New-York tribune., 1877-01-09
THE OREGON ELECTION.

FACTS AsCERTAINED BY THE CoMMIrTEE-How THE
$1,000 WAS SENT TO OREGoN-THE SENDER NOT
YET DrsCovERRD-THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
DIRECTED TO PRODUCE DISPATCHES.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBusE.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-If, as Mr.. Hewitt and
Senator Kelly assert the matter OF sending money from
NewYork 10 Oregon on the day the Electoral College
met was simple and innocent affair OF ptovidin. ior
fees for counsel in legal difficulties should arise II IS
remarkable that ev body connected with the business
should need have the truth drawn ont OF him az WIN
q corkscrew. singular amount OF mystery mas ell
velOped the whole transaction and all the witnesses eA
amined by the Privileges and Elections Committee have
given only much information they could not escape
giving. There was Mr. Runyon Of the New-York
banking firm, for instance who refused To tell
the name Of the customer who wanted the $4,000
check, and there Mr. Dimon the commission man.
who squarely denied to-day that he had ever cashed
draft OF 80 900 drawn to the order or Cro uhtl ne
faced with Cronin's own testimony, when lie a-
mtted the transaction DmOn refused too to bring MS
showing his correspondence and money transac
tiOns with the Oregon bankers Ladd Bush and laGd
Ttun, until told by Senator Herman that any court
would compel their production when he promised 10
bring them If served with subpoena The facts thus iar
by the committee when strung together are as
follows:
On the 9th OF December q man, whose name has not
been dvuged called at the office Of Martin Runyon,
No 40 Wast. New York, and paid for certified check
the Bank Of North America payable to the order OF
Ladd Bush, bankers Salem, oregon This check Run
yon took, by his instructions, to Chas. DmOn, cor
respondent OF the firm, TO deposit and said that 1t was
important that Iadd Bush should be notified by tee-
graph that day. Dmon sad he could not use the
check because it was not indOrsed Runyon returned
to his office and brought back another check
payable to DimOn's order. Dim0n telegrapheu
Ladd X Bush Of the deposite Of the amount 10 their
credit. On the 11th DimOn received . dispatch from
Ladd Bush directing him TO return the money to Martin
IL Rnnyon which he did by his check deductng S2 70
paid for the telegram. What settlement RunYon made
with l party who originated the transaction is not
known. When the committee subpenaod Martin Il
Runyon Col. W. Pelton formerly Gov. Tdens secre-
tary and manager OF the Lbertyst. Bureau went
to Burton N. Harrison, lawyer, and formerly
Private Secretary OF Mayor Wckham and told lin
that Runyon would call him for advice as 10 his testl
mOny. On the same day RunyOns customer" VINO ar
ranged the remittance Oregon, and whose name
refused TO divuge called him and told MIN 10 20
and consult with Harrison. These two facts taken
together raise strong presumption that Mr.. Pelton was
the customer" Martin come on as witness tirst nd
not to testify to anything he did not
know, meaning that he should not repeat
any explanation OF the affair that he had
heard. Thus the matter nov stands. The telegraph
operator at to-day ordered by resolution OF
the senate produce the that passed between
AZ in contempt action asked IN 's case tomorrow
The committee appear To think tha there were other re-
mittances besides the $1,000 sent to consLmnate the
Oregon fraud.