New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-07

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! thereof. and almost cNclnsiy ly OF the So"th-
crn wing of that faction. But even IN that
quarter n man has to be uncommonly lmpu-
dent. or uncOmm My green, to ayOw spch
m opinion. There is vast body OF dis
patches bearing on the ca.e, and some of those
which seem least important in themselves are
connecting links which make the cham OF
evidence stronger, we do not hesitate to say,
than ever vet was successfully met by any
man accused of crime. For Illustration, take
single open dispatch from Manton Marble,
dated December ;. Ii was signed with his
initials, NJ. NJ, and he does not deny its au-
thorshlp II was sent to Colonel Pelton, at
Mr.. TIlden's house, after all the Florida bar
gaining was over; was not transposcd at all,
and contains only five words from the cipher
vocabulary, if rs many, all the rest being IN
daylight English We repeat it precisely rs
il was sent and received:
ITALIA, Dec. 8, 20
Colonel PELToy, Is Gran. roy Park, Ncu-i0rk:
Bolivia Laura Finished Yesterday afternoon RESPONSE
bty Noses Last night Fox found me- ana said he had
nothing which knew already. Tell Russia TO saddle
Blackstone. NJ n
This dispatch was n mine of information to
the translator; as soon as he found 1t he knew
of certainty several things which might
have remained cOnjcetural n long time. The
dispatch proves:
I. That Moses was the name under which
MantOn Marble had been acting and commune
eating in cipher The many dispatches which.
after the words are 'ransposed according to
the keys, make perfect sense without the
word Moses which comes last are thus
more surely identified as the dispatches OF
Manton Marble than they could have been by
his own signature or handwriting
III. That COX" was in consultation with
Marble about matter known TO Pelton, aud
that both had been expecting something OH
tho 4th. But it is proved by other DIS
patches, and is now admitted 10y Mr. Woolley
of Cincinnati, that he was Fox" Hence,
whatever Mr.. Wooley was expecting TO secure
or accomplish down to the night Of December
4 was known to Marble and to Pclton.
III. That matter obviously concerned the
responsibility (as) Moses" which Mr.. Mar
Die finished yesterday afternoon" December
4. The case had been submitted, and the
Board had gone into secret session TO make
I'D it's decision, and it was not with regard to
any Of the pubic or legal efforts that the use
OF O cipher and of an assumed name had
been found necessary. Indeed, even in the
most intricate clphers the names of Messrs.
Biddle, Sellers and other lawyers, who per-
| formed the honest and lawful duties in the
case, are mentioned by Mr.. Marble openly
and without any disguise. The business was
| of 30 delicate character that Mr.. Marble had
telegraphed several days before about Mr..
WOolley, 81 decline to commit Russia with
Imam so indIscrect.n and 1t involved on the
part of Mr.. Marble responsibility" which
was finished one way or the other without
WooIley's knowledge, although he, Woolley,
had supposed that he was consulting freely
with Marble.
~ 1t was a matter which concerned "Rus-
&" sia," and message to Russia was sent
about it through Pelton. Now, dispatches from
three different States give actual MAORI
ties for Tllden as majontcs for Russia, 4"
speak Of Russia" being behind other Demo
cratic candidates, just as TIlden actually was
behind them, and talk of the fear of trading
of e." Russia" for local officers. That Russia
means Samuel J. Tilden is as surely demon
strabe as any proposition in Euclid. But
Marble after his " responsibility (as) Moses -
was finished, sends a message about it through
PeIton to Tilden. Mr. Marble, then, knowing
Tilden intimately, understood that Tilden
knew all about the business IN which Peton.
Marble and Woolley had been engaged Is
not that conclusion forced upon every reason
ing mind !
Y. But that business was " Bolivia" The
word recurs repeatedly in other dispatches.
"Haye Just received Bolivia" says Marble
giving vote of Republican member of Board"
for n sum named. Again, Bolivia received
I" to hand over at any hour required" vote and
certificate for a sum named. So through the
whole series of dispatches, the word 8" Boz
Olivia" fits exactly if interpreted PROPOSE
"tion.n and does not ft at all if interpreted
in any other way under the sun. And it was
with regard to this proposition that Moses
" finished responsibility" on the 4h, know
ing that Woolley also -" had nothing" and
sent message to Mr.. Tildon through Pclton,
to whom all forms of Bolivia" had been
forwarded.
Now let any candid man try to conceive of
such a state OF things that Mr. Marble, an in
timate and trusted associate Of Mr. Tiden
himself could have imagined enormously that
Mr.. Tilden knew of the propositions which he