The daily gazette., 1878-06-06
The Examination Resumed.
A CALL UPON THE PRESIDENT FOR LET
TIERS.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Potter in
vestigation committee resumed its session
to-day.
Mr.. Butler offered the'following pream-
BILE and resolution, which was agreed to
unanimously:
"Whereas James +. Anderson swears
that between May 70 and June /, 1877
Hon. Stanley Matthews told him Il have
just to-day had letter from the Presi-
dent in regard to your case, and / have
written him such a letter as will secure
your appointment to some position,' and
that, on or about July 2, the President
said to the witness that he had received
the letter from Mr.. Matthews requesting
him to give me place.; therefore
"Resotced, That the President be re-
quested to furnish to this committee all
the original letters above mentioned which
he has received, if any, or certified copies
thereof, with copies of such letters suppos-
ed to have been written by him as he may
prefer, in order to secure an intelligent
cross-examination Of the witness on the
subject matter thereof"
The first witness called was George C.
Gorham, secretary of the Senate, who
produced the returns of the vote of Louis
lana for presidential electors at the cleo
tion in 1876, and stated that the returns
sent up from the parishes to the returning
board, and subsequently produced before
the Senate investigating committee, were
in the custody of the sergeant-at-arms of
the Senate for whom Chairman Potter at
once issued a subpoena.
ANDERSON RECALLED.
James E. Anderson was then recalled
and Mr.. Reed continued the cross-exami-
nation. The copy of the agreement be-
tween Anderson and Weber, which An
derson stated in his testimony on Satur-
day that he had mailed to Mr.. Stanley
Matthews, was produced by Mr.. Cox, Ca
member of the committee,) who had pro-
cured it from Mr.. Matthews. 1t cores
ponded in every particular with the copy
already in evidence, but Anderson, on a
critical examination of it declared that it
was not the copy which he had mailed
to Matthews, though the writing of the
body of the paper and of the signatures
was an excellent counterfeit presentment
of his handwriting. In fact he would
say that the paper was the same were it
not that he was positive that there had
been two spots of red ink on the upper
and lower corners of the paper on which
it had been written, and he had erased
these spots with an eraser, and the paper
now presented showed no evidence of
such erasures.
THE ANDERsoN-wEBER CONTRACT.
The witness was cross-examined min
utely as to the circumstances attending
the signature of the Anderson Weber con-
tract. At one time he testified to his re-
of its taking place at the office |
of Mr.. Seymour, the notary public, and |
at another time he expressed a doubt as |
to whether one set of the signatures |
(there were two sets to the same paper) |
may not have been made at the custom
house. Then he could not fix it definite
ly where the first set had been made, but |
he inclined to the belief that both sets
were signed at Mr.. Seymour's office.
In reference to one of these variations
Mr.. Reed said: You stated distinctly |
hat the first set of signatures were exc
.uted at Seymour's office? The witness.
Then l am willing to correct it.
Mr.. Reed.-Now l want to know
that is the truth, or whether
you said that with the mention of de-
,eiving this committee ? The witness
ALLOW me to say that have no in
crest in decelving this committee.
Mr.. heed.- or that perhaps We want
ONE better assurance. The witness.-
{ is matter of indifference to me
you want better assurance or
lot.
Question.-Did you see Weber sign
he first one, whether it was signed
Answer.-I say do not recollect any
hing as to the fl st signatures whether
7e signed them IN the custom-house or d,
where. My impression is that we signed :
9th of them in Mr.. Seymour's Office. Ii
Mr., Cox.-Do you mean to be under
TODD that under other circumstances '
ou would acknowledge the signatures |