New-York tribune., 1878-10-25

| Weed On the other hand, he and Mr. Marble
confess that they did forward 70 New-1 Ork
propositions about the purchase of member
of the Florida Board; Mr.. Woolley oOnfesses
| that he did send some Of the dispatches signed
| Fox: Mr. Weed admits that he did send
cipher dispatches and Mr.. Havemeyer states
| that great number of CIPHER dispatches,
sent TO his house without his consent, were
taken away by messengers, and answered.
| without his knowledge. Somebody IN New
| York sent and received the dispatches pUo-
Iished of that there can be no dispute.
| Who was it The individual is known; 1t
is Colonel w. Z. Pelton. He makes no denial.
BIT the question is whether he sent ana
received these dispatches as Secretary OF
the Dcmocratic National Committee. or as
the nephew and confidential secretary OF
Samuel J. Tilden, Democratic candidate for
President. Ii was one or the other Smith
Weed Nanton Marble, John f. Coyle. Charles
w. WoOllay, Senator Gordon, Senator hel!E.
Ex-Governor Bigler. Speaker Randall, and all
the other well-known and influential Demo
Gratis who used certain preaTanced clphers
and reported therein TO Colonel W. I. Pelton'
No. II Gramercy Park, did not report to OF
consult him as an individual. That Is aDso-
lutely certain. They did not take directions
from him. They did not rely upon his
advice. They did not base any calculations
whatever upon his personal assurance that
money would or would not be paid. They tele-
gtapLed to hira either as the confidential sec
retary of the Democratic National Committee
or a. the confidential secretary OF Samuel D.
Tildcn Morally and legally, the cipher dls-
patches were received and sent by the power
known to be- behind W. T. PeltOn-by the
candidate or By the National Committee.
Which
MIR. Tiiden virtually asserts that 1t was the
Committee, for he tnsks the world TO believe
that he. living in the same house. knew not
thlng of the work in which HIS nephew was
engaged. ar. Marble, as he tries TO dodge ont
Of the keen. bright sunlight of publicity
implies the sane he says that he always
reported the corrupt propositions to the
mopcr officer of the National Commit
tee. But Mr.. Hewitt, who was the
Chairman of that Committee, and is an
honorable and truthful man, whether the
Che rest are or rot, declares that he never
saw or knew Of these teiegrams, or IN any
way authorized them. And the world knows
that Mr.. 1lden virtually ignored his party
committee, and managed personally all the
other detail, Of his campaign through agents
OF his own selection. Thus stands the evI-
dcuCc.
Now. this is q question for the Democratic
party 70 settle. Outsiders cannot help having
some opinion as to the weight Of evidence.
Bu, the question whether this great crime
was committed 10y ITS National Committee, OF
by ia candidate, is of vital importance only
to the Democratic party. Some Democratic
Journals declare. with immense positiyene>s,
that Mr.. Tidcn is TO he absolutely believed
that a., naked assertion oyerWhelmiugly re-
flutes ali the evidence tending 10 fix personal
knovlcd-t and responsibility upon hIm. Very
well have it rs YOU WILL brethren But take
notice that you charge your own National
Committee, the absolute and permanent rePIe-
sentative of the Democratic party. with the
most Infamous crime. O,hcr journals msSt
that the Domocratic party Is innocent; that
the dlSpntChrs were sent and received, not 10y
the Secretary Of thc National Committee. bet
by the secretary and nCPhCw Of the eandi-
daic BE il 49, If YOU choose, Messrs. Deiao-
Gratis Bat m thut case Why did you not 0is-
own. discard and denouuce Nj. Tildcn and
his corarctncrS when the Oregon dispatches
were Published. nearly two years ugof And
why have you kept mp the howl about Fraud
all this time? And why did Democratic
House and committee suppress ali proof
tending TO convict a Democratic candidate of
frauIs