Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1878 — THE POTTER INVESTIGATION. [ARTICLE]

THE POTTER INVESTIGATION.

BKFORK the Committee, on the 24th. J. R. A. Gouthreanx. of New Orleans, testified that be had charge of the Registration Bureau in 1874, and that the fraudulent registrations aggregated 13,000, and affidavits had been made against 4,400. Witness said that many of the Republican Hiue-rvisorw and Registrars were nonresidents, fugitives from justice, and in several cases were under indictment. He said that be had a oonveraatteu with Judge Dibble, who made the remark that he and Burke were foolish to work for ths Democracy, for if they bad a majority of 20,000 they would be counted put by the Returning Board?’ Witness referred to the “ sewing-machine circular," by which be said the Republicans made their registration liM, and said that when Maj. Burke and himself protested to the Returning Board against this fraud they were laughed at He Shen gave the name* of a large number of those who manipulated the late election, all of whom now hold Federal offices, including J. Madison Wells and Thomas U. Anderson. Richard B. Edgeworth, Captain of Police, New Orleans, r.nd Bupervisor of Election, handed in the following, among other letters: "HkaINJUARTBRS OF THE ) "Republican Party or Louisiana, > „„ „, " OIUJCANH, Sept 26,1876. | R. B. tzigewortb, Esq.. Supervisor of Registration, Parish of Plaquemine, La: "Dear 8ih —It is well-known to thia committee, from an examination of the census of 1876, that the Republican vote in your parish is 3,000, and the Republican majority 2,200. You are expected to register and vote the full strength of the Republican party in your parish. Your recognition by the next Btate Administration will depend upon your doing your full duty in the premises, and you will not be held to have done your fuU duty unless the Republican registration in your parish reaches 8.000, and the Republican vote is at least 3,000. All local candidates and committees are directed to aid you to the utmost in obtaining the results called for herein, without faiL Once obtained, your recognition will be ample and generous. Very respectfully your obedient servant, , “ D. J. M. A. Jewett, Secretary.” James B. Kelly, of New Orleans, testified to seeing Eliza Pinkston taken from her home on Gramer street to the Republican Investigating Committee, and she walked down tae steps unaided. Announcement was made, on the 26th, that the next meeting of the Committee would be held at Washington, about the Ist of October.