Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-15

State of Nevada. II Is
therefore the very best and
most efficient medium for
business, mining and all
other advertising.
A Wood or LIGHT AT LAST.
When the Democratic majority Of tie
House Of Representatives we're crazy on
the subject Of investigation. and were
s1smiaing everybody Who was presumed
to know anything Of Republican ''eor-
~ruption." from the heads Of depart
nsnts to the Prsddsnt's stabls-boy.
some brilliant ssaius suggested that the
cause Of reform" might b pushed
ahead BY an examination Of the tsls-
graphic osrrsspondsaee Of the Rspubli-
can Leaders. Acting on the Suggestion
. House committee forced into publiea-
ton the private dispatches Of Zach
Chandler to the agents Of the Republi-
a party In different States. The joy
Of the respectable portion Of the coun-
try at finding that every line In them
vas plain and above board. was only
squalsd by the chagrin, and perhaps
We may add. astonishmsnt. Of the DEM
ocrats Who had unearthsd them. Hav-
ing nothing to say which he feared TO
let the whole nation read. Secretary
Chandler used no cipher. which he
would have done. had his dssigns been
dishonorabls. Plain Anslo-saIon Was
good enough for him. and all his dis
patches were sent In his native Ian
guags. No experts were needed to de-
cipher them. They were there free to
the examination Of Democrats and Re-
publicans alike. To Democrats they
proved . fruitful source Of modification;
to Republicans they were evidence that
after all '.rsform" was not 80 impera-
lively demanded In the ranks OF their
own party.
The enforced production Of these tel
esrams. against the protest Of the entire
Business community. who are interested
in preserving the privacy Of the tel
graph. was o Of the Rravest Of the
grave political blunders committed by
the partisans Of Samuel J. Tildsn. II
opened tho way for Republicans to de-
n,and the dispatches OF Abram s. Hewitt
and the other manipulaton Of the DEM
ocntic campaign. and they we're not
slow to take advantage Of the fact. But
10, when the kilograms relating 10 Oregon
were produced, the most important Of
them were found to be in cipher. and in
cipher which baiied the efforts o: the
most expert interpreters to translate.
This looked suspicious en- the face Of II.
but still unless the cipher could be made
plain. the suspicious could not be yer.
lied. and suspicious before Congress.
ional committees. as well As In courts oil
Law. amount to nothing unless proven.
And so the Democrats laughed in thsil
sleeves. and began 10 think that the un'
sarthing Of the dispatches was not such
y terrific blow to their professions oil
reform and political "purity" af'
ter all.
But time works marvellous changes,
and In this case. time has brought into
prominence . irm In Detroit, Michigan.
who have been using the same cipher
employed In these dispatches. In their
business communications with Patrick.
Tilden's agent, who manipulated the
Oregon business, for years past. Yes
terday these eentlsmss. Alfred d. Hin
ham and A. Haw. appeared before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections. and translated these remark
able kilograms. The translation
reveals plot on tho part Of
Tildsn to cheat the people Of
Oregon out Of their votes. which
for audscity aud trsachery. surpasses
anything ever attempted by any political
trickstsr who has disgraced tho history
Of this nation In the past. II contem.
plated not only the corruption Of the
Governor Of the State. which was svi.
IDENTIFY an easy matter. but the purchase
Of q Republican ~elsctor. to aid in carry.
ing out the fraudulent scheme Of count
Ing Oregon for Tilden. This last project
failed. and 10 Cronin organized himself
into an electoral college and spoiled the
whole business. a. sur readers know.
This attempt to buy an slsctor from
the Republican side shows one very
important fact-that the Tildsn m.n
had no idea at first that the scheme
cosld b carried out unless two electors
with the Governors certificate acted
in concert. The notion that Cronin
could oct by himself. and as 10 did. was
an aftsr-thought. and only embraced asa
forlorn hope whsn 10 was found that Re-
publican votes could not bs purchased
with Democratic money. This fact Ia
s-.c..t -. .ko~;u, III ~c,s~--t,hI.