Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-08
Hold Secret Session, Devoted TO a
Critical Examination of the Louis.
lana Election Returns-A Batch
OF Papers Received from
the President
The subcommittee at Work on the
Florida Department Examine Sew
eral Witnesses who COrrObO-
rate the Charges of Frauds
without End.
Judge Levisse. who was Absent from
Washington Yesterday, will be Re-
called To-Day and Talk More
About his Two Hundred
Thousand Dollar
Virtue.

WASHINGTON, June THE committee in
vestigating the alleged frauds in Louisiana
and Florida in connection with the Presiden-
tial election as soon as assembling to-day,
went into secret session. The committee was
late in throwing open It's doors to-day, al
though the members were in attendance at
the usual hour, eleven o'clock. The time in
tervening between that and three was spent
in secret session, and it is understood their
business was critical examination and COM
parlson or the electoral returns from Louisi-
ana. On motion of Mr.. Potter subpoena
duces tecum was ordered issued to the ap-
pointment clerk of the treasury department
for all recommendations on file In that de-
partment for the appointment of Anderson s
brother to position in Baltimore, and the
secretary of state was requested to furnish
the committee with all original communica-
tons, written, printed or Geographic, on file
in his office, or that may be under his control,
purportIng to come from one or all the mem
bers of the Harlan Weigh commission, sent
by the President to New Orleans in April,
1877, together with certified copies of all
communications, written, printed or tele-
graphic, delivered to such commission, or
any member thereof, from the state depart
ment or from the President, and that passed
through the state department. The chair
man then presented the following
AND DOCOMEN1S
CEIVED FROM THE PRESIDENT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, June g, 1873.
SRI in receipt of your note of yesterday, in
Guiding the following preamble and resolution, adopt
ed by the committee of investigation of the house of
representatives viz:
''WHEREAs, James F.. Anderson swear5 that, be-
tween May 25th and June l, 1877, Hon. Stanley
Mathews told him: Il have just to-day had a letter
from the President in regard TO your case and have
written him such letter will your appoint
ment to some position;' and that on or about June
I'd the President said TO witness that he Ead re
ceived letter from Mathews requesting him to give
'ReSOLyed, That the President be requested to fur
nlsh to the committee the full and original letters
above mentioned which he has received, any GER
titled copies thereof he may prefer, in order to
have intelligent c.oss-examinatiOn of the witness
on the subject matter thereof"
In complying with the request of the committee,
have the honor to say that have rec0 lection of
receiving any such letter from Stanley Mathews as
the ribed in the resolution; and that find
such letter among my papers The only letter
latiDg TO the subject received within the period is
file in the department of state Copies of the
same, and of all other communications on the sub
ject, which are In my possession contr"l, are
herewith transmitted. have the honor to be, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. B. HAYES.
Mr. Irwin B. Linton, Clerk of the Committee of In
vestigatiOn, etc., House of Representatives.