The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-06
CUSTOM HousE, New ORLEANS, La,
CoLIEcroR's OFFICE, April z, 1877.
Hon !0,anL.o MaLLes,.

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Hon. S,antes Mathe1s:
DEAR s1R-Packard on Monday con
cluded that his only hope lay in his abil.
Ity to frighten the President by threaten
ed exposure Of rascality committed dur
ing the past campaign, and his AGENT
have been at work since then endeay0rinl
to collect evidence. BE has sent fol
me three times during the past two days,
and yesterday two Of his trusted friends,
in order to induce me togo with them and
convince me that the President could moi
throw him over, gave outlines Of q plan
by which they claim they can bring him
the President,to terms, namely, that three
electors in the Republican District will
swear that they did not vote for Hayes,
but voted blank that they did mot sign the
certificates their names being forged etc
OF course they commit perjury, but that
Is small matter here. An intimation
through the press that their designs
were known and would be prompt.
lly met might deter the three
electors from making the attempt. /
have posted Gen. Harlan on the subject.
In January the party holding the Pitkin
ct al. agreement was requested by them
to destroy II. he refused. BE also re-
fused to return It to me, but said he was
willing TO comply with their request. l
deemed It beat, and II was burned to-day
In my presence.
Enclosed find the Weber agreement.
This Is the last piece Of documentary evil
dence in existence. will now have to
trust entirely To you, as the ill.ieeling
borne me by the Republican leaders has
been intensified by my refusal to aid them
in their infamous scheme.
Truly yours, JAMES E. ANDERSON.
The Matthews copy Of the Nash agree
ment was then handed witness for iden-
tiication. He said he thought 1t was the
same he had given 10 Matthews, but that
since the other had been altered he would
mot like to state 30 positively under oath.
Witness was reminded by Mr.. Butler
that he had promised him 70 produce the
letters written him by Mrs. jerks. He
said be had only been able 10 find the first
Of them, as his wife destroyed all the pa.
pers in this case that abe could get her
hands on. He produced the letter which
he had found and It was put in evidence,
as follows:
WARHrsoros, D. O., [
st. James Hotel, Jan. II, 1877. !
My DEAR MR. ASpERsos-As / was
writing to the Captain tonight ! thought
/ would do myself the pleasurs Of writing
10 you also. tcame here three days ago
to see my elder brother on-some family
business. About month before i left
home got letter from you addressed
to the Captain, kept it good while l
opened ii because the Captain was over
at Bayou Boniauca at work, SO did not
get to give 1t to him at all, 40 you must
not think hard Of him for his SEEM
ing neglect in answering your kind
letter. The Captain has not yet got
anything from the party, nor ever will.
We are altogether left out in the cold. i
presume we should be foerver running a
risk for It. ] can't help laughing when l
think what fools we all were, TO be sure,
you as we'll as US. In your letter you
did not state what document you wished
to get. Is Il the s. letter to D. and
yoI2 II so, why did you not
say SO? Almost all our old
friends are gone. Senator jerks went
out West. Postlewaile is in the employ
Of the United States watching the gov
ernment logs. am at ST. james, / always
stay here; will remain few days. Don
would be glal to hear from you il you
can make It convenient 10 write. Hop
ing that you are well am ever your
friend, AGsIs ID. JEsKs.
Excuse the paper; excuse the chiro-
grsphy. l am quite tired out with my
long journey.
The witness explained that the capital
rs" with q dash meant Sherman, and
that the whole phase meant Sherman's let
Ter to Don and him.
Mr.. McMahon asked Mr.. Cox whether
Senator Matthews had given him all the
papers and letters that be had relating to
the matter.
Mr.. Cox-No, sir; I did not so under
stand il. I only understood him to state
that these were the originals Of Nash and
Weber's agreements which ! specially In
quired for. I only asked for these two
papers. The letter accompanying the one
referring to that given above, he thought
had better come with It as part Of that
particular transaction.
The Chairman-Mr. Anderson says he
wrote number OF letters to Senator
Matthews.
The witness-Yes. I wrote probably
dozen or more.
The Chairman to Butler (satirically)-
You would like TO have all Of them.
Butler-I supposs somebody would
like TO have them.
McMahon to witness-what was this
Pitkin agreement referred TO in your
letter to Matthews as having been de-
stroyed?
Witness-It was not really an agree
ment. went one day TO Pitkin and
told him that on account Of my refusal
to make protest l had made enemies Of
all the Republicans, and that as the Dem.
ocrats thought / had made protest /
had made enemies Of all the Democrats,
and asked him what assurance would
have that would not be left entirely out
In the cold. ...
In answer TO that he sent me note
one day simply stating that ho would as
sure me II would stand by the party
they would provide for me.
q. What do you mean by this state
ment in your letter as to the electors not
signing The certifcates2 A. The state
ment was made 10 me that three Of the
Presidential Electors. -Burch, Marks and
Leyisee-had voted in blank, and that
their names had been forged 10 the cleo
toral count, and I found out afterwards
that there was good deal OF truth
in that claim. DR.. Gray, Of East Fell.
ciaua, one Of Packards friends, remarked
TO me one day that he would be damned,
ifthey attempted to throw Packard over.
board, II they wouldn'tsquelch Hayes and
the whole Republican party.
French, the Sergeant'at.Arms OF the
Senate, was sworn and examined in refer
ence to the electoral returns Of Louisiana,
which the committee seems 10 find some
difficulty in tracing or getting hold Of.
French testified that during the last ses.
sion be had received by Express box
which he had understood to contain the
election returns OF Louisiana; that be
kept It sealed and under guard, occasion.
ally taking It to the Committee room,
where Mr.. Honore, the Louisiana secre-
tary Of State, would open 1t, and when
he was done with the papers the box
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