Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17
OREGON.

Gov. Grover testified on the 9th tbs,
he knew Of no money having been sent to Ore.
gon for election purposes OF any sort; did no,
know that money was raised by subscription nv
the Chairman OF the State Democrstie
Committee 10 pay the expenses of the
Electoral messenger; there were no arms in the
State-House or in the private house of witness on
the day of the meeting of the Electoral College or
at any time afterward; was assured from New
ork that certain parties in the East would be re-
sponsibe for all the necessary expenses in This
Electoral matter; ii was after the College met ina.
Bellinger collected money for the messenger
expenses. Enos Runyon, of New York, positive
" declined TO give the name OF the cus,omer
Tor whom they drew the $500 check PAYABLE N
Ladd q Bush. of Oregon. Barton Harrison in r..
Spouse TO questions put TO him by Senator
the Secretary of Jefferson Davis and for two
years, up TO last December. Secretary and legal
adviser of Mayor Wickham, of New York: was
consulted on the 4th by Mr.. Runyan regarding the
subpoena received by him: had no previous ac
Quaintance with them but had reason 10 expect a
call from one Of them on that day, because a
friend, N private convention that day, fore
Swallowed the fact On being pressed to do So vii,
ness stated that said friend was " T. Pelton
Secretary of the Democratic National Committee:
Peton stated TO witness that he (Pelton) did moi
know why Martin and Runyon had been sinh
ppnaed, and had no knowledge of their business.
Mr.. Cronin, wishing to return home to attend
to his private business, was excused from further
attendance.
Charles Dimond, of 1856 Liberty street,
New York, testified. on the sth, that he is banker
dong business for A. 4. & c. E. Tiiton, New
York; Laid & Bush, Oregon, and others; witness
met the firm OF Martin & Runyon on the 9TH of
December for the first time; on that date Runyon
20 witness Office and left word that he wanted
to see witness: witness went to Runyons Office
and REnyon gave him check for IS COO. payable
TO Laid & Bush, Oregon; witness gave Ruuyon
telegraph dispatch, which was read; Ito Messrs
Laid & Bush Salem, Oregon: Martin & Runyon
have deposited 5000 to your account" the dis.
patch was in the cipher used by him and those he
does business with; he was not requested to put
the dispatch in cipher nor to keep the transaction
secret; Ladd Bnsh teegraphed witness, Dec
II, to return the $1,000 to Martin & Runyon: he
did not know why the $500 was returned unused
Mr. Klippell, one of the Democratic
candidates for Elector in Oregon, testified on the
9th that he had pistol Give shooter) in his pocket
on the day of the meeting of the Electoral Col
lege, but did not know there another armed
man about the Capitol money was collected by
Mr.. Bolinger to pay Cronins expenses and to
pay the fees OF lawyers who argued against issuing
the certificate of election to Watts mt the hearing
before Gov. Grover. Other witnesses called
apparently to confirm or contradict the staten
OF previous witnesses.
Enos Runyan testified on the 18th that
the person for whom he drew the s. 900 check
Dec. 6, payable to Ladd & Bush of Salem Ore
gon, was Conrad n. Jordan Cashier OF the Third
National Bank of New York; there was no money
paid for the check by Jordan, or cola erals depos-
tied il was a matter of honor between them; wit
ness acknowledged that it was an unusual way
cases 10 have the money or collaterals deposited ;
Jordan did not indicate for what purpose he
wanted the check; the transaction was placed on
Martin K Munyon's books; the AMOUNT of the
check was charged 10 him (witness1 on the books
of his firm: Mr.. Jordan said he would fix the
matter up in few days.