Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-30
The Talk at Washington 14bo,t I,acesttgat-
ing Titden and His Cipher Dispatches.

tHO IHUeH una ms CtpHef dispatches.
| Washington Special to Chicago Times
| The statement that the Potter committee
will investigate the cipher kilograms after
the reassembling of Congress is said to be
due to the fact that number of prominent
Democratic candidates. for the Presidency
| have come to the conclusion that Mr.. Tilden
| is not 80 dead politically but that this inves-
! tigation may leave him little quieter corpse
than they fear he will be without any further
exposure. The failure to have any investi-
| cation thus far is due to the reluctance of
| MIR. Potter to 60 into the matter, and to the
| desire of Speaker Randall to protect Mr.
| Tilden, but the active anti-Tilden Demo-
Gratis in Congress now say that be shall not
be let off SO easily.
THE REPUBLICANS
have been quite willing to agree that Tilden
should not be compelled to produce his
bank account for 1876, provided no inquiry
was made into the manner in which money
was spent by the visiting statesmen in
Louisiana and Florida, but the anti-Tilden
| men say that they want the whole bust
ness shown up. 1t is 10 be noted that the
revelations of The cipher kilograms have
thrown no light upon the Democratic ne
gotiations for the purchase of the Louisiana
returning board, which fell through, and the
Republican negotiations, which were sue
cessful. The facts in both cases can be OBJ
tanned If a resolute effort is made to obtain
them. The Republicans spent nearly $780,
600 in
"FIx1NG'' THE RETURNING BOARDS
in Louisiana and Florida, and it is probable
that one reason why Mr.Potter goes to Louis
lana in person is to get hold of evidence
there, and be prepared to follow up the in
quiry after Congress reassembles.
THE LOUISIANA sUB-coMM1TTEE.
The Potter subcommittee, consisting of
Potter, another Democrat, and Mr.. Cox, of
Ohio, will start for New Orleans on Satur-
day next Mr.. Stenger may be the third
man, but he prefers not to go South now
on account of private business at home. He
thinks the work to be done in New Orleans
can be finished up in week. When the sub
committee left there last summer yellow
fever had already been in the city two weeks.
The committee were advised to leave the
city for safety; otherwise they would have
finished up the taking of testimony at that
time. There is little to do now, unless the
cipher kilograms be referred to that COM
mittee.
MR.. srENGER THINKS
these charges will be investigated, and he
believes a majority of the Potter committee
are in favor of going right on with it now.
He says Mr.. Potter himself may feel some
delicacy in the matter on account of his
known relations with Tilden. AS they are
not on very friendly terms he would not be
| willing to be at the head of committee to
investigate matter which might reflect
seriously upon Mr. Tilden. Personally Mr.
Potter has nothing to fear from any investi-
cation into these kilograms, as he was not
connected with them in any way.
would therefore prefer that this branch of
the investigation should be entrusted to
some other member of the committee. The
report of the committee covering the ground
Of its inquiry, Mr.. Stenger thinks, will be
laid before the House very early in January.
| AS to what the committee will recommend
as to the result of its inquiry Mr. Stenger
prefers not to speak now. He believes,
however, that it will be OF such character
as to justify the investigation.