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coming before as. The crossrexsninsHonof
Mr.. jerks was continued. Witness perdsted
In declaring that be never hesFd OF the Shef-,
man letter until January last, although Ander-
son had frequently written letters TO him con-
tanning reference to: "that letter" Witness
stated that he did not know what that Letter"
referred TO-. Mrs. jerks. wife OF thetprecedine
witness, was. called next to the stand, and her
lengthy examination proved quite .entertsin,
ing. She parted many Of the questions asked
her, with such skill ss to show tnatshe was no
ordinary witness, The substance OF her long
e1amirati N Is as follows She described q
meeting with. Weber, supervisor of one Of the
FeliciaDa parishes, at theS 81. Charles hotel, New
Orleans, shortly after the presidential election,
and taking for him o note TO paslor p, which
note was addressed to John. Sherman. Weber
told her he and Anderson had met Sherman
the previous night, and that Anderson ,Ras
not satisfied and wanted . written guarantees.
The witness tore the envelope containing
sessed Of its contents. Upon reaching psrlor
P she found Garfield, Hals, and Others Of the
visiting statesmen, but did not see Sherman.
She got an answer to. Webers letter .lptoked
It up from the table) and returned TO Weber,
who was awaiting her st the ladies' entrance TO
the hotel, and gave It to him. Mr.. Butler
asked her to whom she handed the note Ia
parlor P, to which tie witness replied ssThat
Is Q direct question" The manner Ia which
Mr.. jerks said this crested smusennent and
after the laughter which It occssioned had sub
sided Mr.. Butler said he wanted . direct
answer. StroEngi her chin for . moments
gesture which she frequently made during the
examination-Nrs. jerks said that before she
replied she wanted to make . statement. MI.
Butler said Certainly" and witness continued:
swell, I wish to state in the presence OF this
august committee AID to the country d large
that I distinctly and. entirely e1onerate Mr..
Secretary Sherman from any completely, direct
or indirect, in the. so-oalled Anderson-Weber
guarantee. 1tthere Is oriminality IN the docu.
ment, or political dishonor attached TO IT,
one else knows aught In regard toll, and do
not think l shall tell You anything more, It Is
sufficient that I exonerate Mr.. Secretary sher-
man and also Mr.. Anderson; and although j
may deem him i(Anderson) one Of the most
magnificent and sublime scoundrels, ut least In
the matter Of the guarantee, he.has beea sin.
cere, and I award him all due merit. he has
always deemed It genuine, and this may be .
small ray Of light admitted into the darkness
that surrounds him. No one knows about that
document but myself, and do not think ! am
cOWpoueo " teu you kouueMono oy nAuao' -
answer to further questions by Mr.. Butler Wit
ness refused to say to whom Ii parlor P she
had handed Weber's letter. i''Who wrote the
so.called Sherman letter 2" said Mr.. Mcmahon,
on the croes-examinaion. She answered:
"The letter I. Anderson and Weber." mean.
ing the Sherman istter-"was detected BY me-
"Who wrote 1t atyour dictation ?" "Idechne,r
she answered 10 q rich French accent. most
emphatically and most specifically to Say. who
wrote it. Inever thought much Of the letter
till I lately saw it In print, and then thought
brought out her atatemeut thai abe dictated
the letter In parlor P Of the 81. Charles Hotel,
with "John Sherman.n signed TO IL, and that
she handed It to Weber. All efforts to discover
the alleged writer Of It or to induce her to name
any one present, even; Q wsitar, utterly failed
and the committee adjourned after having ques,
toned her for about five hours. s,.css:
The cros~s-exap'lation Of Mrs. jerks con.
tinued, and wa r .sinly directed With q yiewt
getting her to say who wrote the Sherman let
ter. After being pressed o n this point fol
some thine, witness again asserted ths. che hsd
originated the letter; that it was dictated BY
her, but she refused to reveal who her iantan.
uensis was or who was In the room at the time
the letter was written. Witness was asked
to write. q copy Of the letterions sheet OF
paper handed her by the committee, but re-
4fused After recess. Mr.. H.giY. Boynton
q newspaper correspondent, testified to IN IN
terview with the President in which he asked
the President how this man Anderson, viii
charges against him of having manipulated
votes in Louisiana, came to be appointed to
was ON account of good services which he had
rendered the party, e~ndangering his lite, etc
but that he (Anderson( would not get the ap-
pointment OF would not hold It. Witness testi
led he did not get the idea from the Presideni
that Anderson's services had heen, OF an i'm.
proper character, but, nevertheless, he had
carried away the impression, andhsd conveyed
It to others, that the appointment was due t
the fact Of some political knowledge which
Anderson had. That impression had beer
changed, however, from finding ont recently
sons commission had already been withheld BY
direction of the President. The witness re
sented the style of Mr.. Buffers examination
and said that while the other members Of thu
committee acted like gentlemen, Mr.. Butel
acted toward him the part Of q "rowdy, Thu
witness was thereupon reprfmanded by tn,
chairman. After 9 secret session the committee
adjourned. 49,
Mrs. jerks appeared on the witness stand 70,
the third time, but failed TO produce certain
letters that she had promised to bring before tn
Soa. an' 1919 or Sm ea p;;o 70 ransrds n he, v;Sit =,
pyss :w a ! ~ n,nsydaonS;I,s anrior {.
III. dansr 49, Sor' M kovntof
was than recalled and went. over the 'stor,
OF hia interyiev with the President as TOLD
on the preyious dsy. but nothing new wal
ELECTED. John R g. Pitkin WAS called
next and testified that he was unitet
States marshal at New Orleans n 1873. IN Ie-
ply 70 question, w,Iaess 5eaa : n1g msds !,
m nuaas ~ .N wa Smo AZ =. sS r. IN nraasuaa y r;tness
butthe document Was not strictly regular. Thii
is the protest to which Anderson testified thsa
Anderson subsequently came to Pitkin with 9
second nroteet. which was properly signed and
sworn TO, and this Pitkin resd s~uperfmally to
see that It was in proper form. he did not OBJ
serve the blanks which Anderson swore It con-
tanned, and which he insisted had been filed In
without his knowledge. On cross-examination
met Anderson AZ Philsdelphia. and. as . resuli
Of That meeting. Pitkin and Sypher, OF Phila.
delphis, Anderson's lawyer, met Senator Conk:
linz In washington, when all the papers IL
Anderson,s possession wers fully discussed
Pitkin ernlained that he and other Louisiana
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