The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-24

Tho Anti-Administrntion Republican Senators
entered heartily into kcllogg's scheme. They
wanted TO make the Inconsistency OF the Fraud
ulont Administration apparent. Moro than all,
they wHutcd TO mako the Inconsistency Of stan
ley Matthews plain to the world He had writ
ten letter to Packard advising him to step
down aud oui-a surrender which. of course,
carried with it Keloggs right 70 sent in the
the Icgisl lature which had elected Kellogg was
not good how could Keoggs right to a sat in
the Senate bo admitted Matthews voted to
seat Kellogg. He did 1t at the earnest re-
quest 81 the Fraudulent President Why
Isa Iid Mha6'hews Nat thus si1li,iy HIMSELF What
his political consistency? The sherman, letter,
was fear OF the truth about the frauds IN Lou
lsiana coming to light that did i. 1t was tho
Hayes, Sherman. and MatiRews. the "u CoHkns YgIl lad
obtained copies Qf the letters OF Matthews to
ANDERSON. Of the Weber Anderson agreement,
9i the Andcrson-Na agreement. and Of the
over Mqtthsws. He voted for Kellogg.
well in Kcllogg's case. Packard thought he
would try, the same gene. and win the CollCc-
holiday recess. Darrall had ouoned negotn-
tons with Anderson in Packnrds interest. Mrs.
I,snks saw Matthews: Andcrson saw, Matthews.
standing That u man Acceptable 10 Anderson
was appointcd COLLECTOR aud Tom Jenks and
lew more of Anderson's friends were taken caro-
Of. the papers and letters would be- surrendered
or destroyed. and Anderson would forever after
hpu hls p"ace. but ,un oftunat"ly Tor this little
game. THE SuN had obtained possession OF fac
SMILES OF these papers. Matthews learned of
IT, Tho appointment Of Packard or Darrall
over. Just at this time Tom Anderson was re.
leased by the action of the Louisiana supreme
Court. and the Returning Board asserted its
right TO control the Federal patronage Of Lou
isiana. and Hayes and John sherman dare not
The foolishnoss Of John sherman and his
attorneys IN grOundn ng his defence ON tho t.sti-
mmony Of Mrs. jerks Is the town talk to-dny.
The utter failure Of this smart woman ON TIE
witness stand was As unexpected a. It was dis
rcssiuE, They had great faith IN hcr smart
ness. they are now inconsolahle. Tho scene
IN inc committee room yesterday afternoon
when this woman was giving her evidence was
iiarc,cal TO the last degree; The public ,expeca-
iact that both the man and woman had
been IN frequent consultations with john
SH friendly to tRn Fraudulent forHsiRGn1s HimRmi.tra
tiOn had complained often and bitterly
because as they alleged. the Democruir
Mrz. jerks TO be examined. 1t had becomc
known also that Mrs. jerks had had n place in
the treasury department not long ago. Many
people who did not know her ns Mrs ;Jcnks
recognized her as the person who had been
,Eiii, aEpp"inile,d to q cerkship in that depArlmcni
Louisiana II leaked out also that this woman
had ATTEMPTED 10 collect a claim against the
Enns EEnnsish Government through SIR Edward
fnsIsSh fnn5S ou, ~ ana 5sirg9 ;rouT Woman S1c Wns
Howard, ono of the secretaries of the Legation.
The notorious character OF the woman was be-
ginning 10 be pretty well known In Washington.
and curiosity was, Of course on tiptoe to know
whether she was really 10 swear for John Sher-
man. 1t was hint"d that she would swear that
and that shc took tho chief part in it; that the
letter 10 Weber and Anderson was coucoctcd.
To many this seemed incredible, but 70 n few 1t
was known that John sherman had his secret
service agents in New Orleans looking for the
man who had been employed 10 initiate his
foro expecsd hS by soms that % rs JsnEs w"Td
toll some story in acCOrdanes with this plan of the
defence. 1t II clear now that this was her pur-
pose. Dut sne was ike an ovcrtralned prize
fighter; she broke down before the flrst round
was fairly begun.
face NJ the short. thicS-srt woman entered the
committee room. Hor face was not pretty. but
hthu-gehr. cross between turDan ana "a bon
net. with wreath Of artiil,ia leaves and net
extreme. II was manifest. however that she
was not an ordnHry woman intelle, ,tually Hor
forehead was broad. the eyes wide apart. the
nose long, straight. and large. She was grace
ful In her movements, and although tho close
observer near at hand could detect the pres
ence Of stage fright. still she was wondor-
fully srlf-poss, ssed IN her general demoanor.
Her entrance was modest. She looked demure
tod back in the chair there was an air Of ahan-
don in her manner. half-concealcd look Of
Gen. Butl.r as though expecting the attack from
tnat quarter. Il came m an unexpected way;
ManliestlY II Disconnected her plan. She had
liked hp her story but Butler has way u
making witpesses tell their story Ar he wants ii
told. He plunged ~ medidS res. The second
question he asked threw the woman. proud OF
her smartness. on tho defensive. She began 10
equivorate. 10 evade 10 lilo al the very beginning.
Before she Ind testified ten minutes She was
hopolessy involved. and there was no way out
but 10y steady and not very artistic iying
She first caught herself by saying that
about TWO minutes and half: that she picked
II up. Then Il really seemed that the story she
ANIMATION to tell, about getting the letter IN
Parl0r p. hal 10 be invented then and there to
wriggle out ot the lie she had already beon
caught in That she mean, 70 tel! story about
r0nceiving and fabricaling the sherman letter
from the one shs did tell. John Sherninl,'s AT,
one So naniiestly absurd and Improbable as
she did tell, It Is not only impr99hahlo. but i'm
met .Wrbel at the corner Of the -. Charles
Hotel. She knew that they were dissatisfied
and wanted guafantoes and had received verbal
assurances but she did not know that they IN
tended to demand written gHarantees Of tho
when 7he met hinl and he gave her III? letter to
hand a. John sherman. she expressly swears
that the idea Of answering II herself struck her
in tle ladies, reception room, while waitingto
BE- shown To- Parlor i. Now. Pnrlor + j. on tho
same ho9r, but few l9ors from the ladie11' re-
was shown 10 Parlor 4. where sha inquired
for sherman She was told that ne was up
sthlls. anu 5ne rhlu bllH Wpu.l Will. NNt en-
tered Pqrlor p, saw there several visiting stntos-
men holding consultation was there not long.
10 use her own idiom; picked up the loltor
out and delivered it to Weber. This let
tor, she swore subsequently. she dictated
but how. whore. or 10 whom she declined
il WAS not surprising that she should be caught
in a score Of contradictions; that she should.
with the letters OF Anderson before her swear
that they contained certain expression which
they did not contain; that sho shoul sworn
that she had not seen the Shermun letter or
thought u II until in January lasi hut that She
never forgot its contents that she wns always
able to repcat verbatim anything she read. or
wrote. or dictated. and then, with staSiness OF
manner. repeat tho letter.
REIGELN.IN & REHLE'S SdLESM.fN
An Old Member of the Produce Exchange Ac-