The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-08-23
THE PnxsID1MTIAL IMvKsrIoA.
TI0M.

The Potter investigating committee mot II
Nov York, and rcsnmcd TIM taking ~ tc~ti-
mony on thu 18th Inst. w. II. lsnbcrts. editor
~ the New Orleans Tiu~s, wAa the irst wit.
ncss called. ile said hc wAa selected 10 60 10
Ohio and rec Gov. Hayes Ia tho interest of the
Nichols Government, shortly after tho Return.
Inv Hoard met. llo called On Murat
liAlstosd, VI the Cincinnati Commercial. ~
hc pA1red through CinciniAti. and told him
that ho had eomc on Tor thu purpose % learn
Ing Gov Hayes views In regard To thu
South. and what policy he would adopt la the
event of his being counted In as President.
The Witness. In tho course Of his conversation
with iiAlstead, told him thst what could bo
done would be done 81 save the AlAtc, remark
INK 70 him that whatever horse loscs. our
horre wins" Ilalstead gave linn Z scaled
letter 10 uay. Haycs. viii, tho contents
~ which ha ~as isnornnt. Ills interview with
uov. iiH.es MAS III ma exceedingly pleasant
character, and he learned that tho Governor
entertained the mort fticndI, feeling toward
tho Honth. Tho witness told him that the
htAto mnst b. saved. ~ oil hH1Ards. to the
Democrats, and that whatever he threw over
would In that respect be VI the least value 10
them. Ho Aiso told tho Governor that they
could establish or show vote Of 00a. aoy.
Hayes told tho witnc~. that Le had no desire
far tho Presidency nnluss he were
counted In fairly. IL spoke very
kindly and courtcously Ut tho sonth.
Witness detailed, II length. thu conversations
hc had 1t various times before tho matter was
dshnitely settled with Mr.. Lamar And others.
Witness said, from conversations with sartuna
Republican leaders, hc understood n Louisiana
and South Carolina we're counted for HAyestAs
government u those state. weuld b.. given 70
the Democrats, They proceeded on this NrHir-
Ansa, and the assurances Nefe c,rsicd out.
Witners said he undcrss ood. fro,n Hayes
manner aud conversation. that Nichols
Government would bc sivsn : chance
70 establish itself. Witness raid he
Wan offered tho position IT Naval o.
ncrr Il New OtlsAns, bu, recommended that II
bc kiven 10 "niggcr." lie ~onld 10. take
amy such position where he would be obliged
10 take care Of Kcnner. OF tho Returning
Heard.
William II. Roberts was further cx.
Amined by tho committee on thu ilth Ques-
ton BY nnllcr When did you nrst hear ~ tho
appointment of tho Mcyesgh Comni.rions
A. About tho Goth u February. think.
was speaking with several parties Foster
among oshers--and tho question of letting
down the Packard people easily cano ap. Then
tho commission, with : majority ot lsepah-
iicAns on II, was .uggested. MAJ. vining and
othcrH Faid II MAs - capital idea" Tho hieA
wAx that tho commission, sanctioned w the
President aud Secretary u state, would make
Tho Republicans In Louisiana yield aud give
lhs Hsate 10 tho Nichols Government. II WAS
wcll understood that tho commission MAS under
oAscAl ins.rsetiona. Y. liy Nien Butler Then
you locked ~ TIM commission coming down
thsrc - fArcei A. We'll, not exactly. z.
Dnt. no matter what thG evidence and state os
facta wcro. tho commission had 10 como
10 pronedllAtsd consluston1 4. ios, sir !,
wo understood No. q. II was determined that
onc Government was 10 be lot down cAsy2 A.
That's Il. exactly. Tho witness sAid tho only
as@ssAncos they received that thu Packard
0ovcrunssnt would bO lot down eAsy wcrc from
Matshsws. Foster, OArheld, Dennison, and pcr.
hais EvArts. John y. I.este. ! former lAx
ccllectM undsr Ksllogg's administration Ia
Louisiana. Was tho nsAt witness. He testl6ed
that IN tho census VI is76 II waa deemed
advisable hy tho llapublicAns 10 swell tho csn-
sns of eolored people . high ~ los@iblc. 20
that tho AAHsa of registration could 10 high,
:. every coiored man waa understood 10 10 1
iscpnbiican. Tho Democrats ignored that csn-
1ns ~ = frAnd. wilncs. was told 10 ilnd
large ltepubllcAn csnsaH. nsAning large col.
ored contingent. They told me, said witncsv
~ hnd them. no matter how did II. / ve-
fused 10 DO ~.
Tho examination III John A. Lectc WIN
continued On The 18th. H. sAld when
Anderson called On ne, Aftss coming from
East Ysllclana, ho told mo that be- had carried
out The programme, ~ wss we'll understood
bstwsen kellosg, Anderson aud myself The
programme wAs 70 keop thu eoiored ~ /.
publlcAnn from voting. II wss thought
bsst 70 exclude tho colorcd Republican
vote. - that tho Returning Hoard could
throw out Tho whole Democratic vose of
tho parish u nsconsaxy. Anderson wont
bsck 70 East rcitciAna, and psacsAbls slec
ston Ma held. Anderson told me thal hc did
not mean 70 make my vsote~t until hc found
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