New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-17

Weed by deciding fer Hayes while MIR. Weed
was absent.
He then tclegraphed at once to Florida in
cipher that antlgOnsm Of the Board there
should be prevented at any cost. Coyle ana
Marble had already discovered that the ma
jOrity on the face OF the TcturDs was not more
than 100 either way. Wooiley had come over
from Louisiana. unsuccessful there as vet, and
reporteH that forces should he held in readi-
mess for contingencies in Florida or LouiSi-
"ana.r When Gramercy Park had discovered
on the path that South Carolina was gone,
prrcion5 line had been lost in Florida by
cgelItiny The assertion Of local managers that
the state was really tor Iildon, ana more
precious time was aiterward lost IN the hope
that returns which had been held back I'M
naturally wOuld he so manipulated as to show
a majority for him. " hen that failed, PROPOSE
tons to buy votes wer" tclCgraphcd by Malpie
and Wnoll,y These came, after the delay and
haggling incident to al negotiations with tram
crcy Park, into tins shape, chat $4,000 in
cash should he paid for the vote of one R.
rublcou member of the Board, OF his assent
tO "a Court decision preventing the casting OF
a"y electoral votes by the Republican electors
IF Florida. Gramercy Park authorized the
payment of the $4,000, but the order,
strangely delayed in transmission, arrived too
| late
This was reported by Mr.. Marble and Mr.
Woolley To GraIncrcy Park on Monday, Deccm-
her /. There is evidence that an immediate
agd frantic effort was made 70 buy u RcDubli-
can electOr IN Louisiana. The testimony OF
Judge LavisGc, as 70 the proposal made to him,
and bv him refused, will not be forgotten.
Bat Gsamercy Pall, s0ugn, other and cheaper
solutions of the problem.
An arrangement WAS made in South Caro-
lima by which it was hoped to secure a Dem,
ocratlc majority in both branches of the Leg
islature to declare the Republican electors
no. llwiully chosen, and to imprls0n them
separately 80 that they could not meet On the
day required by law, and to create by legiS-
latiyC authority new electors who would vote
for Iildcn. To this end, $4,000 WAS needed
for the purchase of cnough members To make
a Democratic quorum IN both houses, and
Gramercy Park was asked 20 supply hail That
sum- or $4,000. On December a. the very
day the failure ~ Florida was known, author
itv was telcgIaphed to use that amount Of
money but the required votes could not be
had III season, and that scheme fell through.
Meanwhile, Patrick and Kelly had tele-
graphcd, az cIly ~ NoNpmhcI IS, that they
could get the Governor Of oregon to appoint
Croun, but must purchase one Republican
"rccl0r to recognize and act with Inn
(Croniu) and for a. II purpose wanted 5000.
1t WAS amazing tO them that Gramcrcy
PAX was so slow in answering. The
delay caused infinite ycIDt.on and hand
swearing, and in the end caused defeat Of
the arrangement, If. indeed, IT had ever
been possible 90 purchase tho eI"ctOr
needed TO recognize CIOnIn'- vote. But we
now see that Gmmucy Park was wait
ing all that weary week, fri, 10 hear
from Marble, and lean whether "half
hundred best United states documents
had done the work in Florida; second,
To hear from Louisiana; ANA ihi'd, 10
hear from South Carolina whether $4,000
had sufliced to bny legislature aad imprlson
the lawful electors. Not until December Il,
the very morning OF the final vote, was the
dispatch sent:
Hon JAMES K. KELLY:
The eigat Gepoutcd this morD!u. directed let no
techncalty prevent winning lie yoCI discretion.
When that dispatch arrived, II was too Late
in Oregon also, and Gramcrcy Park lifted up
its voice and began 10 hos, about the Great
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