The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-12

tor Matthews told me; in fact
! he authorized me 20 say TO Packard
that he had withdrawn all his
( opposition; to say to him that Packard
would be acceptable to him, and he in
formed me that the trouble was that the
President did not want Packard. Before
that Matthews had been bitterly opposed
to Packard. bad been to see him some.
time before Anderson saw him.
Q-Whst was the influence, if you
know, from this conversation, that An
derson exercised over Senator Matthews,
which brought about = change OF trOntI
Al do not think Anderson's influence
brought about the change 1t helped, l
think, but don't think it brought about
the change.
Q-Wnst did2 Al talked with
Senator Matthews q number of times
| and other gentlemen from our State did,
and about that time you know there was
charge Of fraud down there. Senator
Matthews had stood very well down in
our State and had been commended for
his part in what was called the Worm
ley conference and one thing or another,
and setting up the Nichols government,
and the newspapers got to abusing him
and he did not feel so friendly
to the Democratic element; that he
helped to bring him around, and then
also the interview with myself and l
think Anderson a great deal because
Matthews represented TO me thst he had
said to Anderson that he had finally be-
came satisfied that Packard understood
better the wants of the party down there
and was the proper mao TO be appointed.
AS to any other lofuence Matthews
never represented that Anderson had
any.
POIter's Letter 10 Matthews.
The following is n text OF the letter OF
Chairman Potter to Senator Matthews,
delivered with the subpoena:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, ID. g., June, 1878. I
SIR-I have the honor to acknowledge
your letter Of the S!h, declining to &C
cept the invitation Of the Committee OF
Investigation, &c, of the House Of Rep
resentauves to appear before them. l
have laid your letter before the Commit
tee, but they have not felt at liberty to
dispense with your attendance and have
directed that subpoena be Issued to you
by resolution, of which l enclose you n
copy, but there is no purpose OF requiring
your attendance at time that may IL
terfere with your oGicls duties as Soua-
tor, and there will be on the part Of the
committee every disposition 10 meet your
convenience in respect TO time OF your
attendance.
l hsve the honor TO be, very respect.
fully, your obedient servant
CLARKsoN N. POTTER,
Chairman, &c.
To Hon. Stanley MattheOS:
The Subpoena.
The subpoena bore the date Of yester-
day. and is in the customary form, as
follows:
To j. q. Thompson, Sergsant-Gt-ArmS, or
his Special Messenger:
You are hereby commanded to sum
mon Hon. Stanley Matthews, to be and
appear before the special investigating
committee of the House of Representa-
tives, of which Hon. ClarksOn n. Potter
is chairman, in their chamber in the city
OF Washington, Tuesday, June II, 1875.
1T the hour of 10 A. NJ, then and there TO
testify touching matters OF inquiry COM
mitted TO said comm ttee, and ne Is not to
depart without leave of said committee.
The subpoena is I,ned by Speaker Ran
dali, and is attested by the clerk Of the
House.