The sun., 1878-07-25

1t was an interesting procession OF the
organizers. applauders. and beneilcaries of
Fraud that filed across the witness stand at At
lantic City yesterday ID. KELLEY.
CoUBTLANDT PARKER. little EUGENE HALE. and
JOIN SHERMAN bringing up tho rear.
All four were visiting statesmen. KEEL
LEY, PARKER, and HALE were confident
that neither SHERMAN nor any Of the
rest OF them attempted to influence the Return
ing Board. or to tAmper with minor election
officers also that WEBERs testimony about the
Returning Boards discovery that their
lrst count had left two Of the HAYES
electors uneected. and their then going
10 work on the returns again. AT the in
stigaton Of the visiting statesmen. to rem
edy this oversight was false. PARKER never
heard Of JoHN SHERMAN having private con
ference with JAMES +. ANDERSON: H,LE was
sure considering his intimacy with SHERMAN
that he would have heard Of that letter to WEBER
and ANDERSON if it had been written; KELLEY
sometimes called the NEsToR Of the House. still
clings to his belief in ELIZA PINKsToN. The
inference. from the testimony given by
these men IL. either that their memo
ries are poor or that JOHN SHERMAN
didn't think 1t judiclous TO share his
little secrets with them. JOHN himself tes-
tfes that he did not decide TO go 10 New Or
leans until after GRANT had sent him two tele-
grams. and that he did not start then until after
he had had a conversational general one
with HAYES. His examination will be contin-
ued to-day.
Gen. BUTLER took advantage OF EUGENE
HALEs presence on the stand 10 put again
his pertinent question whether II the
HAYES electors were chosen in Louisi-
ana in 1876. PACKARD was not also cho-
sen. HALE had to own that he thought
PAcKAKD's title rs Governor fully as good as
HAYEs's title as President. Congressman DAN
FORD later in the day. replied to the same qucs-
ton that PACKARDs S majority, rs figured out by
the Returning Board. was larger than that Of
the HAYES electors
The most noteworthy and important testl-
mony Of the day was given by ex-Congressman
SYpHER. While the visiting statesmen were in
Now Orleans he met the late d. A. WEBER
who asked him whether he could safely rely
on verbal promises given him by MATTHEWS
and SHERMAN. and announced his intention
to exact written promise. When Mr.. SYPHER
met WEBER on the following day. tho latter
handed him n letter. 1t purported to be signed
by JOHN SHERMAN. was substantially the same.
as he remembers It, ms the one which has been
published. and Mr.. SYpHER believes that II was
in SHERMAN's handwriting. The importance
Of this testimony does not need pointing out.
At New Orleans one of the men employed In
the Custom House affidavit mill N 1875 told the
subcommittee how the work was done. Ne
groes too ignorant to mako an intelli-
gent statement and reluctant in most
cases to make any statement at all,
were brought in by Republican poli-
ticans. who furnished the men who were
running the mill with an outline of the testi-
mony desired. From this and what the ne
groes said they had been told by others. tho
witness and his associates wrote out the
| afidavts putting everything as strong
as possible" These allldavits wero not
| read over to the negroes. nor were
| they allowed to know that they had been repre-
sented as making them Of their own knowledge.
| EUGENE HALE, S1oUGHroN, and GARFIELD took
| a lively interest in the process Of testimony
| MANUFACTURER IGARrIELD being In the rooms
every day. This was the most inter
| csting testimony given at New Orleans
yesterday. although that OF the experts
| who have been examining the forged electoral
| certificates Of tho negro JACKSON, who waf
forced into a club Of would-ee murderers. and
| Of ex-Justice KEENARD. who retold the story o
tho Democratic success in West Feicaua. de-
| serves a careful reading.
JOHN SHERMAN having suddenly recovered
! from his desire 10 present intimidation testi