"I found the effect of the letter from Senator Foraker to Conyers extremely obstructive. He seemed to regard it as a mandate to adhere to the false story told by him before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, and as absolving him from any and all obligations to aid in uncovering the truth. Similar influences were encountered at many points, adding largely to the difficulty of obtaining admissions of even the most obvious facts relative to the raid.
"Herbert J. Browne."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of December, 1908.
[SEAL.] J.B. Randolph, Notary Public.
APPENDIX E
REPORT OF T.B. SKIDMORE,
Presiding Judge of Election, Precinct No. 1, Rio Grande City, November, 1906
Rio Grande City, Texas, 11/12/06.
Hon. Jno. R. Hulen, Adj.-Gen.,
City.
Sir: