Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-06
INVESTIGATION Of The ELECTION FRAUDS.
MATTHEW'S MAKES 3 PER-
s0NAL EXPLANATION.
HE DENIES ANY PARTICIPATION IN
THE ELECTION FRAUDS.
Denies Making nm Effort for Che APP
pointment of An ;crs0n.

Denies Making nm Effort for TIE APP
pointment of Anderson.
WASHINGTON, June 5.
The House Committee, investigating the
election frauds, met to-day. The returns
of the Electoral College of Louisiana hav-
ing been received from the Secretary OF
the Senate, they were submitted for exam
nation. After the returns were read, sew
eral members Of the committee expressed
A desire to be i'll the House to vote on the
| Wood tariff bill, and a recess was taken.
In the Senate to-day, Matthews said
Mr.. President | rise to a personal expla-
| nation and question Of privilege. feel
that | owe a duty to myself, as well as to
| the Senate, which, however unpleasant. |
| cannot in justice to either further post
pone or omit. Newspapers Published here
| and elsewhere contain reports OF the state
ments made under oath, in another place,
in reference to myself, which arc calculated
to reflect upon my character and standing
as a member OF this honorable body. The
| statements appear to be destined 10 estal-
fish, first, that / was in some way connect
| ed, by participation or encouragement IN
! the DefDttTdtiOH VI VIC ulhNSto ie'hA III
| the Presidential election Of 1876, in Louis
lana, at or about the time of the canvass
and return thereof. Second, that / was a
party, or was privv to the promises of pro-
! lection and reward to the officers charged
with duties in connection with that cleo
| ton and returns thereof, made i'll consider
alton of the frauds and perjuries commit
| ted, and to be committed, by them i'll ref
| erence thereto. Third, that having a sub
| sequent knowledge Of such frauds, and of
| such promises, for the purpose of conceal
ing the former by assisting in the exeell-
ton Of the latter, ! used my personal and
official influence to procure for James f..
| Anderson official employment in the Exec
utive Department of the Government. To
each Of these accusations, whether ex-
pressed or implied, / reply to an emphatic
denial. | deny that l was connected in
any way, by participation or encourage
ment, by knowledge, consent, or conniv-
ance, with any frauds, real or pretended,
in the Louisiana election. | deny that
was a party or privy to any promises of
protection or reward to any one in consid-
Grafton of the commission by them of
frauds, real or pretended, in that election.
| deny that | made efforts to secure official
appointment for Anderson, with the knowl-
edge or belief or my part that he or any
one else had been guilty Of fraud
in connection with that election,
and in fulhllment Of any promise Of
reward that had been made to him on that
or any other consideration whatever. On
the contrary, / assert upon my honor as a
Senator, which l am prepared to maintain
upon oath; I did not know and never have
believed that any such frauds We're, in fact,
ever committed; that l do not know that
any promise was ever made to Anderson or
any one else in consideration of fraudulent
services. In connection with the Presi-
dental election. Anderson, in my little in
tercourse with him, all Of which has taken
place since March 4, 1877, never asserted
expressly, or by any ~inuendoes, that Sher-
man Or any one else had even promised
him an Office, or anything else, either for
doing wrong or right; he never asked any
thing from me or through me, by virtue OF
any such promise; on the contrary, Anier-
son expressly and passionstely appealed to
me on some ground that he had rendered
honest, honorable. lawful end efficient SER
vice to the Republican cause in Louisiana,
at the sacrifice Of time and money, and at
the peril Of his life, and that he had for
that caase incurred odium and hostility
from his political opponents. The only
wrong | understood or believed him to be
lguilty Of, was in having previously u~ntruly
pretended that be had been guilty Of things
he now again pretends to confess that were
wrong. I had no information of this until
after his appeal to me for my aid had been
responded to by an act Of my good will in
bis behalf. His disclosure Of it, with the
delivery of false documents which consti-
tuted it. I . it was intended
by him, and was regarded by me as an
atonement. The only error, if there be
one, of which / am conscious, is in having
recommended to Office the person who had
meditated II prepared q wrong, but had
as it appeared to me withdrawn from per-
forming it, but as there seems to be an at
tempt to magnify into one link Of what is
alleged have constituted a conspiracy
against important public rights, and as
coloring thus sought to be given to my
conduct affects my standing and character
in this honorable body, / consider it a
matter Of privilege that the Senate should
inquire into the subject as affecting 1t not
less than myself. | have the honor, accord
ingly to submit the following resolution Of
inquiry:
Resoired, That a select committee of
seven Senators be appointed to inquire into
and consider all things touching the mat
tars stated, and referred to by the Senator
from Ohio, Mr.. Matthews, and Evarts,
connected Herewith, and particularly
what connection, il any, that Senator had
with any real or pretended frauds or other
wrongs committed in the conduct and re-
turns OF the election in the State of Louis
lana IN 1876, aud with my promise of pro-
lection or reward, il any We're made by
any one to jas. e.. Anderson, or others, in
| poncfIq~atiCu ~ nv .1rraaf,a.. x~fAx 49,
official conduct by said Anderson or 9TH
ers in relation to the said election or re-
turns thereof, and into all circumstances
Of any recommendation by said Senator Of
said Anderson, for appointment TO office,
and the said committee have power to send
for persons and papers, to employ a clerk
and a stenographer. and 10 have leave to
sit during the recess. Agreed TO unani-
mously.
The object OF the Indian troubles in
Idaho is a source Of great attention at the
War Department. The Secretary of War
and the General Of the Army have been in
consultation to-day with reference thereto,
and in a brief Cabinet council this after
noon Secretary McCrary indicated his
views and those of the military command
er, reporting to the Secretary Of War re-
garding the seriousness OF the situation.
Army officers are convinced that there Ii
danger ahead. 1t is the opinion at the
War Department that the army force il
now far from sufficient to accomplish all
that is necessary to prevent Indian out
breaks, but reliance is placed upon the
support which the troops will receive
from the frontiersmen. The troubles on
the Rio Grande just reported do not cause
as much apprehension as the Western In
dian outbreak,
NEW York, June 5.
A World Washington correspondent SAYS
the Judiciary Committee Of the House,
yesterday, took important action on the
resolutions Of the Maryland Legislature,
and the accompanying bill introduced by
kimmell to inyalidate the Presidents title,