The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-02-02


her electoral vote would be thrown that
his sympathies were with the south and
with what was right and that he had In
bis possession (which he exhibited to me
sealed) . letter purporting to DC from Mr..
Wells to Senator West My informant
said: 81 have read this letter. 1t
Ia sealed. cannot open it,
OF course, nor would have
you do it, II you would; but 1t in
forms Senator West that the Democrats
have put up million Of money, and that
we (meaning the Republicans) would
need million down there to settle this
thing" TO counteract that, he said he
did not feel disposed to deliver that let
ter that it was not obligatory on him,
and that il he followed the wishes OF his
heart and the dictates of his judgment,
he would endeavor to have these gentle
men supplied with what they needed SO
as to determine the result, and he asked
me whether had any objections to CO.
| operate with him. said, profession
ally, cannot, but, in view of the mag
pitude of the interests ut stake have no
| hesitation to do all that is in my little
power. The result was that after one or
| two long conversations, extending over
| a portion of the next day, and after some
preliminary reduction of parts to writ
ing, repaired to New York there had
interviews with several gentlemen emf
nent in the Democratic party, to whom
fully related all these antecedent facts,
had but one letter, that which l have
already produced to the committee, and
| in order to conceal the name OF the party
to whom it was addressed l cut it out,
but have it with me properly identified.
1 arranged with him certain prelimi-
naries. aka
| Q. Did you see the letter to Senator
| West? A. saw q sealed letter. l did
not see its contents, but this gentleman
voluntarily stated to me its contents, the
chief portion of which was that the DEM
ocrats had to pay million OF dollars,
and the Republicans wanted million to
counteract that.
Q. The gentleman with whom you had
this conversation is, you say, within tiis
building now? a. He was here this
} morning | came up to the capitol with
him.
By MIR. Lawrence Who is the gentle
man? A. His tun name is Joseph Har-
ris Maddox.
Il CREDENTIALS.
, Q. Did he give you any other paper
than this letter purporting to be from
Wells? A. Nothing in the shape OF let
ter or credential. We made some notes
as to the basis on which he proposed
should endeavor to negotiate the affair
q. What were you to negotiate: A
I was to negotiate, ii possible, none.
enough to pay Coy. Wells and his fellow
9 members of the returning board to d.
I, y'hnt cnnsidered right and proper, tina
den. He informed me that they woul
give it for Hayes unless they were pal
! to give it for Tilden, under which circun
stances felt perfectly justified in doin
), all in my power, lest might regret
u ever after, to attain that great end. Thi
gentleman with whom I endeavored {,
make the negotiation, am happy to say
informed me that had our positions beer
reversed, if he had been in my place ant
, l in his, he would have done precisely
= what did.
Q. The thing which he proposed t,
you was that you should make the neces
sary negotiation to get Wells and the re
, turning board to give the state to Tilden
, Is that it: A. He informed me tina
the state was certainly Democratic BY
from 5000 to $4,000 votes, but that i
would be counted for Hayes by that re
turning board. lie knew its complexion
He had been acquainted with well
twenty-eight years, he said and with An
| derson nearly as long. To get them tc
do what was right, / assented to sex
these parties at his instance, aud TO en-
deavor to see if negotiation could be
made. ...
z. In other words, the object was to
raise money! A. Most Undoubtedly.
Not for myself, but for this great object.
| Q. And the money was to be given to
Maddox: A. No. Not to be given to
him. A stake holder would have been
sent down.
.. Who was to be stake holdert A.
That was to be determined by those who
would supply the sinews of war.
CONSULTATIONS
| =. Whom did you see in New York :
a. endeayored first to see Mr.. Hewitt.
lie was out OF town that day Sunday
but note was SAINT in the evening that
he had returned and did see him. Preyi.
ously l saw Mr.. John Morrissey, with
whom had some slight acquaintance.
stated these facts to him. lie said that
while he had no particular compunc
IONS In paying man to do what wa,
! rigt :, he did not feel that he was in that
- necessity. lie said that he would bux
/ these fellows as readily as he would bu,
pigs, or words to that effect, in which
: conceded with HIM in the I'M
terest OF forty millions OF people. Blu
d ne SAID We all knew that Tilden wa
elected and that he had just received o.
Q the public had just received informatio,
:, rom oregon which made IL unnecess.r,