The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-26
THE CONSPIRACY OF 1876.
uUIT CEN HfRLdN EXPECTED As A
REWARD ron ms SERTICES.

REV Ard FOR ms SERVICES.
. Journey 10 New Orleans that was to Place
MID, on the bench why Mrs. jerks visited
Mrs. Weber Marshal ritkin Unfolding
the Schemes ct Louisiana Politicians.
WAsn1Norox. Juno %. My Dear Pitkin
uos the feature of the electoral fraud inquiry
To-day. JIc evidently desired to be very care
mi and exact in his statements. and rcad q
written reply to that part OF the testimony
which related TO hmsclf This written state
mont. while It trnvcrscd two important
POINTS in Andcrsons testimony was rather II
confession and avoidance than pont-blnnk
contradiction He admitted that Anderson had
written IA general statement and gave it 10 him.
SAYING that he was willing to make that sort Of
n statement lie differed from Anderson in
that he did not send for Anderson. while An
derson sworc he did. He said he did
not urge Anderson TO 90 ne far in
bis stnto,nont as his conscience would
permit. His statement, however. on this point
&c n BIT Of fine casuistry. II is not contradic-
tion in terms but sklful evasion Of the
square issue of fact. Hc admits that he sent
Judge Campbell to Anderson To put this state
uent sworn TO before Woolncy in legal shape.
Anderson says pitkn offered TO have that
done. and the result was q protest,
which he refused to sign and swear to.
ptkin says there was no such paper rs this
that he ever heard of. The fact is admitted.
however, that Campbell was designated rs the
proper person TO draw up the legal protcstto
put Andorsons general statement into the
proper shape required by the election law
Anderson's assertion Is that pitkin had this
done. Pitkin did not testify specifically on this
point. and his cross examination tomorrow
may narrow this issue down 1t is altogether
probable that Pitkin gavc Andersons general
statement 10 Campbell. and that he drew w Il
protest. and made 1t too strong, and Anderson
refused to accept It in that shape. 1t il an in
eoutrstble fact that the protest IL in two differ
,nt handwritngs. That bears out Andcrson's
statement that it was in blank when he signed
it, Ptkin would not say that II was not
blank rs 70 certain statements when it was
handed TO him. He read IL but superfcially-
lust glanced at II. He was curious 10 know
whether 1t was in shape. because there
were suspicious rs TO Andersons fathfuness
H. had been too intimate with the Democrats
aud there was q good deal OF graduation at
The only serious difference between Pitkin
and Anderson in regard TO the protest, ia the
formers emphatic and positive statement that
with jurat affixed IN the afternoon Of Nov 10.
1876 He says Anderson showed him his SIG
nature and the jurnt. and that judge Camph'l
was present at the time and So was Tom J"nks.
ptkin did not hear anything OF the sherman
letter until last July. when he met Anderson
Wsbsr- Anderson agreement, and the sherman
letter. He thought that Matthews was seriously
compromised, that sherman WIS in not much
better condition. and that 1t was pretty
mess for great civil service reformers 10 get
themselves into. He advised Anderson 20 give
the papers to Gen. Butter. but declined to take
them himself. He afterwards tried 20 get them.
snd had interviews with Anderson IN Phiale
pha and Mr. Sypher. his attorney. He met Mr..
sypher here subsequently and brought aboutan
interview with Senator Conklng. Fe frankly
stated that he wanted to have the papers
10 hold Mr.. Matthews in check and compel him
e do H. they wanted him to DO; He thought
Matthew'S had been rather onicious In intnr-
iering with their affairs in louisiana, that Mr.
Harlan had; also and he wanted to defeat the
laiters confirmation.
Pitkin was cross-examined Mt some length by
Mcmahon and Spri niger. but very little intorma-
ly said lac was careful to avoid knowing what
was going on about the Returning board
during the count. He expected there would be-
inquiry after inquiry. and he wanted to be in a
condition To say he knew nothing. His replies
were all exceedingly careful and cautious. and
he confined himself strictly TO his personal
The test mony OF Gen Boynton about the can
ddacy OF Harlan for the supreme bench
very refreshing. II showed the degeneracy Of
the supreme banch in a most marked manner.
b bsr@1 meant wsn5 to nm nd nna III wp l
seems curious. Harlan and Brstow for years
had been fast friends Harlan was Brsinw =
champion and manager AT Cincinnati. They
had been law partners for years And still
Harlan goes 10 Boynton and asks him 70
md out whether Bristow meant Ia bc
. candidate or applicant for the position
OF Associaie Justice Of the supreme Court
at the same time telling BOynton that he Harlan
meant to be "A candidate. and that he thought II
the mission 70 Louisiana on which he was about
e. 60 was a success ne prospects Tor securing
Thus il seems that Harlan rs a member Of the
commission to settle the Louisiana difficulty WAS
the job was well and neatly done" lle must
have had some such ntlmation from somebody
high in the confidence Of the Fraudulent Adj
ministration. Bargaining, trading. and barter
seems 10 have been the principal char
ac,,rsiies uot, t1G Praqhnient Admin5,
remain away from the Potter committee;
how he can RS an honorable man d"rln"
70 appear and mako explanation. does not seem
csHr To honorable men. He was in constant
Communication with Anderson. who was sent 10
NV Orleans by Matthews as a SPY ola Packard
and his friends with special instructions TO Gct
something. II possible, on them that would en-
forretheir good behavior, Harlan got copies of
Anderson's Dapers-the first agreement. the
Neber-Anlsrson agrecm"nt-and retained
item n his custody. HIS conduct. as well as
that If Matthews, ia inrxplicable ON only one
in-Ory. that they knew or believed that there
bad been great deal done IN Louisiana 10y
Louisiana Republicans and visiting statesmen
that would cause great scandal II 1t became
known 10 tho public.
nony Of Ptkin wherein he says that Inch.
Chandler contributed about $1,000 10, help
Meintein the Packard Government, and that
AIRY, md wHs used 10 pay the Metropolitan PO-
lice who protected Packard in the state House
Commission was sent 10 New Orleans TO pull
the Packard Government down, and before go
Ing on this mission Harlan was going about
telling that II the Job was done satisfactorily he
nought his reward would be position on the
eukTene bench.
dt Mrs. jerks. 20 prove that she had told u
different story about the Sherman letter last
January from the one she told on the stand
On saturday, objection was made by three
h"puollrHn members 81 TIA" committee. This
K ssnhcant. II is significant also that John
sherman. in an interview with the cOrrcspond-
EN- ~ ~. Ne'r York 7i1buur. Yesterday accept
ed Mrs. jerks A. his witness-that he shIelded
All7-!! behind nor preposterOua story.
The Proceedings In Detail.
WssHINoroS, June 25.-Mrs. Agnes y.
Jenk, was recalled and asked by MIR. Potter
whether she had brought the letters she prom
Ned 10 ~ luce yesterday. She said that she
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