The daily gazette., 1878-06-06

4 40 not recollect Weber's signature.
lis this letter (handing one to wit
hesSj III your writing? Alt is.
PACKARD's ONLY HOPE,
lows: '' ''i
custom House, New Orleans, La, Col
lectors Office, April 7, 1S77-Io Hon.
ooanIey Matthews Dear Sir: Packard
On M onday concluded that his only hone
iay ,s in MS ability to frighten the Presldent
oy threatening exposure of the rascalitv
~; IIo;mhllCoed during the past campaign and
MS agents have been at work SINCE then
endeavoring to collect EVIDENCE. He has
sent Tor me three times during the mast
ewo uays, ana yesterday two of his trust
gu ,nohus, In der to induce me to 90
Win then, and to convince me that the
PRESIDENT could not throw him oyer,gaye
tno outlines of a plan By which thev
clain they can bring him (the Presidentl
" serths' VIZ: Three of the electors on
ene republican ticket will swear tn at
sneV oid not vote for Mr.. Hayes, but
cGesstlncate, Gs their names being forgot, &c
~ course they commit perjury, but that
Is small matter here. An intimation
snrough The press that their designs were
knewh and would be promptly met
nlgnt Deter them (the electorsj from
making the attempt. have posted Gen.
Tartan on the subject. Ih January the
patty holding the the Pitkin ct al. agree
ment was requested by them to DESTROY
~. ne refused He also refused to re-
turn IL TO me, but he was willing to com
ply with their request. | deemed it best.
auu IL was burnt to-day in my presence.
Lnciosed hnd Weber agreement. This is
she last piece of documentary evidence
IN existence. L will now have to trust
ehtirely TO you, as the ill-feeling borne
me Dy the republican leaders has been in
tenslned bv my refusal to aid them in
thelr INFAMOUS scheme. Truly yours,
"JAMEs e. ANDERSON"
The AGREEMENT WITH REPRESENTA-
TIVE NASH.
The Matthews co py of the Nash agree
i1ent was then handed to the witness for
He said that he thought
!, IL, was tie same which he had given to
VT: matthew's, but that since the ether
naI been altered he would not like to
state 80 positively under oath.
THE LETTERS OF MRS. JENKs.
Inc witness was reminded by Mr.. But
Ter that he had promised to produce the
letters written to him by Mrs. Jenks
he said that he had only been able to
hDd the first of them, as his wife DESTROY
eu an the papers in this case that she
could get her hands on. He produced
the letter which he had found, and was
put In evidence, as follows:
Inc witness examined that the "Cap-
tam" meant Mrs. jerks husband, and
mat The capital s with a dash meant
sherman, and that the whole phrase
meant Sherman's letter to Don and him.
NOT ALL YET.
Mr.. Mcmahon asked Mr.. Cox whether
Senator Matthews had given to him all
the papers and letters he had relating to
the matter?
Mr.. Cox.-No sir. 1 did not so UNDER
stand 1t. L only understood him to state
That these were the originals of the Nash
anu w eDer agreements, which specially |
inquired for. 1 only asked for those two
papers. The letter accompanying the one
referring to that mentioned above) he |
thought had better come with it as part |
OF that particular transaction.
The Chairman.-Anderson says he |
wrote number of letters to Senator Mat
thews.
The Witness.-Yes; wrote probably
a dozen or more.
The Chairman, Ito Mr.. Butler, satiri-
1ally)-You would like to have all of
hem?
:. Mr.: Butler--I suppose somebody would
Ii ke to have them.
THE PITKIN AGREEMENT.
Mr. Mcmahon, Ito witness)-Whatw was
TINS P1tkin agreement referred to in your
etter to Mr.. Matthews as having been
destroyed?
The witness.-1t was not really an
agreement. went in one day to Mr..
Pltkn and told him that on account of !
ny refusal to make protest l had made
enemies of all the republicans, and that
Is the democrats thought l had made
protest l had made enemies of all the
democrats, and l asked him what assu-
ance would have that would not be
eft entirely out of the cold. In answer
o that he sent me note one day, simply
tating that he would assure me that ii /
you'd stand by the party they would
provide for me.
HE ELECTORS WHO VOTED IN BLANK.
Q.-What do you mean by this state
nent In your letter as to electors not sign
ng the certificates? A.-The statement
vas made to me that three of the presi-
ental electors-Burch, Marks and Livi-
ee-had voted in blank, and that their
ames had been forged to the electoral
ount; and found out afterwards that
here was good deal of truth in that
lain. DIR. Gray, of East Feliciana Zone (
4 Packard's friends) remarked to me one
dy tidt ne WOulu De damned (lf they 3
tempted to throw Packard overboard)
they would not squelch Hayes and the
1hole republican party.
THE ELECTORAL RETURNS.
Mr.. French, sergeant-at-arms of the q
enate, was sworn and examined in re- J
srence to the electoral returns of the
tate of Louisiana, which the committee !
GEMS to find some difficulty in tracing or !
citing hold of.
Mr.. French testified that during the
lst session he had received by Adams
Xpress a box which he had understood
contain the electoral returns of Loui- Fl
ana; that he kept it sealed and under +
lard, occasionally taking it to the COM T
ittee room, where Honore the Louisiana 7
,cretary of State, would open it, and n
hen he was done with the papers the
Ok would be sealed again and placed
nder guard. Two or three weeks after
ijournment sent them to the office ofl
dams Express, addressed to Honore
7 his directions, and that he had never
card from them since. Ir,
The committee then went into execu- v,
We session, and afterwards adjourned q;
l tomorrow" e,
Florida Sub-COmmittee. si
ey
OF THE RETURNS FROM
BAKER CoUNTY-How THE FIGURES