The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-23

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ny o1WSo' tWeo'eT Jd i roco,vo 10 Al did not de-
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o y Yroa Tinv ne prn ~ lt2 A-Icmnbot
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ncicnt, that he got q reply. ....u.
sherman 10 but 5 YOU cannot inc do that uness YOU ict
US know who the man was who wrote ne letter.
hhVw d2 you Kn2w was annna mah at daIst,nc,,v
and emphatiealy 10 anawer O''''A0 ''''''>"'
we2 go Go no, yTm mean 1 y1u wrpc % tbn n
sav that answer t was dlctated by me and no one
einse. ro rr,oo,, ~ vohor md ,rdorsor
| 0-Ilut 10 whom d,d Won dicinta II All il
Io 81 no o U.s. ,or you TO know any more th"n 'ha''
'iOn' OOWnt | nm not Satisfied. A.-Then nm
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'p' Az u no, ,ht,i ,h :, ocr, r,i,,oo ts anita
nGdr in L Al 80 regrct TINT they are not but VIII
You cannot eXonerate Mr; sherman II you you
wrote %T n9i n NMr shnTmen g W was @ Hot there Hc
W.. man'v ~, IL 'hii ii"h ~ iast H. ,,s,ar
aid sn p ''"'i'' 'o'''0' nv ''''' '"V ''''0'
.,Q;Ipld anybody 60 up 70 sec him? A.INGt
d, II M U vo & u,u H%t n hiuw INV sad ny ,yas ,n,
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,asd e c,irr Mr; yeXeu Ie man 10 wnom you u'c-
| "OD "O unid vou dicia,e !, 10 Mr. puLin9 A-No
sir, D'a M you u,''"'' u 70 MI '''An' A'.NV'
,mniu you ul%t"e IL 70 ono , ol tno M vi7l,ine
erms enough with them t t| w"i dictate n3 on o eer TO
hn, 'm.fias VIZ NO, had sosno cmo,ah w Az
"s teTir oTa mo siiers % soma ror.on who Ind not
might %Ss had enough ss3sS Sr but PS PSt
yrns r,nujreJ 91 "'"0 '''V ''' ''0 '"'
0SSu vor are rather proud OF thEt perform
,9mnog though. the letter Looked nG, rateeGr
about Il until | saw il in print. and then aid
'nlnk IL II looked rather Imposing. lLaushtor.I
,VLDid you tSli Weber IN, tnai IL was not genn,
r Rnderson % XYS sr Rq! l did fSSu He1de
shernen s name 70 Weber or anybody else
tho ha III was from hmS fga'A As
Louisiana politics.
Q.-You wore not In good standing at the
Democrats hcadquqrters. were you? Al
had versatility ia politics | did not know In
tSs SGnqf fnHEStd4Y Ts1t my politics would be in the
y9a re%cmpTr % pShir ShcthGr Mr. Garfield
met Mr. Matthews until saw him in the Sem
ate Ic2uld not mention ti who was there; r..
usher. on my expressing desire to SEQ Mr..
sherman,
aGysr hS IKE So to Sf % S tH SS ySn fhSw
w me h y2S nf @9 Ks to do
"oHSow. want to Know w, Whether tGat haiti paper
was destroyed by you or handed 10y you 10 any.
body b else A;mThS paper was, vas never lever handed g,
the waste basket.
a,o.Ewhat Brought y YOU 10 10 Washington, last
January Any own affairs besides. / am
voted to the nation i was in pursuance Of
my devotion 70 the nation that 1 came here.
That brings all patriots here. lLaughterl
brought your A.-Leeislative business gem
orally, and then, wanted to see, the capital
again.. was told II had improved greatly. l
wanted TO see tho legislative business glide
along smoothly. a,
, Q.-lou had several interviews with Mr.. Mat
thews! A.-Yes. sir.
And several with Mr.. shermanI Al
audience; and would n not ,s state my busness il
o9mYoq dih not come for that purpose A.
|, thsen; s saw Mr. Matthews hve or six times
"nmile wws was mere. ere vo,r ,r,or,or,s Mil, u.
Hdrs@ Mathews qSSp An "a 9sEed Ken Mr Matthews thew, II
An 81 nnq sposoh 70 nm nn q anS tettsd as
f sad H"f"p and Si'ir SAID sH"G H rsE ha ar
4,E.MhhM lea you 10 make make that INQUIRY? A
fins dn, r an An1%drs"h % % mus nave pougnt gross
! sard, nearly ;eycyy day stating tRRst R BE- had q;
a m0st ree1 % PIT, Ma,'hews1hhatd nc VS., htn, run hin
IS Was il SgTsal. ! %S Mathews al al over the he
"treed him; Or course this was slang phrase,
/ @ hnu uin hpt & know ,w wnHt II msnhh' mean i ana hot
r | Know Wna} nS ln'ehueu 70 90 WIN MN. anu l
rom rom Mr. Ma,tbews thew either hSru u" no' Hhu OUT
: Odd Won moi really come ON for tho nur-
9 nose Of helping Packard in the nght Tor the Col
J | IoptOrshiD2 A-What cOul1 I pOcaihv do 20
j. heip PackardS Ihad no fight Of nv own md /
ood es9 sDe ssnt S,W IN fy H. his num-
q have been confirmed in two minutes, ~ "0"''
-? % -put ,vhat you wanted tn see Ma,,hows
X about WINS so that he wonid lie connrmeIS RN
a | do not know that Matthewss vote would have
= matter excent ~ General interest '"'''es' =" 'ne
= '-oNYon want ~ soc Saere,arv sherman ,vhii
! you were here Didnot you apply Tor a posi-
y tion. while you were here for your husband in
IL the New Orleans Custom House? A.-No, sir /
did not. received letter from Anderson
saying that sherman had sent him a letter
which. II II could be found. would damn him
: forevor-that is the Language OF Anderson,
" Then l began to think il rather seri.
i ous perhaps Then l took this letter
=, requested a private au Hence. Had Sherman
d granted il the whole matter would have been
y explained to him. but he said he could not gra nj
n private audience. and would not explain thu
matter before his secretaries. | told him that
wished to speak OF n matter that occurred IN
Louisiana, / do not think mentioned Ander
b, eon and Weber but I may have done so
Mr. Sherman said the country was tired OF
70 Louisiana matters. and thought So myself too
Finding gould not get a private interview on
y the 5th OF February oXOneratcd Mr. sherman
eta,