Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-10-31
WHO DID h:

Somebody sent and received certain
.ipher dispatches which we nave pun !,
ished. If any person dareS I'D unaA
himself responsible Tor an asseI.lou ;
hat they are fCrgeries, The RlkHNE
will give him opportunity either 10
make good his assertion or 10 pear lue
penalties of slander, aid oil perjury IL
he repeats it under oath. Among All
the denials not one has quesuoneo sne
of the dispatches, lor MI
Marble has only denied that one, sign
ed "M.," was sent by him, anu MI
Coyle also finds two which ne sS7eIS
were not sent by hin, and whlcn may
nave been from MI. Weed: on tne
1ther hand, he and Mr.. Marble conleSs
that they did forward 10 New Aoih
propositions about the purchase OF
member of the Florida Boar1; MI;
Woolley confesses that he dlu senu
,ome of the dispatches slgne1 foA
Mr.. Weed admits that he did senu
cipher dispatches; and Mr.. EaVe'neyeI
states tbst a great number OF cipheI
| Iisnatches. sent to his house without
mis- consent, were taken away py
messengers, and ansW cred without MS
knovledge. Somebody in New ofk
cent and received the dispatches pun
liished: of that there can be no dispute
Vino was it? The individual Is
lknown. il is COlOnel$W. L. Pelton.
He makes no denial. But the question
Lis whether he sent and received these
1ispatches as Secretary OF the Demo
.ratic National COMMITTEES, or as Samuel
J. TiIden. Democratic candidate Ioi
President, Ii WAS one or the olner'
smith Weed, Manton Marble, John r
GAYLE Charles w. WOOiley, senator
5 Gordon. Senator Kelly, ex Governor
Bigler. Speaker Randall, and all tne
other weli.known and influential Dem
< Iorrsts who used certain prearrangeo
: ciphers and reported therein to C0Ione
W IT. Patton, No. 10 Gramercy Fark
did not report to Or consult him as al
e individuai. That is absolutely certain
Z They dill not take directions IRON
hjm. They did not rely upon his ad
vice. They did not base any ealcuia
d tion3 whatever upon his personal as
y surance that money would or WouI'
not be paid. They telegraphed TO hliI
e either as The confidential secretary Q
q the Democratic National CoInmlttee
Is mr. as the confidential secretary OF sam
,nl I. TiIden. Morally and legally
the cipher disp itcheS were receive
II and sent by the power known TO Q
\. hehind W.T.. Pelton-by the candluat
lol or hvthe National Committee. When
Mr.. Tilden virtually asserts that
II u was the Committee, for he asks In
u world to believe that he, living Ia %
same house, knew not a thing oil tn
Uork in which his s.nephew WAS engaI
b. ed. Mr., Marble, as he tries to dods
of ont of "rhe keen, bright sunlight
a. nuhIicity, implies the same; he sal
10 that he always reported tns eoiit u
~ propositions to the proper once vi ;.
)h National Committee. But MI. Hewl'
who was the Chairman OF thdt you
nittee, and is an honorable ana trut
in full man, whether the rest are or u
Is, declares that he never saw or Khe"
ng these telegrams, or in any way au1io
be lied them. And the world Knows III
ls- Nc. Tilien virtually ignored his Ptr
en- committee, aud managed per3ohaliy
the other details OF his Campus
4, through agents of his own selectio
hu5 stands the evidence.
.e- Now. this is a question for the D9t
he Ocratic party to settle. Oltslder5 "a
), not help having some opinion as to /
~ ~, weight of evidence. Bat the questi
,n3 ,u whether this great crime was con ID
- ted by its candidate, is of vital linp
he tance only to the Democratic par.
Some Democratic journals declare,Wl
immense positivene5s, that Mr.. Iiid
is to be absolutely believed; that
TO naked assertion Overwhelmingly
iu flutes all the evidence tending 10
M Ders NAL knowledge and responSioll'
.1n upon MIN. Very we'll; have 1T AS y
III will, brethren! But take notice II
'rk you charge your own National Co
nd nittee. the absolute aud permane
en representative of the D4mocratic par
cal with the most Infamous crime. OSt
vii Journals insist that the D3mocr..
az oarty is innocent; that the di5patc'
yere sent and received, not by I
hi, Secretary of the National Committ
us but by the secretary and nephew ot
her Icandidate. Be it SO, il you choo
e Of Messr5. Democrats! But in that C
ino Why did you not disown, discard a
- lenounce Mr. TI1en ana his cop
w ceners when the Oregon dispitcl
lies we,e published, nearly two years al
ex- Aud Why have you kept up the nc
ma about Fraud ALI this time? And W
,tte, did Democratic House and commit
see suppress all proof tending to convlt
'eo- Democratic candidate OF traua?-N.
s OF Tribune.