The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-12


had s be noti A That must have been written after
O. Alter he home you wrote him, did you
9 srssainsf.T you think best. you write to me-
q troadingl 'fhat In thinking the matter over
since you have gone homo you are moro convinced
that am tho best man ana that 1t would SUIT you
hest" 'Suit you best' Is underscoredY A. Yes,
O. Did you not state anything IN these letters but
what was AZ tho time correctS A. No.
DARKALL TO ANDERSON
MI Cox then requested that the lettor bo read In
ffull instead OF being taken up piecsmea, and Mr.
hcManon complying. read as ioows:-
:, housE RrrRKsxsrAnvns.
Nxpx., G., w1snIscros, D. =. February ~, ISIS
expected says the Ps.siasns viii no. appoint T. and
with , "a out Of the m w 40 %S
so. Tor s"S Or ssss sa .a s s ~ would
supper. mo 10 case he cannot get himself II think
since gone home You are more . ecnvinssd
wants 40 %" w oes man ana snas VIII s you best
desires that should be- satisfied Write strong but
place vii You as
IN s Give y yaa
Mrs and be ready TO come over n necessary Truly 4c
To JAS. f. ANDERSON. ESQ.,. Phiiadeiphia. Pa.
After rcadDg tho letter the witness asked II 1t
soc Senator Matthews tho latter expecting
him, TO which tho witncss repiied:-"i expect that
Ihad with Mr. Matthews after Mr. ANDERSON hud secn
him, because remember Anderson camc back after
going TO $50 him PacKard's benaif; imagine that
Is tho first letter TO Mr. Matthew'S"
q Why did you want Mr.. Anderson to write to Mr.
Matthews in your behalf, and Tor him TO state In Is
thht YOU were the best man ana that IL would suit
INN tho Dcst that is, suit Anderson the bestY What
led you to believe thcre was any such relation exist
Ing between these two mon That It would be OF any
importance TO your A. For the simple reason, AZ
sal in my evidence, that Mr. Anderson wrote 10 mo
that Mr. Matthew's had agreed that he had given
3WTtSen assurances that II he Withdrew claim
had no would ask eitner Mr.. Packards appointment
or my appointment
Q Did tho question whether the papers in tho pos
session OF Mr. Anderson were worth anything at all
cntor IN any into these talks with Senator Mat
thewsY Not up 10 this date.
z Did they ut u later date? A. Oh, yos.
Y. what were these talks az a later dater A.
any papers or documents hold by Anderson until q
later date
two or three weeks after this l7E OF February letter
thcre 10 another letter. in which speak OF the shcr-
man document, which with give you the exact date.
(ltaRdins the witnoss letter see II IL Is In
your nandwrfings A. think tnoro proba-
bly, tho day after this; that ts my handwriting.
O. You have not seen these letters Tor some time ?
. lput Thorn In your hands to refresh your
memory AS to anything that occurred III February
A. saw Mr. Matthew'S before l wrote ,hs letter in
which referred to tnc sherman d, cument.
Mr. MCMAHON hero read the letter as foows:-
WAsuIsGroN, Feb. 27, 1873
Mr DKAR siR-I have your favor Of the 18th. / .ee-
:. ySo and have :. we'll There j. no.
Tho Caoine. arc nj friendly every one and senator
" s s he me s's ae q ss
.na sn s 81 ~ for
S .y II. b e nYns
II perhaps you had better cone over sssarssy Tue
Ssy .s IN ivs hr my viii
write or Telegraph It new devolopnens Truly yours
JAxEs Z. ANDERSON, Esq. Philadelphia. Pa.
Q. Now give US your recollection of these things
that you hays heard. and your understanding OF tho
DuD In hNra uudyv hcra o
a. In order TO make my evidence pain IT is better
for me to state that up TO tho dato OF that letter
tanned nothing IN regard to the documcn Is
In Mr.. Andeeson's possession. shortly after
was tho nrst TO menio the TACT that Mr. Anderson
told mo DO had certain letters papers
which, given to the opposition or published, would
not sound very we'll Tor some oil those concerned. Ny
iettcr would show probably that II written day
Two ai.cr the interview with Mattncys With that
explanation ! can probably 60 on wbh0y answer TO
your question.
NEGOTIATIONS rILDEN
About the time this letter was wristcn-piobably
negotiations were pending between Mr Anderson Is
attorney and Mr.. Tild0n ana his friends Now Yorx
wn,Sn snsss M HSsS%sa's ana papers and s.;
IN the possession Of somebody IN New York,
hila e 10 Or sns n ir n" and wrote 'nis
should act In good faith IN tho matter, aud the
ctser had besr b taken out Of mo possession Of his
attorney and kept IN his own possession NJ that time
certainly had not seen all the documents; had
certainly NOT seen Mr.. Matthews, letters aud know
nothing OF them; tho only thing mad scon oil Mr..
Matthew'S that he had talked with Mr. ANDERSON
and Mr.. Weber, and promised TO do something for
them, and that 10 what no told ma
y When did he say that Senator Matthews had
made these promises upon which Mr.. Anderson was
reiyings A. don't think he mentioned any time.
Up TO the date oil this letter he had said mo
that he had given any written promises.
@ In your judgment this matter a iittlo urgent
for somebody, was II notY because you had italicized
the words .get Immediately" in tho sentence ..get
Immediately all these papers, aud also the words
your own possession? ~ A. Yes, sir.
z Ana you have italicized tho word s.errcd ?n A..
Yes, SIR.
Q. What you heard made you rather uneasy on this
subJect~ You attached some importance TO these
papers? A. did for this reason: because Anderson
mad told me there wore such documents TO De puo-
hsned, aud had never had any conversation up 10
date With senator Matthews, and that ihey we're
such documents . would injuro Mr. Matthews
greatly; in TACT, they would cause him to lose his
seat; ny 10 this date have bad conversation
with MT. Matthew's AZ ali about these pa pers.
ABOUT sngRMAS's LETTER.
@ rhis Is the letter referring to the Sherman
.hors Mr.. Nc1ahon read tho following o,,or, dated
March 3, 1885,
HOUSE, or REPRESENTATIVES.
prAs SIM h.a an ,s.erv,ew nth NJ mn. evening and
been over ana assured me the all
BY aud iatns rsma,sed All went ri.hs You
done and would Do Responsible; he SPOKE ony
lad bes Write Rim voa ware on"r S es 80. n
10 trouble him and that you assured INC
the papers wore safe In your possession
aud would be given when I In; you
undcrt and ncthev OF referred iirom
yoa had and all looks favorable wish We
win hear iron, Marks to-morro~, aud will ~ you
know. Write or not, you mink best. to ~; but II
ms to better to write. Give love to Mrs
tell ncr VIC are going to win. Write from the
SIS Truly yours. q. Il. DAkKALl..
JAWS n. AxpEnsos. Esq Phiiadepbis. Pa
q Docs this refresh your recollection that you hal
an interview with senator Matthews2 A. That Is the
letter 70 which refer. q
O. How did you to speak about the papers IN q,
are Teierrc1 TO ncrel A. l saw him probably tho
evening before that was written, and that
as recollect the only conversation l had win
MI Aatthews IN regard TO my papers or docu
ments held by Anderson; / wanted to see
him, because had hoard OF propositions being made
10 Anderson TO purchase tho papers | thiiS that ~
tho oniy time these papers were ever mentioned In
connection with tnis appointment
Y, Arc she statements In this letter written by
you TO Anderson true as you now remember that
had an interview with the Senator ami that the pa.
pcrs wero 10 he given up II all went right2 A. Yes,
sir; that is substantially correct
a. And tho particular document he spoke of and the
only one spoken OF was the sherman docume nj
A. that was the only one spoken OIL That letter
statcs that nj that or previous to that ho only