Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-22


depends on you. Place no reliance on
any favorable report from 8. South
ward Sonnetter. Answer quick.
No signature.
Nov. %, 1875, l0:4O a. MO W. T.
Pelton, Is Grammercy Park, New
York: Will Bettomless lose any cleo.
tor in convincing Democrats State I!
Answer. (Signed. P.
New York, Dec. ITO Hon. Jas. K.
Kelly: Telegraphed P. last night and
to-day. Have no reply. Has he left !!
Answer.
No signature.
PORTLAND. Dec. LIST, 1875. TO W.
T. Pelton, Is Grammercy Park, New
York: No time to convene Legisla.
ture. Can manage with 1000 to pres.
ent. Must have it Monday certain.
Have Chas. Diamond, lis Liberty
street, telegraph TO Bush, banker,
Salem. This will secure Democratic
vote. All are at work here. Can't
End can do no more. Sail morning.
Answer Kelly in CIPHER. No sigma
ture.
New York, Dec. l, 1876-To Hon.
James K. Kelly, Portland, Oregon
Telegraph Herdsman P. S. direction of
yourself following Examiner around;
can't change it :; Herd sman nonsel
when will P. reach destination! What
shall be done! Answer.
NoSignature.
Shaw, OF Detroit, who furnished the
key, testified that in q few instances
it was impossible to translate certain
words in dispatches by the key. All
translations were made word by word,
and from cipher dispatches as found
in the testimony relative In the
Oregon case.
Press-I desire to state through your columns
that have never sent to Governor Hlden any
telegram signed "Gabble'' or "0o0r," and I
denounce all such pretended kilograms -
base tabrications ~ far ~ Am concerned. l
have never used CIPHER or fictitious sigma
ture IN letter OF dispatch in ny l3ts;
WHAT SENATOR KELLY SAYS.
Senator Kelly states in regard to his
endorsement of the cipher dispatches
sent by ]. H. N. Patrick on the 9Th of
November, to Col. w. r. Pelton, that
he was totally unaware Of its contain
ing proposition for the purchase of
the Republican elect0r. He says Pat
rick came to him and stated he had
prepared cipher telegram to the Sec
rotary of the National Democratic
committee, asking the latter to place
SIC, 900 to his credit for the purpose
of paying lawyers fees, and other
necessary expenses connected with
the anticipated litigation concerning
the issuance of the Governors certifi.
cate. Patrick requested him to en-
dorse this telegram because he kelly
was known to National Democratic
Committee, and it was desirable to Sc.
cure prompt action. Senator Kelly
said he could not, of course, read the
cipher, and accepting Patrick's state.
ment Of its meaning, endorsed it with
out hesitation upon the foregoing as.
surance as to its contents. The Sen.
ator also states that after Patrick left
Oregon, he kelly earnestly endeavor.
ed to get money sent from New York to
pay the fee of the lawyers who had
been retained, and as it did not come
in time he himself raised So, 200 on his
own note, SO 900 Of which he paid to
Hill, Thompson and Durham, the law
yers, and the remaining 5000 were de.
voted to paying the expenses of bring.
ing CaswelI, one of the Democratic
electors to Salem, as it was then
thought he had obtained a higher vote
than Cronin. The Senator says that
so far as he knows no person ever ap.
preached the Republican electors with
any corrupt proposition.