Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-06
The Presidential Fraud.

tween May 70 aud juno !, Io1 l, Oiaulcy ni"U
thcws told him ~ have just to day had
letter from the President in regard toyour case,
and | have written him such letter as VIII
secure your appointment to some position ana
that on or about June , the President said TO the
witness "he had received the letter from MIR.
Matthews rfouesiug him TO give me place;
therefore, :,
Resolved, That the President be requested
to furnish to the committee all the origlDa! let
tcrs ab jvc mentioned which he has received, II
any, or certified copies thereof, with copies ct
such letters supposed to be written, as he may
prefer, 10 order to an intelligent cross cyamlua.
ton Of the witnesses on The sui c. :Dattcr
thereof
The Washington correspondent of the Bait.
more Gaz,ttc, in reftrepee to the proceedings
OF the Potter Investigating committee, yescr-
day. says:
Litter 10 the day Geo. Butler was handed
the report of the Interview held With Mrs.
Jeuks 10 February last, aud on motion CT MIR.
McNlahOn it was placed on the files OF the c,fn
mtice. While referring 10 It's accuracy, which
Anderson acknowledged, the General wanted
10 know whether the witness had any letters
from Mrs. jerks To this he replied in the
affirmative, producing one where Mrs. jerks
referred to the letter of s. TO lin and Wcbber.
| Gen. Butler Inquired whether this was all and
was tod that more could be produced, although
the witness stated that his vile had taken pains
TO destroy all letters she could get hulI Of
bearing on this matter The wltufss said he
had number Of letters from DR.. Darral.
"Wherc are they p inquired the General
Have they been destroyed?' Before the Wit
oess could reply MIR. McMahon drew forth an
immense package full of correspondence and
answered triumphantly . Here they are, en-
cral." The very marked nervousness With
which the General had put the query explain
faces when MIR. McMahon threw down his
hand. The trouble with the radicals is that
they do not know how much the democrats
hold in reserve. A republican Senator yester.
day asked Kellogg where this thing would epd,
to which Kellogg replied that he did not
know that Sherman and Matthews were both
great fools 10 putting anything down 10 black
and white when dealing with Louisiana poll
tciar; that if he had been 10 their places he
would not have left scrap OF paper Tor the
press 10 write o.
"rhe personal explanation Of Matthews 10 day
is branded by Anderson as Wllllul lie. Ii
hears that constitution. lie Gains that he
regarded Anderson as man who meditatcd
some evil but had abandoned carrying it out,
and hence be took 40 interest 10 tlm. 1t IS
now ia order to ask Matthews how he could
have supposed Anderson had abandoned
doing evil when be held paper 10 his oWn
possession proving that Anderson had not only
tried to rob Tlldeu Of the State vote, but that
it had been actually accomplished. The other
construction to be placed on the resolution to
Investigate Matthews, is that the republicans
propose counter movement, and have already
set aside $50 900 for this purpose. There is
no telling where the matter will end. Both
partics are now worked up to such pitch OF
interest and excitement that most likely the
entire field will be gone over before any concIu'
fsion is reached. General Butler is not pre-.
pared to proceed with the examination of An
ders7n until he gets reply TO his rtqulstion
for all letters 10 the POSSESSION OF the Presl'
dent, ADD the letters written by Anderson to
Matthew'S
The following letter, recognized by Anderson
as 10 bis Handwriting was read to the COM
mittee to- day:
Custou,touse, Ne,O Orleans, L., Cbl!ector' 8
Oficc. April 7, lS77.-To Hon. Stanley Matthews
l-uesr Sir: Packard on Monday concluded that
bis only hope lay in his ability to brighten the
President by the threatened exposure of rasca Ii
ty committed during the last campaign, and his
agents have been at work since then endeaVor.
ing to collect evidence He has sent for mo
three times during the past two days, and yes
terdsy two Of his trusted friends, in order to in
duce me to 60 with them, and to convince me
that the President could not throw him over,
| gave the outlines of plan by which they claim
they can bring him (the Presidency to terms. w:
] Three Of the electors on tho republican ticket
| will swear that they did not vote for Mr.. Hayes,
but voted blank; they did not sign the certificate
their names being forged sc. Of course they
| commit perjury, but that IL small matter here.
An in,imstIon through the press that their des-
ions were known and would be promptly met
might deter Thorn (the eleetorsj from making the
sttenpt, I have posted General Harlan on the
subject In January the party holding tho Pit
| kin ct aL agreement was reque:ted by tbcm 10
destroy it. He refused He also refused to re-
turn it to me, but said no WAS willing TO comply
with their request deemed it best and 1t was
burned to-day in my presence. Enclosed find
Weber agreement. This is the last piece of
documentary evidence in existence | will now
have 10 trust entirely to you, as the Ill teelng
borne ma by the republican leaders has baen
intensified by my refusal to aid them in their
JANIS E. ANDERSON.
| JACKSONVILLE, FLA, juno G-Tbe sub.
committee commenced work yesterday after
nooo. opening their Investigation with Baker
county. That and other couoie5 will be
| investigated while wailiog for McLio. There
| is but little local interest Ielt aud only small
attendance. The sessions arc public, at the
suggestion of MIR. Hiscock.
| VIM. D. Bloxham, Secretary OF Stale, Estl
| fed Have 10 my possession papers reAlug
to the last presidential election. Produces
papers, These are copies of the original
precinct returns of Baker county Of the election
of 1876 There arc four precincts in the ccun
| ~. Have also the returos of the county canvass
| from Baker county. Produces paper, which
will be designated as No. |. This is the
original return on file 10 my Office. Produced
paper No. There is another return in re.
gard to Baker Go. This pu!ports to be canvass
| 10 Baker county. 1t differs from the other 10
regard to the vote for presidential electors,
Governor and Congressman. 10 the first paper
the figures are as follows :-Tilden electors,
23S; Hayes, l43; Drew, 23G; Stearns' az;
Fioie ley, 23S; Bisbee. l43. 10 the second the
figures are as follows :-rilden, 50; Hayes,
100; Drew, 49, Stearns, 100; Finley, SO; Bisbce,
100. D5u't know when paper No. 2 was filed.
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