The daily gazette., 1878-10-26
FOURTH EDITION
FRoMwAsHIrGrOr.
Spec,al % he Balt.v,ere SIM !.

Special TO the Baits1sere Sun.
THE CIPHER DISPATCHES AND THE HLEc-
TokAL FRAUD-REPUBLIcAN rATIcs-
AGGRESSIVE REORGANIZATION.
WARRINGTON, October 25.-Since the
publication OF the alleged cipher tele-
grams republicans of prominence who
were implicated in the schemes whereby
Mlden was deprivedlofthe electoral votes
which belonged to him, and who have
been in q constant state of alarm and ap-
prehension siuce the organ cation Of the
Potter committee, have recovered their
former confidence, and with their follow
ers are talking very loudly of what they
intend to do when Congress meets. The
"cipher kilograms" business has, 1t Is
claimed by the republicans, been of ad-
vantage to them 1t has, they say enabled
them to change from defensive to an
aggressive position. AS an indication of
this the bold, defiant, partisan speeeh
made in New York last night by 81 Gre
tary EvarIs IL pointed to. Secretary Sher-
man tits understood, IL also rapidly, ap-
preciating the situati on, and the report
around the Treasury Department to-day
was that he would in ashort time openly
deHounce the. Potter committee and GER
tain of the witnesses who were before
and agents who were employed by it. Mr..
Sherman. II Is sad, has at. last come to
the conclusion that he can safely deny
the authorship of the W ebster-A nderson
letter, and more than this, can. prove it
to oe forgery and point out the forger.
prominent treasury official SAID to-day
that the forger had been discovered, and
that 1t was the purpose 10 prosecute him
and send him to the penitentiary. 1t was
also repeated in republican circles that
MI Potter had OK pressed himself as dis
gusted with the whole business of the in
vestigation, and that he had made the
remark that he felt all along as If he twas
treading on rotten eggs"
Its quite natural that republican here
should attach great imper ance 10 the
cipher kilograms aud anticipate very
favorable results therefrom. Whether
these anticipations will be realize time
only can tell but IL may be repeated that
whatever sensation wa, producedby their
pubh cation was principally confined to
repubhc can circles. 1t is evident, however,
that It has been determined by the repub-
lican managers here to steal the thunder
OF their political opponents and from
this lime forth shrek fraud louder than
any leather-lungs Tildenite can do. That |
bhere VIII be various resolutions offered |
on the reassembing of Con-
gress to increase the scope of investiea- |
Lion OF the Potter committee is consider |
ed as settled. The House cannot, it is
thought, refuse to authorize investigate on |
into democratic operations pending the |
electoral count after what has transpired. |
But 1t will be very easy to make the inves- |
igatlon of no practi ticalaccount if he demo |
cratic maj ority on the committee should |
ice proper to procrastinate. The republi. |
cans can have, however, a committee of |
heir own.to which they can entrust the |
ask OF discovering the true inwardness |
,f their opponents. If the authority of |
he Stanley Matthews committee of the |
senate is not suffi ci-nty broad they can |
Easily. enlarge it, or the Senate may raise |
mother committee.