The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-06-13

Intentionally and under oath, misled the
Senate Investigating Committee while at
New Orleans, for the purpose of carving out
the bargain he hnd entered into with the Re-
publicans,
WASHINGTON, June 8, the committee
having reassembled, Gen. Butler offered the
following re.olutichA
between May IS and June |, ISL, Hon. STAN
ley MATHEWS told him. 81 have Just 10 day
had letter from the President in regard to
your case, and have written him such let
ter will secure your appointment to some
position, and that on or about June Z the
President said 10 witnsss he had received
letter from Matthews requesting him to give
him place" therefore
Resolved That the President be requested
to furnish the committee all the original let
tiers above mentioned which he has received,
of any such letters supposed to be written by
him, as he may prefer, in order to secure an
intelligent cross examination of witness or
the subject matt T thereof.
Tie resolution was adopted.
James K. Anderson was then recalled and
Mr. Reed conihued the cross examination.
copy OF the agreement between Anderson
and Weber, which Anderson stated in his
testimony Saturday that he mailed to Stan
ley Matthews, was produced by Mr. Cox,
member of the COMMITTEES, who hadproeured
itfrom Matthew's. it correspondent in every
particular with the copy already in evidence,
but Anderson ON a critical examination of IL
declared il was not the copy which he mailed
TO Matthews, though the writing of the body
Z of the paper and of the signatures was an. ex-
cellent counterfeit of his handwriting. Wit
mess was questioned at length regarding the
paper, but swore positively that the one Of
fered In evidence was not the original agree
1ilent
The following letter was put in evidence,
biting idehtitied by Anderson as being in his
CbsToM HobsE, NEW ORLEANS, La, COL
LEcToR'si OFFICE, April Z, ls17.--T0 Hos.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S Dear Sir Packard on
Monday concluded that his only hope lay in
his ability TO brighten the President by threat
ened exposure of rascality committed during
the last campaign, and his agents have been
at work since then endeavOring to collect
evidence. He has sent for me three times
during the past two days, and yesterday two
of his trusted friends, In order to induce me
to go with them and to convince me that the
President could not throw him over, gave
outlines of plan by which they claim they
could bring him 1.-THE President) to terms,
viz: three of the Electors on the Republican
ticket will swear they did not vote for Hayes,
but voted blank; that they did not sign the
certificate, their names being forged, etc. OF
course, they commit periur but that Is a
small matter here. An animation through
the press that their designs were known and
would be promptly met, might deter them
(the Electors) from making the attempt L
have posted General Harlan on the subject.
In January, the party holding the Pitkin ct
al agreement was requested by them to de-
stroy IL. He refused, He also refused to re-
turn it to me, but said he was willing to COM
ply With their request. Ideemed it best, and
it was burnt to-day in my presence. En-
closed find the Weber agreement. This is the
last piece of documentary evidence in exist
ence. l will now have to trust entirely to
you, as the ill-feeling borne me by Repubh-
can leaders has been intensified by my refusal
to aid them in their infamous scheme.
Truly yours,
[Signed1 JAS E. ANDERSON.