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with anybody? A. I had a con-
versation with Capt, Thos jerks before he

testified early last week; he spoke to me
in this way: You know, Weber, if you
testify with US in this case We can be pro-
vided for down there; we can get nice
appointment IN the custom house and
everything will be all right so far we are
concerned" | considered that an improper
approach aud told him | was not an az
plicant for any position and would not have
one under the circumstances.
Witness then produced the following
letter written to Mrs. d. A. Weber by JAS
E. Anderson:
My Dear Madam:-You are probably
aware that the warm friendship existing
between your husband and myself remain
ed unbroken until his untimely death.
You are also aware, no doubt, that we acted
together in all matters connected with the
election in 1875, and that letter assuring
as that we should be protected and provid-
ed for was given US by Mr.. Sherman. Had
the promises made to US at that time been
fulfilled your husband would not have
been compelled to return home and to
certain death. The man who made
those promises occupies to-day one of
the most prominent places in the gift of
map, whose title is stained by your hus-
bands blood. They not only deny the
existence of the document. but that
either your husband and myself were
down on them, or that they had ever heard
of us. Some days since party arrived in
| Washington and claimed that she could
produce the letter in question. Is this
correct. 1t so, has she possession of it?
If not, can you tell me where it can be
found aud on what conditions it can be oh
tanned? In justice to myself and the
memory of MIR. Weber it should be pro-
duced and there will never be a more op-
portune time than the present, Let me
hear from you at the earliest practicable
moment. Will give you all information
you desire. Remember me kindly to him.
1 (Signed). JOHN L. ANDERSON.
j The witness 1 have the original of that
letter, which will file with the committee.
Mrs. Weber did not reply to it,
Packard told me few days before the
election if he and Hayes did not get any
votes in East and West Felicians, he was
: going to be Governor aud Hayes President;
Mr.. Armistead, Mr. Duncan and others
were present; he said the best way to dis
pose of the Democratic majority was to
throw out the vote of the county; that was
better than making Republican canvass;
! and | know of my personal knowledge that
( Kellogg employed L. b. jerks to keep
( JAS. +. Anderson away from the parish,
5 and to prevent his holding an electlo-
e there as Supervisor; have letter from
: l. 3. jerks dated New Orleans, Oct. %,
/ 1876, in which he states that Pltkin reques-
ted him to hunt up and to prevent his
i coming to East Feiiciana to hold the
q election; jerks afterwards stated that
0 ne had been endeav0rl3g to keep
Anderson away but had failed
y that Kellogg, Packard, Pitkin anC
j others had given him money to prevent
: Anderson going up, and they wanted hin
to go down town and get Anderson drunk
d SO as 10 prevent his coming; there was
o between 400 and 800 democratic votes los
e in East teliciana because of the failure o
r Anderson to come up there and register
them had conversation with Gen
It Garfield, Sherman and others whom | d,
]. not remember, but know it was generally
]. understood that they were advising tht
e stretching the powers of the returning
board to the utmost extent inthe same
direction that they were stretched IN 1874
when they proved successful Witness
said Mrs, jerks came to his house ant
stated that she knt of the existence o
the Sherman letter and was in search C
X it, and woud pay we'll for it; she state'
E. how valuable it w0uld be for US if | couIt
h get Mrs. d. A !. cher to consent to he
D. looking over the papers in her possession
ID as she was certain il would be found. Wit
a, ness testified. recording to his best know
I'd edge aud belle, that after the election tn
y republican leaders acknowledged that the
d, we're beaten, out their hopes we're revive
at aud they were induced to make fight b
o. the assurance given them by the visitin
ut statesmen that the coming administratio
would sustain them 10 whatever actio
they might take, and upon that the re
ed turning board went to work and threw OF
I'd all the parishes and 10 some cases withou
ay afidGyits being flied.