New-York tribune., 1878-06-12
ANDERSON AND DARRALL.

SIR: have the honor 10 acknuWedge yOnr ieter OF
the Sh hst., declining 20 accept the invitation OF the
Committee OF Investigation OF the House OF Represent
atiyes 10 appear before them. have laid your letter
before thr committee but ney have not fe,t at liberty
70 dispense with your attendance and ave directed y
rcsO!utl0u) that subpoena issue 10 you, Of when en-
close copy But taere "a purpose O requiring your
attendance at time winch may interfere with your oil
cia duties as Senator and there be on the part OF
| the committee every disposition 10 meet your con
yeneIce IN regard TO the time Of your attendance
! The Hon STANLEY MATTHEWS
Mr.. Cox suggested that the matter lie FOR to-day.
| and 1t was ordered.
THINGS ANDERSON HAD FORGOTTEN
The witness james T.. Anderson, tnen recalled
and examined by Mr.. Cox. lie testified as follows:
After that last letter was wrento Senator Matthew'S.
rri asurv aud asked hin If be would not appoint nv
brother 10 place n the Baltimore Custom House, and
he asked neil was willing TO withdraw my claims IN
case ne Quad do rather correcting hnsel) he
asked il would BE- satisfied with Tie appointment OF
my brother, ana siud w0uid De- hhd ne asheu uie 20
nm letter TO tuat elect gave han letter. and
| my btOtncr appointed, aud u san serving.
Q.-Was that the end Of your communications a that
/ time Ayes, 80 lar as recollect
Q.-Ihat about the end OF June, 1877, and from
that time there was no further communication
untI January, and that completed the transaction
Q-Why did you not tell us that the other day A
dd not think OF H. or thought the matter wouid be
! called FOR If II was wanted.
Mr. Reed then questioned the witness about bis offers
to Mrs. jerks for the sherman letter The testimony
was follows:
Q.-YOu spoke in your testimony Of having offered 10
/
pay oil her expenses II would produce tuo sherman
letter. Dd YOU have that sum Of money at that time
Q.-Whcro we're you 10 get it, Al knew very well
| THAI could raise it II 1 could GET the letter . -
Q-Nou had not then gone INTO the question OF ways
| au0 means on that subject A-No
Q-Youtrusied TO the general state oi the market. did
you A-NOt al all; knew that could get the money
o@You ncW that there was a market for The letter Ia
Philadelphia Al knew that could borrow the money
MI Reeo handed to Anderson a letter, which he said
/ add
eTnOr Antoine as follows;
CIIsroN Sept. 3. Is7G.
MY DEAR GovERSoR: During the nrst three days Of
and he was brought in by Democrat. saw something
was wrong ana sent messengers into tho country who
reported that very snail NUMBER OF the o2Oieu peo-
| pie knew Of my Office being open that the whites
were carefully cOucealiug the fact, and were using
| all possible means 10 prevent them coming for
! ward. immediately took Steps 90 cOunicfHct this,
two days. This, together with the fact that au get
ting Tie party osctne&f & ~ 'he paTis1 anq g soon nave
flat am obstacle ~ The way Of securing good gov.
eminent" and how 10 get I'D OF is Question now
being actated. IL could easily be doue win tho aid OF
1 a few budozers, but they are unoer the impression
Ior the express purpose OF beins killed M order 90 make
political capital 1ney dont propose To put thor feet
INFO 70 in mat Way agn - ! lo4soh"l salot5 % . s %
icct oi ANXIOUS sOicude. Tnry would run iut On bnt
have tod them II tncy did they would have the pleas
! me of having Their plrI,u officials aPpointcd
! bv a Republican Governor lMr. Packuril who would
tnat tny ~ere proved IN tner positions, Inc ohb
appouimcui Of any outside the parish und urGus
my II
v1ai may occur the future wOuld induce any y
ing the parish 20 30 as they might dictate am g.,
ing win tns night Il you VIII itahd Dy NE vi your ehd
o I, 's it Mr. Pinchbqck or some other eoorcI man.
/ Wi, come up with Mr Packard ". wili nave paTish
tcxet out b., that time and 10 Will give us good start
Dou remove sheriff MoLahah. ne la ah excellent gen
ilelnan Who viii execute the law rccarc.s OF party.
| Me- have nothing 70 fear from him. VIII write you
shortly Il regard to chief constable Truly yoais
The Hon. D. D. ANroiSr ETC.. etc.
Air Blacburn asked II Anderson wished 90 offer any
explanation OF that letter. Anderson replied that he
would Ike simply TO say that at that iime his impression
I'm regard 10 Inc parish derived entirely from the Re-
nubbcaus; be- was surrounded By set OF men who had
an interest in giving hun that impression and be wrote
that letter aud many oihe[ etteIs bcuS nuuer eI IL
! nueuce, believing that there was DniidoHng Ia the
/ pailsh. ,., - ,,... 81, .,-..,..
about men being sent around me parish 10 tel coiored
| Republicans not 10 vote Al did -
! Q--Who were the men that we're 80 sent Al think
that Captain Degray aud Colonel Howard attended To
ogDId they talk with you about ti Ayes It was
"3sRas il your suggestion that none OF the Repub-
| Iicsns IN that parish should yOtri A.-Ihc way the
Z ZmSLcr cS d ~ tpld eioyrrnor Kellogg how the parisb
! stood they were IN favor OF not holding the election
! there Governor kellogg aud the Republican btatc
authorities were election should he
held in lie parish aud told them that there
| better way than that; that II was better way to
| nave an election aud have Republican votes
| cast and that IN q parish which two years had
given such "a large Republican majority, the fact OF no
Republican votes being cast would be the best proof
Of intimidation; that that fact would do more good
than all proof OF intimidation that could be given The
Republicans Of the parish thought that good ldea ana
o-Gnd you we're the author Of that ingenious sug-
suggestion. and they gave credit Tor 1t afterward
Tho witness was then cross-eXamined about the man
ner in which he had Purposely msed the Senate com
| mitee
After Anderson had retired from the stand tgo clerks
from the Post ONCE Department called upon and
| produced the recommendations Of B0ulds Baker rs
special agent and Geo A. HowardRs trst-cass clerk
the former beiug the author Of the long telegram 20 Co
umbua Ohio the latter Of the secretaries to the
! Electoral Commission. Letters recommending Baker
were presented from the late Senator Morton OF Indiana,
! Representative ThrOckmorion, OF Texas r. l. Van
Horne OF Missouri George ". Carter Louisiana, John
Poole OF North Carolina and f. N. Il, president Of the
| Southern Republican Association Recommendations Of
| dr Howard signed by Mcssrs. McCrary, willard
and Hoar usepubican members Of the committee that
framed the Electoral BID by Senators DayHrd, Ker
| nan ana Morton.
Mr. james A Boulds, appointment Clerk OF the Post
! Office Department, was sworn, He stated that
Baker first entered the Post Oce Department October
| 49, 1876 ~ a 81 200 clerk, under the ndminisiTa-
non OF POstmaster-Gencral TyneE lie continued m
| thaf position until Aprll !, 1877, when he was DIS
missed. and Oh Apu IL 1877, al tue instance OF the
| parties hrs recommending bis appointment, togelher
with several adaoh1 gnatufeS ana M peltois, ho wa wa
reapPoiuted ~ Special Agent &C Sl%OV per ahhum ana
"a Al hours recess was takeu.
pAREAIps DEALINGS WITH ANDERSON.
On the opening Of the afternoon session, Exon
rressman C. b. Darran called, and examined by
| Mr. Mcsiahon Mr. Darrall was questioned Ia regard TO
MS candidacy for the COect0rshp Of New Orleans and
Audersons connection with it. lie said In substance;
Q.-Doyou know now from interviews and conyersa- ,
Mr. Anderson was able TO exercise over MN whaI 1oe
ments used Tor the purpose Of making him withdraw
lis oppostiong Al do not think Mr. Anderson's Infu-
ence brought about change; II helped, thhk, Dut
| DO not think 10 brought about The change
| o-Wbat did, Al talked with senator Matthews
number OF times, and other gentlemen rom my stae