Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

duced memorandum to the eilcc
that letter existed from Hayes t
Foster, dated Feb. 23d, containing
basis of guarantees and assurance
given by Sherman, Matthews, Foster
Dennison and Garfield. Witness nev
er stated that he received letter con
tanning guarantees from Sherman
There was no note or memorandum
in writing, of the conference talk
The subject of discussion was not re.
duced to writing.
New YORK, Aug. %. Burke con.
tinued his testimony before the Pot
ter Committee to-day. He said tha,
the census of 1875 for New Orleanl
was fraudulent and in the interest OF
the Republican party by the increas.
ing negro vote $500, that the State
was carried for Nichols by 1900 ma.
jority and for Tilden by about 5000
Witness gave further testimony re-
garding the methods of the returning
board in examining witnesses, receiv-
ing affidavits, etc. He saw Anderson,
Sherman and Stoughtoi in q restau-
rant afterwards. Anderson told him
he had signed q protest but was under
the influence of liquor. Anderson
stated on the 10th Of Nov. to witness
that he was in possession of docu-
mentary and other evidence that
would prove q conspiracy by the Re-
publican party to throw out the five
bulldozed parishes of East Feliciana,
Waseton, Morehouse, Richland and
East Baton Rouge. He further said
he could secure us the parish of East
Feliciana, but was poor and if he did
SO would probably be thrown into
prison on trumped up charges. He
agreed to do so if we paid him $4OO
then and $1,000 after the count was
declared. His proposition was con-
sidered and accepted, as we didn't
think there was any wrong in procur-
ing evidence to show Republican
frauds and rascality. The PROPOSE
tion would have been carried out but
for the fact that we had no money.
Stenger took the witness in hand.
He had interviews with many other
Republicans regarding Louisiana
matters besides those mentioned in
the Wormley Conference.
Q.-Name them?
A.-Well, among them were Wad-
leigh, Howe, Frye, West, Cameron
and several others. Witness contin-
uing, it was also communicated to
Gov. Nichols that there was q deter
minatiou to exact two Republican u.
S. Senators from the Nichols Legis-
lature in consideration Of yielding up
of the State.
This was what chiefly brought him
to Washington it was learned that
ministration in power, had come to
the conclusion that bayonet rule could
not be maintained in La. and they
were willing to abandon Packard if
they could strengthen their waning
power in the United States Senate.
These facts were communicated to
witness on his arrival at Washington.
He had an interview with Secretary
of War, Cameron, on Louisiana mat
ters, as to how the Nichols govern
ment might be allowed to maintain
itself. The interview took place
about the 9th and 9th of February
1877. 1t was at private house.
Cameron appeared to be impressed
with the conviction that the Mich oils
government should prevail, as he ap-
peared to be fully aware of the con-
dition Of things there; difficulties in
the way were touched upon, such as
the decreasing power of the republi-
can party in the United States Senate
and that they would, as party ques.
ton, oppose any action in Louisiana
that would lessen their power in the
Senate,