Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-08
BEN's. DIFFICULTY.

AnEtefv as to the Massachusetts Represenf-
0ttce's Altitude tn the Pending I,srest;0n- |
ttOn-Hobnobbtng ,cith Anderson-Con-
0rsssman Darrall's Letters.
Washington Special to the Chicago Tines
During the greatest part of the afternoon
Ben. Butler sa, very near Anderson, and was
continually talking with him in a low tone of
voice. They passed documents back and forth
and appeared to have the best understanding.
Buffers position so clearly defined to-day, APP
peared to have demoralizing effect upon the
remaining Republican members of the commit
tee, hessrs. Reed and Cox. Afler the scene
over the Weber document concluded But
Ter began talking to the witness. This had
followed Butler introduction Of his resolution
GallIng upon the President for information.
buIler mad copy of his resolution prepared
ana a1ter he had presented it to the COM
| m!ttee he suddenly came over near the open
| railing and throw it on the table
around which was crowd of correspondents, ss
II ne desired the greatest notoriety possible to
be given to his act. Then Butler took seat
! oy !ne sioe OF Anderson and began to cross-ex-
| anime him in sort of conversational tone.
He asked him if he had any letters from Mrs.
jerks, the lady who is credited with coming
here last winter to sell the original Sherman
letter to the secretary. Andersen said Re had
one, but that his wife had destroyed all docu-
|
hands on. but he had saved ore from the wreck
and he presented that. This letter had strip
| torn OFT from the bottom of it which might or
might not have contained a postscript. Ander-
son SAID this was the condition in which
he received the letter. Butler held the letter
up very close to his face and studied
1t carefully. He found that tho stamp upon
the lace of the envelope apparently did not cor
respond with the date of the letter inside, and
he thought he had point upon Mr.. Anderson,
but Anderson said in reply: Look at the car
rler's stamp. Turn the envelope over" 1t was
found that the carriers stamp and the date of
the letter agreed. Consequently the stamp
: upon the back of the envelope, which was
partially defaced, must have been misunder-
stood. This letter of Mrs. jerks was read and
its allusion to Sherman's letter made marked
sensation. There short desultory cross
examination following this, in which Butler
did not attempt to push the witness further
Suddenly he leaned his head upon his hands
and locking at Anderson out Of the side Of Iii
, cock-eye. said: Have you any letters from
Congressman Darrell?'
''Oh, yes. said Anderson, easily, II received
a great many from him. He used to write N,
! every day, almost, send me telegram
"Oh, you have said Butler, well, can 70,
produce them!"
Il have not them in my possession" salt
: Anderson.
where are they;' said Ben.
L gave them to my lawyer. was the reply
y At this Mcmahon. of the committee reaches
. over among d bundle of documents and brough
:. - up square brown pasteboard box envelop
> that would hold at least fifty sixty ordinar
:. letters. The package bound with a re
Q string Mcmahon took the package and care
fully laid it down in front of slr. Butler, an
;, then gently patted it with his long. nervous
, bony hand, when he said, with twinkle in hi
:, eye, Here the letters are Mr. Butler" Thi
- \. made marked sensation, and Butler turne
~ off with jocular grin, as he sale
~ Il suppose some of you
&c interested in those documents I al
e not, in particular This virtually closed tn
- day session, as Butler said he desired to he;
70 from the President before proceeding. NJ
= Darralls letters are said to contain the fulIe:
e possible details of the Louisiana infamy
- They will corroborate every charge that h;
= been made against the the of the vote of tt
i' State. They will reveal an unheard-of chapt,
- IN even the dirty Louisiana infamy. They wi
r. undoubted prove one OF the coming sensation
- They are at present guarded in the archives
the committee, and there are no copies
~ them out there is no reason to suppose TIL
- they will be prematurely published. BE-
~ Butler sad to friend to-day that it would
w fully four weeks before the real merits Of til
nc investigation will be reached SO this promis
10 an era of revelation in the interests of tru
and of history that few can fully estimate. T.
~ mass Of evidence already gathered promises
y drive many men from public life as we
y destroyed in the Credit Mobilier time.