National Republican., 1878-06-06
CUSTOM. .lIousE. NEW ORtrlrs. Ia.

THE LETTER
CusToNITousE, NEw oRLrArs. Ia.
Hon Sdn'cg Mrhhirs: =
DEAR SIR: Packard on Monday concluded that
hs only hope lay IN disability 10 frghtcn the PreS.
ucnt by Threatened exposures of rascaity commit
yea during the past campaign, and his agents have
pccn NJ wOrk since that cndcnvorng to collect evil
deuce He has sent for nc three times during the
hast Two days, and yesterday two Of his trusted
friends. IN ortlcr 10 Induce me tn 20 with them,
ana TO convince me that the President could not
lhrnw MIN over, gave the outlines ofa plan by
which they can bring him Uhc Presldcnp to TERMS,
VIZ lhrec Of the electors on the Republican
mcket VIII swear that they did not vote for Mr..
HAYES but voted blank that they did not sign the
Ssrtncales x their names bepg forged, &c or course
,hey commit perjury, but TINT Is n small matter
mere. An intimation through the press that their
de,igns were known and would be promptly met
might deter them Ohe clCctors) from making the
subject.
In January the party holding the Pitkin ct al
n,Igrecinent Were requested by them to destroy IT,
but said hc was willing to comply with their re.
quest deemed y best, and II was burnt to-day
This Is the last piece Of documentary evidence in
existence.
! will now have to trust entirely to you, as the
iIl.ieellhgs borne me by the Republican leaders
have been intensified by my refusal to ud them IN
JAMES 4. ANDERSON.
Mr.. Cox showed him another papcr and a
amined, and said was the original Nash
agreement, Us far as he could remember.
Mr.. Cox stated that the last two papers had
been given him by Senator Matthews at his ro-
quest and that the pencil marks or Endorsements
on the envelope inclosing the Nash paper were
in the handwriting of Senator Matthews lie
had asked Mr. Matthews for these papers, and
received them on condition that they should
he reserved, so that they could be produced
before the senate committee authorized to be
appointed to-day at Mr.. Matthew'S request to
investigate the matters personal to himself
growing out of this investigation.
by Mr.. Butler: Mr.. Anderson, the other day
you promised me you would look among your
private papers for any correspondence you
might have in your possession with Mrs.
jerks. Have you done so? The witness
producing letter from his pocket: On going
nome and searching among my papers, | could
find only this letter, my wife having, as |
before stated, destroyed everything she could
lay her hands OH relating to this matter. He
then handed tho letter to Mr.. Butler, who
examined the address, postmark, seal, date. and
everything apparent on its surface, after which
he drew forth the inclosure and read It's con-
tents.
Mr.. Butler. Have you any other letters
from Stanley Matthews which you have not
produced "A. l have not.
@ Have you any from Darrell "A. Not
now.
O. What have you done with them "A.
They have passed out of my possession.
Mr., Mcmahon (holding up thick PACKAGE
General, they are here!
Mr.. Butlor-Oh [Scnsation.l
MRS. JENKs' LETTER.
The letter which the witness had produced
from Mrs jerks was then handed to the clerk,
who read it.
1t was. in reply to one from Anderson to
Mrs. jerks requesting her to send him some
document, and stated that his letter had not
been answered sooner because the captain was
away in some distant part of Louisiana. 1t
stated that Captain jerks had been left out in
the cold by tho politicians, and characterized
him aud all of us rs great fools for trusting
to promises and agreements. Tho writer also
asks Anderson, "What letter did you refer to
that you wanted sent your If it was the S.
letter to you and W., why did you not say so ?"
The letter was signed Agnes d. jerks
BY Mr. Butler; BY the word captain the
witness understands Mrs. jerks to have re.
ferrtd to her husband Tho letter was re.
ceived about the middle of January.
BY Mr.. Mcmahon: What was the Pitkn
agreement which you state was destroyed.
The witness: 1t was not an agreement, but
an understanding that If We stood by the
party we should be taken care of or provided
for.
Mr.. Mcmahon This letter was written
April 7, lsT7. How soon after did the Nc
Weigh commission arrive here from New Or
leans "A i think they arrived here about that
date. 1t was very early in April
The witness then produced a copy of the
Baltimore Gdse'tc, containing an account of the
interview between Mrs. Jenks Anderson, aud
Butler, of that paper, published some time ago,
and handed it to Mr.. Butler, who observed
that he had requested the witness to pro.
duce II.
examine Anderson Tomorrow.
Mr. Butler replied that he would like first
to get the three letters Anderson testiGes to
have been written by him to President Hayes,
and the President has gone with the Secretary
of the Navy to llavre de Grace and will not be
home to-day.
Anderson was then dismissed to return to his
home, with the notice that he would be sum.
moned when wanted by telegraph.
The committee then went into executive
session.
by every consideration of profit and propricty