The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-01-26
rnt panstm ragof.
..,s siasiss 49, Wffsf 500 wsfeiff
gssaf sos ffs ID wW - "eHf


sssss sos fssses wm ~ se"f
fea
f.s a~ asmpif8sm ms sH fs
Fsgd pffe5 HHft HsHal # l# f
etl mNea g. give fie eg10fy Fn Hlfl
"a ebe ffftlf# If aieb m9fal faffaef 9.
aaaI presidency U6 N5fufIdy fHf
I4ase committee tg inInife intO ma
ff.giieges end pogsrsa W ibe house sfm
5arei Nah Chamber before 81. Litflr
dfaamIna tha committee hNI Tire edge 9n
H.m. b. aame and swtpKffsd into the
fsom with TIE bfaxeh eluhtefY pfa bar.
h. 10 ww que stoned gsnepllg At
hpt, end navo evsaige ahswefa aa the ~.
derf ianed Wy bin 60 bis associate
thieves IN che southern statc4 ~ cJlnl
tfayrH ia. Then ha ~ confronted VIII
tho following telegram which amete
him with The force Of nm electric shock
aAFw Ygas5 Nos. 8. tsJtauay. . 81 s%ieaths
TiHabasae. Fl0fiJa HGit Florida fof Hayes So
Wheeler Money a1d troops VII he sfnt yoa.
H. CHANnbRa"
When Zach was confronted with the
indisputable evidence Of his conspiracy
he toned down 10 the level Of an Ordina.
~ mortal. Knott had him on the cruel.
be, aud be proposed te keep him there.
&" Did you send this telegram 10 Gov.
gtegfns " he was asken. 10 which he
replied that he thought be might have
done 20 that he had sent several tCle.
grams to him.
Next came the question "Did you
do it OF your own motion, or at the sugges-
ton OF somebody elsep' This question
he declined to answer, and claimed that
immunity which should be accorded him
on account of being q cabinet officer.
The committee informed Mr.. Chandler
that he held the dual position Of cabinet
minister and chairman of the national
republican committee that his official
acts az a cabinet minister would not be
inquired into, but that so far as the dis
patches were dated in New York, and in
his capacity as chairman OF a campaign
committee, he had 70 privilege he could
claim. He still refused TO answer the in
terrogation, when committee excused
him at his own request until Wednesday
next for deliberation.
The examination Of Chandler lasted an
hour. He was considerably embarrassed
and surprised at the hot trail the commit.
tee had struck. The committee had
proof positive in its h~ands-being mes
sages oyer his own signature-that he adj
vised the manipulation of the ballots in
the disputed states, and provided a cor.
ruption fund for the purpose. Mr..
Chandler was not shown all the proof IN
the possession of the committee, nor does
he know how it was secured; and
whether he nswer or not the result
will be the same.
When Zach left the committee room
he was pale and haggard. He drove at
once to his residence and sent for Gar
field and w. j.. Chandler. All day the
radical camp had been disturbed, and
the outlook is now that whether Orion
helps congress to expose the rascality Of
Chandler or not, so far at least as his
operations in Florida are concerned, he
cannot be screened.
1t is understood that the kilograms
were secured through the shrewdness Of
Proctor Knott. 1t will be remembered
that during the election excitement the
Western Union telegraph company dis
charged the operator at Tallahassee al
the request OF the conspiratOrs. 1t ap
pears that this young man kept copies
of all the kilograms sent up to the time
of discharge, and that he furnished Tho
committee with them upon Mr.. Knott
invitation Washington special to Ciucia
natl Enquirer.