The New York herald., 1879-02-25

euce tO 1nattef early III thc cicS-
ton evidence began to come in and subp9nas were
sent out by the chief supervisors of election
One evening he was asked to attend meeting In
the private Office of the Post Office Department aud
he did so. He met there Mr.. George L..
Smith, member of Congress for that district;
Mr.. Ferguson, supervisor Of De Soto parish; Mr..
Hutton, supervisor of Bolster parish; Mr.. Cornog.
supervisor of Red River parish. and one or two
others. Mr.. George l.. Smith stated to him that
they wished him to draft the protests for one or two
parishes. The vault in the Post Office was unlocked
and number of packages taken out which proved
to be tho consolidated statements and legal endor-
sures of De Soto, Webster, Bolster and Caddo par
ishes. The several supervisors from these parishes
were present. Witness drew up the protesfs they
were atterward copied by the supervisors and in
serted in their proper packages with the other docu-
mens.
The protests, witness continued were drawn up
upon the evidence and afidavits of the supervisors
and they were obtained in some instances only by
dint of considerable pressure. MIR. William f. An
derson refused to make his protest when he arrived
but subsequently on the same day he made one.
On the following he rcpudiated it, On the 18th he
readopted it, and on the 23d it was transmitted by
letter to the Returning Board.
Q. Have you got the original draft of the Richland
@. Is it drawn by Mr.. Kellogg2 A. Yes. it is in
Kellogg's handwriting; he drafted il himself.
General Butler said this covered his part of tho
case, and the committee took OF half hour
AGAINST THE COMMITTEE.
Upon reassembling MIR. +. T. Bickford was called.
He stated that in September last he was connected
with tho New York Tribune, and about the 5th Of
that month he had charge of the reports sent to that
journal from this city.
York Tribune of that date and drawing his attention
to the report of interview with Secretary Sher-
man, in which the Potter Committee charged
with intending to utter false Sherman letter. asked
If he had any knowledge of it?
Witness replied that the report was incident Of
their summers work, but he did not remember the
details OF it; he was responsible for its passage
through the Washington office-that is. he only
knew Of it's being of the Washington dispatches
Q. Did you see Mr.. Sherman on the subject? A..
don't think l did.
q. The despatch contains statement OF what MIR.
Sherman said? A. Yes.
q. Did he say it? A. have every to believe
Q. Did you ever receive any communication from
him contradictory OF it? A. Not word
Q. You did not see him yourself on the subject?
A. My impression is did not.
Q. Did you receive any communication from him
about it? A. Not word
q. Then how we to verify that he said it? A.
Secretary Sherman.
Q. Do you mean to say that you published state
not.
9. Can you state on what authority you sent it !?
A. can give you my recollection; think that that
was despatch brought to me by young man-as-
ssting at the tme-a journalist and very relia-
able man in his profession; ii am correct in this
his name is Edward +. Peck.
Yes SOU mean 70 you sent TINS upon MS report
O. You had every reason to believe it was genuine,
and you have received NO complaint since A. Not
o word.
The chairman then called General Sheldon. who
didates at the time but since then the State
Legislature had prohibited it.
MIR. JEwETT AGAIN.
The examination of MIR. Jewett was then continued
by the chairman. Referring again to the second
electoral certificates the witness stated his belief that
Blanchard had no completely in 1t; he (the witness)
received a letter from H. ID. Clark during
last summer, who also charged with being
guilty of forging the to those certificates; he
assured General Sewell the young fellows father-in-
law, that the forgery not dono by him. but that
it was his impression 1t had been done by Thomas
S. Kelly; he had not copy Of any of these let
ters.
Being again asked what persons were in the Post
protests put in, witness named the following e d.
Smith, cashier Of the Post Office who had asked him
to be present. c. L. Ferguson, OF De Soto +. H. Hut
ton, of Bolster; J. w. Morrow supervisors; Fred g..
Heath. candidate for the Legislature, and General
Gardiner. Percy Baker, State Senator for Bolster,
was also presents he remembered meeting with
Weber and asking him il he had filed his protest.
The reply, in substance was:-
my head is a damned sight more important to mo
than Packard being returned
The chairman then produced the Jewett- Kellogg
letter, but having asked the witness il it his
handwriting and the witness having replied in the
Affirmative. the document laid the table with.
out further questions being put in regard to it,
sion during which it resolved to take no more
oral evidence with the exception of Wooey and Solo,
mon. il they can be brought here
Tomorrow the committee will meet for o long
secret session, at which certain documentary ev
dence will be produced and, the question of the
mittees report upon the testimony collected will
probably be discussed.