Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-10

witness knowledge. W. II. 0dell ~ Enaar
City. Ore, testified that, on the day Of the me,.i
OF the Elecora, College, be Went with Cartwrieb;
and Watts TO the Secretary of State To nrn Sut
certificates of election, but was referred to "a
Governor. who stated that at twelve o'clocL ,h e
certificates would be given to the Electors in ~
room of their meeting; at the time specisde
Chadwick, the Secretary Of State handed an en
veiope through the door 10 Cronin who stood nen.
to II al the time. Or mia took a paper from tb
envelope and read :ha. part OF il which cert;sss
thar Cartwright, Odell and Cronin We're eli,,;hI
and had been elected Presidential Elecfnsl.
Cartwright Went toward Cronin when Cronj,
returned the paper to the envelope, and
put IL in his coaj-pocket and upon neinr Wv
quested by the witness and Cartwright to r. adj H.
paper through. he refused; he also deciinad ~
give mp The certificates of any of the Electors the
college was organized witness was chosen Cboi
man and Cartwright Secretary; "a Chairman 90
the College. witness asked Crouin to prodnc
the certificates of the Electors for the euidance
of the College, he declined to do so. WaTte
then rendered his resignation as an Elector ana
IL was accepted; CrOnin then said: Yon ~
fuse to recognize meg" Witness replied: M
sir; bur We want the certificates: Won must no,
think We viii NOT act with you and Won ms,
never 90 from here and say tha we would NOT se,
with you" Cronin then left the part of the room
where the College was sitting, and the CoIona
then proceeded to cast the vote. Waits heiSS
elected to ill the vacancy in the Electoral Coi
lege BY his own resignation; witness heard of no
purpose 10 arrest any one the day when The
Electoral COLLEGE met; he saw no armed men. but
has since heard that there were twenty in H.
room near where the COLLEGE met.
W II. Odell testified, on the 3Otb u1t
that, after the Republican Electors had asked Mr.
Cronn for the certificates Of their election sew
eral times. Cronin replied that thew might az
well understand first MS last. that be wonld no,
give them; witness regarded Cronin as an i'm
poster. and the action of GOV Grover in ISSUING a
certificate 10 Cronin MS an outrage and n nastv
bushes bushes John G. Cartwright, Republican,
Elector, coTrobora ed Mr. Odell Dr. J w Watts
gave detailed account OF his going to the Secr.
tary Of State with Cartwright and Odell to get the
certificates, and also OF the meeting OF the Elec
tors. His testimony did not differ from the state
ments of Odell and Cartwright The Postoidce
he resigned was worth from $500 to So @ per wear
He never knew that he was ineligible until after
the election.
E. A. Cronin, the Democratic Elector
| testified, on the Cd, that he had not made any ar
| engagements with any person or persons whereby
the Electoral certificates were to be handed TO him
| by the Secretary of State; he was convinced he
was lawfully appointed to replace DR. Watts and
| he put the certificates in his pocket because he
| was afraid they would be taken from him
| by 0de and others; he had refused to come
! Ia Washington as messenger OF the Electoral Col.
| ege unless he should receive $4,000 for expenses
| and the money was furnished him; it was raised
| he supposed, by subscription among Oregon
| Demo rats. witness knows a man named Patrick
who lives at Omaha; sa d Patrick had said 10 him
| (wimessJ that " if riden is elected President he
Will give you anything you WANT he Informed
| Patrick that if he tPatrickl was acquainted with
Tilden he might tell him that he had nothing to Give
| which be tCronin) wa ted; witne IS was little
| angry al Patrick for talking in such manner
Patrick said nothing about money in his interview
! with witness; he (witness) did say at fret that
| he would not act as an Elector if Ger.
| tifcate was given him. but changed his
! mind after looking up the law, and after
! hearing Of the actions of the South
| Carolina, Flor da and Louisiana Returning Boards
! William NJ Turner Manager of the Yves ern
Union Telegraph Office, at jacksonville Oregon
| was next examined by Senator Morton. he re-
fused 10 answer all the questions relating to tee-
| grams sent from or received at that Office