The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-13

Mr.. Mcmahon offered the following letter in
evidence:
-. Housr or RsrEysrSrarlvts
=, W,sHiSgroS. u G.. iuril ~ isIs
NY ntAs sH II seem. to look quite sure here that
9ye, VIII ne, npgopt Packard sqdhe a. hns.xrrcsscd
Tonight lac aud Marx. so ~ see Matthew ani Packard
S b"S coSG pres. ' he matter n SSt
would he SURE ard would lr down next week write to
II synhsr Is her !. assinst Packard aud .uppo-e ne
news '''' your rruy ycgrs a. NoO'"'r SPECIAL
JAWS y. hsntRsos, Esq. Philadelphia. Pa
Q.-How did you como to write such a letter
after Matthew's and Anderson had quarrcllcd?
Al understood. after Anderson's threatening
lntrrNiew With Mr.. Matthews. that he had writ
ten Mr.. Matthew'S and had received letters from
nm. and Matthew'S appeared to be as well dis
posed toward him as ever.
nd"r close questioning the witness ack nowl-
eug"i mat ne must have been m istaken in say
ing that Anderson must have brought over the
papers in response to his telegram of April 10
that he ,witnessl must have seen them before
mat GATE. but when he saw them he had given
w all hope 81 the Collccorship.
You did not send that despatch then out
OF any curiosity to see the papersp A.-Oh. no.
Q-mWhen you sent for these papers did you
taks place in a few days, and YOU wanted
Anderson on the ground with the papere2 A.
No. SIR; l cannot explain the discrepancy OF
The following letter was offered in evidence:
w.s%iScroS. March &c. 1878
Dan s,n have your note Of Yesterday, aud am very
last long Soahad hest write to Na,e vs. s ih no T@
M me tohn,e any letter TO- show him Packard was to
AVN slowed him Tie orinsi Nash aud wcSSr doSS%s4i..
nu' ,p9Ae wen o. You Lvid.nlly showed r the docu
lie Sue. q r"esSr KsSs es a'' So gs racs
wiz Ss r'' Yen I had f''@s ', pa quit r5 SSa
~ n"s' THIS way on indications the Return.
ct %Gon' can get It. Busy. Newman. ard wia asr
o. 81" ;s" Win az agsS IL sa Sl at %y s
ain Nash has ned more ~ ttons from coloed
4 l. Nt Nj Ia "A
s,rSnf eql 'rs"dy sq caution, letter yS my love 10
JAMS p ASprrsos, I'd
Q.-When you got home did you write to An
Q.-whn, did you ndvlsc him to do in regard
TO these papersf A.-Shorty after the commit
tee WIS appointed received a letter from An
dcrson stating thnt he intended to testify and
wrote telling him to do SO; that he had not been
Q.-Don't YOU remember sayinGto him in that
letter something like this-to 80 ahead and
nm iucllrcd To- think ! said something Of that
KIND. know spoke quite warmly IN regard
Mr. parral remembered going with Ander-
sS9rn e. Mr. LyartS to get inc former an ON q;
get tho recommendations OF the u 'morratic
numbers from |. luslana. That was IN 1871.
The following letter was put in evidence:
w"uSeroS. u e. April ?. 1878
NV nEAR SIN N0t hCafius nom Nou. Photographed ihs
morning thus afternoon have your cert % Yesterday
eour.e lon', leave her. AL DO not kuow ,ou could H.
@ ,ss wa, H ,, 'iaat.a + in liam
favor Anicr'"n lien Go, kelAgs hss notified th,n'
g,i n The order named Now. steele tie Governor Or
T.. any ,onc other Influences are agan>t INN. AMI the
lr-'''nt a, s,sn n, iles,i,n. tast Dee Won anlen
M, Il " dossnnythirs a. all am sure Sa.h wssp snI
sftut neafIv AM hour with tIe Prcsient last nisht fv
appointment aud rom quo suons a.ked about me. it
l. that am 4 carretharrcr think they were ony
next week see NJ often Snd he seem. As We'll ~
posed conli he aud thinks it only e.non OF shor,
time No one Is better Ic oinmcn d,d than am. and
there Is an absolute c,rinint' can he confirmed -
doni -ee what beat ne Il N get in lis work racs
wonld howl and VIII asain., any one No one mon.
asa.n.t h,in As have. The only thing !. that am
come oyr Iii 60 i es a ,Ay would lac mueh to
JAsrs Z. AsprRsos, Esq, P6nSdephia
To questions by Mr.. Butler. the witness an
sT e sd S Ma he & Wv s@aey w MT'i Be W
statesmen IN the fall Of 1876. lie next saw him
shorty afi,r Eoneress me, in O't2ber last. He
shin. H. had written 20 Matthews that Mr..
PA 'aarl was much the best man FOR the Col
lectorshlp. Matthews did not seem to think be-
was proper man. Ia every conversation he
had with him before the holiday recess. Mat
ihews was Of that opinion. w 70 Christmas
Of the existence Of the Nash. agree
April. 1871; Of the Weber agreement from An
derson in New Orleans in 1877 did not rencm-
Der Anderson showing him an envelope con-
tanning that and other papers. Anderson told
him at that time that he had found tho pa
Ers IN an enNg,oPe IN vs s9mSH,9dy saiei
not fix. He saw the copy Of the Weber agree
menteary this spring; Made NJ his. mind to
get II. IN January. He nrst approached Mat
thrws upon the subject lew days before hc
WAS unsettled in the Houso-before the 10Th II
.I uff " -
tiis That MrNIatihews mad withdrawp-that
T. would make ne onp2s ton 70 Packard. Mr..
MI; Anderson and suggestion made IN regard
&" Ne witness being handy, and he had sent for
witness. Matthews informed him that he had
withdrawn any opposition TO Mr.. Packard. and
that he would be very glad TO assist the wit
H. learned from Matthews that Anderson was
the first man that had suggested his name to
Mathews as a ean@idats. He hnd talked with
ms tn tc ectSrshp one or two DAYS Ia be
fore tho interview Win Matthews. Matthews
sent iqr him through An ierson.
see you about your candidacy Al wrote
SssSn f rsPpcstsd AAg ACES did,
Question repeated. Al have not an exact
recollection whether wrote first or he our
correspo ndcnce was somewhat extensive
Q.-Pardon ne. You We're about 10 become q
candidate for a high Office under the Govern
inrnt Here was n drunken, miserable fellow
down in Louisiana. or who had been down in
Louisiana: n man who. you had learned. had
got a corrupt agreement TO have tho Naval
ofllrershlp You, a member Of Congress who |
had not yet bcen unseated, were about TO make |
tie application. Don't you know whether that
rusoal came and muds the oner Of service 10
you. or you went TO himl Al cannot swear
whether the suggestion came from him or from
M, or from some friend Of mine.
OIL mean the suggestion That tho loafer
should take part in II that's what mean. Al
remember writing 10 Anderson about that
matter.
Odd you write him. before he said any
thing to YOU, to come and help your Al think
| aid.
Q.-What induced you to go to Philadelphia
for this miserable man to aid you in that can
didature2 Al stated TINT Mr.. Anderson Ind
suggested IL to me a number Of times. and IT
was 50 understood He hold such papers and
documents that the powers that We're would be
willing and glad TO listen TO.
Q.-When did he make that statement to you
nrst-lcaving out the Weber and the Nash
agreement A.-Some time previous TO this
date; probably a month. The first time he
mentioned TO me having letters from Mr.
Matthews was after the holiday recess
can't recollect positively whether j saw
any OF Mr.. Matthews's letters before that
During the time that the commission was there
/ knew lie had letters from Senator Matthews,
because he so informed me, and l am
OF the impression that he informed me about
what is called the Sherman agreement either
before or Immediately after the holiday recess
| can't remember exactly.