New-York tribune., 1878-06-25

guarantee tf not the DefnOCfitlc inohtJ
o@so that you thought You would give them false
STibe SYes siP we wanted tben-we did not want
any trouble. / the agent OF myselt-hot phiiNh-
oETbat is new kind Of a thing TO met A-Wen,
everything is new TO you In Louisiana politics It seems
tbeyrwond NOT cell ont TO the Democrats in that event.
and 80 back their protests never thought aPoos az
what they would do with the guarantee aiter the 4 Ol
March II had, perhaps this committee would never
o. have one final question to put to you. Are you
ready to state the name Of the person TO whom You
SSaS B1mSg the IN 1esaqd lcssi to That Win matter G Il is
necessary should do So and with your permission a
decline 10 state the name OF the person IN whose manu-
writing the letter written. So,
o-You do not have my permission for that. A;-wen'
then must decline without getting your PERMISSION
BUTLER CALLS FOR LETTERS.
BY General Buter-Have you found any letters since
YOU we're examined Saturday which you can produce'
Al will have some letters here tomorrow which
think might interest you. General BY the way General
did you get that letter from Mrs Weobori lIrea'
laughter ,
o-WiH YOU please produce them Ale did call
my letters to him scurrilOus; why don't nc produce
OF YOU have any letters wish you would produce
them Al don't know / have any. but VIII see
lprOducng package of letters and looking over themJ
The Witness-Now, compose yourself General, Laugh
ter Anderson wrote to me and stated N enphHImlc p m
language that had certain pr0elVlues ana Should ee
put into lunatic asylum. Now, have mere my reply 10
o-But where is his letter to youi I should like to
see both sides of the correspondence. AOh, VIII get
the others If you are anxious TO see them. ,,o.
Q-I have no anxiety or emotion on the SUBJECT A
Very well then. don't distress yourself aDout IT,
OWN You let those letters 81 Audersons
AETheso are not Andersou's lette should Ike to
know how you got those other letters. H., ,5or,o,,s
letiersl Al will give them to you tomorrow. ,r
Q-I want them now Al have noS got tlym; v
These just my scurrllous letters 10 Anue ~"
can read tnem II you want TO, M, -.
Q-I want the Anderson letters. A-The anderson
nV,nff ehali I'm upl "A -
you, know You are fowery. laushier, laIteT AT sT
paqse Have yGg any5h9S else & 70 ask no'
O. want TO talk about them now lAfter pausel
T6e witness1Wnat S arc You waiting fort waiting
patiently yOu Will submit them to you to-noEIHM
Think VIII be interesting 10 your side OF the question:
although they are not coucLed IN the most mo eeg%mi f
language; he used the word damn and all mat Aihu
of language IN them. ,
Q-That is his fault, not yours. A-Anderson Is g3od
enough There is no use IN SAYING anyihimg hg"51 @ m
this package from Anderson. have only note from
Svpher mere which is personal
o. don't carr about syphers letters but have yoq
y5ceyed notice from the office that there was pack
ace for me- and 1t Will be here tomorrow lHa'eht
onVcry we'll Ais that all We have been talking
about all this timei lLauEhorJ VII. nave holn Ao'o
tomorrow.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRoss-ExAMINATIoN.
BY Mr. McMabon-You not now under obligations
TO Governor Kellogg youi A.-No' sir ana never
have been. 1t was mere party matter that ne was
seated II he had been Fejee ISLANDER he Wouu nave
been seated all the have duplicate thnk' OF
every political document have ever written Thought
they were precious epses and ought 10 be preserved
Q-I want to get them on the archives OF ths ausub'
t6unal" that you !eieed to on satudsg SO as ,D Pr 20
serve thaml A-Well, you ought to nave something 20
preserve TO remember this committee 10y. ..
O-It Is the letters and not tine tribunal want TO pre-
sy In your letter TO Governor Kellogg you refer 10
"a sterous letter Now, want TO ind out about that
n moi the so-called Sherman lcteri Al think not
because at that did not know any Importance was
altacned to ~ IL might nave been lhat "onoerlu NASH
document that was referred 10 , WI,
Q.-Oh, mol you could not pass that on on me Mnal
etter was it9 ADIdn't Governor Kellogg furnish Tie
o. don't care 10 be drawn into that controversy
yt.,uI what YOU wrote tine substance Of H. Al
never about ANYTHING bur politics am sure II
must a very interesting dOcuneDt; doubuess IL Was
letter-aud thereby hangs ta.e.
O-And want 40 get bOld Of that taicl lLau2btcr,J
A.EDo youi Well | presume 1t viii tale untold.
ILaugbter.I ,,.,,..,
Al think 1t wIl, take some time for u 70 unfold.
81 think II should not because you want 10 appear
TO ne straight before The cOmm:ttcef A-NOi dOhl
want 10 appear 10 be anything but what AN.
O-Tns letter one N which Anderson bad an
tinC Guarantees IRON everybody Anderson was tncn
saving tnat hr cOud kcg Kellogg out OF tue
ioee 10 give you Of Those ptecous documents
aud they Will show you all about lt gave you my eon
iime was about 10 seat SpohOrd All by himself.
defson at tnat umei Alt was not very friendly 70
! anyone ever stood Dy H. lLAughteFl ,..-
ticn mat me could pull A-Wnat do you mean by that
! never .'pu any striugs"I object 10 that phrase;
"HfII Inc wires" Was IL not the Sherman letter thai
Kellogg wuung for for tue purpose Gl forcing
O-YOu were interested politically ia Kellogg az that
tiBie you wanted MN 10 got IN A-As matter OF
! course, as a mere party measure.
O-Sow what tue Olner papers that you assured
Kellogg ADdersou should never got Al dout kno~
never had possession OF the Stanley Matthews letters
| Odd you know that Anderson mad any documents
frGin Stanley Matthews all that ttmei A.-Hou know
nVG oHYes bat want to hear you talk AwenI
"oEWhat papers did you refer o-you could not have
referred tae Matthews letters, but you dd reicr 10
certain documents tlat You had control or Nbat were
these documentsl A-What IS that TO You, specially
O-It may be important 10 the country al large
Ie question. Al have somewhat OF partisan heart
have no special interest the Administration at ell
u do NOT Ike ndepeudents-tbey have NO pOllucs.
o-Ddn't you send that letter OF Andersons TO Kel
sI; sI;d ~ 5 ma9 ~ nan ask him why he CAV. { TO General
DG oDd yoa furnish any other letters to Kellogg be-
SIDE this one Add he give them TO yOuf Laugh
OIL do not know, am not in his confidence. A,
Well, General Butler L. he VIII give tnCLu W yOu
ODD you write more than one such letteri Al
| miylt have written q dozen.
Q-AndersOn's letter was never returned to you "a
No, but be ought 70 have returned u TO me do you
think there any such letter would have de-
! filed myself for money with III
| Ono, / do not expect you would for moment. A.
No, would not have gwen up that letter Tor SlOOOO
QBut you were 70 be at some trouble ana expense ~
getting III Any b6IFictHJ suCn as they htc' aIo
/ always at the service OF my friends.
! O-Have you your diary OF 1878 with youl A.-NO.
air bat have large ledger in which enter everything
| OF interest
o-T want the small diary. A.-Well, sir, what do you
| want with tti
QI 10 know II you have consulted It since Sat
| urdayl A.-No, sir. 1 was altogether too much en-:
crossed with your conversation, Saturday, 10 think
| apOuti il. never shall get over that lLaughter
Odd you show copy OF that letter, written on
paper 10 Mr.. KeogH A.-NO, SIR, but the copy photo
grepbed on my brain given 10 Mr. Kellogg verbatim.
BY the Chairman-Did you over Mr.. Sherman
wrItei Al did, and never saw any OF his writ
| ing 20 know H.
Mr.. Mcmahon then asked the witness II that was her
| bop vriftpO nroducDg manor md showipg