The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-20
THE LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA IN.
VESTIGATION.

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On the 4th, the crOsS-examination of
Mr.. Anderson was undertaken BY MIR. Reed. h
WAS largely devoted co. an endeavor to convict the
witness of discrepancies between his testimony
If the LIST and the statements heretofore made
before the Senate Investigating Committee. The
witness stated thsf he pp!pceey mis1sd the Sen,
made on = level Bss;s. la 4enested' the " az
tails Of the interview with Sec = Sherman inthc
St. Louis restaurant, but the narrative showed no
material or notable disorepancy. The croes-ex,
when the Committee adjourned.
On the 9Th, the returns of the Electo-
raj College Of Louisiana were received from the
Secretary of the Senate. and read. The Commit
tee then adjourned to give the members an op-
portunity 10 vote on the Wood Tariff bill. Upon
reasaemblinR, Gen. Butler offered .. resolution.
which was adopted, calling upon the President to
furnish the originals of letters received by him
from Mr.. Natthevo, and copies Of letters sent to
James +. Anderson, Geo. c. Gorham was sworn
in relation to the Louisiana Electoral returns
and stated that the papers in the hands Of the
BE had heard That The SCR Sergeant s sss' III
tho Senate had q record Of the proceed
i TSs. OF the louisiana "a RetCraing Board
suned. A copy Of the agreement between An
derson and Weber, which the former had said he
had mailed to Stanley Matthews, was produced
d Mr.. nstthews It corresponded in every par r.
ticnlar with the copy already in evidence, but
ANDERSON declared that it was not the copy
the writing Of the fody Of tie paper and . the
signatures were an excellent counterfeit of his
handwriting The witness was examined minute
signing 81 the made
ent statements IN relation thereto: The Matthews
copy of the Nash agreement was handed witness
for Identification. He thought it was the sane,
ness also produced a letter from Mn. jerks to
him, in which reference was made to a letter
fpe% :" d. rhich he explained to
said that he had written dozen letters to Sem
ator Matthews. In regard to the :. Pitkin agree
mcnt," Anderson said it was simply a note from
parry. be would be provided for. In regard to
the statement in his letter that three of the Re-
publican Electors did not sign the returns for
made to him ' that '' b%pch, "i Mares AND and
their names had been ' forged "n to the the
Electoral count cunt, and he has found out, after
Dr.. Gray tone Of Packard's friends) had told him
if they threw Packard overheard, they would
s9ue!ch Hayes and the whole Republican party.
MIR. French, the Sergealls- alarms Ut the Senate,
testified that he had had in possession certain pa
pers relating to the Louisiana Electoral vote, but
that, soon after the adjournment of Congress, he
Louisiana, and had never heard from them since.
The Committee went into executive session at
this point, and soon after adjourned.
THE investigation into the alleged
Florida and Louisiana frauds was continued on
the 9Th. MIR. Cox announced that he had received
from MIR. Matthews the originals of the CORE
spondence between him and Mi. Anderson. which
the Clerk read. These b We appeared in MIR: An
derson' s testimony, except one dated April q,
wherein he resigned all claims on the Admins
trat6n. resolution was adopted inviting MIR.
Matthews to appear before the Committee. to ex-
Judge A. b. Levissee was sworn, and related
the details of the proposition which Asher made
to him He said SUBSTANTIALLY that he was of
to accept his certificate Elector and that he
piled. in substance, Tell your man that Ievissee
is willing to listen to proposition of this sort
have aSt got to MS price
saOUU). and told the Committee that he put it
ut that figure So as to get the amount out ct Ash
er's reach. Witness had told Marshal Htkin of
his suspicion that an attempt was about to be
made to bride him, and his object in the ncgo-
tiations with Asher WAS to draw him out. At his
second interview with Asher, the latter stated
witness should. instead Of refusing to ac-
cept his certificate. vote directly for Til
den: Witness told him that it was hardly
worth while to continue the negotiations unless
he knew where the money was coming from.
Asher then introduced him to Hernandez. a New
Orleans broker, who Informed him that $1,000
worth while to talk more ON the matter. He had
not been bribed, and voted for Hayes and Wheel.
en-. Witness said a port ton Of the returns laid
before the Committee by the Secretary of the
Senate were fOrReries.
FROM II a. m. until p. M, on
the 7th, the Investigating Committee sat with
closed doors. the time being occupied in the ex-
animation of the documents in evidence before
the Committee. including the alleged forged
Louisiana returns.
the Appointment Clerk of the Treasury for a Il
recommendations for the appointment of Ander-
SON brother. and the Secretary of State was re-
ali original communications on lie in VI" his
the members of the Harlan MacVeagh Commits
sent from the State Department to the said Conn
mission.
James Mckinney, Secretary of the Electoral
Commission, testified as to the identity of the
the Inducements thereon.
The Chairman presented communication
from the President, in reply to the resolution Of
lection Of receiving letter from Stanley
Anderson. and that he was unable to
closed copies Of ali letters in his possession OF
control, which included one recOmmel ding the
appointment Of Anderson as Consul ut C lilac,
Nash: also q similar letter signed by Mes,rs.
Leonard and W; T. Kellogg: letter from Ander-
son to Stanley Matthews, with his Matthew'S in
dorement thereon, and also the Endorsement OF
the Presidents Secretary, requesting MIR. Evarts
e make the appointment; letter from Stanley
Matthews to Sec'y Evarts; an anonymous letter
signed by John w: Bulldozer;" letter from J.
pOintment, and letter from p. b. Conn, in
dorsing Andel sons claims.
THE Committee resumed the inquiry
into the alleged Louisiana and Flori In frauds
on the Sth. Mckinney, Deputy Clerk of the
Supreme Court. testified that the printed copies
used by the Electoral Commission had been
compared with the original certificates, before
the Investigating, Committee. and found to be
exact copies. The Commission dealt mainly
sliyht passage-at-a-ms between Messrs: Cox and
Mcmahon, the former charging the latter with
assuming the position of counsel for the prose-
assumed the role of defender Of fraud. Mr.. Nc
Kinney resumed: He had lately, at the sugges-
ton Of MIR. Garfield, examined the .cerIii
ese Of the the seaug of tie Come
mission, and found that some Of them were
duplicates; could not explain how they became
mixed and Gsn: Gared had told
them were forged.
Mr.. Levissee was recalled and made some cor
-eCClOnS IN MS previous te>ClmOny, among winch
Has one DENYING having told Asher that he
would take $sD0,O0O and refuse to accept the
Electoral ticket. In reply to an inquiry relative
to any further facts concerning the attempted
b!ibc he stated he had revealed the facts to Pit
kin, to whom he proposed to draw the bribcrs
out, with view of finding out who the parties be-
hind taem were, and to keep them from attempt
ing to bride anyone eke. He had not the slight.
est idea who signed his name to the alleged forged
etulns.
Hon. Thomas w. Ferry testified that he did
not receive the first return from Louisiana by
Messenger, because it appeared to be informal;
lid not learn that the return was defective in
Nntainin9 but one list of votes for President
and vice-Presidcnt. The return used in count
n. the votes was the on received by mail. The
witness further testified that in all respects in
eceiving returns he had acted impartixlly. and
'pened in JOINT meeting. He did not know that
were forged. He had not heard any doubt ex-
pressed as to the genuineneas of the signatures
until within the last four or five weeks. He had
First heard of it from Gen. Garfield. He thought
that the second return was received by smother
messenger. gt
The Chairman laid before the Committee q
letter received from Hon. Stanley Matthews, in
which that gentleman declined to appear tefore
the Committee, His reasons were his Senatorial
privilege, his sense of duty to the Senate and the
fact that Senatorial Investigation into his con.
nection with Louisiana affairs was then pendin. 2
Mr.. Butler expressed himself a. amazed a. the
course of Senator Matthews, and submitted a
resolution that . subpoena be issued to Mr.. Mat
thews, in due form, to summon him to appea,
before the Committee and testify. Mr.. Cox spoke
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