The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-13

@. Had you prior 10 that time had an.
conversation with Anderson about advo
eating your claims 10 the Collectorship
A. Certainly.
@. When did you frat have q conver
satiou with Anderson on the subject
A. That would be one or two days pre-
yious to the interview with Matthews.
Q. Did you call upon Matthews by
his sending for you? A. By his sending
for me through Anderson.
@. Did you write TO Anderson TO CONT
and see you about your candidacy A.
wrote him number OF letters.
Q. Repeated. A. Possibly.
Q. Repeated. A. Very likely I did.
@. Repeated. A. / have not an exact
recollection whether wrote FIRST or be
our correspondence was somewhat exten
sive.
Butler (interrupting) Pardon me, you
were about 10 become candidate for q
high office under the government Here
was 4 drunken, miserable fellow down
| In Louisiana-or had been down in Lou.
iSiana-a man whom you had learned had
got corrupt agreement to have the
naval officership. You, a member o.
Congress who had not yet been nnseated
and you were about to make an applica'
tion.
@. Don't you know whether that rascal
came and made an offer Of his services tc
you or you went to him? A. Well, sir
Anderson and myself had conversation
in regard to the Collectorship before l be.
came candidate; in regard to Packard
I Q. Leave him out. A. About myself j
cannot swear whether the suggestion
came from him or from Lear, or some
friend Of mine.
@. | meant the suggestion that the
loaier should have taken part in Il; thats
what | want? A. remember writing to
Anderson about that matter.
Q. Did you not write to him to come
over and help you? A. wrote him a
number nj letters.
@. Did you write him before he said
nythiug to you to come and help you?
A. l think did.
@. Don't you believe you did2 A. That
is my best recollection; unless / saw the
letter could not tell.
@. What induced you 10 go TO Phila.
delphia for this miserable man to aid you
in that candidature2 A. l stated that
Anderson had suggested 10 me a number
Of times, and it was understood, that he
held papers and documents that the
powers that were would be willing and
glad to listen to.
/ NUkn. 1t1 h. aEa that In
you first, leaving out the Weber and the
Nash agreements? A. Sometime prior
| to this date-probably month.
Q. Did Anderson say anything or write
any thing to you about any documents
leaving out the Weber and Nash docu.
ments until you wrote him about, OF
asked him about such documents. A,
Yes.
q. Where2 A. To the best Of my rec
objection my first letter to him to come
here must have been dated in Philadel.
phia. Anderson was here in the morning
previous to recess or Immediately after
some time, and / have heard him stats
that he had letters from Matthews and
other papers besides the Weber and Nash
documents. / could not FIX the exact
dates.
@. Without fixing the exact date, will
YOU now swear that that was before the
holiday recess? A. could not.
Q. What is the earliest day you recol-
lect that You knew anything from him
that he had them or claimed to have
them2 A. II Is very difficult for me to
answer that. During the time that the
Commission was there l knew that be
had letters from Senator Matthews at
that time, because he 80 Informed me, and
| am Of the impression that be informed
me about what Is called the Sherman
agreement either before or Immediately
alter the holiday recess; l can't remember
exactly.
Q. Now we have it that when the Wis.
iting Statesmen were there in April An.
derson informed you be had letters from
Matthews? A. He certainly informed
me, and / think he showed me letter
from Matthews Of introduction to Judge
Harlan, or something Of that kind. My
recollection Ia that be said something
about having such letter and showed ii
to me.
@. Did he tell you what he was going
to do in consequence OF that introduc.
ton? A. He told me that he had called
or would call on Harlan, and my recol-
lection Is that he did call upon Harlan
more than once, presented the letter oil
introduction aud conversed with him.
i I don't recollect what he said, but be
said he had number Of interviews and
told me at that time, "a / recollect, that
he gave that Weber agreement 10 Harlan
That IL the time he found the agreement
and said he sent It TO Matthews. Ny
recollection Il that ne saw Harlan, was
promised some position and delivered
him the document. He says he sent il
TO Matthews, but my recollection Is thai
he gave It to Harlan.
| O. Then you know he was sent with q
confidential letter Of introduction from
Senator Matthews 10 Harlan, and that he
was visiting Harlan back and forth, and
that he has given him copy Of Weber,
affidavit! A. Yes; my recollection ID
that, | never knew what was In that agree
ment until l saw il in print.
o Didn't you SAX him then what
Weber's affidavit was II you did not know
about IN A. Certainly, my recollection
IL he stated to me that 1t was an affidavit
to the effect that this protest was not le
90. Which dOcumsn, did he tell you b,
gave Harlan 10 your recollection. Th,
original or the copyi A. The original
o. Didn't you say 10 him what OF
earth did Harlan want OF that A.
don't recollect one conversation, can.
moi give the words used, but expressed
much surprise that Harlan wanted tha
document. -
o. In anSWer TO that surprise what dit
Anderson sayI Let me help you. Didn'
he say, aWhy Harlan promised il
would give Il to him he would help mt
. 70 get an Office or words TO that effect
l A, The effect was that Of course Harlan
and Matthews would secure him an Office
Q. Did you express any surprise tC
Anderson that alter Matthews and Har
an had been informed that be had made