The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-05

,onal congress- for the purpose Of fixing bmetaIlio
money standard. and would sond delegate to tie
congress when IL ~ held. t~
THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION.
cRoss-ExAMINArIoN OF AxDEEsoN-EFFoRr TO
DESTROY THE cREDIBILIrx OF THE W.T.
HEss. 4
wAsurxGros, June 4, 1875
Tho cross examination OF James T.. Anderson. in
tho Potter Investigating Committee, commenced
TODAY by Mr.. Reed, OF tho members IL was
largely devoted to cndeavor to the witness
OF discrepancies between his testimony last Saturday
and statements heretofore mauo by him before the
Senate investigating committee that visited Louisiana
last year The bulk Of the examination WINS as 90
minor details, which would DO OF any general
est 10 thepuoc The contracts between Anderson and
Mach and between Anderson and Weber were largely
used for Tho purpose Of showing conradcsion and dis
crepauses and disregard Of moral considerations
the part Of tho witness For Instance no had stated
on Saturday In relation tho Nash contrnct that
the time Of It's date he had evidence OF fraud In
hts possession and had not that he had
yet the rectos that suppress evidence
showing that Rass Fciciaua had tasry carried by
the dsfnocrauc party tbs consideration for sup
preston being thst Nash secure for >him
the. position OF Naval Officer. no was pressed
on that point as, to whether his statement
on Saturday that no had such evidcncc) was
root or bot, assorted that was, except that
he mad tho sherman letter in his pocket at The tnc
III that could be construed such evidenced ana
also except that had knowledge that the Of tho
state MAS TO DO thrown out on q forged protest. He
admitted also that he did nos expect 70 gel the posi-
ZION 81 Naval onicer Ito was then asked:
O. Then that AGREEMENT does not express The truth?
A. No; mos IN that scuse.
IMMORAL PRoAIssoRY NOTE.
mora, promissofy note a. That il about the con.
ssruc!nn Which moral man might put upon H.
9. You were no: very parsular about stating fact.
thai shape tbat Il would hort Nash lie did not
carry il outY 4 That was II exactly
any,ning OF the kind before, until brougns ia
contact with republican officials In Louisiana.
@ LISA common sort OF document Ia Louisiana?
A. Yes u Is confnon thing In Louisiana
Q. Something ike thiz.-.sl hereby confess that
stole 500. and to consideration OF that will GIVE
John smith onlco"-and yon both sign u, ind that
biaus you. 10 rhatshc sort Of agreement YOU In
the habit OF makinga A. No, am not aware OF us
being habit. MFbN& Ns
q You do not know how many more OF these ii,,ls
prcmissory notes arc out9 A. That Is the only
Q You tried u oil a oolorcd hrsti A Yes.
.. This httlc arrangement when you entered into
a. 40. I DO not know that wo promised anything
70 anybody.
Q. This arrangement with Nash was lyon say) SO
that Nash would not throw you oycrY A. Exactly.
Q. You got : thing thnt would blackcn him II ne
@ And US Tor yourself blackius would improve you.
would III A. DO NOT < now whether Il would or not
Mr.. Rsed--I think II would. ~ ""
Tns GROSS cxamus s,oa was theu dirensed 70 the
object 0t showing contradiction between the state
the Weber contract (that tho parish had been
by the democrats by legitimate meaus) anu
statement made saturdays testimony that there
had bcen some slight intimidation In mo parish. A
long time consumed In this branch.
THO witness having rspsutsd what he stated on
Saturday. the protest which he had signed the
words .Iepublcan Or democrat" did mot OCCUR, was
that ne had and that he had done SO (as IN thu
Weber conraoel With the object ON his anu wcbsr'a
part OF projecting themselves.
@ You putting yoarself IN position 30 that
you could Jake either side Of tho question: A. Net
O. so ,ha, you could give tes,imsny ON either side
OF tho qusstionf "A. No, SIR. FNEt@tfln#s
Y You gave testimony on ono side Of tho question
Y. You carefully suppressed oil the evidence that
hao tendency heip the othor stdc, did you not
gain With sherman and supp ressod q much truth AZ
possible without swearing TO q lie N
O Andyo ord u W SUPPRESSION A. ldidts 81
Z And now you arc stating is on the osnsr sidl
are your A do nos know tnat am stating " %
O. You are doing nov entirely . Lowell pasis
A. Dong u ongSsy on = lovel Dast& X
q But before yeu stated Il on sidof A. On ono
q And ws~a yes .s1s sAs prsssss yes stated 10
Passing on TO Andcrson's examination before tho
Senate Commitssc no stated that he Ind purposcy
anfdavit ana swo protests, AND In my statement I
tried 70 carry on. as far as possible my implied agrce
mcns with Mr.. Sherman, ana l conivuudod tho am
dnvl with tho Two ps otcs,a
q. DID you pufposelyr A. did.
Z. Then under oath you purpossly misled that CON-
milteef A. l rnisled that committee purposciy.
Q. SO that before that COMMITTEES you meant one
thing in ono mind ana conveyed 'po'hsr thing 70 the
O And you went through tho whole examination
under oath IN that mannerS A. just IN that manner
Coming down 10 hrs testimony no 10 tho interview
WITT Ar. Morenutn NJ
Orleans, Anderson was closely cross-cxamined and
madc to repeat IN detail sii the circumstances Of
Interview but hts answers 10 all the questions put 10
him that point did not show any notable variation
or discrepancy.
committee adjourned to eleven o'clock Io-merrow.
INTERVIEW WITH THE WOMAN wao IS SAID
TO POSSESS TIE SHERMAN LErrER-A
STRONG OPINION ABOUT ANDRnsoN-suE
FULLY WENT ron HAYES.
(Dr TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD1
NEW oRLnAEs, La, Juno 4 ls7a
Mrs. jerks, tho party who 10 SAID 10 have a letter
written BY 5scretnsy sherman, resides In ukcrvills
some Ten miles abovo the city. She Is . woman OF
thirty years Of age and rather pleasing In appearance
She 10 apparently very intelligent and has a full
knowisdae Of affairs IN Felicana parish IN the las,
subject
Of the Sherman letter, after consultation with her
husband, shc said
IL must decline TO r,ato anything Whatever. hsvc
received a Subpoena 70 appear before the Com mit,ss
Of Investigation Washington, and could not make
any statement under these circumstances TO any ono
clse I viii soy tnis:-'Secretary Sherman never
wrote mo any letter Whatever"
ASDgnsoS'H CngpmLnY.
In the course Of the conversation she stated and
hor mother and husband joined IN that Anderson was
unworthy Of belief; that ne had talked much aud
made TOO many oicscns stotemcnts, hrst thing
ana then anoiber They said be Was an inspector in
tho Custom House a. tho tine be was supervisor and
drawing pay there ut tho same time.
rKLlcfASA PARISHES.
From thcir knowledge Fesciana rghtfuIly for
Hayes the democrats buIldozcd terribly and mo Of
them were elected They furlbcr said no ons ha d
made statement against the democrats IN thai
parish and lived aftcwaru. nsvsnced tho cases OF
Wcbbcr and Senator John Gair. She hardly knew
when she would leave for Washington, but Il was
there she bad been summoned 10 testify ana not mere
she would 20 shortly. she utterly declined saying
anything OF Secretary Sherman and eaid shas ali the