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

swear that they lid not Mr. HAYES but voted
1rlng ,., lorycd DC. ol Course tncl commit Ig1nE l
ir,.. that thcir Il, s,sns Scr" fr"wn nnd Whit n,
hr9nlu met NM ~ deter ilgm ,iae 'l,cior1 from mah
Jet "'''"'' ""'' '0'''" ''" ''"''"' O' ''' '"'
In January The party holding the ri,kinc' nj rercc
We ss" Iei9s1 To- return IT. u me oni aid he va wE
WIS burnt tod9y inmy presence
OF oflocnmentary evidence in existence.
VIII now have u trust entirely TO Won. as the i'll feel
ned by my refusal to ai them in their Infamous schcnc
Truly yours JAMS L. ANDERsON.
The Matthews copy Of the Nash agreement was
tncn handed to the witness for identification.
He said that he thought it was the same which
he had given to Mr.. Matthew'S but that since
the other had noen altered, he would not like to
say 50 positively under outh.
The witness was reminded by Mr. Butler that
he had promised to produce the letters written
To him by Mrs. jerks. llo said that he had been
able TO find only the first Of them, as his wife
had destroyed 9ll the papers IN this case that
she could get her hands on. He produced the
letter which he had found, and II was put in
evidence, as follows:
NJ, wWa'Seros . g. 81 J,nrs Hort Jan II; is77
tonighL ihonsht would do myself the pleasure OF
my elder brother ON some family business. About
,,s, mV.t, pso,n % % eit home ao le'er ron Nou adi
OPENED It, because captain over at Bayou Bononca
must not ins bard OF him ior his seeming neglect IN am
captain h. moi a. vet got ANYTHING from the party nor
ever will We aIr atosethcr cit out IN the cold pre-
I
can't help laughing when think what fools We ali we're
Ia your letter you dii not mention wha, document It
vas You wished 10 get lsit = letter 10 D. and Youi
Almost al our I'D icnis are senator jerks went
out west Postlcwate /. IN the United states cmploy.
WAYS stay here Will r,mmn few days tenn. would be
s2a Mad to hear from yoa' yo" ca" make convenient to
Hoping you are well, am as YOUR friend.
Excuse pspcr, excuse chirograrhy. / am quito tired
Out with my long Journey
meant Mrs. Jcnks's husband. that the capital
with Il dash meant sherman. and that the whole
phrase meant Sherrnan's letter 10 Don and
Mr. Mcmahon asked Mr. Cox whether Senator
Matthews had given to him all the papers and
letters that be had relating To- the matter.
MIR. Cox-No. sir l did not so understand II.
only understood him to state that these were
the originals Of the Nnsh and Weber agree
ments. which ! specially inquired for. only
asked for those two papers. Tho letter accom-
panying ;he one ireierrng to that given ahovei
he thought had better come with ii rs part Of
that particular transaction.
The Chairmnn-Anderson says he wrote
nnmbcr ol letters TO senator Matthews.
The Witness-Yes, wrote probably n dozen
or moro.
The Chairman Ito Mr.. Buter)-You would like
Mr.. Buter-I suppose somebody would like
MIR Mclfnhon Ito witness)-what was this
ptkln agreement. referred TO In your letter 10
Mr.. Matthews rs having been destroyedY A.
II was not really an agreement. | went in one
OF my refusal 10 make u protest ! had made
enemies Of all the Republicans. and that. as the
Democrats thought hal made u protest | had
made enemies of all the Democrats; and |
ASKED him what assurance would have that
would not be loft entirely out IN the cold In
answer To that he sent me a not" one day. sim
ply stating that he would assure mo that. II |
would stand by the party. they would provide
for me.
Q.-What do you mean by this statement in
your letter ns to electors not signing the GER
tlfcatesP A.-Thc statement WAS made 10 me
that three OF the Presidential Eectors-Burch.
Marks and Levisee-had voted in blank. aud
that their names had been forged 70 the cleo
toral count. and | found ont aiterward that
there was n good deal Of truth in that claim.
DIR. Gray OF East Feliciana. one Of Packard's
be damned. il they attempted 70 throw Packard
overheard. II they would not sQuelch Hayes and
he whole Republican party.
MIR. FrenCh. Sergeant at Arms OF the Senate,
was sworn and examined IN reference to tho
electoral returns of the State of Louisiana.
Guilty in tracing or getting hold Of. Mr. French
testified that during the last session he had re-
ceived 10y Adams Express a box which he had
Understood TO contain the electoral returns OF
Louisiana; that hp had kept it scaled and under
guard, occasionally taking IL 70 the committee
room, where Honore. the Louisiana Secretary
OF state. would opcn II; when he was done
with the papers the box would be sealed again
and placed under gunrd. Two or three weeks
after the Adjournment he tNlr. Frenrhl had sent
these papers To the office OF the Adams Express
Company addressed 10 Houorc. according to
the latter's direction. and he had never heard
from them since.
The committee after secret session. ad-
journed until tomorrow.