The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-19
TlLDEN,s RAsCALITY.


The True History Of Tilden's Attempt 70
Buy the Florida Electoral yote-Why
the Negotiation Failed.
glFrom the Springfield Republican,
The New York Tribume's store of dis.
patches regarding the conduct Of the Dem.
ocratic Presidential campaign after electioE
day In 1876 has been very diligently searched
studied and interpreted, and as now sci
forth proves very codclusiyely that some
body in the management Of MI. Tilden's in.
terest was willing to bride. Nothing but 8
little haggling and delay, in order to get 8
vote ct the lowest price, defeated the pur.
chase Of one by the Democratic agents IL
Florida, Manton Marble and C. w. Woolley
Marble, Woolley and John F. Coyle went
to Florida as soon as 1t was apparent that the
result might hinge on that State, carrying
two or three cfphers for communication with
Mr.. Tilden's agents in New York. As ths
assurance that the vote Of the State was cas
| for Iilden and would be given to him eX.
PRED, COyle telegraphed to Gramercy Park
Nothing but cash will avail" On the Isl
Of December, while the Canvassing Board
graphed cipher which is translated with
every evidence of correctness Gas any one
may satisfy himself by examining the Ifib
une's interpretation): "B0ard fetch may
make necessary expense Of half hundred
thousand dollars" This was telegraphed tG
II. Havemeyer, Is West II St., New York, ?
with request to deposit it in bank imme.
diately, II agreed" The same day, answer
was returned addressed to Woolley and un-
signed:
NEW YORK. Dec.l.
C: W. Woollep, Tallahassee, Fla:
Telegram received. Will deposit dollars
agreed; (you) can not. however. draw before
vote member received.
On the following day Mr.. Marble, who
was not acting very harmOniously with
WoOlley, and was entirely ignorant Of the
fact that his enterprising co-laborer had got
ahead Of him., telegraphed Col. Pelton, IL
Gramarcy Park, that he had "just received
proposition to hand over at any hour re-
quired Tilden decision Of Board and certifi-
cate of Governor for 500 ,00O." But the
Tilden household, having already in hand
the offer of an elector for $4,000, replied,
the next day:
NEW YORK, Dec.4.
sig)
So rested the matter apparently till the
4th. The Canyassing Board were approach
ing decision, moments were valuable at
Tallahassee, and Marble was worried by one
dispatch which he could not translate. But
on the aame date he learned that the " vote
of Republican" or " court action" could be
had for $4,000, and telegraphed again for
instructions, while Woolley the same day
wanted authority to pay the same price for
Tilden additional board member" BUSH
ness was pressing, and soon the reply
came:
Manton Marble, Tallahassee, Ka.:
Telegram here. Propositions accepted If
done only once. Better consult with Wool
ley and act in concert. You can trust him.
divided councils.
There was no signature to this, but the pre-.
yious dispatches had been addressed to Col.
PeltOn, and were undoubtedly answered by
him, either with or without authority from
Mr.. Tilden. Received too late" replied
the disguised WoOlley. Proposition fall
co. telsgrsphed Marble; "tell Tilden to
6 Proposition" to bride "accepted if done
only once" This is sad language to
emanate from the household Of acandidate
for the Presidency at such q time. 1t ex-
plodes fraud as title to Democratic victory
In 1880, but does it, we regret to say. at the
expense Of American character. 1t will
clearly obviate the association of Col. Pelton
with any future Presidential candidate. II
we charitably assume Mr.. Tilden ignorant of
this transaction, which is quite improbable,
we should not better the matter for the
probable morals of his administration. A
man might as well be depraved himself as
to be kept by depraved nephew. We
should be sorry to think that any political
career, responsible for these secret and cor
rupt negotiations, could survive their dis
closure.
Opinions from Other Papers.
Unless it can be proved that the alleged
cipher kilograms between and including the
LIST and 9th Of December, 1876, are fictitions
or have been Incorrectly translated their
publication must ruin irretrievably every
person who had any hand in them. The
case as presented seems so plausible that it
will inevitably be accepted as true unless
Mr. Tilden and his Florida agents shall put
in denials supported by reasonable proofs.
The friends of the parties accused by the
Tribune are reduced to astonished silence
until reasons are given for disbelieving
these damaging, these utterly ruinous allie
cations. 1t is not case that admits of much
delay. Unless the inculpated parties assert
that these dispatches are fictitious it is in
evitable that the public will soon regard
them as genuine. II the dispatches are not
malicious inventions it is preposterOus to
think that Mr.. Tilden can make scapegoats
Of the people about him. Unless he denies,
and supports his denial by proofs, not many
days will elapse before the public opinion Of
the country will be unanimous in verdict
which he has every reason to deprecate.-
Ne,o York Herald.
Inc PROOF OF these infamous intrigues and
OF Tilden's completely in them is complete
and irrefutable. If all that has been alleged
OF fraudulent transactions in Louisiana were
true we could almost regard Wells and An
ders0n as public benefactors, since they de. |
Iivered the country from the deep disgrace
Of having an infamous trickster for its Chief |
Magistrate Worcester Spy.
Gone up" Fraud" as Democratic war |
cry. Gramercy Park did it with its little |
Ratchet.
REFORM IN MISSOURI POLITICS.
An explanation is furnished in the dis |
patches this morning of the meaning and |
force Of that clause in the Missouri Repub- |
ican platform which denounces the corrupt |
Democratic Ring controlling the State |
finances for its plumber of the Treasury to
he extent Of over $500, 200. Elijah Gates,
The present Democratic State Treasurer,
was yesterday arrested at Kansas City upon
EOur indictments. found by a Sneciai Grand