The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-12

r,., .,c.rsa in such occupation; but do not
$780, Il vrote this letter. A vote was then
tsken resulting in favor Of having the letter
read. The document was as follo"ss 80.
NV ORLEANS Nov. 70, 1875.
tsAiessru. ID. A WERER and JAMES L ANDLA-
soN.-Gentlemen; Your note OF even uAae -
inst hem received Neither Mr.. Hayes myself
he gentlemen who accompany me, nor the
country Al large can ever forgetthe oohgAilons
undsr which YOU viii have placed US should
Won stsnd firm in the position you have taken.
Prom a long and intimate AeqnAintAnoe Win VIII
Governor Hayes, am tustihed IN Assnmlng
the responsibility for promises made, ana VIII
sftrr he lth OF March ~ may be practicable,
and IN such a manner As will enable you ooth 70
leave I,ouisianA, should You deem u necessary
verv trnlv yours. JOHN SHERMAN"
Secretary sherman left the witness stand and
the examination Of Anderson continued. ne
testified that he came 10 Washington ana tLleo
10 obtain a suitable position through the aid OF
Hon. STANLEY Matthews Mr.. Matthews asked
witness what position he wanted, and he re-
piled: Nothing in Particular whereupon
Mr.. Matthews advised him to proceed TO New
Orleans, and, If possible secure the original
written promise Of Secretary Sherman, guar
Anteeing that Weber and himself would be pro-
vided for. He succeeded in obtaining the copy,
and forwarded it to Mr. Matthews, but he did
not succeed in getting a satisfactory position.
Witness was cross-examined at great length
BY Mr.. Butler, but nothing new was elected.
The House non-concurred in the Senate
amendments to the Legislative appropriation
bill "A bill was passed exempting post ONCE
employes from military and jury duty. The
bill to reorganize the hfe-saying service was
passed On motion Of Mr.. Wood, the tariff
| bill was taken up in committee Of the whole.
Debate was limited TO two hours by vote Of
1919 to Sc. At the close Of speech against the
bill by Mr.. Garfield, Mr.. Wood moved that the
committee rise which was lost by Ill to 80.
Mr.. Wood then demanded the first reading
OF the bill, which was proceeding when Mr..
Butler proposed that a vote should be taken at
| noon on the next day on motion to strike out
| the enacting clause. Agreed to. Adjourned.
On the second day Of the sitting of the COM
| mittee the crOss-examination of the witness
Anderson was continued by Mr.. Reed, Of the
committee. The examination was largely de-
voted TO an endeayor to convict the witness OF
| discrepancies between his testimony on the
! first day and statements heretofore made by
him before the Senate investigating committee
that visited Louisiana last year. The con-
| tracts between Anderson and Nash, Candidate
| for Congress from Louisiana and between
| Anderson and Weber were largely used for the
| purpose Of showing contradiction and dis.
crepancies and disregard OF moral considers
| tons on the part OF the witness Witness had
stated in relation to the Nash contract
that at the time OF its date he had nc
evidence of fraud in his possession and
had not pretended that he had, and yet the
contract recites that he is to suppress evidence
showing that East Feliciana had been fairly
carried by the Democratic party, the consd
Grafton for such suppression being that Nasf
was to secure for him the position of nava
officer. He was pressed on that point as Il
whether his statement on the first day (that h,
had no such evidence) was correct or not, anC
he asserted that it was, except that he haC
the Sherman letter in his pocket at the tint
Of that could be construed into such evidence
and also except that he had knowledge that tn,
vote of the State was to be thrown out ON
forged protest. He admitted also that he die
not expect to get the position of naval officer
Anderson further stated that he had pur
posely misled the Senate investigation com
mittee that went to Louisiana last year, il
order to carry out as far as possible his i'm
Piled agreement with Mr.. Sherman. CominI
down to his testimony as to the intervie wit
Mr.. Sherman at Moreau's restaurant, in Nov
Orleans, Anderson was closely cross-examine
and made to repeat in detail all the circum
stances Of the interview, but his answers
al the questions put to him on that point di
not show any notable variation or discrepancy