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n. ANDERSON, wnlcn inc Slerh reuu'
Copies of the more important OF the letters
had been before presented to the committee
by Anderson. and all were OF about the same
tenor, viz, urgently soliciting Matthews TO
secure him an office. Upon motion . OF Gen s,.
Matthews to appear before the committee
and make any explanation regarding the cor
respondence that he may desire. n
WASHINGTON, June THE examination
yesterday of Judge A. .. Levissee, OF Louisi.
ana, an Elector on the Republican ticket. de-
veloped the fact that two OF the duplicate re.
and by them referred TO, the Electoral Com.
mission were not signed by witness, but that
his name was placed thereon by some other
person. The explanation OF this Is stated TO
isiana forwarded to Washington was duly
signed by all the Electors, but upon
being received by Vice President Ferry
was thought to BIO informal IN
some particulars, and ACCORDINGLY
a messenger was sent to Louisiana to request
the Electoral College to recOnvene and make
another set of returns which should comply
with the requirements OF inc law; This Msi re-,
unable to be present, his name was signed by
some one else-whO, the evidence rs yet does
not show. All three of the returns, as receiv-
ed were laid before the House and referred to
the Electoral Commission: Further evidence
of Judge Levissee was to the effect that q pro
posal mad been made to him by one Asher to
cast his vote blank or to vote for Tilden IN the
being SiOO, 900 Ievissee testified that he had
several interviews with Asher, and one with
broker named Hernandez, who appeared to
be the principal in the transaction, and that
he led them to infer that he might be bought
over for q big enough price, 100000 being
named by him as the lowest figures he would
entertain. The history of this alleged attempt
to bride Levissee was fully detailed by him In
r~aak hnfn hn
The Chairman o-day presented com.
munication from President Hayes, acknowl.
edging the receipt OF the committees request
received in reference to Anderson's appl1ca-
ton for q position under the Government,
and inclosing the following described papers,
viz:
/. From Representatives Darrall and Nash,
asking the appointment OF Anderson to Tor
eign mission.
5. From Representatives Leonard and KEEL
logg. making the same request.
g. From Anderson to Stanley Matthews, re-
ferring to above recommendations, and ask
ing MIR. Matthews, Mt the suggestion OF Gen.
Harlan, as stated, to secure tor him the APP
pointment of Consul at Callao This is en-.
d0rset-" For important reasons specially
request that this request be complied with.
ISignedl STANLEY MATTHEW'S" Referred by
the President to the Secretary of State.
1. From Stanley Matthews to Secretary
Evarts, introducing James E. Anderson, as
follows: "The bearer, MIR. James X. Ander-
son, # New Orleans, is the gentleman In
reference to whom, when last In washington,
1 had private conversation with you, urg-
ing his appointment to consulship. Mr..
Anderson has had until now q subordinate
clerksbip in the Custom house ut New Or
leans, which has been always unsatis s
denco there has become SO unpleasant
that he has abandoned it and his clerkship.
The circumstances in which Mr. Anderson
has been placed, and in which n. ne - mas Deeh peer,
us to give him very strong claims upon the
Administration in public interests, and do
most earnestly urge that some satisfactory
once. lsigSedl STANLEY MATTHEW'S"
s. From John W. Bulldozsr," West Felici.
ana, La., saying he is the person who tried to
rid the state of Anderson last fall, and ASK
ing in the name of the people OF the State
"H you have any vacant consulship at any
earthquake. shaken point, any eholera-fn-
fected city, yellow fever point, or any small
pox-ridden community; or any vacant com.
tribes, to send him to one of these places at
once, because we consider the said Anderson
person who has just sufficient character TO
serve the party that pays the most money,
and OF the class of patriots who can best
serve their country by dying. for it," The
reading of this letter caused considerable
merriment among the committee anu spccta-
tors.
o. a n.
room, Washington, to the President, warning
the latter that Anderson is q worthless fellow
who falsely represents himself as coming
from Ohio Referred by the President to the
I. From W. X. Rogers, the Presidents Pri
vate Secretary, to Secretary Evarts Clearing
even date with the foregoing), requesting
that Anderson's commission as Consul to
Funchal, if it has not been delivered, be
withheld until further inquiries are made as
to Mr.. Anderson's character.
s. From p B. Conn, publisher Steubenvtlle
(O.) Herald, recommending Anderson as q
worthy young man and a staunch Republi-
can.
The committee in executive session exam
ined the Louisiana Electoral returns ana pa
pers connected Herewith, with the following
results as stated by the Chair: 1t was found
that the certificate designated mo. |" was
the first certificate executed, that the
signatures were genuine, but that 1t contain;
ed but one list Of Electors, they having voted
at the same time for President and Vice:
President. The other two returns were found
to fulfill the requirements of the law In nav.
Levissee, as testified to by him is forged there
to.
WASHINGTON, June S.-Judge Levissee
was recalled to. day and made some correc-
tions in his previous testimony, the most i'm
portant being that he did not tell Asher he
would take 100000 and refuse to accept his
electoral certificate. Being asked II he had
any idea as to who signed his name 70 the Two
last electoral certificates, he replied that he
had not.
Senator Ferry then appeared before the
Committee and testified at great length re.
s,arflinp the manner in which, as President OF
the senate, he received the returns from the
various States. He testified that when he
received the first returns from Louisiana
from the messenger, Thomas q: Ander'
son. he noticed an informality upon
the face of the document and Informed
-, - .ba had no knowledge that