The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-16
The Louisiana Forgeries and Fraud.

The testimony Of JAMES L. ANDERSON
has been strengthened by evidence before
the subcommittee at New Orleans, and new
forgcrie- have been brought to light, which
make the Great Fraud stand out in bOlder
relief than heretofore.
1t will be remembered that the Repub-
lican managers had induced ID. A. WEBER
and J. L. ANDERSON separately to sign gen
cral and vague protests with blanks, in
order To furnish the Returning Board with
a pretext for throwing out the Feliciana
parishes and for counting in HAYES. After
yielding to this temptation, they made, on
Nov. II, 1876, a joint affidavit for their own
protection, as follows:
." Tie UNDERSIGNED JAWS F. Asnrnsox supervisor OF
Registration Tor the Parish OF East Fchciana and n A.
MGHlR supervisor for tie Parish of West fcActnna
louisiana have respectively refused to sign any protest
against she counting o the vote of parishes cast
the 7 cot November. 1876 for the that the clcc
ton held ON that day waso most pcaceabe and orderly
one ever witnessed by either, but the electoral
vote o Louisiana being necessary 10 secure the election
of HAYs ana MutrifR, ana in order To secure such
votes It being necessary throw the parish Of East
FcAcilna, and enough Democratic votes IN West fec
ana 10 make the parish Republican. have for this
reason and no other consented to protest against the
counting Of the votes cast and We have done this At
the instgaton and request Of : PAckARp. candidate
on the Republican ticket for Governor, J q. PirGiN
United States Marshal. WV KELLOGG Governor OF
the state. and CmARlEs L NASH member Of Congress
from the Sixth District and others"
ANDERSON learned that his protest had
been radically altered, and he threatened to
expose the forgery. That menace alarmed
the Republican leaders, and 1t came to
| the ears Of JOHN SHERMAN, who had just
reached New Orleans, as the directing
| mind of the visiting statesmen. He OK
pressed wish to see WEBER and AMBER
son, and this led to their meeting at Mo-
REAU's restaurant on Sunday the 10Th of
| November, and was followed by the letter Of
guarantee written the next day, given on
condition and with the promise Of reward
after the ith of March. II they would "stand
| firm and not expose the false protests.
The original protest of ANDERSON was ex-
amined at Washington, and found to con-
tain nterlineations and figures, in differ
ent hand and ink from the body of the
| paper, thus verifying his original charge
| that it had been tempered with by forged
| changes The interpretations were plain,
and their object was to fastcn a charge of
| intimidation and violence ON the parish
although the election had passed of with
| the utmost quiet freedom from excitement
and good feeling among the people. And
| now the committee in New Orleans have
uncovered the original protest of WEBER
| hitherto concealed from the preceding in
designations, and it is found like that OF
| ANDERSON, to be disiigured with forged in
terlineations, changing the whole body OF
| the paper.
The witness who produced this protest
and other papers was +. A. WooLFLEY, who
is Clerk Of the United States Circuit Court
Commissioner Of the United States, and was
United States Supervisor Of Elections in
1876, which gave him the general super
vision in the preparation Of afidavts and
| protests. We quote from his testimony:
Q-when did you learn Of the existence of this paper
| dhe WtRFR protesut A.-Only fc " days ago.
| Own you read what is interned in that protest
The witness read paragraph interpolaed in the doc
umcnt the intention of which tu call attention /,
| certain afida,is made In the West Fehciana easel
Q-Is not the inierineetion written over the orignn
protest. AT appears
| Own you produce the anidavits me nuoned in III,
protest. Ayes, sir.
Q-whai ia the date Of the wEsER protest. A-Nov
lt. 1915.
Q-whatis the date Of the vRgsrNsKI Andawti Thi
was mentioned in the inlorneauonl A-Nov. ~
Nj BLAckBuN-ies; that ia i've days afer he G'y e( N
protest
Q-who prepared vRysSsKl's affdaviti Al do no
remember. read the shdayt to him. lie VRt,lSsKi
seemed very nervous ut the time butt do hot know tia
| he was drunk
Q-Ddn't he publish a statement to the eject hat h
was drunk Al the time aud that the statements conaine
IN the sfdsyit were NOT uas' A-ITeeoySst sons suel