Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25

funds outright. Pelton telegraphs Weed on
the 1jth
Should be willing to accept believe, if
Chamberlain and Board unite to prevent trad.
ing and expense was made dependent on final
success of ridden in March. Am inclined to
think Florida best soil If you can fix this
contingenty or leave it open safely, or in re-
liable hands, you better visit Florida imme-
diately.
Weeds reply was
COLUMBIA Nov lG.
Don't quite understand. Do you want me
to 90 TO home of Stearns Florida Board
late last night demanded 10000 dollars Tor
giving us two or three electors. The inter
eeder will want something besides think ten
Nhousand). What shall | do 2 Get no aid
from Hampton party, who to say the least,
are Indifferent.
Next dny he telegraphs
Looks now as though the thing would work
at -. 600 dollars, for all seven votes. Have
safe man to bring stuff Oh receiving telegram
in morning. Think now | will meet him
with marty mt Baltimore. Could not make It
depend on March. but would on regular cer-
tificates Of Board and other officers. The eN-
act status is that two OF Board have agreed
aud are consulting with the third. which Is
majority and will report tonight. They set
stakes and | assented hut can withdraw
Portugal telegraphed me to-day to spare no
cost It's late for me to 60 TO Florida but
will see and telegraph you tonight Angwcr
me soon and definitely.
Who Portugal was the Tribune's key
does not explain But 81, 600 more was need
ed to fix things and at $50, O00 the contract
was closed as shown by the following despatch
from Weed
COLUMBIA, Nov. Is.
Majority of Board have been secured Cost
is 50, coo to be sent as follows: Ono parcel
of e., 600 dollars one Of 10000 and one OF
i, 900: all to be five hundred or one thousand
bills notes to lie deposited rs parties accept,
and given up upon vote of land of Hampton
H. e., State of South Carolina being given to
Tilden's friends. The three packs should
be sent without inscription, and tonight, Un-
less you receive telegram from me counter
manding. Shall try to secure everything by
the plan of d, post. For Gods cake let 1t 90
if YOU can. Do this at once and have cash
ready to reach Baltimore Sunday night. Tclc-
graph decidedly whether it will be done.
W.
There was little hesitation at Gramcrcy
Park about accepting these terms, and on the
Goth of November Mr.. Weed was in Balti-
;
he did meet this unknown person is pretty
clear from the dispatches, but why the plot
failed after all is not obvious. There was, as
usual in Mr.. Tilden's transactions, "a little
delay" and two days afterward the canvass
ing board, pressed by an extraordinary man
damus from Chief Justice Moses, suddenly
counted the votes, declared the result for
Hayes, and then put an end to its own cxs-
tence. 1t may be, says the Tribune, that the
money was deposited according to agreement,
and was not paid because the Board found it.
self unable to give the votes bargained for
and it may be that the ''intercedcr" mention.
ed in the kilograms was only striker, who,
having no authority TO deal for the member
of the Board, deceived even the astuto Smith
NJ. Weed into wholly illusory contract
| These questions are not now important. II
is enough for the present that the confdcn
tial agent from Gramercy Park concluded thi'
bargain, and that his principals ratified it,
and have since been sho"ting fraud" for two
years. at the top of their voices.