The daily gazette., 1878-06-04
THIRD EDITION.
From Washington

THE ELECTORAL INvEsTIGATIcN-sUB
pENA OF UNITED STATES MINIS
TIERS ABRoAD-MRs. WEBER AND
MRS. JENKs-THE ORIGINAL LETTER
OF sHERMAN-MR. MATTHEW'S TO
AppEAs-DEMoCRATI EMULATION
&C.
THE INQUIRY INTO FRAUD.
WARRINGTON, June "A brief meet
ing of the Potter committee was held
this morning, but as Mr.. Potter has not
vet returned from New York nothing sf
conseouepce was done. Subpenas have
been issued for Mr.. Stoughton, at st:
Petersburg, Mr.. Kasson, at Vienna, and
MIR. Moves, Paris. These gentlemen
were among rthe twisting statesmen"
who went South to help elect Hayes
after the election was over, and they are
ali more or less smirched, and will ap-
near ia due time. Among Cther witness
ca who will be summoned are several OF
the local radical politicians of Louisiana.
Mrs. w eber, the widow of Weber, and
Mrs. jerks, who, it is alleged, had pos
session of the original letter Of Sherman
to Anderson, and at one time opened
negot at IONS with Mr.. Sherman for the
sale OF the letter TO him.
The democrats are in exceedingly
good spirits to-day, and think that the
Investigation has started off beautifully.
The general opinion among both demo-
Gratis and republicans is that Mr.. Mat
tbews has been put in very unenviable
position. and that it will not be possible
for him 10 extricate himself. Mr.. Mat
thews has been formally notified by the
.%ft ha rpf1aptinu
him. and invited TO make any sta ement
if he so desires. Under the rules o
courtesy which exist between the two
houses the committee will issue no sum
mons to Mr.. Matthews. He will, how
ever, undoubtedly appear. Ii he is un
able to make a satisfactory explanation
the usual course would be for the testi
mony in his case to be formally trans
mitted to the Senate, though this woul'
perhaps not be done until the conclusion
of the investigation.
Mr.. Matthews showed to-day he feel
very keenly the embarrassing position
in which he is placed, though, like Mr.
Sherman, he afIt c's contempt and indiii
erence for Anderson's statements, thougl
he cannot deny his own letters. 1t Thu
members of the committee care TO pres
MIR. Matthews they can extract from hin
the facts as to whether he and MI. Sher
man acted as they did with the know
ledge and consent of Mr.. Hayes. Whel
Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Matthews and thei
associates were visited by the democrati
delegation which was in New Orlean
at tue same time with them to meet to
getber and agree upon some mutual
satisfactory plan for the determination
OF the electoral vote of Louisiana the
declined. The letter defining this in
vitation was understood in New Oriean
at the time to have been mainly prepare
by Mr.. Sherman.
The main reason given in this lette
was that they W, re merely in Louisian
as spectators. and that as citizens G
States they Lad no right to undertake t
exercise any influence over the vote {
Louisiana. OF course at the time ever
one in New Orleans questioned the sill
cerity of this assertion, and while
could not then be proved every one su
pected that Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Ma
thews were tampering with the etectiC
officials in the effort to carry out the r.
publican programme. The proof is no
produced. If those who are famili
with the Case as it is to be worked up a
not very much mistaken there is impo
tant corroborative evidence yet TO com