The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-06-09
WEEKLY Elxo IRpIprGbfST.
saaiay J.ae .. 1878.
Joan aher,.an.. re .i,,sn.


JOAN Sherinan's 20 .itisn- :
There was introduced ia evid~eee he
foie the Potter Investigating Commit
tee IA letter pHrpor;ing to D. ~%ii,,rs 10y
son ~lro wa, then betug t~aaiuin-d.
which reads a. follows:
Your note Of even dat" inst received.
Neither Mr.. Hayes. myself or amy
otter gentleman with me shall forget
Ia obligations under which you will
have placed US il Jon stand fru, la
the position yon nre taking. From
long conversation With Nr. Hayes. |
am justified in assuring you that You
will be provided for as soon aftal the
ith of March as possible: aud IN case
s"u are compelled 10 leave the STATE.
that will not materially Interfere"
The reading of this letter Was OBJ
j-ctcd to by the Republicans until SIr.
Sherman could be- present to say
whether he wrote the letter or not.
Upon Mr. Sherman appearing before
h committee he wits asked. Did ynn
write this letter in HasNe 20 u COM
n%nnication from NJ. AEiersong'' The
io'lo wing is his answer;
".Mr. Charm III, I believe from tue
views 1 have taken, that ! never wrote
sach - letter. II have written il. it
must have been when the 7, turning
o;hc-rs convened 10 count the returns.
AMI i do not believe l ever wrrte this
j. tier. At the game tune there are
things in the letter would have writ
l. u To Those or any other men engaged
IN such occupations; but l do not be-
iieve that / wrote the letter"
Now We submit that there never was
a more weak, Pitifully cquiyocnl an
swer given by IL witness under c~xt,niua-
ton. II il perfectly unreasonable to
suppose that Mr.. ShrrmGn cnuld not
have given a positive answer to the
question, but he was evidently afraid
:" deny positively that he wrote j. for
fear that tue original letter woIlI be
produced, aud he saw that it would
forever ruin his reputation for honesty
and fatally compromise President
Hayes II he admitted writing it. so he
chose the alternative OF g~guiyocatiug
in such a way as to conyinesOhe world
that he did wnte il, and felt himself
guilty of all that is implied in having
written it. Now let us see what man
n'r of guiit it is tina; is therein implied.
At the time this letter was written
Else returns were being fixed up for
the Parish Of East Fciicamn of which
Anderson was the returning officer.
Anderson had written tu Sherman and
had had several Interviews with him on
that subject; this letter wa written by
Sherman to Anderson in answer to one
from him to Sherman. The fact that
Anderson was making out fraudulent
returns at that time for that Parish is
abundnutIy proven by evidence outside
of Anderson's own statement, also the
fact that Sherman was having inter
views with Anderson ut tia; time; now
this letter of Sherman's taken in con-
neetion with these facts proves that the
visiting Statesman John Sherman aided
nbetted and encouraged tho returning
officers of Louisiana i'll making out
fraudulent election returns for the pur.
pose of electing Hayes to the Presiden.
cy, and not only that but he represent
ed 10 these men that they would he re-
wnrded for their services by air. Hayes
in case ni his election.
This certainly makes n very strong
case against Mr.. Shrrmrm ut least, not
s'ying anything about the position i'll
which ii places President Hayes.