Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-06-13

have short conversation witt, bim
he said l could not, but / might com
Z BACK IN the afternoon about 3 o'clock
| went back about 3 80, and was al
miateG 10 see Mr.. Hayes I told hin
that Mr.. Matthews had Suggested tha
i there was any difficulty in nv cas-,
IL siioHld have a'pI;rin talk with hii,
and explain matters that he ought \,
fknew,l and asked him If lie wotiii civ,
me ten minutes Of his time. and b,
said he could; we sat down on Til,
sofa and said to him Mr.. Presi
dent, several promises have been made
To me which have not. been ft1iileI
and have come here to-day to ash
you whether they are going to be : ht
remarked that he had made me none
and consequently had none to ftnff
then told him what Mr.. Matthew
had told me to tell him; I said Mr.
Matthews told me to make a plain
statement to him and | said: Mr.
President, you do not seem to under
stand my connection with Louisiana
matters; L have been charged with a
great many things down there which
| did not commit, and | want to saw
to you that the election in Louisiana,
and especially as it regards my parish,
was cheat He said | would ha
to excuse him, be was very busy that
afternoon, ard the last | saw of his
Presidential coat tail was when it
went out by the door. a
WAsHINGToN, June AT TWEEN
ty minutes to II Mr.. Potter called
the committee TO or1er--present:
Messrs. Potter, Morrison, Mcmahon
Stenger, Blackburn (Delnocrats).
and Cox, Reed, and Butler { 4. pab-
..icansl: Mr.. Potter stated that lie
wrote to the Secretary of The State
for TIE original returns of the
electoral votes of louisiana and
Florida, and received in reply a
letter which he had read. In this
Mr.. Evarts stated that the original
retains are hot on file in his office.
In response to an inquiry. Mr.. Pot
ter said that on the 9th Mr.. Hun
ton, of Virginia, remarked to him
that he offered joint resolution,
which passed both houses, requiring
electoral returns to Ge filed
III the Department of State. j. E..
Anderson, who came into the com
mittee' room at IL 80, was shown
his printed testimony, and made
some corrections not of q material
character i'll the stenographer's Re
port. General Bntler suggested
that all corrections shall be put IN
brackets, as the testimony may bc
wanted hereafter. Judge SheIlabar
ger was present. Both he and But
ler are at cross-eXa!nination, and
hence Republicans predicted that
hey would riddle Andersen. An
lerson, however, did not look like
'nc who anticipated harm. Mrs. !
3rundy and olhcr lady correspond |
'nt5 were present. General But
er wore "A red-and-whlte bouqiet,
md smoked incessantly. There WAS !
crowd OF persons in the hall in |
ront Of the commlttec-rooln al day.
MoUrH-PIEGE CR1s 5.
EXAMINES WITNESS.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine. sat by Mr. |
ohellaba:ger, and soon, in his cross |
commenced to hull-l
lose witness, and finally to black
guard him; when Mr.. McMahon in
errupted Mr.. Reed, and asked that (
he chairman set le it whether such
! line ot cross-examination was to
'e permitted. Mr.. Reed fared u,,,
lightly, and Mr.. MeMahon .co6lly I
old him such a course was not re-
:ognized except in police court.
VIZ. Potter said he was certain that
dr. Reed would not insist in pnr-
uiag this line of examination. Mr..
Reed thought the remark uncalled
or. when Mr.. Potter handy re-
'lied if the gentleman wants abe
chair to rule he will DO so. Mr..
=, d pouted and proceeded. Reed
cad from the testimony of Ander-
on before the Morrison committee,
Ii which he said that Captain Rodg
rs said he would not believe him
N oath, and here proposed to stop.
dr. McMakon, however; G mpelled
i'm to 60. Oh; when it appeared tnat
witness then added that Captain
sogers said he stated this because
e had heard that Anderson had
aid that he sold out TO the Demo
rats, and if he Said that he would
Iot believe him on OATH All this
inc Shellabarger looked on in-si
ence; as, If he wanted to fay the
witness. Mr.. Reed turned over leat
fter leaf Of the testinlorlysfaken be
ore the Senate committees, ques-
ioning the witness wherever he
ould find an expression hat reflect,
q OH witness or calculated to throw
liscrcdit on his testimony At d
Iuarter past Mr.. Reed requested
Anderson TO read over the forged
lroteat and reDhat w Irarfip II NC |