The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-02-22

We have taken very little stock in tho
numerous cases sworn to before Congress
siopal committees, of offers made Of large
sums, to buy members Of Returning
Boards, Electors, ETC.; but the Oregon
rascality Of Tilden and his crew is so well
/ established that there is now very little
doubt about it. In another place we
publish the translation OF dispatches
which passed between these scoundrels.
The Cincinnati Times Of last Friday
had the following editorial on this sub
ject:
While the cry of Republican fraud is
reverberating through the country from
the brazen lungs of Mr.. Tilden's paid at
torneys, there is spread before US this
morning a series of Democratic dispatch
es the most astounding that ever black
ened the pages of history. A Detroit
firm, accustomed to the use of cypher
dispatches in the transaction of business
with j. II. N Patrick, OF Omaha, has ap-
peared before the Senate Committee, has
testified that the cypher used by the
Tilden Bureau in the manipulation Of
the Oregon fraud was the same as that
which they used with Patrick, and has
translated the dispatches. Nor does the
proof rest upon the oath OF these men,
responsible citizens though they be.
They bring with them the peculiar die
tionary which Patrick used in both cases,
and the dispatches which passed between
him and Pelton, Tilden's nephew, are
translated by its use. The proof is con-
elusive and damnatory.
Patrick, il will be remembered, was
ordered from Omaha to Portland, Ore
gon, arriving there on the 9th Of No
vember. He was ordered there express
ly to act as the Democratic agent in man
aging the fraud He committed the
weak blunder of using an old cypher,
and to this we owe the astonishing facts
now before US, His first dispatch to
Pelton, dated November %, in which the
Democratic Senator, Kelly, joins, an
nounces that a certificate will be issued
to one Democrat (Cronin), but that they
must purchase Republican Elector to
act with him, so that they can have a
quorum of the College To buy up this
Elector he wants 10000 deposited to his
credit Does Pelton recoil from this
open bribery-this attempt to elect Til
den by the purchase of an Elector2 Not
he. He is only anxious that the money
shall accomplish its purpose-that it
shall not be spent in vain. He replies to
Patrick, on the next day, (November 29)
that "if you make the obligation Ito pay
$l0,000l contingent on the result in
March, it can be done" That is to say,
the Republican Elector must wait for his
money until he sees if his treachery has
elected Tilden. He says further: "In-
crease 1.-THE offer slightly, if necessary"
That is, if the Republican Elector will
not sell for $4,000, offer him more. He
further wants to know How soon will
the Governor decide the certifcateT
To this Patrick replies on the next
day, November 80, that the Governor
will issue the Cronin certificate, without
reward, on Tuesday December 81. But |
he insists tina: one Republican Elector
must be bought to secure a majority Of |
the College; that it will take 5000 to |
buy him; that the fee can not be made |
and that the money must be
raised.
Pelton now evidently attempts to raise !