Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-02-17
TILDEE PERSONALLY IEPzTca.
TEO.

TILDEE PERSONALLY IE2ZEcA.
TED.
There can hardly be found in the
country a leading Democratic journal or
politician which rpholds the attempt to
steal an electoral vote in Oregon. In
fact the Democrats, as class. don't want
to hear anything about it. and we should
not think they would. for in the entire
history of the American republic, there
has never before been such adisreputable
political trick attempted. The worst fea-
ture there is in the whole matter. is the
fact that the affair has been traced direct
~ to Samuel j. Tilden, Democratic cam
didate for the Presidency. This shows
to the world at large. that the great
apostle of Reform was willing. i'm fact, by
personal endeavors, tried to work his way
into the Presidential chair by one of the
greatest political frauds ever known.
Little did the Democratic managers
think when they started out to violate
the secrecy Of the telegraph, that it would
be the means of exposing the infamy of
their own leader. Perhaps they did not
know of the baseness of Tilden, or per-
haps they judged the Republican mana
gers by themselves. But be that as it
may, they hoped to find some evidence
OF fraud and corruption ON the part of
the Republicans, therefore they compel
led the telegraph company to deliver up
the dispatches of the Republican mana
gers for their inspection. They had their
trouble for their pains. They found
nothing that showed on the part of Re
publicans any connivance of fraud.
The door was opened. The Republi-
cans stepped IN and took the dispatches
of the Democratic managers regarding
the Oregon infamy, and what did they
find? They found that the entire plan
had eminated from. aud had been carried
into execution by Tilden himself. the
correspondence being conducted chiefly
by Tilden's private secretary and nephew
w. Il. Pelton. Thousands of dollars had
been sent there by Pelton, which, OF
course, was Tilden's money. Many of
the dispatches were in cipher, but the key
has been discovered and they can now be
read. One of the dispatches was sent to
Tilden himself, and was undoubtedly sent
after the money had arrived at its desti-
nation. 1t reads rs follows:
s. j. T..
Heed scantiness cramp emerge perOra-
ton dollhouse survivor bronze of plane
ter dottisn dollhouse eXactneSs of seryi-
ces highest cunning dottish of galvanic
survivor by accordingly respectful merci-
less OF Senator in consequence cOalesce.
GABBLE.
Without the key the dispatch only
showed that Tilden was cognizant of
what was going on, and has been largely
quoted. An expert in Detroit,
who is familiar with the keys
TO various ciphers used in. kilograms by
firms and individuals, has found the key
that unlocks the famous dispatch from
Oregon. The message was written i'll
the name of Gov. Grover, as its tenor
when interpreted plainly shows, but The
cipher used is one very commonly en-
ployed by Tilder's agent, Mr.. Patrick, of
Omaha, in his business.
The message is interpreted by tie use
of T. Nelson IL Sons "Household English
Dictionary" printed in Paternoster Row,
London. an edition comparatively rare in
this country, but furnished TO Patrick S
correspondents. The method of inter-
pertation is to take word in the dispatch,
turn over two leaves OF tie book and
take the word on the page corresponding
in position to the one used in the mes
sage. For Instance s'-heed" is the 10Th
word OH the first column of page 81; turn
over two leaves i'm the dictionary, count
down the second column OH page SO to
the 10Th word, and you have the word
that is intended.
In the dispatch rs sent by tie Asso-
ciated Press tv mistakes occur, ''lroiIze"
being substituted for 'sbrowze" and ''Of
"a for affair." both very natural mistake S
in transmission. Correcting these, and
applying the key, Cables dispatch to
Creamery Park reads as follows:
s. j. T.:
/ shall decide every point in the case
of the postcffice eIector in favor of the
highest Democratic electOr. and grant the
certificate accordingly. Rule morning
of the 9th. In consequence confidential.
GABBLE.
As thus interpreted, the message is in
teIligble, and requires very little addi-
tional explanation. 1t was dated Dec. l..
The clause Rule morning of the 9Th
indicates that Grover intended to keep
back his decision till December 9th,
which he did. lin consequence cOnliden-
tial" is plain caution to keep the infor-
nation secret. until it should be made
public by the official action of the Gov
ernor. The Use was set for trial on the
5sh, and this shows plainly that Gov.
Grover hal decided the case in advance
of the trial There is no honest man bur
who will believe that this decision was eff
fected by money and that money rilden's.
The dispatch was evidently an accept
ance of some proposition. The price
paid Grover is yet to be developed:
In another OF the dispatches relating
To the Oregon business. medicine APP
plying the same key. means money
Is there anything further than this
needed to show that Tilden personally
managed this Oregon business Is there