Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-03
The Presidential Fraud.

cy the Potter investigating committee last
Saturday after the close cf the GaZ,ttc's re.
port:
Addison stated that after receipt OF the
She.mao letter he aud Representative Nash
had conversation, in pursuance OF when
they entered into an agreement by which Az
dc1son was TO manipulate bis parish SO as TO
secure it for the republicans. and Nash was 10
use bis Influence 10 secure Anderson the posi-
ton of naval officer at New Orleans. The
paper was handed to Stanley Matthews. :,
Anderson said that day or two after Hayes
he camo to Washington and filed
at the State Department ao application for a
Endorsed by Gov. kellogg and Rep
rcseptutives Nash, Leonard and Darrall. he
then went to the President. having letter OF
introduction from friend of the Presidents.
Mr.. Conn, OF Ohio The President opened
the letter and then took an envelope and IN
dorsed upon ii: Give this man consulshlp
10 warm climate. This is special case. -
Anderson then went to Secretary Sherman and
requested Of him an appointment. Sherman
told lin there was no appointment Tor him 10
the Treasury Department. and tcld him to 90
to Secretary Evarts. Anderson replied that ne
had flied his application for consu!shp. and
only wanted his (Sherman's) Influence to get
the position; to which Sherman responded that
be would not give him his Influence for aoy.
lhipg. Madison Wells at this point came IN
and Anderson left
Anderson stated that next he returned to
New Orleans TO get the Shermao letter, and
On his way stopped at Cincinnati and saw
Stanley Matthews, when he told hcw nc had
been treated. Mr.. Matthews advised him to
20 to New Orleans and wait uot!l the arllVa! OF
the commission, and Anderson handed him the
Nash agreement. Anderson returGcd to New
Orleans, where be received from Stanley Mat
thsws letter OF Introduction to Gen. y. II.
Hall0p aud also note advising him to talk as
fully to Harlan as he did to him, (MatthewS,)
and 10 say to Nash that he (M.) had the agree
Dept.
Audcrsoo proceeded to state that he called
upon Gen. Harlan several times. and on the
day on which the commission left New Orleans
Harlan sent fer him and said: "Nlr. Andcr
son, you have been rather badly treated. and
when como to Washington | will try to pro
vide for you" Anderson told him then that
he would like the cousu?ship at I'icn TsIn, AID
Harlan promised to get 1t for him, but SAID
that he would Ike 10 have the copies OF the
original rapcrs in Matthew'S possession. lie
brought Harlan tho copies, and that was the
Several letters from Mr. Matthews to Ander
son was read, 10 which Mr. Matthews repeat
caIy promised to obtain official employment
for Apdcrsor; also letters to Gen. Thomas Y.
Anderson, collector at New Orleans, highlE
recommending Anderson for deputy collector.
ship. Another letter from Stanley Matthews TO
Secretary Evarts states that Anderson had very
strong claims upon the administration.
A nd bn President
without achieving auy result. lie then went
TO Cincinnati and saw Stanley Matthews, and
at his suggestion returned TO Washington to
have plain talk. lie saw the President, and
said to him that various promises had been
made TO him, none of which had been fulfilled,
and waoted to know whether they were going
to be-. The President replied afirmatively.-
Anderson then said to the President:
mir. President, you DO not seem to under
stand this matter. | want to say to you that
the election in Louisiana. at least in my parish,
was a cheat.
The President replied: "Excusc me, | am
very busy this altcrnoop;" and the audience
terminated. Anderson then telegraphed 10
Stanley Matthews that he did not want any
more talk and nonsense, and wanted something
done, or else they would have TO lace the music
The nt 1t mo1ncg, however, he went again to the
White House AID saw the President, and told
him that he appreciated the difficulties under
which The President was laboripg, ard that if
the President would appoint some gentleman
whom be wOuli name to the position of assist
ant treasurer at New Orleans he would resign
all his claims against the administration. The
President told him to reduce his proposition to
wriliog and forward it to him under cover, ad.
dressed to one Of his private secretaries. An
dcrson again went to Cincinnati and told Stanley
Matthews of his interview with the President
and Matthews told him to return to Washing.
ton. He did so, and went to see Gen. Smith,
the appointment clerk of the Treasury Depart.
ment, who took him to the White House.
Smith went in to the President, aud when be
came out again took Anderson to the Treasury
Department aud told him to pick out some po.
sitioD. Smith finally told him that they would
give him the position of customs Inspector in
either The New York, Baltimore or Phiadcl
phia custom house, one of the best positions in
tho Treasury Department. Anderson declined
aud wrote several sharp letters to Stanley Mat.
theWs, in which he calls Mr. Hayes "the
monumental fraud that occupies the White
House." and threatens Matthews that if be did
not return the original papers given him by
Anderson be (M.) would bear from him BIZ f,re
the Ohio election. Shortly after he obtained
a position on the Philadelphia North American.
In March, 1877, Anderson went to New Orleans
to search for the ginal IF the Sherman letter,
ard wrote to every place where he supposed
Weber could have left it. After some time be
found 10 Katz e. Borz's wholesale house in
New Orleans % envelope addressed to D. 4.
Weber or James K. Anderson, the same ad-
dress that was on the envelope containing the
Sherman letter. 10 the envelope hs found the
original letters read 10 evidence day, and he
kept them until July. at which time he for
warded them to the New York SUE. They
were never published in that paper
Anderson, IN March last, had az interview
in Washington with Mr.. Matthews, 10 which
he advised Or. Darras appointment to the
New Orleans dictatorship, because Darrs
would know better than any one else how to
provide for those who had worked the wires,
and be agreed to give up all the papers if he
were given some appointment. Anderson re-
ierred several times to Mrs. jerks as the person
who claimed TO have the Sherman letter which