Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-24

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A No, sir; nothing of the kind. Mr.. sher-
man was up in his room, so that did not see
him at all. He was not there.
O.. Did Weber tell you what was in the
note?
not satisfied, and he wanted guarantee. He,
Weber, himself, did not care about it.
@. What did he tell you he wanted you to
do-anthing!
A. was on my way to the St. Charles at the
time, and Weber said he was just going to send
it up to Sherman, and said would take it
up myself.
@. Now 60 on and tell us all about it.
A. We have not begun at the beginning of
this affair at all. But, however, had con-
versation before I got to the Saint Charles
hotel had known Weber for some years;
long before met my husband. He was always
a pretty good Republican, and ran politics in
that part of the country, and felt at liberty
to ask him in regard to the political lookout. l
asked him where Anderson was that he had not
been up to our place of late, and he said Ander-
son was not satisfied; that he
WANTED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
I presume / said that the party would take care
Of who do their duty by it. He said:
''Yes, we have such an assurance, but Anderson
thinks we had better have written guaranty
l said, who do you want it from?" BE said,
"We have just written a
LETTER TO JOHN SHERMAN
I said is not the word Of such men sufficient
without written guaranty. Don't you think
you insult them by asking it?''
He said, He did not care so much about it
himself, but that Anderson thought they had
better have it," At that time did not think
of taking in a note, but he requested me to, and
1 told him would, and that is the end of it..
Q. Oh no, now want to know what you did
with the note.
A. | bit the end off quite unconsciously,
and did not see then how I could present it to
the gentleman to whom it was addressed. and
knowing it was not private business, and feel
ing little ashamed and indignant, I deter
mined not to deliver it. l thought such men
had given them assurances, and their word was
sufficient l was in the ladies' reception room
at this time. 1t was then the idea struck me.
Q. What was the idea that struck you?
A. knew Weber was waiting for an answer,
@. When you got into the parlor who did
you find there?
A. found several persons there, but did
not present the document to them. l did not
like to do it under the circumstances.
Q. Did you say anything about it to them?
was rot there. and what was the use of giving
it to anybody else?
O. Now, then, how did you pick up the let
ter you carried back to Weber?
A. 1t was in an envelope, Of course.
@. Who put it into the envelope?
A. 1t is sufficient for you to know that it
was put in the envelope and given to Weber.
Q. And you did not tell him that you had
not met Sherman, did you?
A. It was not necessary to state that fact.
@. But you gave him the letter coming
from Sherman?
A. never said so.
@. How was it directed?
A. To Messrs. D. A. Weber and James E.
Anderson.
@. Can you give US the substance of the
contents?
A. Yes, pretty nearly. I never forget any
thing that have once read.
The witness then repeated yer batim the So
called Sherman letter, declining to refresh her
memory by looking at the printed document.
q. How many visiting statesmen were there
in the parlor?
A. did not count them, there were toe
many.
@. Did you write it in the parlor?
A. 1 did not say 1 wrote it. 1t was written
in parlor P, and
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE VISITING STATESMEN,
but believe they were too much engaged in
the business of the returning board to pay
much attention to what was going on around
them.
O. Therefore none of them knew what was
in this note?
A. I don't think so.
@. And of course they were too gallant tc
lean over lady's shoulders?
A. All, yes; that would have been a breach
of etiquette.
@. Then you put it in the envelope and
took it back to Weber?
A. l did not say put it in an envelope.
q. What name happened to be at the bot
tom of that letter?
A. 1t
WAS SIGNED JOHN SHERMAN.
O.. What did you say to Weber when yor
handed it to him?
A. just gave him the letter, and walked
off. did not like to stay any longer. 1t was
not necessary.
@. Have you ever seen that letter since?
A. I do not know that have. I was MOI
| very anxious to see it. To tell the truth, no
I have not seen that document since. It wal
worth
PRESERVING IN THE ARCHIVES.
A. Where were those archives that it wa
in?
A. I think it will last as long as the nation
mittee will last. 1t will go down to pos
| terity. say it should have been filed in tn,
archives.
| Q. But what was done with it, Have yor
ever looked tor 1t since!
| A. I don't know that have looked for tina
special letter. but have looked for some i'm
portant documents. 1 thought the
M'vEAaH COMMISSION
might have given some important documen
to help Anderson, and looked for that.
Q. Have you known Of the letter being il
| existence since?
A. No, I spoke to Weber of some docu
| ment, and submitted some of Anderson's let
tiers. He said he had an important documen
addressed to Weber or Anderson, and though i
| was an important document. Anderson KEEP
writing for his document, not for the Sherman
letter. The document looked larger thai
| letter, you know.
Q. You never meant Anderson should ge
hold of it if you could help ftp
A. Not if he wished to use it unJustly. I
| was
Ap0LIT1cAL DOCUMENT,
and it belongs tothe party, you know. Laugh
ter.
G. He had written it. Would it be fortu
nate for your husband if you could get it?
A. Well. people don't make fortunes tina
way. But as mere political matter, it wal
quite justifable. did not know till Januar,
that it was the Sherman letter he wanted.
| O. What paper did you go up and ask Webe
for at Donaldsonville?
A. Anderson's documents I submitted t,
him Anderson's letter asking me for his docu
ments. I wrote them. Anderson requested u
to get his documents from Weber, and to pleas
look for his documents. I always spoke of i
as document because Anderson did.
Butler read
THE FOLLOWING LETTERS:
| CORNER BULE CASTLE AND CONSTANCE STs.,
| New ORLEANS Oct. 10th, 1877.
My DEAR MADAM: send you by this mail tn
flowers I made of your good husbands hal
and your own. 1t would have been nicer, bu
had not quite hair enough. Some time vii
your father and mother ALSO and make you
large family branch of hair work for you
room. The flower has been made long tim
but thought perhaps you might be in the city