Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-26
THE FARCE AT WARRINGTON.

The Matthews investigation com
mittee OF the Senate had . farcial
session Yesterday, which closed with
adjournment, subject to the call ol
the Chairman. That means no ses.
sion until Congress meets again
Anderson was called but refused ia
any testimony unless Mr.. Matthews
would appear before the House
committee. OF course tie Senator
would not dicker with such fellow
as Anderson. That would have
lowered the Senatorial dignity be-
meath respect. A committee of Con-
gress cannot compel the ATTENDANCE
and testimony of witnesses during
adjournment. 1t appears that Mr..
Matthews depended upon the cross
examination OF Anderson for his
, vindication, else why not go on with
other witnesses We are quite at q
loss to see how any vindlcation could
be secured in that way. The witness
is already completely used up. No
one takes any stock in him. He is
confessed and notorious liar. The
truth is that Stanley Matthews has
no defense, except his political YER
dancy. lie meant well, but was
fooled by confidence game, and q
clumsy one at that. All the inves-
legations ia the world cannot alter
the facts or the public estimate of
them.
The Potter committee made some
progress yesterday albeit of the crab
sort. 1t moved quite a distance
back from the starting point fixed
by the resolution under which it
operates. Ii Anderson had not com.
mitted complete bari kari, the job
was finished yesterday. Mr.. jerks.
husband of Mrs. jerks, whose name
has figured good deal in connec-
ton with the SHERMAN letter. was
before the committee. He used to
be quite intimate with Anderson and
knew Weber very well. He identi-
fled the "protest"as the original one
Anderson pronounced it copy.)
He identified the handwriting and
signature of Anderson, but was pos
tive that the Weber signature was
forgery. That leaves the document
utterly worthless, except as evidence
of Anderson's baseness.
The most important part of jerks
testimony related to that notorious
and apocrypbal Sherman letter, 1t
has been claimed that the Jenkses
had it, or possibly, Mrs. Weber
Anderson didn't pretend to have it
himself. Mrs. jerks was in Wash
ington last Winter. 1t appears that
she came in response to letters from
Kellogg and Packard, who had heard
Of the "Sherman letter." and thought
that il such document existed, it
could be used to help Packard get
the New Orleans Collectorship.
When asked "What documents did
your wife bring with her when she
came to Washingtonr' jerks re-
piled: 81 done think she either took
ANY with her or had any to take"
The determined effort of the COM
mittee to break the force of this
statement resulted in strengthening
il. The cross firing was as follows :
| Q-When your wife came back home, what
did she say about The Sherman letter:
Al don't remember she .aid anything par
| ticumr, any more than We had already talked
in regard to The matter,
| Q-What did she say about 1t
| Ats Il long time ago. and don't remem.
Der. She said good many th,hgs. l really
! cant remember what che did say.
! Odd shc say she had seen the letter?
A-She did not.
| Q-Or that she had seen copy
| A-She never said so to me. She sad that
! Anderson claimed To have copy of IL, and
That j, was IN his lawyers hands.
Odd she ever have any correspondence
with sherman in regard to HAT letter.
A-Not that know of. II she had / know
nothing oft whatever
| Witness, after his conversation with Marshal
! Pitkin. informed his wife that the Marshal had
| asked II he had amy knowledge Of Sherman
| letter, and HAT he told him he hadn't Don't
| think She said anything about it. Between
| that time and his wie's coming to Washington
| she went once 10 see Mrs. Weber about The
| matter. and aftcrward wrote to her ut the So
| lici,ation OF James +. Anderson. Don't re-
| member of Pitkm's mentioning such Thing rs
the letter being in the possession OF Mrs. " cher
| My wife laughed about it As n joke when
| mentioned The letter, and when she came back
from seeing Mrs. Weber. she said Mrs. Weber
denied ever having heard of such letter.
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