, 1877-01-26


tcrly ltsGraring Chambers Committee II ia
now perfectly apparent that he 1as been
thoroughly Imposed Upon by a set Of Mum
cha1lsen stories that would not lave gained
crcdenco for an hour even In The r,lnlor.
factories Of Washington. 4 man from
Florida MAS put upon the stand who
sworc to his being railroad telegraph upcrator,
and 10 hearing series OF dispatches pase!ng
over the wires between Chandler md Stcarps,
whtrt II Is doubtful whether any other Cnr-
gresham In Washington would hare believed
except ono as new nj the business rs MIR. Field.
The testimony Of this witness is tho laughing
stock even Of many Democrats. Tho questions
which he refused to answer were such as would
have ahown, II The answers haul been true, the
whole testimony WAS manufactured, anu
that he was sl1nrly witness rut
upon the stand to Civo cnlor tn
sensational stories by which Mr.. Field hail
been completely sold. In spite, however, of
the refusal OF witness to answer the question rs
to whether he had any conversation will, any
one relative to Ills tcstifytng before tho Com
n,ittcc, the fnct came out tot1ay that he was
yesterday privately examined ty Mr. Field and
Sir. Thompson, and IN understanding arrived
At as to the nature Of the testimony to be given
to-day.
gy1pEvTf.r LrIN0 WITNESS,
WASHINGTON, .. C., Jan. 25.-Tlie Committee
on Powers, Privileges, and Duties OF tho 1luusc
In counting tho Electoral vote examined today
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mention WIS male ol train containing courier
| by the remark: "Nc cai,iiat carry tue S1Aie fur
| IIaycs unless we havc troops and money I'M
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but tho aubstAncI.
Odd you SEC my telegram from n. Chnn1-
Ter u Gov. stcarns In answer 10 thatl
Al rrrco,bcr n tclcrram 6ro,u Y. Chaut,1cr
~ Nof' stcuA"9' eA3!'is NJ INN. 'etH WY A.ts'
| dent utld Sccrttasy of hnr, hnu was authorized
| by them to sny that troops Aud money would be
furnished,
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A.-Ycs, they arrived hununy, tic lath OF
November. William Il. Chandler arrived tho
aamc afternoon, but little In nl7aucc pf the
t~,,,,s which ,rrvr,f IT Ta11ofn.sec IN II snrrt,1
train.
Witness Ind voted the Democratic ttckct,-
hin first vote.
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.n":, ,n,or,a,n, ,n ,.rnrc vn,,r nnnrnr.nrc i,cr.
thesc tclcsFa'ns' oeloto your appcaFa"ce ucse'
to any persuna
| ConNERrp.
Al ,lcc1lno Ia answer. 81, thc ground TINT to
ia ~ ,n,,ht trntl tn rr,mIuat, me.
" ",rarar1. Sv r1. T ,ht, h. II" tIrst III time ,ou ,uvc
claimed tho privileges VI not answering such
questions for fear it might tend to c1!luinatc
youi
Al decllnct TO answer
lnwrcnrc--fIatl vol, conversation with any.
holy nhont ynir knowledge of Tic contcnts ii
TIC tc.cgtans before you were called to lcstify
imrci
Al also decline II, answer TINT oucsti on,
U.-Ilayc any Injuries been made Of yu1,
CONCERNING yn,lr kiow!cdpu OF thrEo tcle.
rranst it, mt u,eum I,y mcmbrrs OF this
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h.-t decline 10 nnswcr.
o'-can yu,, rtye ma tho contents Of any
| n,11rr rn..sny,. rprrlv,} from pnv nrrst,u ,th,r
linn ChauIi,r md Strur,lsf
IL rnnI,t,t rriurmbrr. Witness first bear1
Of u Telegram, froln Chandler to StcnFns. enylu,
| that thr Vru1t,ljtn,,1 mI,st hnyo i,tuIsfunI /.
otherwise. II was cvI,,;u'lnirateI tv illt, In
| eDntltlctAc " HcruUlstun tc!tEraphhreTato or,
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