The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-06-08

er, Hiscock and James.
Anderson was the first witness. II,
had seen the document known rs tn,
Sherman protest. Ii had been altered
II WAS not the same rs when signed by
him (Anderson). There were two OF
three additional paragraphs to the doc
ument and was filled in several places
Anderson wcl OF the opinion that be.
cause he would not carry out the ideas
of Kellogg and others, they were de-
sirous of driving him out OF the par.
ish.
Kellogg wished Anderson would
rally the negroes at two polls and let
the Others go democratic, remarking
further, that the witnesses could get
| up disturbance aud have the demo-
| cratic votes thrown out. A document
was produced purportiug TO be an
affidavit, signed by the witnesses and
| Webber, q supervisor of West Feliciana q
parish, wherein they refuse to sign n
protest against the elections in their
parishes.
| The original of this affidavit, the
witness says, was recently in the pos
| session Of Stanley Matthews. Wiz
Ness and Webber had al interview
with Sherman at Molair's restaurant
in New Orleans. Who said
gentlemen, 81 understand there is
| difficulty in your respective parishes.
| This IL a time when the assistance OF
every republican and true patriot is
needed. | trust that you Will stand
by us.n
They were assured by Mr.. Sherman
that they would be cared for, as MIR.
| Hayes could control the federal pa
| Ionage. All he desired was for them
to stand firm, and let the record run
along as it Is. The witness presented
| what purported To be n copy OF letter
from sherman, but the republicans u,
jected to l. being read until Sherman
saw il and recognized il ~ y copy of
his reply To Anderson and Webber. The
examination promises 10 be very long.
Anderson testified that there we're no
protests on the returns made by him
| fr ,m East Felicians parish. He went
to New Orleans where he met Marshal
Pitkin, who asked him If there were
any protests. He replied no. Pitkins
asked why. Witness replied because
there WAS more intimidation done by
the republicans than the democrat
Later Pitkins met witness and wished
he would make some protests 81 the
| presidenticl election hinged on Lonis.
lana He brought a prof st which
witness re iJsed to sign. Other protests
already prepared were bsG4Sbt to wit.
ness, one of which be signed, to the
effect that he did npt-protest IN the
parish because he WI a..aid of his life.
Another protest " signed by r. A
jerks, deputy Unit ID States marshal.
The copy of the letter alleged tn have
been written 10y Webber and Ander-
son TO Secretary Sherman says: awe
have carefully considered the argu,
| ments used by you, which, IL we com-
ply with, We will have To leave the
state. VIII you tell us in writing who
we shall look 10 for the fuifiilmeut OF
your promise Anderson identified
the following "a n letter he had writ-
ten to Webber: packard il raising
he'll over your reiGssi to protest. Morey
has been following me ever since my
return. Am in doubt whether he is
acting for the democrats or rspubli-
cans. There's no doubt they changed
my statement so IS to make an iuves.
tigsiion protest. Make up your mind
as to what you had better do. Pm op.
posed to doing the id raseals' dirty
work. IL we pull together Packard,
Kellogg, hell and the returning board
canuot carry the state for Hayes. We
are young, and II We win, can get a
reputation that might take us years to
ae Iuire."
Witness stated he had asked Mr..
| Tovn2Snd to sabPi5na him before the
Morrison committee, when he was in
New Orleans, and that Governor Kel.
logg had come to him in the afternoon
and said, For Gods sake" not to do
1t, that there ought TO he no questions
asked him Which would lead to others,
which would ruin the whole thing.
In = letter Of the witness to one
Pierre Butler, Of East Fsliciana, dated
November 10th, 1876, which was read
it appear Anderson was in communi-
cation with Major Burke, . managing
Louisiana democrat, aud that Burke
Offered him four Thousand dollars to
carry Feliciana parish for Tilden.
Secretary sherman was PLACED on
the witness stand. Chairman Potter
submitted TO him a letter which An.
derson claims Rss written by Shsr.
man to Webber and himself. After
reading 1t carefully, Secretary Sher-
man said he had never written such q
letter, and at the same time said there
were things in the letter he would
have written, but does not believe he
ever wrote il.
Mr.. McMshon called for the reading
of the letter and Mr.. Hiscock objected.
A vote taken on reading the letter and
1t was adopted by party vote, otheI
than that General Butler dodged. The
letter was read ss follows:
NES ORLEANS, November goth, 1910.
A. Webber and James E. Anderson.
| GENTLEMEN.-You our note Of ever
date just received, neither Mr.. Hay,
myself, OF any OF the gentlemen vii :
me can forget the obligations undel
which You will have placed US if .yot
stand firm in the position taken
From q long acquaintance with Mo
Hays am Justified in assuming IT,,
J responsibility for the promises mad,
, in guaranteeing that you shall be tsker
!, care of.
The letter concludes with assurance
Of protection IL they ieavs the state, i
is signed by John Eherman.
Anderson testified that he made an
piicatiOn 10 the president for = consul
ship and the pfeaident endorsed tn.
paper to Secretary Evsyts.
"Please appoint this man to consul
ship in some warm climate. This Ia
/ special case.
: r. b. HAYES.
!, The examination OF Anderson Wa
I continued: at great length. The point
, ELECTED are that Anderson signed
> blank report which wAs filled. an,
Webber, superintendent West Fell
ciAna, wrote his protest at Anderson
r desk at the New Orleans custom bous
!, an Novasn ttor l4fh and aykovn f<, II t,sa