New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-06
AyDERsoYs CRoss-ExAM1NATION.
GENERAL BUTLER OFFERS RESOLUTION IN RIGA

eating Committee met JO-uay ~ lI'5V a. hl' N"''
Potter having received from the secretary Of the Senate
the rstrps of the Electoral College Louisiana be sud-
mitted the same to the committee for examlna'lOu
AFTER reading the returns several members eNprcSseu
Themselves as DESTROYS Of being III the houso a'
o,eloek so they could vote on the Wood IarlH BILL anu
for that purpose the committee TOOK receSs un''
1870 p. % ,,,oh
Elmo General Butler offered the following resolution;
whereas James r. Anderson swears that pet t%
May % and June J. 1s77 me hon s6a4 9 t Pras
dent in regard TO your case, and have written nun
snch letter as will secure your appointment 10 sqt
positiOn" and that on or about june = ho s NJ
Ia 20 tho Witness he had received the letter trOn Mr.
Matthews requesting him to give nm pace 'Dei0
esorred That the President requested to furnish
20 the committee all the Original letters Tso ga comes
thereof with copies OF any such leitef suppose I
written by him, as he may prefer ~ Gts On f6e sub
jeot matter thereon
The resolution was adopted
Mr. George G. Gorham, Secretary OF the Senate, was
then sworn and questioned by Chairman Foter' rei"
tive IN the papers submitted TO the committee this morn
Inr He stated that they the only papers relating
n the Louisiana Electoral College of 1876 IN his posses
uiou he knew nothing any record OF proceedings OF
the Returning Board until yesterday, when ne was Ilt
formed by a correspondent OF New-Hofk paper In"'
sueh document was In the keeping Of the Serseanta
Arms of the Senate, and that gentleman DR. Goiham
said would give the committee any lnloiH"''0" ~ NV
sired regarding it.
ANDERSON REPUD1ATEs PAPER.
James T. Anderson was then recalled and further
erOss-examined by Mr. Reed
The witness was shown a document purporting to be
the original agreement signed by himself and WEBER
which he had testified yesterday to be in tho possession
nf Mr. Stanley Matthews. He declared the document
not 70 be the original but very far counterfeit OF It,
Mr. Reed at this point smiled and witness SAID IRE
serve your smiles until after the investigation Is over
ana perhaps you will smile the other side OF your
face"
The chairman demanded order
Mr. Reed asked witness If he could explain why nc
was 40 positive that this document not the original
Anderson said:
Ireusr,ber distinctly that the sheet Of paper upon
which " rOte the agreement Rad two small req INK STAINS
on face one at the top the other about the middle OF
fbe mage and erased those stains. leaving the MARKS OF
2he eraser and finding such nlfAs upon llis pdSV
] know It. iAnOt the Original
spee with suggestion from the chairman, he had called
On Mr. Matthews and requested the production OF the
Auderson-Weber contract and that Mr.. Matthews, IN
compliance with that request, had handed MIN thls
paper
The witness still persisted in declaring that II was MOI
the paper which be had mailed to Mr. Matthews
The witness was then crOssexamined minutey with re-
gard To the circumstances attending the signature OF the
contract In reply TO the questions OF Mr. Reed. he tes
Hed at one time his recollection OF the signing tax
ing place at the Office OF Mr. Seymour the notary public
and at another time he expressed doubt as to whether
one set of the signatures Ubere two sets to the
1aus PAPER might not have been made at the Custom
House Then be said be could not fix Indefinitely where
he first set had been made but he inclined to tho belief
that both sets we're signed at seymours Office The ex
animation continued as fOllOwsi
MIR Reed-You stated distiretlythat the first set Of
sjgnatures were executed at Seymours office"
RE WitnessNThen am willing to correct II.
Dir Reed-NoW want 20 know ~netHet va, y t AZ
ruth or whether you said that with the intention OIL oe
The Nitness-AIow me to say that have interest
Ia deeeIVng TINS committee.
Mr. Reed-Of that, perhaps we want some better as
The Wtness-4t is matter Of indifference to me
whether you want better assurance OF not. - e..
Odd you see Weber sign the first one wherever 1t
was signcdl Al say do recolect anything as TO
the first signatures, whether signed them III TIE Gus
tom House where. My Impression is that we signed
both Of them in Mr. seymOur's ONCE.
Q.Do you say that this Is not your handwriting on
sa psPSF I ng sS o. A saw 6at to the best Of
my knowledge and belief it is not my handwriting .
O.-Can you make Il no strUngeri Al can make II
stronger by saying that think 1t an excellent counter
o.CDo YOU know whether it is your handwriting or
MOTT Al know that II is nor. ,,,
Q-And you swear that 1t Is not your hanS%Ittlng
Al swear that it is not my handwriting. Ihat copy
o1Xpd Ven swear that this not the original paper
Ais not the original paper. 49, -, ..,-
o-Is this WebeFs signature 10 t' Alt Is meth
Weber's signature nor my signature: . ~. 80
O-Did You ever see that paper befOref Al nave NO
recollection OF ever seeing that paper before. Co.,.
not this the paper tndt you uldllbu " DtudtOA
Nsttbewsf Alt Is not know Dy Ihe iaet sd' t W.
aheef OF paper which wrote the agreement Lad Two
sPS one lust below the centre which spots
remember II very distinctly, and this paper has no
sheet OF paper, and this is a single sheet.
O-Is that the Signature 10 il Of Mr. Seymour tho no
tary public A.-As nearly as reCOuect, 1t Is.
O-You are pretty confident that 1t IL Al 90 nO'
saS that it is but the best Of my recollection and be
o.@Do You know in whose handwriting the paper 49,
his not in yours AL a; do not 40 NOT know
0-Is the body Of II a counterfeit OF your writing
A-The body oft IS counterfeit OF mine; .o ,.,to
Q.-Was there any envelope on any oil those iettefs
that you got in the package OF Weber papersf A
o.Eso that there was no postmark to show thatyou
ever sent the Butler letter. A.-NOt slugle one. A.,
letters 20 o weber, A SHSS '"'' OU ''' '
Ono pOstmark to show that you sent any OF the let
tiers which you claim 10 have found in the envelope
eostaipinr the Weber papers A.-None whatever
Q,-rhev arc in your handwriting altogetherf A
OILS there any Endorsement on any Of them in Web
sr's handwriting Al do not think there Is go
lassrify them A.-Nothi1g az far as know.
O-Is there anything In anyOOdy's handwriting 10
O-so that there is no confederation Of your state
ment on tae letters themselvesl A. significantly
o1There Is none on the letters themselves A-NO.
MIR cox-Do Won mean TO be understood that under
other circumstances you would acknowledge the slgDa
tures be yousi ANeither OF the SIGNATURES io0ks
Rery much ike mine although at that time may have
written somewhat differently from what do now.
p-How asout weber's signatures Al DO not re-
oOllec; Weber's signature.
Q.-Is this letter (handing one 20 WitneBsl ID your
VFiting9 Alta
OTHER DOCUMENTS INTRODUCED.
The letter was then put in evidence, as follows
CUSTOM HOUSE, NEw-0RLEANs, La, !
COLLECTORS OFFICE, April z, lST7.5
10 Hon SfGaley ManheVS'
DEAE SIR: Packard Monday concluded that his
only nope lay his ability 20 1ghten the PRESIDENT by
fhreatened exposure of rascaty committed during the
pasf campagi and his agents have been ut work since
then endeaqorng 20 collect evidence he mas sent Tor
me three times during the past two days. and yesterday
two OF his trusted friends in order TO induce me TO go
with ten and 10 inc that the President could
not throw him over gave the outlines Of a plan by
which they claim they bring him ltne Presldeno 70
terms, viz: Tnrce Of the electors the Republican
ticket VIII that they did not vote for Mr. Hayes
fea" n NOT gfru ms