New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-09

tbot 6gured in the climber dispatches. With my
Paris these men who sent the ciDhers refused
10 have any intercourse whatever. 1T these
dispatches are genuine they were studlously
concealed from me. / never knew OF any attempt
TO purchase electoral votes, and when 1t was sug-
gested to me that votes could be bought III inc
Louisiana Electoral College, l promptly deciiheo
to hold any negotiation whatever ON tine supJo1'
At the time the dispatches were called Tor IN INC
House l stated publicly that had never sent OF
received a dispatch which l was not willing 10
have made public
MR.. TILDES's POLICY IN THE CAAPAlGN'
do you think you were fairly treated as onai
man of the National Committee I"
81 conducted tho work of the committee III
straightforward manner up to the day OF electioh.
There was a party of gentlemen, personal hendS Oh
Mr.. Tilden, who constituted themselves prlVa'o
committee, and worked Independent. Mr llloeh
bos the reputation of being q man who exerVs MS
inApapce inylsibly in many directions anu
,coonnlisbos things by indirect methohs l
,,o,-or sow ANYTHING in him 10 Indicate
tbot he preserved such MachiavelhOn mind. lie
certainly did not manage the campaign through the
National Committee 1t was left entirely TO me; IN
fact it was my great difficulty to get HIM dehitoS
70 recommend or endorse plan OF action OF even
advice on it, was at the committee rooms ourlnp
tha time that most OF tu6Sb ulSpduSiOo w.
and received. Mr.. Tilden could have been deceived
nrobablv as easy az myself; only It happens that
tbe polDt of communication in this city seems 10
have been GTOmercy Park lnsteau VI Vno
Committee rooms"
,,p uFwITT's RELATIONS WITH MR.. TILDEN'
"Hod Won ever had previous dealings with Mr.
Tilden prior to the election of 1857
ayes. when he was working up this case against
the Tweed Ring was called in to help work out the
ratio of division of the spos. l had considerable
sil in mathematics and solved the problem as soon
as the figures were laid before ME. From my
acquaintance with Mr.. Tilden l don't think
him capable of doing such dishonest
act OF the bargaining for an electoral vote, Wnloh
could bring him only the hollow title OF President
think Mr.. Tiden elected, and that III the mat
ter of dispatches, those sent by the Republicans,
which were damaging to them, were destroyed anu
that only those already known to us were gwen 10
the Congressional Committee. We had man who
many of their dispatches. MY assocla-
ton with Mr. Tlden, as it existed in the last cam
paigu, has been broken off, and will never be re-
newed. visited him once during the Wa4terson
controversy but have not visited him since. He has
not treated me magnamiousy /; he has not treated
me Justly. A word from him would have refuted
the charge made against me of having suppressed
dispatches from him."
Il should have been weak. indeed, in defending
myself if had not been able to answer Mr. Wat
terson / wrote a reply TO Manton Marbles Secret
Chapter which dealt largely with me. This may
be published soon, but if The TRIBUNE's dis
patches prove to be authentic in cipher and
translation, my reply will hardly be needed, though
| think that IN itself it is conclusive.
have not published it heretofore lest 1t should be
construed as an attack on the Tildcn influence in
State politics and also as an attempt to propitiate
Tammany Hall, for they say Tammany Hall is
against me. Whether or not it is l do not know. /
am not identified with either wing of the party.
For four years have been in Congress- and 1t is
much to me that in the performance OF my duty
have seemed to gain the respect of fellow members
do not know if either wing will nominate
me and am Indifferent about it, though have
always held that it is the duty of the citizen TO
serve the public II the public calls him. have not
said a word to anybody about nomination, and
nobody has said word 20 me. During my two
terms have neglected my business and my family,
and it would be to my private advantage TO be re-
leased from public life"