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Show LATEST MM8.: GENERAL. POTTER IXYEMTItiATEOX. Washington, 25. Tho examination examina-tion of Pitkin was continued: By Cox Calling your attention to the con versations you had pending the time ot tbe presidential election or thereabouts, there-abouts, please state to tbe committee wnat conversalion, if auy, ou recall as having witn Jude Levis&ee, one of the electors, in regard to aoy sup posed offers made to bribe him, and state fully what occurred? A. About three or four days prior to the assemblage of the electoral committee Levissee entered my office under considerable excitement, and said he wished to have a pri vate interview; said he expected ome overtures were to ba made to tiim by somebody in the democratic interests. I do not recall whether I asked him who they were or not; at all eyents he said to me this: "i am running a great ueai oi nazaru. l am liable tn serious misconception as to my motives, and I want seme one in wnom I can confide and who wii stund sponsor for me in case any misrepresentation mis-representation ohould ensue." I advised ad-vised Him to go ahead, and appear to listen to tnese overtures and I think I impressed upt-n him the importance import-ance nf goiug behind to the principals of the agen'B who might oiler any bribes. Alter that he made two or t ree visits up to the time of the meeting of the eltc toral college, and mentioned the names of Walttr P'-uh, a Mr. Asher and possibly a Mr. Hernandtz. but I am uot sure a? tu that. I think it was at tbe last interview on this subject sub-ject that he told me that he bad had a meeting with one of tQese gentle men and that he met with bis companion, com-panion, a third gentleman, and that distinct profler bud been made, as I now reL-oiieet, of $100,000. Tnis was at tbe lust interview, lie said he had made an appointment at such an hour, which bad almost ap , uroached ti.en, and he wanted to stay with me in my office. I went outside and told the aiher to allow nu one in the office and to rcpurt me out. The door was locked an i hi- remained there until shortly before tbe assembling of tbe electoral college. I telegraphed by my private wire lu the state bouse that Jude LeTiesee. was there and would bo there iu a borl time. I thi.ik I sent him down in my own cab. I urn not pure aboui ihat; furthermore, I know nothing. Q Do you kr.ow of the borrowing .! a certain $20,000 by the people iu New Orleans, which finally was paid by a note on the Union National bank of Chicago. A. No sir; ail tne funds knew about were $2,000 or $3,000 lent down there by Z Cnandler iu the latter part of Janiiury, and the greater part waB spent in sustaining ttte metropolitan police iorce at the state house. Q Were not telegrams sent to New Orleans stating bat troops and money would be furnished? A. We bad a voluminous correspondence with parties in Wuhingtou regarding toe election, but I Cj nut rec '.II any on that point. Q. At the time you had the con versation with Anderson, hern in July, and be showed you certain ipapera, did you advise him to put those papers in the custody of Gen Butler? A. I may possibly have aid that. Q What was your object in ad vising him? A. W11. I have con ferred with General B,i;!er regarding ! political nutters for many years aad tie b9 been a warm friend of mine, and I thought it wis a matter he out; lit to know about. I bad no per sonal object in doing so. I afterwards leleyrapbed, or wrote to Anderson in Septenibf-r or October, that Coukling wou'd take cogn'zance of this matter if he or bis counsel would consent, and I may have stated I wouid pa his expenses to Washington if he would come and bring the papers. Q. Did you have any interviews with any members of tne returning board during the count? A. Yes, sir; I met Governor Wells on the street and inquired about the condi tion of affairs, and be Baid something like this: "It is all ricbt;" and tbe same day I addressed a telegram to Senator West, communicating what Wells had said, I think that was the only time I had conversation with a member of the returning board. Q Do you know whether the members of the returning board required re-quired aoy assurances of a reward lo enable them to go on with the count? A. Nothing to my knowledge. Q. Do you know what papers were brought here in the spring of 1S77 in relation to the proceedings of the returning re-turning by.i:d? A. There were papers b onm here by Emile Hon-oro, Hon-oro, candidate or secretary of state on the Packard ticket. He came in compliance with the request of Howe, of tbe committee, and reported to them. Tuey wire returns of some bind; I don't remeber what. The secretary of state was the proper custodian of such papers. I do not know whether they have been returned re-turned to bim. Q Do you know where those papers are now? A. No Bir. After Mr. Honore'd return to Louisiana, Iho reported to me what he had done 'and then I asked Howe to girt French, the s?rgeant-at ai rue of the senate, to trl;p charge of the papers to keep tbe Knott committee from getting them, and afterwarda I understood they were deputed in the senate committee room, on patents. j Q. WbHt objection bad you to allowing these papers to be brought befire tbe house committee? A. Well, it was rather a partisan battle and I preferred lo have the papers before my political Iri nds. At the time I saw ihe box containing them the lid had not been taken oil and the box was in tbe committee room. Q. What became of the original paper drawn up by Anderson and sworn to by him before Woilfly? A. Lant Novemler, when I got m me I Ixokcd through a large nccutnulu' ion of papers I had, and finally found it and seut it by mail, enclosed in a note, lo Senator ConUm,;. I don't know where it is now. I seut it to Senator Conkliug lor the purpose oi couviuc ling him that the statement that Anderson An-derson was drunk when he Bigned it, was uot true I wanltd to vindicate the statement I made to Conkling i thai it was in his (Auderson't) handwriting. hand-writing. Witness was here shown several letters Bigned by D. A. Weber, and identifitd them as being in bis band-: band-: writing. Q. Have you called on Senator Coi klmg for that document since you bavw been here this time? A. Yes, tir; the next morning after I got here I called on him and we went together to tbe committee room, and search was made, but it could uot be found. HeGid no. remember clearly-receiving clearly-receiving it, but remembered per (ecily my promising to nend it. 1 leli hnu my address, and be said if be found it he would send it to me, but I have not received it. Q Did you take a copy of thai paper? A No, tir. 0.. Do you n collect it well enough to recall wnut it Wan? A. No, sir i 1 recollect it staled mere was intimidation intimi-dation in the parish, but I do mi. remember whether it mated it wa? bj democrats or republicans. Aiherl G Haley was next called, and eaid be resided in Washington, living wiluin a lew doors ot the house where Mrs Jeuks stopped while she waa in Washington last winter, anU had a conversalion with her about lue so-called Sherman feller. Q Please sUte what she said about U. Ihe question was oljecttd to by tiisoock, clairui j there was no lega, evidence snowing that Secretin .Sherman tver wrote the so ctJIeo Snerman letter and McMahob stated that he believed he die nte tue letter from the testimony tes-timony as already given. Bullei liJ nut think there was the Bligatest inference thai could be legally o-logically o-logically drawn that Shermau wrote the so calicd Sherman letter. Tne oliairman said be di tiered trom tin republican members of the committee in eo far as they deemed it au im portant pom I in tbe investigation a to whether Secretary Sherman wrote the letter or not, for it was proposed lo be shown that Secretary Sherman had ufed certain influences to bruit about certain results, and this letter was only one ot a series of acli:m.-tei acli:m.-tei ding to that end. After further discussion the witness was excused ind tue commiitee adjourned until Wednesday. |