, 1876-09-02

authorized any enr nj either taln:nltcn. rom. or
anywhere rttt, Z, i'.a" ersaar' signed VIII my
!.!:. what my n1nc II siyne,l To- haven particular
dl-tn.tc far '.conentni unl .tslcslr rIsat. c,r.
tSat did not l,neda.ciy bce",". n.y. rr,itHie rt havc
tlud on much sxpsrfcncn IL nt1ch thing. esct to
q y ht ans "dy waa;
Hon was In tho Committee. rom, at ths Nitro.
tura.. thsd been Issued sone tine pro.ion.iy;
hy yhon, 5rn,i 10 NJ, mt "natrea T.
some drcutrrs signed atth MY name, but | d!d not
read them. for I uaders'o6d ths!r cnntcutA. l
or read Il nntll rcad It III rho public prints.
1.-WhAt was thu size nj t1c pito VI circulars
A.-i'crtnps at lnch or an Incl. and "A half thtcs
That VA" t.,st befoFo tho election, md aousu ot
At ihe Democratic Committee. .rooi1s, and an1Utlx
The leaders Of tc Democratic party, lsa anch cir.
cuars !,nd hcen ianucd and generally distributcd!
V.-Was lie matter tpoke,. NJ y. flct among
sonc Of those having charge Of nffalrs nj tho Com
Al never heard It zpoken of IN any other way
except ~ mentioned. ,n I'll !hs time of "a publ
catoa n TIC neWepapsts, @ n e., oaTht !" add; pr.
Manhattan Club. a Democratic club; and that
,hG answers IT, these citcHlatc, e, % some q them
tiurinE Tic evening IL meetings Ut Ta;nsny @ iiaIl
and ncgisuvs ii tEdclus,; aid, no tar as know or
can Judge, tho answers were nadc puolsc MS fast as
V.-From how many coup,,cs were answers re-
ccivcl Hint evening.
Al Ssnnot NY. neean;e they were opened zen.
from, most of thu cunn.fcs. They were generally
received md q Wpjened n The public meeting. and
very tsaA nnbesy In the Manhattan Club. and in
Q.-;Werc They received from nearly half tho
X.-T,,at would he little more than sucss.wosk
on my part. / do not know that opened any Of
V.-I[uyc yon tho means OF knoslne to what c1-
tent answers wers received NEXT ,nurnns.
was paid to answers aitsr thai evening because tho
newspapers got ateud Of then, next morning.
"oGT or his owN Mourli,n ETC.
Mr.. Tlldcn swcurs that he did i,ot know vito
wrotc the eireularsi yet 1t IS difficult to believe
thai. Ills relations With A. Oakley Hal lwerc not of
sucl, character Tint 1t would have been irnpos
slb!c for Hall to hare written the circular With
out the Knowledge VI TIidr,l. Tttlen, ut ull
events, docs not charge Hall with lavlng forged
bis name.
Tweed md Sweeney appear here in suspicious
TI!lcll. rcorts to him, mid Tillcu approves Ills
actions.
Tldcns relations witt. Tweed were so inti.
mate that the confidential Democrats through
out the Stutc tn whom the secret ctreu!ar was
addressed rgtt1!nsd their ,,spltea tn'lisrcntly,
It lsas plain as a ,plke-sta'f from tl!h tcsti-
rnony that T!l1cn knew the contents nf this
the Etentng ltosi, in lsls, rcprnnuce{ In tic
conference with Tildcn, as Cox himself declared,
Is al, linnany, quibblc::, Il IS nubicfiuEc ecr-
bctrays desire to cvndu something. Air. ri.
tleI iii his testimony only denies that he read
thu circular IN tic form In which It WIS printed
bcforc i was published; but he distinctly
circular existed btfure tho election and before Il
WIS published; that he saw some IL them Oh Il
tabs or shelf, sigued tc;M hfs o,c1. nanie mil
that lie 'tuudtrfooa ftcir contents" Yet Mr.
,rjlle1., although he Bt,iemnly MYERS over llis
Bible, On Dec }U, 1868, that liu u I;s prejudice
generally for seci1,g what hla uat1c Is signed
t." md llas q 'sparsfg41lnr dtstastc for con
fdcntIal and private circularB," nevertheless,
upo,. eeeug before the election aud before It
Wns published, this peculiar " confidential and
DriyAtc circular, ~ 'sfgscl by HIMSELF" which
lie "llaL never rcad,n did not l.astcn to
discover the nutllor Of it, did not
tlcuol,pee It "a q forgery did not psk TINT
It should BE- suppressed, lila not seek to OF read it
even, although he understood Its coateuts," !"
but kept oil clutttng with Tweed, Sweeney,
und Main, tho forgcr OF eollIcrs' votes, In tiic
Corn1nittce~room from, which this circular was
TIIdvn's relation 10 ttfs cireular, as dctniIci IL,
Ills own sworn Testimony, With the defense
which Ills followers urc lt,w nlakthg for him.
Sunset Cox cN1itlOt lie IIltlCn'B signature OH
flat circular. There is q better witncss than
Sunset; Thut witness Is Tl't'en himself, wl'o
read 1t, bcfuro II wus published, knew that lis
na.no wus signed to Il, and did not then lie.
puuuec It as forgery. The hubtc, II compelled
to choose bctwcen the sworn testimony Of
Samncl ]. Illten, private citizen, nnd Samuel !.
Iitiel, lrcstusftM! asp'r2k'f, 'innnagauE hta
own campaign,", Will hot long hesitate: They
VII appeal tp INC j rectasS a1sd hcl'syc Mr. III,
den's oath before they Will accept tho special
| pleading Of llis ambition. It ls not comfort.
Ing rcslcEtlon that such u chot1; scclus to have
been made necessary. ....-----
WHAT TIE GREAT TAsMAHY FRAUDS wE1z
Enough has been eitcd from this report to
show what knowledge snlllnel ]: Iildcn l,a'l o.
thu infamous secret circular which, was the eli
max VI the series Of ingenious measures resort.
cd to. to attaln these fraudulent ends. That
these frauds were committed, even the Defend
crs OF Mr. Iilde! llnye admitted.
Il nearer ioGk 1ttdy nov &c taken into the
!faads themselves, loE WINCH . the Ueh1orsntf'
stalc Cotnnhlieet o. Nhien tliaen "as thalf'
man, must oe llclu manly responsive.
| IhG congressional Coah'hitlee Was chareet
| "lth thSestlgAtlnE tle 1f1!tt1S aileBea ~ nave
! Occurred III t1U lily unu StAtG-n1 NGW lOrk, III