Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07
News by Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.

tho patty. The committee mo, at IN o,.looL
S,o..,o Sb 60,
o"'an was represented py MS
coansel, Messrs. SheilaDarser and Wilson.
rup rrpsr u,ruvss ,,.rs .,,
en-, A'DN"SoN
'"no' e. hnuei9on' reu ha'roc young
man of 30, with an anxious air and pale |
face. was sworn. at IO.I5a m. Has bssn
-,
Jouinai'7t "i us lEe' no" associate
editor oil the Philadelphia North Ameri- |
can Had expressed a viIlir ones5 IN testify |
h.i,,, ,Lo oo;. r
' Jun W., supervisor Vi
registration IN East felicians. The |
preliminary examination related only to |
familiar fact, of r.esn. history Tao voto
.hoo, 20 WV
i'''' usnoera'ic maI'riS'
Anderson denied he bad been assaulted |
by democrats, but claimed that bs had been |
attaoLod bv ron,bl;.a ;, -. O.
W ''''Y gu. Wv
nehoss pan oi having no election In that
parish. and to cheat the democrats of their |
election. Witness said Gov KelIooo in
a;a,o, .t.. A. re.
H"' '"o repuoiican majority |
should be increased, and recommended |
a plan by whi,h this could be done. This |
was done before election. Witness declared |
Kellogg perjured himself before the former |
investigation. 1t had been a deliberate
plan of the republicans not to hold an cleo |
ton in that parish. Witness identified |
copy Of a letter by Webber and himself to |
Sherman, in which he asked for written |
assurances as to the fulfilment OF his prom |
ise,as they would be Obliged to leave the
state Anderson produced a pretended copy OF |
sell 10 "eooer VINO was killed which stated |
that the election was ialr and carried by the |
democrats Inc protest claims to have been
msue al the request OF doV. Packard, and |
other repuoiicans. Inc visiting statesmen |
arrr'eu III tue CITY ai.erWaru. on oatur-
Jay november iotn' "eooer and anderson
met sherman In restaurant with slough
ton. sherman said that he wanted to see
snem on accoun. OIL tronoie In ms parish;
sherman wanted every republican and
True patriot 70 stsnu by US. "eDoer
saiu no hau aiIeauy uohe more tnan
on, , danna. Gnu 'J h; ne T;t, ie'u Sb. Win
;no,;rad wbv ba noad 90 h,oL 90
bo wonld he nrov;deJ far aIs.wha-s
Sbsrman said Have. wo,lS .,ntroi The
ieuerai patronage anu tnas tine repuDican |
party never forgot It's friends. Anderson
sa,G sn 10y WEI e so'ns ~ tniJT T ous nis
1t. lie said no would be liable for perjury.
Sherman said that was a matter that they
neeo not tilk ABOUT Let matters go on as
M ons was w;,h;n Sta, Fao, ~ ,bs,, "a
Stoughton was behind a newspaper and did |
not hear IL.
Attempts were made to Introduce Sher.
novar &c. Shorn,on,s hondw,;.;na
Hitchcock insisted that the letter should |
not be received. The counsel for Sherman
aenieu that sucn d letter eAis'eo' OF ever
u'I' ,o d;so e,Irou,d os 10 ,hs.a-
missibilitv of the Sherman letter. Batter
thought this discussion sustained his view |
that the investigation should nave peen
secso1. pu.iel 'stu NC nau not iesu an1 i1
ana be entitled to saw whether it is his or |
not. The committee finally sent for Sscre-
tary onerhan'
uen. buliel nau ms own s.eh9grapases
Testimony w;,Lont rsr;sian McM.bon con
Quoted the investigation for the democrats.
mn, .,,, ,,.n,, MAN, ,,nvnso>,. rvs-
TIyoyY CONTINUED.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Anderson, in ex-
PLANTATION Of some correspondence submitted,
related interviews with the President and |
Stanley Matthews. He had been offered q
consulate to Finehsl, and declined it. lie |
then went to the President, aud the Presi-
dsnt sa;d he did mt 60, exactly what be |
"a on. p..;I.
eouiu uo- Hnoei'o" s"iN' MI
1t you Will appoint such man as L shall
DESIGNATE To the New Orleans appraisership
hoI1hr p;,oI5 7 Mill n,;,hdrawoi oil |
NO" neiu ny ~ :, m
Claims on your ADMINISTRATOR. ine
President pondered few minutes, and
said, 'You 90 back home and write me this
nronosition vop have made and sand /. IN
" w
me uhuer cover Oh uusIin' one OF my private
secretaries. so | shall be sure to receive it,
and will attend to it," Nezt day, said
,s. :. u,,,b a..
~ '""' ~ my
telegram uld nos mean TO threaten MIN,
but thew had worried me go in Washington
that tborgbt il vas time s,metbi,g sbo,Id
o..,.
DO uone. went ID oihcihha'i Oh
my way to Nav Orleans, and
there saw Matthews. He told me
IL :. w.,.; W.
so JAIN u ""'"'ns ''n We
both arrived here on the evening oil the sth
Of June. Wednesday he told me to call on
uoC,x,;oL oss;s,ar, sooro,or, os tho
treasury. went TO tue treasury uepart-
ment and found Mccormick out of town.
Matthews wrote to Gen. Smith the appoint-
ment Smith took me to the White House,
where Smith had an interview with Presi-
dent HAYES. at which | was not
present. Smith said the President in
structed him to give me some satisfactory
position on political considerations. He
gave me the blue book and told me to pick
ont such position as wanted. lie said |
should have something satisfactory ID me.
rode that day to Baltimore with Matthews
and told him was satisfied. 4 couple of
days after that Smith informed me that the
best position no could give me was an in
spectorship in the custom house worth
$3.50 to 81 per day. tod him
il could not get better position | would
20 back to nv old duties as journalist
South then wrote II Matthews that he made
me NO definite promise except | should be
provided for in satisfactory manner.
After my interview with the President
about the appraisership | stopped in Gin
cinnati and in paper found report OF the
interview of the culored deputation from
Louisiana. with the President. in which the
President promised to retain Ringgold.
Odd you say anything to Matthews
about it? Al did some OF the tallest
swearing matthews ever hearu III 'nai
N What toot nIacs !, rsTerenee +, that
letter from Matthews? Al came on to
Washington and told Matthews | thought
an effort was being made on the part OF the
.na, int,rws 60 w u an hs;r@ Snrn;shod
them by some Of the boys In
Louisiana, and | thought the best man
ner To stop the arrangement WIS ny pf'