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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE I'UAl D. Trump Chandler Tell How be F)oriitk hcouodrels were 1'rovlded lor. Other IntereMliug Develop weuU. Washington, 29. The Potter com miltee has received a teleyram Iron. Governor i'ackrird, claiuim,: ttmt he has been cited to appear before tne sub committee in New Orleaun at 1 o'clock to day, and it is understood bis examination of all points aug gested by General Butler will Uke piac there. Mm. Jenks appeared and produced her corresprmdt. nee, but LJeneral But ler beirjg nbsent, the letters were not read. Mrs. Jenks, under examination, examina-tion, still refused todiscloae the name of the person to whom ehe diciated the so called Sherman letter. The party was sittiue against the wall iu parlor "P," when she entered, und when she left her amaaueuiis wai sitting at the table. Springer made some inquiries into the employments of witness' bug-band, bug-band, and was answered that at present pres-ent he was merely employed as a witness wit-ness before the august body carrying . on this investigation. Witness then I inquired wuy Springer was interested so muchin her husband's wellare, and was inlormed that she bad become a very notorious personage. Mrs. Jenks objected to this statement, aud said she had made Springer notorious, not he her. Samuel P. Butler, a Washington correspondent, testified that Mrs. Jenks slated to him that she came to Washington in behalf of Governor , Packard as collector; that she called ' on Secretary Snerman in relation thereto, but had not met with a very warm reception; that the secretary had given her assurances in New Orleans that her influence would go quite lar in appointments, that she bad heard it said Judge Campbell had 'orged the jurat to the Anderson protest pro-test aud that the so-called Sherman document was safe in New Orleans Wm. E. Chandler produced the dispatches sent by him from the Fifth Avenue hotel, early on the morning of November 8th, though d-Ued No I vember 7th, to George C. Gorharn, California; J. H. Mitchell, Oregon; i3. B. Packard, New Orleans Gjver ' nor Chamberlaiu, Scuth Caruliua; Senator Conover, Florida, in each ol which he stated that Hayes and Wheeler were elected if they had carried those state?, and in each of which he also counseled the republicans republi-cans to be watchful against possible democratic frauds. While in Florid Chandler received a telegram lroiu President Grant saying "I hope you will remain in Florida until the vote of the state is decided." Mr. Chandler Chand-ler did not know of the existenct of frauds in Florida, and the $o,000 for winch he telegraphed wins banded by him to General Martisi, wuo expended ex-pended it in procuring evidence Cuundier m.t immneri that in bis upmum mere ne vr wn a lairer rvu:i -1 obtained uy Uirer ninai!?;" tlian the result of the Florida election, By Butler Have you a list of the presidential appointments made subsequent to tue Florida election upon your recommendation? Answer -Yea sir. Those that I remember are as lollows: Major I. C. Hum phries, collector at Peusacola; 'Governor 'Gover-nor Stearns, member of the Hot springs commissions; Judge SI. Liu, associate justice of the territory of New Mexico; Grorge H. Deleon, lormer secretary io Governor Stearns, clerk m the treasury department; a young man Darned Phelps, a local republican i.i Florida, was aDpointrd to the treasury department, has gone to Paris witu Governor AlcC.inmck; elections at a poli near Tallahassee where there was an alleged fraud of 74 votes, was appointed a clerk in the treasury department; James Btn, county judi;e in Folrida, as appointed olerK iu the laud "tb. c; Capmm Ocuum, recimi dit-uded fiir auditor iu lte treasury, w.s nut appointtd; E. W. Maxwell in the deteci.vesei vice ol the attorney, tfuenal, tsnd visited Florida in that i-jipacity during the count, was appointed lieulenint in the repuiar I army; Buck and Vance, (colored . men) election officers of Archer p-ti-cuict of box No. 2, were appointed, . the former in the custom ho-ie, i Philadelphia, the latter a messetignr ; tn the 6th auditor's office; J. W. I Howell, deputy clerk of Bakftr county, was appointed collector of customs at Teruandina. Ctiaudler :ud the first information be had and considered trustworthy that the Packard government had net-ii broken up was Irum Senator Matthews Mat-thews about ten days before the 4th of March, aud recited the interview with the senator in which wit new desired that Mr. Hye- should not stop at a private residence, bui at -nnie hotel, to avoid the jealmi s which might be occasioned; wtvre upou Matthews remarked that sine tie (wilne) look so much interest in the now administration he wished he would use his inlluenre with Prei-dent Prei-dent Grant, toward having him reiMc uize the Juchoda government, and that the recognition would include thai of the Hampton government. Witness elated to Matthews that be did not see how President Grant could recognize the Nicbolla government, govern-ment, aa the Packard government Had been elected by the same rota tbat President Hayes was, wnereupon Matthews said he had knotted into that matter and there was no dilli culty, as one had been dec i an d elected by the electoral college and the other by the legislature. Matthews Mat-thews conveyed to witness the impn s u tMHi it wag to rw or bad been arranged that by -ec-gniniig the Nicholls and Hampton jjov-rnm-i.ls it would not atlect the United Stales senate and that republican senators ...4 kr. DanF fr,m tKmaO BlAlpa A dri: ofa (t iter has been prepared by Mr. Morris in, of the Putter com- . mittee. in answer to Secretary Sner i man, requesting to hv aubpnena'd j tn m Louisianaoue bnndr. d wii-i - - I expected to give material teiini;ti touching the (reedorr ot the eli-. uou Ami the murders and iutim dation ot voters, in all ol E-ist and p-tits d , West Feliciana parishes. Mornmu . says in the course nf the np'.y: 'Tne records of roni;; t lo w.iich ytiii u f- r, and other records "t rongre 'h which you are doub les? tann:, authorixe Hie etatemeM th l tor ti e testimony of pit1 w i is ? . as numerous a iDle.hgfni, to wivsu testimony is at leat as well entitled to belief, it is net-d.ess to add ihattnou.d these 100 witnesses gain repeat their farmer testiovnv. ,)o:her wr.nc?t-9. at least as cridiihle a they, will be eady agin to coutrMUict them " The repiy concludes as io.iows: 'Wnatever of accuaition is made ajjainct you in the resolutions uf the house of repretentatives UDder wuici t.ds committee is acting, rests, solar as o..y testimony yet heard shows, upon the statement and allegation that to influence and control D A. Weber and Jas E Anderson, in their official actc, yon marie them vernal promises and wrote a letter to them giving them assurances and promises ol reward. If the com mittee correctly understood your statement before it, you denied writing such a letter, and makius euch pronrsej. However material the evidence of the witnesses you ak to have ruiniraoned may he to tnn tact of the number of persons killed, threatened, driveD from office, or otherwise intimidated, as yuu assure the committee, it can in no way aflect you personally, if the committee correctly underetood yon to deny the allegation that you wrote the letter and gave thee promises and assurances; for Buch allegation will be neither established nor dis proved by evidence of the number of men killed io the Feliciana parishes, whether killed because others sought to steal their votes. The commuteb is, therefore, constrained for the pres ent, respectfully to decline compliance compli-ance with your request to have sub posuead as witnesses the several per sons named by you, allot whom have testified once, eome of them twice, and others three times on the same subject, and their testimony is pre served and now accessible to (ill in the records of congress. |