New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
NEW LINES OF QUESTIONING.


vPAGH CoMMIssION-ELECTION PROCEEDINGS IN
LOUISIANA ASKED ABOUT
WAsH1NGToN, June 25.-The Potter lnVes-
tJgatinR Committee met at IL o'clock today hrs'
Agnes ID. jerks recalled. She was asken py tno
chairman Mr. Butler, whether she had brought the
letters she had promised 20 produce she stated tha
she had not she had sent them but they had not yet
arrived.
pv Mr sprinoer-Whsn did you see Mrs. Dave Web
herlas1 A-rwo or three days before left for Wash
ington was requested by General sheldon o., ,S heS
,,o ',hs note stated that he wished Mrs. webOer to
cmp 10 NevOrieans; he wished To see hef' aho thA'
AZ SSsS ne oiect of 6er coming to NewOrleans
toned ANO SIR Just told her thaI Gensi a. s
Washington 10 that effect; he So stated To me- nase
not the TemOtest idea why Mrs. Weber was waheu "
come 10 New-O Orleans.
0Vi oTd Won have any conversation with Mrs. Webber
when Won arrived DOnaldsOnyinel A-1es' sur mfs.
Wbbsr said thai Anderson had stated that had reeeycq
about 100000 for some document aud sne eompialue
that had not given her some OF It, Her ieeihEs steeu
o1W6at did She saw about that statement A-sne
held forth considerably about IT, had nGyer heard u
before you know, and was interested she only uaue
the statement that somebody mad said So and alsO ta
had asked position for ber told her 1t was ialse
that never bad mentioned her name directly or lnol
recy IN the matter. asked her 10 40 aud see General
Qwas anything said about her making an AFFIDAVIT or
statement uuder oath A-No. sir; that would be eG
parle evidence and YOU would not accept H. . ..
Odd she re use 20 TO New-Oreans or consent 10
Roi A-rhose Creolcs are peculiar kinI oI people
you know They do not understand either law or p8,
ucs she had 10 be consulted by the LAWYERS h le
town. perhaps by the priests also. so that she dd
not return 70 louisiana with me. o.,
Q.-What reason did sho give for not goingt A-She
said she did not want 20 hear any more about that docu
meut that she had no document at all. m.
Q.-What document are you speaking OH Aunt
wonderful document, you know.
Q.-Tbe Sherman letteri Al never mentioned shcr-
mans TO her, but presume that was the doeu-
nent sho mad rISTsnSS a6 nd vour expenses there aud
backf Al really didu't have money 10 pay my own
expenses he must have done 90. -, 49,.
Q.-YOu mean GsI oral shclduDi A.-Oh yes be Is re-
tgiled az the other end Of the hne.
Q.-By whoml A.-By The Republicans, o. course.
O-DIdn't he tell You the reasons why he desired MIS-
Wcbber 10 go to New-OreaDsi A.-No sir did not In
Quirc was not Interested In H.
Q-Isn't % true tnat General sheldon afked her 20
come Go NeW-Oreaus ana make s'atgmfn tHe
existence the sO-caied Sherman letter A-No, slf
decidedly not you make very great mistake. IL
had no relation 20 thit whatever.
Q.-Iheu you 10 not know Tor what purpose she was
10 come 10 Ncw-Oreansl Al knew no wished TO see
her. III he had 1nI business matLet nc ul,in I
10 me- lie Is NeW-OTeans send fOf hin. Just acted
ON " state what It Was that you were to e1plaini
Al Was % eXp plain that General Sheldon wished 10 see
understand common sense and good English aud ne
tuOulnt II could explain t orally they might under
stand II better than la writing. don't know what Cen
Iu sheldon may have meant by thai phrase lie dldnt
ten me. All know Is, be wisu,d 70 see Mrs Nobber
believe the Republicans wished MaCamc Webber anu
C,..rsip Jenks 10 come 20 Washington, though.
q rneu Mrs. Webbcr was entirely IN TIE dark - 70
orleans or como 60 Washington A.-fcs, SIR FOR l
didn'J know 10 myself.
BoYNTONs INTERVIEW Win Mr.. HAYES.
H. V. BoyDtoD, the correspondents OF The Cincinnati
Gazette WAS recalled and cOutiDued his testimony began
yesterday He nrst made personal statement 20 tho
effect that the President had stated TO HIM that
there were any political srcrots TO be covered up and
never iniimaied such thing. Mi Cox asked hin To gve
detailed statement OF the lnIctYcw Win me lresden
A-On reaching my Office the morning went to tho
Whrc House found messrnger thefT from me IIes-
probably about O'clock, and reached the
Waite House about half-past o, aud went INTO
down. had considerable conycrsaton' bat u SAD
reference 20 this tning ln any way or shape Nhal-
ever General Comfy in at that time. aud the
President said we will diYe, aud sent Tor hls carriage
o'clock aud went back with them 10 the White House,
aud rema ned there until nearly o'clock All this con
veTsatI0p WAS not with me as a matter OF course, but
was present during that tme and tnis Andcr bus
meas OccupIrd only two OF three minutes Of the time
Eenera Comy heard the whole OF IT, Just as be heard
ali the Of the conversation IL all occurred "hIIe
o-Ilad YOU any purpose or intention OF calling the
Anderson matter Co the Presidents attention when you
vent theref A.-None under heaven IL suddenly 'c,
CURED TO while ! was with the President, aud !
talked 10 him about II.
MR.. HARLAN's CANDIDACY FOR THE BENCH
General Butler then said Il will now take up the
matter upon which we adjourned over yesterday and
he asked witness TO state In detail the entire sub
stance of his conversations with General Harlan In
gard u the MacVeagh cOmmiss on.
Al had severa. very long talks with him In
reference 70 political ma,ttfs ana matters 4, en- en-
saw General Harlan every day while he was IN Was-
ingtOn before he went South III was an unoerslooI
matter between us as acquaintance ana friends That
General Harlan was candidate Tor the then vacant po-
suon on tine supreme Beheh and elthcI thc day before
the day. General Harlan started Tor louisiana
He sent como 10 his room at the Arlington,
and he said wished would do favor for him;
that he wanted me 10 find out n could whether General
BisOw q candidate for this position, n wanted u,
and desired to do while the Commission was abb
sent Louisiana. told MN WOula make the attempt
He said If Mr. BristOw not candidate (lud he GER
tainly did wish 10 stand In his way n be was) that
he thought u possible that no should 90 t9 Louisiana
this Commission, md he or they u don't know when
word ne nsedl snould he able 90 bring about salts
factory settlement Of tins very annoying ana emoarrdss
ing question the President, that possibly he might be
able to cham S pao or Il would n he R n % as To-
That was the entire conyershtuon at that
him that wOuld attempt 10 do what he asked me TO do.
Q.-Did he not say IN substaIce that ne believed or
degree upon his IN his Louisiana missioni A
No, sir; nothing OF that KIND. .-,-,-..,..
he lid saw was nothing Of that kind A.-Hcs, SIR;
think there very grave difference between the two.
0.-Did You have any other conversation with him
that subiecti A,--ies, siri when he returned from
New-Orleans had a conversation with hiin. lie came
into my Office and asked me II had attempted to tnd
about the matter be had spoken me about SAID
mad made m attempt butI had been absolutely unable
10 find out from General BrisOw In persl or irOn his
friends, whether ne vas or not candidate Tor the posi-
tpu. hut IL was impression among friends that
he would accept the place n II were Offered Ia hin,
although he had utterly dsolaimed to az that he was
candidate for that any other position. He SIMPLY
accepted that the Information which had obtained
for him. | don't remember his wals, but he
said something to indicate that he would
probably be candidate for the position, and II was
Understood between h that he candidate
Odd he say anything about his success In BOuisi-
ana al that tmei A.-NOt that remember.
Q-After General Harlan returned, did you have any
conversation with him about whether any mbers Of
the Packard Legislature thought they had been unarly
reated hid not got their pay tney ought 90 nave
got IN AOn The occasion OF the second visit Of HBr
Ian 10 Washington, after the return Of the Commission
60 louisiana cannot fix the date, Harlan called at my
ofce and said 10 him substantially this: General,
the members OF Comm VIII have get ready
for an nvesugation General Buffers Trends are say
ffer IN Waau
the Wayne MacYeagh correspOndence, ana he deter
mined 10 open up this question In an Investigation when
Congress meets and the charge which Is made
mere AZ present reference 10 the matter Is this that
some $4,000 or $4,000 was used In Louisiana
AZ the time the Commission there or az
the time OF the breaking mp Of the Packard
Legislature for the purpose OF procuring that
..s,It QauafaI Harlan said utoW nofhfnS