The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-06-06

If | do not hear from you by that time, promise
yOn shall hear from me before the Ohio elections,
To the Hon, STANLEY MATTHEWS
Washington, June 10, 1877.
MY DEAR SIR: When any ward hummer, shoul-
der hitter, &C. who can Gil no other position,
must be provided for in seaport city, they are
given position as inspector of customs. The
hours are from G a. m. till D. m. the duties to
stand under broiling sun and prevent rascally
sailors from smuggling The pay amounts to from
,095 to 81 4OJ per annum, This Is the position
offered me by Gen. Smith, ] have told him pO.
litely of course that he can take the position and
go to the devil. He has no time to attend to my
wants on account of the outside rush, so have
withdrawn from the contest and shall now pro-
ceed to get satisfaction in my own way. If you
desire to return me the documents given you, you
can do so think 1t better you should, as by do.
ing so II will leave you out of future complica-
tions You can use your own jundgment, how
ever In any event you shall hear from me be.
fore the October elections. l shall be in Phlla-
delphia for one week You can address me there
for that period, Very truly yours,
JAMES E. ANDERSON, Philadelphia, Pa.
(Care of ]. K, Sypher, Attorney at Law
Hon. STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Stanley Matthews to James E. Anderson
personal and ConfdentialI
United States Senate Chamber, |
Washington, Feb u, 1878.
MY DEAR SIR; have your note of yesterday,
aud in reply beg to say that do not recoleCt the
buBRebllOub utIblOlOTe ulhNlC ny you 10 WHICH you
refer, and which you think, il adopted. might st
prove advantageous to the public interest, and
would be glad TO hear your report / have been
subjected TO so much misrepresentation ,n regard
to everything have undertaken to 10 that l do
not think 1t would be wise for me to 60 to Phila-
delphia or Baltimore for the purpose of meeting
you In case you should find it convenient TO be
In Washington, l shall be pleased to see you.
Yours truly
STANLEY MATTHEWS,
Mr.. JAMES e. ANDERSON, Philadelphia.
Anderson, in explanation of some of the cor.
respondence submitted, related interviews which
he had with the President and with Stanley
Matthews. He had been offered the Consulate to
Funchal, and had declined to accept It, He then
went to the President, and the following is his
account of the interview
The President said he had received letter from
Mr.. Matthews requesting him to give me place,
and he said, at the same time that he did not see
exactly what he could do. l said "Mr. Presi.
dent, appreciate the difficulties under which
you are laboring, know that If you give me a
plaCe-that Is, any prominent place-it will eX'
cite the attention OF the country and will cause
unfaVOTabe comment. | will make q suggestion
which, II you will adopt will relieve you and
everybody else of trouble in the matter II you
will appoint such man as | shall designate ia
| one Of the New Orleans AppraisershipS, now held
by Ringgold. who has no political backing except
ex. Senator West, will withdraw all my claims
| on your Administration" The President ponder
ed over the matter few minutes and asked me
when ! was going to return 10 New Orleans.
told him did not intend to return to New orleans
unless had some definite promise made that
should be provided for. Then he said: "YOu go
back home and wIite me this proposition which
you have made, and send it to me under cover of
Mr.. Gustin, one,Of my private secretaries so that
shall be sure to receive it, and l will attend to
| it." The next day / wrote to Mr. Matthews. |
thought the matter over and wrote TO him and
told him that, in my telegram, [ did not mean to
threaten him, because l thought he was doing
what he could for me; but that they had worried
me SO In Washington that thought 1t was about
| time that something should be done one way or
the other. I went to Cincinnati on my way to
New Orleans. and stopped over there and saw Mr.
Matthews. He told me to go back to Washington
and he would follow me that night came back'
and we both arrived here on the same evening
Sunday evening, the 10th Of June. 1 saw him
| three days after my arrival, and asked him what
had been done. He told me that he had not seen
| the President, but that he would see him that
| night. On Wednesday called at his room at the
Ebbitt House, and he told me to call on Mr. Nc.
Oormick, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, l
went TO the Treasury Department, and found that
Mr., Mccormick was out of town and WOuld not
return for ten days, Ireturned to Mr.. Matthews
room and he wrote me q note addressed to Gen.
| Smith, Appointment Clerk. Mr.. Smith said that
| he would take me over to the White House and
see the President. We called at the White House,
| at which 1 was not present. He came out and
| said the President had instructed him to give me
some satisfactory position on political Considera-
| tiOns. He took me to the Treasury Department,
gave me the Blue Book and told me to pick out
| such position as l wanted. He then said |
should have something that would be satisfactory
| to me. rode that day to Ba timOTe with Senator
Matthews. He asked me If l was satisfied, and |
| told him was, and referred to Gen. Smiths
| statement that II was all right. couple of days
after that Mr.. Smith informed me that the best
position which he could give me was an inspeC.
torship in some custom hOuse-either Philadel.
phia, Baltimore, or Boston, which was worth from
$3.50 to "a day told him that that was not
what had been promised me, and not what had
q right to expect; and that If could not get q
better position than that l would go back to my
old duties as journalist, and that preferred
going back to them anyhow said that did not
care personally; thatthe only feeling l had in the
matter was that certain promises had been made
to me which had not been fulfilled, and pro-
posed to see that they should be. Mr. Smith then
wrote to Mr.. Matthews to the effect that he had
made me no definite promise except that l should
be provided for in satisfactory manner. After
my interview with the President about the Ap.
praisership stopped In Cincinnati, and in the
first paper that picked up found report of an
interview of q colored deputatlon from Louisiana
with the President, in which the President prom.
ised TO retain Ringgold.
Q.-Did you say anything to Matthews about it2
Al did some Of the tallest specimen of swearing
that Matthews ever heard in his office.
Q-What took place in reference to that letter
from Mr., Mattbews2 Al came on to Washing.
ton and told Senator Matthews that thought
an effort was being made on the part OF the Demo-
Gratis to get upan investigation, and that informa.
ton was being furnished them by some of the
boys in Louisiana, and that thought the best
manner to stop the arrangement was by DR.. Dar-
as ~
Orleans told him that Darrall understood pret.
ty thoroughly the men who ought to be provided
for, and that he should do 1t. He requested me
to have Darrall call upon him, which did. Oar.
rail- wrote to me, and afterWard told me person.
ally-and 90 did MattheWs-that they should work
up sentiment in Darralps favor, get all the re-
concentrations they could from Darralls col
leagues In the House, and that they would give
Matthews the pretext for asking for DarTalPs ap.
pointment as Collector Of Customs at New Or
leans
Q.-What part were you to play in thati A.
Mr.. Matthews asked me whether In case DR.. Oar.
rail- was appointed, would be satisfied, and
whether would be willing to deliver all the
papers In my possession, and give up all my
claims on the Administration, which 1 agreed
to do.
Q-What papers were referred to in any of your
conversations with Mr., Matthews2 Ale refer
red to all the papers in my possession. That eve.
ming spoke OF the Sherman letter.
Q.-To whom2 A,-To Mr.. Matthews.
Q-Who mentioned the Sherman letter first
you or he7 Al have no distinct recollection
about the matter. 1t was after Mrs jerks had
called on Senator Matthews in connection with il.
OIL she profess to hold the letter. A.-She
proiessed to hold the original letter.
Q.-How do you know that she professed 10 hold
the original lelter2 A-She told me herself, in
the presence Of other parties, that she had the
original
Q-Did she exhibit It TO your -A.-No. She
claimed she had 1t At New Orleans, and offered 10