Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-10

ers, 81 NcYp YORK. The mOncN ht
receiJ ed as expenses. .Cronin bis.
played one embarrassment during
the e ,inktion, but on the whole
got II Flgh with it pretty well, and
did nd ppear to be concious thai
there any thing very serious in
the lits ansaction about the expcns.
es. fHftt
z "Th Pmmittee hope to find olli
soon the expenses fGov. Gro
yer wd They are supposed to have
been 9 derably heavier than Gro.
Minis. Secretary Of State also,
it is be I'D, received some payment
on the me account, and the two
bogus q prs who acted with Cronin
probab id not serve their country
for not A clue ITO the SOURCE
from W this money camethe Com
mittee ars to. think, win be found
in certd kilograms which passed
betwecl narles Dimond, of New
York, al add and Bush, of Salem,
Orcgon& Prtly after the election.
These td ms related 10 two remit
tanccs OF 70 and ST., retrospective
ly." baa ss5. 4
The fol he is an interesting ex-
tract frol lnin's testimony:
Belling kairman of the demo-
cratic col Zee, informed witness
the day b( lhe started for WASH
ington tha Bellinger) had $500,
and the al nal 500 to make The
i $4,000 requl Was raised. and a note
signed by ingcr and witness,
which was ited at the banking
mouse OF La Tilton, at Portland.
| oregon. III q New Yorker, and
his politics Unknown to witness.
knows q ma med Patrick. Met
MN IN the 0 pf Judge Strong at
Iortiahd. i lives at Omaha.
Belhnger me Jess on the street at
Portland abot davs preyious "a
the meeting Of electoral college.
and informed khat a gentleman
, wishes 70 see (Cronin) at the
: once OF Judgehg. Witness re-
fused 10 go, an I'd Bellinger that
whatever was din this electoral
muddle must beh bv others than
himself. WitneA r,yorIs uant ~
Strong's Office, an ire met patrick
f VINO sala .naI ne beard that wit
ness pao saiu tLa certificate as an
, not act, but witneS Srmed patr;ck
that he had chan his mind anI
Patrick said to wi of T;ldon i
4 fresiaen.' ne ,W!. you anything
] You Wan!. WV yp hformed Pat
: ed with Tilden heb tell him that
he had nothing II which hc
(Cronin) wanted. ess was ~
tic angry at Patri taIking in
Ia such O manner. ;nfnr,nad
q witMess ti,at ns ~ ~ the reason
:, was that he was rtbest ena
West. Witness did new uhat J
e Patrick meant by I'll narl, Ma
!. had heard that PATH Snner;,, IN
tendent of a mine in A. pat
u rick said nothing aboI - h;s
$, interview with witn{ u y;tness r. ns
never saw Patrick exec tho nmo
occasion before mentl "a haJ
= no conversation with II : ahnnt
N Patrick. Witness .a;waa
It. no messages from oA';u
ID relation to the ele .. -
"a die before seeing Patrt r;tn.s ihua
knows Of A. Diamond ins Wna,. ienuss
III Thinks he is banker. % an.
W Electoral College had II od ~.
IT, journed, witness saw disn ~ vi
.st ssBristow,v which said, 6" nou
= tant that the returns ro
- should be properly made uIson.
en- to their destination" en'
he Ladd & Tilton, have oil
r. house at Portland. Ladd
have one Mt Salem. A. 81
= Tilton, of lis Liberty ST.. N
no are correspondents of the
la banking houses above mentid
he Witness received a draft |
10, money for his expenses betN
,er and s o'clock p. m. on the Sth
- cember in Ladd & Tilton's
Us, from the manager, Mr.. Quackc
,ts. There were three drafts, one o
picj York and two on California bs
~ The $500 was not rendered y
- in cash. Diamonds name Is m,
gs' ed in The draft on New York,
mis- is for 81, 100. Witness did say
that he would not act as an
,ndlif q certificate was given hi
~ changed his mind after look
s's, the law, and after hearing of
rho tions of the South Carolina,
cd, and Louisiana returning boar
neyl WILLIAM L. TURNER,
Manager of the Western Uniol
ich. Lgraph Office, at Jacksonville, I
was the next witness, and in
NV to questions from Senator !
So stated that he saw a man WI
on supposes was Patrick pass I
.om Jacksonville ON the stage on Il
~. of November. Mr.. Klippel
.i0 Jacksonville, but witness I
aew know Of Patrick and Klippel
% & ing at Jacksonville.
rife Senator Morton then aske
you know of any dispatches
tion to Mr.. Patrick, having
CT. over your wire?
~; Witness-I cannot divull
49, ~ thing passing on the wire.
Jar Question-W What do you kno
gon, IS, 600 being transmitted from
put to Oregon by telegraph
;a.n Answer-I don't know of q
''0a =. that / can divulge.
ratio Q.-Did q Dispatch in re
VIC Diamond pass over your wire
ffen- Al decline to answer.
-. Odd not Diamond tele,
wy Ladd s. Tilton, of Portland,
own $1,000 ON him between Nov.
3, COO the first Wednesday in Dece
rick, AL decline to answer.
! set Q.-I ask if you know any
regard to another sum OF VII
AZ q graphed previously to the Is
pre- from A. Z. & G. +. Tilton,
Ore York, to this samc firm at !
, colo AL decline to answer.
Adjourned. IA i
This whole business
aa,a - summed up in a few word
:...a. j. Tilden, the great Reform
..s.: one Patrick, of Omaha, an ut
!. .s reputable scalawag, who VI
out of the lnarshalship of
,ae.a Grant,to Portland with none
-;shos to buy. up Croninl and an
,o..d vote, and they did it for $50
. The refusal of the operator
;,.,as sonville, Oregon, to answer
...... questions as 10 the transfer
81 the perry Sam Tildcn's money ft
Taycs. purposes from New York t
,ident. also furnishes us with an !
Is NO spectacle Of Reform politics
,to.oa The agriculturist of tht
'''' informs the farming public