidavit.
!; that the crowd at the polls prevented the col
0red men from voting the Republican ticket
: said it had a tendency to do it, / did not
,, say that heard the crowd state that the coh
= ored men had be- ter vote the Democratic
= affidavit has 1t. 1t was peaceful, quiet elee
O ton. The statement in the affidavit thai
there were bodies Of armed men riding
through the parish in 1875 is correct. Nevel
! heard these men say that IT the colored mel
h voted the Republican ticket they would xii