The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-25

E II had perhaps this committee Woull
l never have convened.
4 Witness said she would produce NOR
/. Of Anderson's letters tomorrow, m
. continued: I have sent for package c
. letters which think win be interestin
i TO your aide Of the question, althoug
/. they are not couched in the most elegau
D language. BE used the word damn an
that kind Of language in them.
Q @. That is his fault and not your, ant
Q II 80 they will show that he Is not goo
man. That may be one reason why
' want themH A. Anderson 10 good enough
1 There is no use in saying anything agains
Anderson, and don't you do II.
r BY Mr.. McMahon-
@. You are not now under Obligation
. to Governor Kellogg, are youi A. No
sir, and | never have been. II was {
mere party matter that be was seated
II he had been Fejee Islander he woulC
, have been seated all the same.
@. Do you mean 10 say that kellogg
did not want this Sherman letter for thl
t purpose Of enabling him to get his seat
A. How would 1t enable him TO get hiG
seat? Matthews was inimieal.
Q. But be turned around afterwards
A. Perhaps he did, but / do not think
that letter had anything 10 do with it.
L Q. Was It not the Sherman letter that
Kellogg was writing for for the purpose
OF forcing things In regard to his seat
| A. 7 do not think 30.
i O. II you will promise to bring me
that letter Of the 9th Of November, 1877,
will ask you no more questions about
it. You say in your letter that Ander.
son may be sure that he will never get
that letter or any other papers that were
deemed Of importance; what were they!
A. Well, he said II he only had that
document be could oyerturn the Govern
ment.
o. You were interested politically in
Kellogg at that time; you wanted him to
get in? A. As matter OF course, as q
mere party measure.
O. Now what were the other papers
you assured Kellogg that Anderson
should never geti A. l don't know;
never had possession Of the Stanley Mat
thews letters.
@. Did you know that Anderson bad
any documents from Matthews at that
time? A. You know how Anderson talks.
Q. Yes, but want TO hear you talk
now? A. Well, hope you are edited.
/. q. Did you ever see the documents that
Anderson said he bad from Matthews!
A. No cir; he did not enclose them tor
my perusal. / never had possession oi
them; il l had they never would have
gone before this committee.
By the Chairmau-Was the letter you
dictated in parlor up" written in ink OF
pencil2 A. In ink.
Q. Was It Iegible or not when il was
fnishedl A. That remains for others TO
discuss. The ehirosraphy was not ele-
CANT; it never IL, but have made it out
O. Have you ever read any OF Sher-
mans letter.? I? A. l never have read any
Of his composition, except ! have read
his speeches as reported in the C1ngress-
ionaI Reeord. am familiar with most oil
our statements styles, and II have read
them once think could initiate them.
Q. Did you try to initiate his style
when you dictated the letter? A. MOI
his particularly. It might have done
for any one.
Q. The letter contained this phrase
aYour note OF even date" Do you use
that phrase when you writer A. Yes sir
very often abbreviate Il in that way, a.
for the word "Hayes." there, it happened
to be mentioned while was in the room
otherwise I would not have thought oi
such an august parsonage.
i O. Was the letter signed Jno. or John
Sherman? A. 1t was signed John sher-
man.
o. The letter to which II was an an.
swer, do you recollect that? A. Yes sir,
| / do, but 1t did not impress me as much
as the other.
Q. Please repeat 1t II you can. A. Sir
We have carefully considered the argu-
ments made by you at our recent inter.
view, Tor something Of that kind; l will
not be positive as TO the word "recent")
Your assurance that we shall be provided
for is scarcely specific enough. In the
event for, "in case' we pursue the
course suggested by you, We will be
Obliged 10 leave the State. Will you
therefore state in writing to whom we
shall look for the fulfllment OF your
promises. D.A. Weber, James Anderson.
/ believe that lie 1t.
Q. Is your recollection Of 1t derived
from that single reading In the hotel !
A. Yes sir, I had II sometime afterwards
and may have taken little note Of 1t.
Q. Were you employed in the Treasury
Department at one timeI A. / was here
two months in '75. and accepted the posi-.
tion during that time. Mr.. BristoW was
Secretary Of the Treasury at that time;
I don't think the government made
much by my services, had other busl-
ness 10 attend to, excepted the position
because it was offered and held 1t only
for two months.
o. Did you render any service to the
government? A. Oh, yes sir, l did. !
went up then very often until got tired
Of Il. fused to go in a room with lots of
desks in 1t where I did some writing. l
went almost every day when | had moth.
ing else to do. Laughterl. Senator
West, l believe, was good enoagh to have
me appointed.
". In WHOSE NllIuB was tuls lebbet
that was handed to you 10 deliyerl A.
I think 1t was 10 Weber's hand writing.
Mr.. spriuger-That is all have to AK
the witness; then I move we adjourn,
[Lsughter
Mrs. Jenks was then excused until to-
morrow morning, and thecommittse took
9 recess.
When the committee relssembled Gen.
Fl. v. Boynton, special correspondent at
Washington Of the Cincinnati Gazette, was
called.
Mr.. McMahou-Did you call upon the
President OF the United States in relation
to the appointment Of AndersonH A.
did not call upon the President upon that
appointment especially; the appointment
had been announced a being that OF an
Ohio man; there had been perhaps
the same day statement published
10 the effect that Anderson had been en-
gagged disreputably In manipulating the
vote OF one or two parishes 10 Louisiana,
and secondly that be had been appointed
BY the President on that account, and in
confederation l aked the President how
1t happened that this man had been ap.
pointed, charged az he was with the dis
reputable manipulation ot the vote oi