Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-16
Gard from FER. fsanton Marble.

10 the editor Of the Nc'0 York. Herald:
Your request night OF two ago at tho Va
ion Club has induced lie to look over tn, Iri.
bune of tho las! two months aud to haDd you
what [ have to ssy thereon.
The Tribune ascribts to HE while in fiolda.
November and December, 1916. the sending OF
certain kilograms which never sent, the re-
ceivipg Of certain kilograms which | never re-
ceiVed. Oae decisive instance will here suffice.
Cipher telegram seventy Gig hit (7S.) as transla-
ted aud asclbed to me, IS forgery 1t
miNtates the situ,tion as | knew it. 1t -
addressed to II. lavemeyer. | never sant IL
message to or through any Mr.. llavemeyer 10
all my life.
The Tribune aiiirms that after November -
mot lice was sent by Mr.. Marble. even In
his most secret ciphera, implying belief that
the democrats had any right to the vote OF the
State" Ny private kilograms show the CON
trary. NV several dispatches published blythe
New Yark Herald. World and Sun, tho Cln
cinnati Eoquiccr aud Commercial, the Chicago
Times aud the louisville Courier Journal iustl'
fy that belief With proofs now s,tted and lncon'
testable.
This fiction and that forgery arc tho two
necessary hinges upon which the Tribune hangs
every subsequent Justification OF my opinions,
purposes and acts.
| shall let these thirty or forty broadsidea OF
disparaecment pass on into echoes more or less
noisy, because there happens to be nc telegram
imputed 10 me, as there can he no telegram
verify niue thnt conflicts with one facs-namely,
never attempted iurthcrea or executed IN
any manner direct or Indirect, or ever assonted
to or concurred iR. any proposition. purpose,
scheme or effort to buy the State canvasers' Ger
tiGcate OF the vote of Florida, or even to hire
them TO certify that vote as it was cost by her
people for the Ticn electors.
Real or pretended brokers Overran IalAhaE'
see, flushing the game which Noycs bageed.
From such people received many propositions
chat one republican member Of the Board or
both, could and must be bought TO tell the
ttulh-turn States evidence aud bravo rcpub-
Iicau re.cuges--oisn they would never give
their certificate in ACCORDANCE with the truth,
confessed since By ono Of them-M cLln-and
established long before TIC cnunt By all the
governmental powers Of the State, that the
people cf Morld, % N0v1mb,r 7 had chosen
tie 'riiden electors. Though always Informing
the proper ttiiacr Of the National Democratic
Committee Of the course ot events, l. never
reported, for never had, a syllable Of consul.
tation with Mr. WoCllcy or anybody, democrat
or republican,, which favored or even tolerated
the acceptance Of any proposition. None were
ever discussed by me. Ga the contrary, re.
pulsed every approach Of that sort, on the spot.
Ny decision, never debated. was nowhere ques.
ii oncd.
Was that decision An error! The facts, which
no candid man now disputes. were then plain,
"a their duty WAS plain. to every member OF The
Florida Board. The foremost republican antsg-
onist in our long contention. General Francis
g. Barlow sc heard and believed. mad private
~. told McLin ard Cowgirl so. In tho De.
half ofthe democrats from tic North 80 had l.
And l teloarAphnl when tho board went into
session 81 inLmation of my boilct that the right
would prevail. 4 few hours later thor cestil.
cato to tho rcver2o OF tho truth dispe!nd my ilin'
sion.
What American ci,;2an could conceive thsL q
President do lActo by means cf ono forged ana
two fsIss State Certificates. himself the chief
beneficiary Of thnir ,.urchaRn whn!h "o"H-t
ne8rIy every Known agent and accessory IN lhAL
crime with sharn Of its fruits, and this sover-
egn people tax themselves $4,000 for tho al
nunl wages Of That successful fraud?
Oct Is -. MANTeN MARBLE