The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-08

sCVoD una ElectOne, ON the S4tn, MI. Lee, hcpWO.
lican candidate for Congress I'm First Mississippi
Democrats carried his State by fraud and in,imi-
dalton.
SOUTH CAROLINA
A Columbia Is. co. telegram of the
"a says: "Col. L. D. Childs. President Of the
Carolina National Bank, Of this city, makes all
davit denying the statement made by Senator
Mash yesterday before the Congressional Investi-
that Ss chdsS attempted to SpiSe him tS SasS
to cast his vote for Tilden. Childs says he made
no proposition whare to Nash relative TO cast
knew Of any money applicable to such purpose. -
Mr.. Nash, of Columbia, reiterated his
testimony on the 9Th as to the alleged attempt to
bribe him to cast his Electoral vote for Tilden,
etc.; he said Childs had asked him to eay nothing
about the conversation they had in relation to
the money offered, but that he (witness) had said
he should cay nothing except what was true.
OREGON.
The Sub Committee of the Senate Com.
mittee on Privileges and Elections, ON the 9th,
continued taking testimony in relation to the Ore
gOn Electoral case. The first witness examined
was A. Bneh, Of the banking firm Of Ladd &
Bush. of Salem, Oregon, who testified that the
5000 which came from Martin & Runyon and
!CGOu, VI tuc Otu Vi UeCemOcf, was received by
his bank to pay fees TO lawyers who had been re-
tanned to take care Of the interest Of the Dem.
Graf in the Oregon Electoral College;
the money was returned 10 New York
without being used; about the same time he was
notified from San Francisco that funds had been
placed to bis credit to the amount Of $72 0, of
which he paid $1,000 to q. Is. Bellingcr, Chair
man Of the Democratic Central COMMITTEES, and
$500 to Senator Kelly; witness understood the
money was used to fee lawyers who had been
employed to advise with the De ocratic Execu-
tive Committee concerning the eligibility OF
Watts. and in referet &c to the Electoral vote: on
the s5th Of November witness received n
tel. gram from A. +. 4 G. f. Tlltpn
OF New York, to "use all means to
prevent certiiicate-very important" which
be understood to refer to Watts, but TilOn told
him afterward it referred IT, Cronin; witness
thinks Triton should, ii he intended witness to
understand CrOnin was the one to be prevented
from getting certificate. have been more definite
in his disratch. c. b. Bcllinger. Chairman of the
OrcgOl Democratic State Committee, testified
he met a man named Patr ok the latter
part OF November In the Clarendon Hotel,
Portland, Ore; he convcrsed with Pat
rick In reference. to the Oregon Electoral
case. and Of engaging counsel to argue against
issuing certificate OF cleo ion to Watts in case
such ar ument should be necessary; witnesss re-
tanned the firm Of Thompson, Durham l. Hill to
argue against issuing the certificates. A large
number OF dispatches relative To the Oregon .se,
many Of them in cipher. were introduced by Sena-
tor Mitchell. One Of them, from Mr.. Hewett,
dated Nov. 10, to Gov. Grover. states that private
advices from Oregon were to the effect thai it
result in the State. and askin. the Governor to
he careful that the count is honest, and be Ger
tain OF the result before you give it."