Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-12
The Presidential Fraud Investigation.

~AeJ An"o0ne"e accompanying tne subpoena
stating that it was not the desire to interfere
IN any way with Matthews duty as a Senator,
nnd that there would be every disposition on
tae part of the committee to meet his con-
venience in respect to the time of the attend
ancc. At the suggestion of Mr.. Cox the whole
subject was laid over for the present, and
James T.. Anderson, supervisor of gistration
or East teiiclana parish, Louisiana, was re-
called and questioned by Mr.. Cox relative to
the appointment OF his brother in a Phila-
colp IA Gas O nj n Juie.a
NJ said m ct General Smith and told
him that thought would withdraw all claims
on the administration, provided he would ap-
point my brother to u position in the Ba. timore
custom house. rather correcting himself)
went to General Smith and asked him if he
would not appoint my brother, and he asked me
it was willing to withdraw my claims in case
he would do So, or rather (again correcting him
self he asked me if would be satisfied with
the appointment of my brother. said would
be. and he asked mo to give him letter to
that effect.
Q. Did you do so2
A did.
Q Have you copy of that letter?
A. I have not.
Q. Was there any further communication
with Gen. Smith after that?
a. None whatever.
Q. Was that the end Of your communication
at that timer
a. Yes, SO Far as / can recollect.
y. That vas about the end of June, 1877,
and from that time onward there was no COM
munleAtion until January and that completed
The TRANSACTION
A. Yes.
Q. Why did you not tell us that the other
day?
A. I did not think of it, or I thought the
matter would be called for if it was wanted.
Reed handed Anderson a letter which he said
was in his handwriting addressed to Lieut..
Gov Antoine, as follows:
During the first three days of the
registration, only one colored pre-
sented himself, and he was brought in by
Democ: at. / saw something was wrong and
sout messengers into the country who reported
very small number Of colored people who
knew of any Office being open; that the whites
were carefully concealing the fact, and wers
using all possible means to prevent them from
coming forward. I Immediately took steps to
connteract this, and as result have registered
thirty colored men in two days. This together
with the fact that am getting the party to-
gsether in the parish and will soon have the par
ssh ticket in the field, has convinced the Demo-
Gratis That I am an obstacle in the way Of secur-
ing good government," and how to get
rid of mo Is the question being agitated.
It could be easily done with the cid of a few
bulldozers, but they are under tho impression,
conveyed by your humble servant, that was
sant here for the express purpose of being
killed in order to make political capital. They
do not propose to put their feet into it in that
way, and my personal safety is the subject
ont but have told them if they did they
would have the pleasure of having their parish
officers appointed by u Republican governor,
Packard. The only course left is to send you
o solemn protest against the appointment Of
any one outside the parish and urging my
x1,o1< t,>cn rio HtnEr h,,,1-
for what may occur in the future would in
duce any one living in the parish to do as they
mi ht dictate. l am going to win this fight if
you will stand by me at your end OF the line.
1 hope Pinchback or some other colored man
will come up with Packard. We will have a
parish ticket out by that time and it will give
us q good start. Don't remove Sheriff Mona
han. He is an excellent gentleman who will
execute the law regardless Of party. We have
nothing to fear from him. Will write you short
ly in regard to chief constable. Yours,
JAS. E. ANDERSON.
By Blackburn-Do you wish to offer any ex
PLANTATION of that letter?
A. l would like simply to say that at thai
time my impression in regard to the parish wa.
derived entirely from Republicans. l was sur
sounded by set CT men who had an interest
in giving me that impression, and l wrote thai
letter and many other letters, acting under
their influence and believing that there was
bulldozing in The parish.
By the chairman-Did you hear before tn,
election about men being sent around the
parish to tell colored Republicans not to vote
A. did.
@. Who were the men 30 sent?
A. think that Capt. De Gray and Col
Howard attended to that business.
@. Did they talk with you about it?
A. Yes, IL was my suggestion.
Q. Was it your suggestion that none OF tn
Republicans III the parish should vote!
A. The way the matter came up was this
When returned to New Orleans and toll
Governor Kellogg how the parish stood the,
were in favor Of not holding elect n there
O. Whom do you mean by they?
A. I mean Governor Kellogg and the Repuh
lcan State authorities. They were anxiou
no election should be held in the parish, and
told them there was q much better way thai
that. It was better way to have an election
End have no Republican votes cast, and that il
parish which two years ago had given suoh
largo Republican majority the fact of no Re
publican votes being cast would be the bes
proof Of intimidation; that that fact would d
more good than any proof of intimidation tina
could be given. The Republicans of the paris
thought that good idea, and they carried j
out.
O. And you were the author of that niger
ious suggestion?
A. Yes Was the author Of that ingenior
suggestion ard they gave me credit forit afte
wards.
The Chairman.--I understood You to say tt
other day that when you stated certain fac
before the Senate Louisiana committee, yor
drift was to allow the committee to draw falls
differences.
Witness.-Not that exactly, because ha
not much idea that day what was going
do. They put me on the stand before consul
ing me. The impression among Republican
was they would not put ne on the stan
neither before the Senate or House committe
and when they did put me on made the be
possible case could for the Republicans, co
fning myself as near as l could to the trut
that IT, made as good Republican Case az
could.
The Chairman-And You did not depart fro
the truth any more than was necessary to
that?
Witness-I did not depart from truth at a
COX FAILS IN MAKING POINT.
By Mr.. Cox--I desire to ask you few gu,
tions with reference to the original agreeme
between you and Weber. Do you rememt
with clearness our meetings with Weber abo
tho time the original agreement was e.
cuted?
A. 1 do.
O. Is it not true, as matter of fact. tt
you only acknowledged that paper before
notary land not Weber?
A. It is not.
@. Did not some one after the ackno
edgement was made write in the wol
ID. A. Weber at the end of the acknowled
ment!
&. No, sir.