Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-05

Mfsled the Congressional Committee in
Compliance With His Contract With
sherman--He also Stoutly Re-afirms the
Truth OF that Contract--Anoth Effort
to be Made To-Day to Break Him
Down.
WASHINGTON. Jpne4.-The cross-examination
of JAS E. Anderson, in the Potter investiga-
ton committee, was commenced to-day by Mr..
Reed, one of the members. It was largely de-
voted to an endeavor to convict the witness of
diserspanciss between his testimony last
Saturday and statements heretofore made by
him before the Senate investigating committee
that visited Louisiana last year. The bulk of
the examination was as to minor details, which
would not be of any general interest to the
public. The contracts between Anderson and
Nash, and between Anderson and Weber, were
largely used for the purpose of showing con-
tradictions and discrepancies and disregard
of moral considerations on the part of witness.
For instance, he had stated Saturday in rela-
ton to the Nash contract that at the time of its
date he had no evidence of fraud in his posses
sion and had not pretended that
he had any, and yet the contract re-
cites that he is to suppress evidences showing
that East Feliciana had been fairly carried by
the Democratic party, the consideration for
for him the position of naval officer. He was
pressed on that point as to whether his state
ment on Saturday, that he had no such evil
dence, was correct or not, and he asserted that
it was, except that he had the Sherman letter
in his pocket at the time-if that could be
construed as such evidence-and also, except
that he had knowledge that the vote of the
State was to be thrown ont on forged protests.
He admitted also, he didn't expect to get the
position of naval officer. He was then asked:
@. Then that agreement does not express
the truth?
A. No. not in that sense.
@. You simply took the paper like a sort of
immoral promissory note?
A. That is about the construction " hich
moral man might put upon it.
O., You were not very particular abont stat
ing the facts exactly in it. What You wanted
was to get the thing in that shape that it would
hurt Nash if he did not carry it out.
A. That was it exactly.
@. Is that the sort of transaction into which
you frequently enter?
A.. No; never entered into anything of the
kind before until was brought into contact
with Republican officials in Louisiana.
@. It is a common sort of document in
Louisiana.
A. Yes, it is a common thing in Louisiana.
Q. Something like this: hereby con fess
tuaI 6tO1e @A.UVU, anu IN COnSlOer3LlOn OF That
l will give John Smith Office, and you both
sign it, and that binds you. Is that the sort of
agreement you are in the habit of making?
A. No, am not aware of its being habit?
@. You do not know how many more of these
little prommissory notes are out?
A. That is the only one.
@. You tried it on a colored man frst2
l. A. Yes.
Q. The little arrangement which you en-
te' ed into with Weber, was that sort of pro-
missory note too?
A. No, don't know that we promised any
thing to any body.
Q. This arrangement with Nash was, you
say, SO that Nash would not throw you over?
A. Exactly.
@. You got nothing that would blacken him
if he did:
A. Yes.
@. And as for yourself blacking would inn
prove you would it?
A. do not know whether it would or not.
Mr.. Reed think it would.
The cross-examination was then directed to
the object of showing contradiction between
the statements in the Weber contract that the
| parish had been carried by the Democrats by
legitimate means and statements made in
Saturday testimony that there had been some
| slight intimidation in the parish. A long time
was consumed in this branch. Witness having
| repeated what he stated on Saturday, that in
the protest which he had signed the words Re-
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whether he had ommitted them purposely.
He said that he had and that he had done 80
in the Weber contract with the object, on his
and Weber's part, of protecting themselves.
Q. You mean putting yourself in a position
so that you could take either side of the cues.
ton?
| A. Not at all.
Q. So that you could give testimony or
either side of the question?
| A. No, sir.
| Q. You gave testimony side of tn.
! question before the Senate committee did 70,
not?
| A. Yes.
@. You carefully suppressed all eyidenc,
that had tendency to help the other side, die
you not?
A. I did. was trying to carry out my i'm.
| piled bargain with Sherman and suppressed al
much truth as possible without swearing to .
lie.
Q. And you did it by suppression?
A. did it by suppression.
.. And now you are stating it Oh the othel
side, are you?
A. do not know that am stating it OF
either side.
basis? ~ :
A. Doing it entirely on level basis,
Q. But before you stated it on one side?
A. On the other side.
| @. And when you made the protest yo1
stated it on one side?
A. did.
Passing on to Anderson's examination be
fore the Senate committee, he stated he hat
purposely compounded the two documents
There were, he said one affidavit and two pro
tests, and in my statement I tried to carry on
as far possible my implied agreement will
Mr.. Sherman, and compounded the affidavit
Wild the two protests.
Q. Did it purposely?
A. did.
Q. Then, under oath you purposely mislet
that committee?
A. misled that committee purposely.
@. So that before that committee yo,
meant one thing in your mind and conveyed
another thing to the committee?
4 A. Exactly.
@. And you went through the whole exam
ination under oath in that manner?
A. Just in that manner.
1 Coming down to his testimony as to the in
terview with Mr.. Sherman at Morcau's restau
rant in New Orleans, Anderson was closet,
cross examined and made to repeat in detail al
the circumstances of the interview, but his an
swers to all the questions, did not show an,
notable variation or discrepancy. The eros
examination was not concluded when the com
mittee adjourned till IL o'clock tomorrow.
Fire at Depere. Wisconsin.
GREEN BAY, Wis, June About o'cloo
this A. M. fire was discovered in the back pa,
of Mcdonald Il Wilcox's harness shop o
, Broadway, East Depere, Wis. A strong NORTH
west wind blowing at the time, caused grea
fears for tho entire business centre of the cit.
Tho draw bridge across the river being SWIM
for repairs, prevented the West Depere engin
from assisting. The fire department. tel