The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-17
Mr.. LEFT RISES TO EXPLAIN.
COMPLAINING or THE ASSAULTS ON
MN ny 1IfE PRESS.
Wh,teinw Keid Gated one OF tho Original
Carpet Baggers- Letters from keiiorg and
Mcst-Unw the Nrgrnes were Deceived.

Wcst-HOw the Negroes were Deceived.
Tho Potter Committees investigation at
tractcd u largo audience 10 the Post Ofnco build
ing yesterday. but tho proceedings wcro not
enlivoncd bytho presc nee OF Gen. Butler. A now
witness who WIS expected did not appear. and
the testimony was confined to what Mr.. John T..
Ieet wished TO say. On rcsuming the stand he
madc long personal explanation, complaining
OF the assaults upon him in the Tribune. and
said that he would show that whitclaw Reid
was one OF the original Louisiana car
pet .baggcrs. Mr.. Potter said that Mr. Ice
would have 10 settle his personal difficulties
elsewhere. and Mr. Iect replied that he would
get it in on him anyhow Mr.. Loot then
read Il long autobiography. lie said that
he was not proud Of hi relations. but
that when a buc-blooded fraud like White
law Reid saw M to speak Of him with con
tempt, he warted to challenge Reid TO produce
better pedigree. Mr.. Ieot produced several
letters from Warmoih. Kellogg Madison Wells.
and other Louisiana politicians for the pur
pose Of showing his intimate relations with
them. One letter from Kellogg. dated Feb D.
said: II looks now A. II the count would pro-
gress and Hayes be declared President
Packard will be- recognized no doubt, by Hayes.
II not by Grant before he goes out Of o1lce.
. All Is well that ends we'll. We shall 500
now II all ends. ana Whatever hotldcs. we liiNo
made heap ct history, sucn rs i ls
Whenever you got into another state Convention
foot right Mr.. Ioet sald that Kellogg asked
him to write letters aseailing Hayes. and be-
cause he would not DO II ho was turned out 81
his office.
Another letter from Kellogg dated April I
1877. SAYS II the Nicholl. Legislature were 10
elect u Republican senator upon compromise
dependent upon Nichols certificate alone he
would not lc admitted Another letter. dated
April q. 1877. says: d" am sorry to sec you feel
melanc1oly. ! hope matters will brighten M
for us all. This WIS an cNcu-" for not HdNHnc-
dated July l. 1872. from Packard recommended
Leet To Mr.; George Jones ~ the Now orlc3ns
from senator West dated Nov. 80 1876. says;
The state rests upon my shoulders here /
home will DO their part Ivy me"
Mr.. l"et said that he had barreful OF such
letters Ono 81 the letters referred to the pnss-
age ~ t5nn.0O relief bill. That. he said was
10 relieve the people. and also TO take care Of
the colored voters and make them vote straight.
fcrred To- Mr.. Poftcr's visit TO New Orleans y
saying ! mean the time when Yen manlpu.
lnted Phelps and Foster against US. We thought
they wore two very soft specimens.
Mr.. Potter replied that Mr.. I"et was very
much mistaken. and said that IN ms opinion
men than Charles Foster and William Walter
Mr.. Lect exh ibited ono Of the tickets issued ut
the election Of 1876 20 deceive the negro voters
which had Republican ornamentaiton and the
| Democratic Two letters from Darrell were in
troduced by him. written in January and Fob
| ruary. 1876. urging him not to leave the Repuh-
| lican party. as he then contemplated doing. In
one Of those letters Darrell prcdi that Hayes
| and Bristow were the coming men for the Re-
| publican nomination, and he believed Haycs's
chances were the boat
In reply To- Mr. Potter. Ieet said that tho ron
| sons for having told James T. Anderson to keep
away from the Jenks family were that he did
| not want any such folks TO get any influence
| over him "a he knew they would betray him
and sell him out. and ruin him If IL served their
| purposes; also that he had uses OF his own for
Anderson, AMI did not wish 10 let anybody else
get any influence overshim. As for himself he
had a personal acquaintance with the mail
| Jenkses, hut always avoided the she element Of
| the familv.'
Among the unimportant letters introduced by
! the witness was an amusing one from the
| editor Of J. Madison Wes's organ. the kapidcs
| Gdtefie complaining Of tho poverty -stricke IN
| condition Ia which Wells kept him For two
weeks. he said. he had had TO borrow paper
| and ink from his Democratic neighbor he had
| no money; his solitary printer was growing
! and he wished Wells would send him some
paper and ink and tramp TO stick type.
Mr. Potter announ FED that in consequence of
| the absence u Mr. Butler. who had sent word
! that D" WAS il and In Difference To- the desirH ~
! Mr. II s-F.. l shat be- should hr present when
/ some w York witnesses were heard. the COM
/ nittec would ADJOURN urtil Monday next.