Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-03
quently to that letter on that day or any othe,


to the ST. Charles hotel I went to the custom |
house with the understanding that L was to
wait for Weber at the corner of Canal and st. |
Charles streets. waited there possibly twenty
minutes when Weber came with an answer
from Sherman asked him, did you see
Sherman" He said, mo, I sent it from the
Cross saloon.' Weber brought the answer.
@. Unopened?
A. Yes, sir.
@. To whom was it addressed?
A. To ID. A. Weber and j. T.. Anderson.
Q. Was it opened in your presence?
A. opened it.
g, By whom did the letter purport to be
signed?
A. It was signed by John Sherman.
q. Do you know where that original letter
of Mr.. Sherman's is?
A. do not. have no knowledge of where
the original is.
Q. Look at this paper and if you re-
cognize it.
\. Examining the paper)-I recognize it.
Q. What is it!
A. II is copy of letter which was sent to
Mr.. Sherman, with slight alteration from the
original, that was sent to MIR. Sherman. This
! is the copy that gave Mr. Weber on the morn
ing when we sent the letter to Mr.. Sherman and
received the answer. This is the copy which l
gave to Mr.. Weber. In copying it, Mr.. Weber
read the letter over and there were one or two
! places where there was some errors of minor
importance which did not correct, so that is
! not quite an exact copy.
| By Mr.. Butler-Is that the letter which you
! prepared at your house?
At is copy of it?
@. You made the draft the night before you
sent it, and then on the next morning you
copied the letter for Mr.. Sherman, which both
| you and Weber signed.
| The witness-Yes.
The chairman-Did Weber take it to MIR.
Sherman and did you subsequently meet him
on the street with an answer from Mr.. Sher-
man!
| The witness-Yes.
| The chairman-And you went back to your
room and opened the answer?
A,-Yes.
The following is the copy of the letter sent
by Anderson and Weber to Sherman:
TO SHERMAN:
''SIR:-We have carefully considered the ar
! guments advanced by you in our interview.
/ Your assurance that we shall be taken care of,
| is scarcely specific enough. In case we pursue
the course suggested by you. we would be
obliged to leave the State. Will you there
FORE state in writing who we shall look to for
the fulfllnent of these promises. Respect
fully,
Higned.) d. A. WEBER,
JAMES E. ANDERSON.
To Hon. Jno. Sherman.
/ Mr.. Mcmahon proposed to put in evidence a
copy of Sherman's letter in reply. After strong
discussion as to whether the copy of MIR. Sher-
mans letter could be read and put in evidence,
Mr.. Butler offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
i RESOLVED, That the paper identified by the
witness be read, but not read nor given to the
J; public until Mr.. Secretary Sherman may be
forthwith called and the paper shown and be
, asked if he admits it to be copy of any letter
written by him.
3 Thereupon the following telegram was sent
by the chairman to the secretary: Sir: pa
per purporting to be copy of q letter written
by you to D. A. Weber and Jas. E. Anderson
has been produced before this committee and
| the committee has suspended the reading of it
until you can have an opportunity to come
) here forthwith see the paper and state whether
r it be copy of any letter written by you il
: + you SO desire to do. a
Secretary Sherman having appeared in re
; Spouse to the telegram sent to him, was sworn
e when the following proceedings took place: :,
/ The chairman to Secretary Sherman-Jas. B.
f Anderson, the witness testifying before the
3 committee this morning. stated that he had re-
. ceived from the hands of d. A. Weber a letter
f purporting to be signed by you, of which now
e show you copy, Will you now state to the
!, letter?
; DENIES AND coNFEssEs
. The witness after on inspection Of the pape
j, handed him, replied: can only say this, tina
! believe upon my responsibility and the oatl
e have taken, I never wrote such letter.
: have no recollection of ever writing such a let
il ter If this letter was written it must hav
Q been, if am not mistaken about the dates, OF
t the day when the returning officers first com
v the Goth. At that time knew but little abou
e the transaction. The papers had not beel
l. opened. lido not believe l ever wrote that let
v ter. At the same time there are things Il thi
d letter that would have written to these, O
>, any other men who were engaged in the per
nf hat r hell tn he
:. if had been asked but do not believe wrot
that letter.
After some time witness having apparentl
!: concluded his statement the chairman said tina
u is all for the present, Mr.. Secretary.
,r Mr.. Hiscock renewed his objection to tn
10 copy of Mr.. Sherman's letter being put in ev
:. dence. but the objection was overruled, and til
copy was read and put in evidence, as follows
IL THE LETTER.
r NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20, 1876.-Messrs. D.
le Weber and James E. Anderson: Gentlemen
Your note of even date has just been received
Id Neither Mr.. Hayes. myself, the gentlemen WI
accompany me, or the country at large can ev'
1e forget the obligations under which you wi
it have placed us should you stand firm in tt
position you have taken. From a long and il
to innate acquaintance with Gov. Hayes I al
1.s justified in assuming responsibility for tt
ey promises made, and will guarantee you will
provided for as soon after the 18th of March
O. may be practicable, and in such manner as Wi
enable you both to leave Louisiana should yo
deem it necessary Very truly y9 yours s,,r.,,
The examination of Anderson was resumes
and much correspondence was put in ev
re dence.
ANDERSON RESUMES.
n By Mr.. McMahon-Go on with your stat
- ment as to what took place between you al
Weber?
or Witness-Weber stated he had made no pr
It. tests against his parish and he didn't propo
ne to; but he saw they had brought some inf
to get protests, and that it would be necessa
to throw out his parish and to save Ea
I Feliciaua to the Republicans, in order
as elect Hayes
in Q. Did you and he enter into any arrans
d ment?
in A. We talked the matter over pretty tn,
oughly, and finally we concluded that in ORD
nd to save the electoral vote of Louisiana
1T Hayes he would make sort of general prot
Ha about his parish, which he could do very ga
do ly because there was intimidation to some
mt tent there and that should let my stateme
tar 90 and be accepted for what it was worth.
az went to the custom house and at my desk VIZ,
- out his protest and swore to it before Sou
to worth, United States commissioner on the l.
of November. Then at my desk he drew u
at statement as to what we had done and then
an went before notary public and swore to it.
nv @. Is this the paper (handing to witnes
= copy Of it)?
A.-Yes, sir. A true copy l have had
to original. It is still in existence, presume.
Mcmahon We will produce the original.
The paper was then read and it is as
lows:
-I THE TRUE STATEMENT.
New ORLEANS Nov. IA, 1876.-The unG
in e'snou' .a1n. , = .upe- = =
in trahon ZOE the PARISH OF East feuclana,
ten D. A. Weber, supervisor of the parish of
am FeiciAna, Louialana. have respectively refu