New-York tribune., 1878-07-25


work a. hest it can under the circumstances
Atlantic City, however, Is not without IT'S com
forts and ADVANTAGES. ii your ieet are tlOud Il
u,uu hV tine crowds that throuE the United states
Hotel Ii the crack OF tuc rSr m the Slop .mg-gal-
Icry keeps Won awake uniI. after midnight, ana the
Luirrl,st luo>ouItus on the Ncw-J JaINcY coast de-
pr,e YOU of sleep for the rest of the night, there
are the ,NuiIa1tlug sea air, the comfortable tcih-
pcraturr, tine airy room overlooking the ocean I'D
winch to mold the meetings OF the committee ana
tie refreshing surf Ia which 10 take plunge 80
that after AL the members OF the committee ana
thor witnesses are not likely TO suffer III health
durIus their soJourn here.
EVIDENCE IN BEHALF OF SHERMAN.
EMPHATIC DENIAL OF wEEBEKs AND ANDFRsoN's
TESTIMONY BY slvEEAL or THE VISITING
srtTE-NrN.
rul TELEGRAPH TO THF TEEUSEl
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., July 2i.-Judge William
D. Kelley was the first witness examined by the Pot
fer Committee to-day. A, he came down the walk
10 the committee room with copy of the report
made by ihc Republican visiting statesmen to Pres
idcnt Grant under his arm, he remarked that If he
seemed 10 bc of Importance to-day, it should
be remembered that he was like the man
who was attending court in Rcrks County,
Pepusy IyauIl for several hours in the morning a
s.rappiug fellow SIX feet tall had been walking up
and down before tie Court-liouse door, and when
the bell rang and the people began t. crowd IN, he
clbowcd some of them aside with the remark,
"Stlnd aside gentlemen don't You know that Im
tbcIpsp what was bedcyllcdY' Judge Kelley said
that he was the man who was 10 be bcdeyillcd
to-day.
1b. direct examination was conducted by Nj.
Hscoch Nh Kelley described the attendance oi
the visitors ON the meetings of the Returning
Board. and said that the Republicans from the
North rendered assistance to the canVasscrs, but
that copies OF aiiayits which had been received by
ia he
gtate-mau with whom he was associated. in order
thai they might be copied or briefed for in the
rcport which was made to tn" President. He heard
that In few cases affidavit, which We're very in
complete tho ailiautS being present, were put INTO
share by some oi tine Republicans. He never heard
suggestion in the private meetings of the Rcpub-
Hraus tlat ANYTHING should be done 10 influence
the members Of the Returning Board. lie never
had any conversation with the members of the Re
turning Board 0r any of It's officers employees and
ncyor saw any of his associates in consultation
with them. Referring to the testimony Of T. l..
Wcbhcr that on the 27th OF November, 1876. the
canvass Of the vote had been completed. cccting
Mr. Packard. one OF the Republican electors, and
two Of the Democratic electors, and that subsc-
qucutly the result was changed by the Returning
Board under the influence of the Republican visit
ing statesmen Mr.. Kelley said that he never heard
of any such thing, and that he was that moth
rp of the kind was ever referred to by any of his
associates. After Mr. HocOck had spent about an
hour m the direct examination, Mr.. Potter asked a
few questions which only disclosed Mr. Kelley's ig-
norancc Of many occurrences to which Democratic
witnesses had testified.
Nr Courtlaudt Parker. Of Newark n. J.. another
Of the Republican visiting Statesmen, followed Mr..
Kelley as a witness. lie thought that the action Of
the Louisiana Returning Board, IN deciding not to
hold public meetings. might have been influenced
by the presence OF the visitors from the North, and
by an occurrence IN one Of the meetings Of the
board he referred TO the drawing Of knife day
IN the room where the board met by ruiianly fcl-
low. and the uterance Of an opprobrous epthct to-
ward the president of the board, Ex-Governor Wells.
Mr.. Parker explained bis connection with the case
of East FcIiciaua Parish The yarishe, were di-
yidpd among the Republican visitors, and East Fe-
hc,aua fell to him. The object was to hasten a
knowledge of ahmfs in the intimdatcd
parishes. lie never heard an iniimation that
James J.. Andcrsou's protest was false, or
that il had been iutcr.ucd. and at no time
duripg the canvass nor until he left New
Orleans. did hc have an uiimation Of what the re-
suit of the canvass of the vote NJ the State would
boz. He never heard Of the members Of the Rciuiu-
ing Board being present az any meeting Of the Re
publIcan visitors or having any consultation with
them. Mr. Parker said that Tho testimony OF r. L..
Webbcr that the Republican visiting s'gtesmen held
consultations at which Supervisors Of Election IN
s,rr marshes were present and at which u de-
terrulurd tbat the Returning Board should make a
different report than that which II had determined
10 make on the Z7th o. November was so iaI as ms
pariIcipatiou or knowledge was concerned an uh-
inItigatcd he and in regard to his Republican as
SOsIatc, be believed u 10 be Ourdgeously false. ie
tL ,,,,e af, aualysIs OF thc evidence Of intlmda-
tiou i'm Past Felciana Parish and said that 70 him
il was convincing He dec arcd that Mr. sherman
never had any conversation with the members Of
The Returning Board in public with perhaps one
exception and lao never knew Of any private con-
sultatlOn with those gentlemen.
Almost the only interesting point brought out by
BIZ. PotteTs cToss-eXauinatlOn OF Mr. Parker was
his opinion that the Southern Democrats would pre-
Ter TO carry their points and win elections by lntmi
dation than 10 resort 10 the Cancellation OF those
rbon they despise and who were once their slaves
He also said that a report was circulated in New