The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-05
ENGLAND
CONG r e 5 10 N AL
SENATE.

rising to a personal question, referred to
Anderson s testimony rejecting on his
character as senator; he said these state
ments were designed to show; First, that
he encouraged or participated in alleged
frauds in 1876 10 Louisiana; Second, that
he was party to.the promlses0f protect n
and reward to the supervisors 10 consider
alton Of the perpetration of frauds by
them; Third, that he had, for the pur-
pose Of conceaIing frauds and executing
promises, used his personal and official in
fuence to procure office for Anderson; he
continued to each of these accusations,
whether expressed or implied: Il reply by
an emphatic denial, | deny being connected
any way By participating or by encourage
ment, by knowledge, ,conset, or connivance.
with any frauds, real or pretended, in the
Louisiana election; | deny was a party,
or privy. to any promises of protection or
reward to any one in consideration
Of the commission by them of
frauds, real or pretended in that
election; deny that | made efforts to
procure official appointment for Anderson,
with the knowledge or belief that he or
any one else had been guilty of any fraud
10 connection with that election, or in full
tllment OF any promise ~ reward that had
been made him oD that or any other con>
sidcration whatever; On the contrary |
assert upon my honor as a senator, which
| am prepared to maintain upon my oath,
that | do not know, and never have be-
lieved. that any such frauds were in fact
ever committed; that do not know that
any promise was ever made to Anderson,
or any enc else, in consideration ot fraud
uient services in connection with the pres
idcnt's election. Anderson, in NY little
| Intercourse with him, all of which has
| taken place since March 4th, 1871, never
asserted expressly, or by any luuendO,
| that Sherman, or any one else, had ever
promised him office or anything else, either
| Tor doing wrong or right, never asked any
| thing from me, or through NE, by virtue
Of any such promise; on the contrary,
| Anderson expressed and passiOnately
appealed to me on the sole ground that he
had rendered honest, honorable, lawful and
efficient service to the republican cause il
| Louisiana at sacrifice OF time aud money,
and peril to his life, and that he had fol
that cause incurred odium and hostility
from political opponents; the OILY wrong
understood or believed him to be guilty o.
was in having previously. untr NY, pretended
he bad been guilty of things he DOW agait
pretcndS to confess: that wrong | had nt
. information OF until alter his appeal tn lo'
for my aid had been responded to by ulert
, act OF my good will in this behalf; hi
: disclosure OF it, with the delivery Of tails
documents which constituted. | supposed
J was intended by him, and was regarded b,
} me, as an at0nment, for and such II was
, upon that footing only | received them
4 it neyer fer u moment occurring Il
me that the possession OF them T.
me could be misconstrued into "a
otfense, and believing that the only Us
I, which their publication could serve woui
f be to propagate. nIischievous and scanta
+ lcus lalsehood; the only error if there b
one, of which sm conscious, Is IN havln
reco.- rnended to office q person who ha
= meditated and prepared wrong; but hac
J. as it appeared to me, Withdrawn pert@ru
i i ing it.
He submitted the following resolution
Resolped, That select committee o
A seven senators be appointed to lnquI
d into and consider all the things touchln
y the matters stated and referred to BY th
= = senator from Ohio, Matthews, and th
+. events connected thereunto, and partlcl
/ Iarly what connection, ii any, that senate
!" had with any real or pretended frauds,
other wrongs, committed IN the condul
= and returns of the election in Louisiana
r l'76, and with any promise of protection
.ee reward, if any, made By any one to Jam'
/. Il. Anderson, or others, IN considerable
of, or in connection with any official COZ
duct by said Anderson, or others. ln rel
Is ton to said election, or returns thereo
4 and into all the circumstances OF any re
re- concentration by said senator of sa
n Anderson of appointment to office, al
that said committee have power to SCI
at for persons and papers, to employ cIel
e and a s,enegrapher, ard have leave to
Fl during the recess, Agreed 70 unar
81 mously.
in zOUSE.
X WASHINGTON, June 5,-The house
n, a vote of I34 to 120, struck out the enaC
ing clause of the tariff bill, thus defeati
3 it. -
u u weather Probabilities.
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the Upper Mississippi and Lower Nilsson
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