New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-26
"EYCEEDINGLY USEFUL.n


In one of MIR. Marbles dispatches to Colonel
Peton, he told the Colonel that he might
"please himself about economies sug-
" gested,n but added, as if in depreciation of
too much economy "COyle exceedingly
"useful hitherto" We ventured to say,
at the time this dispatch was printed,
that, inasmuch as this was John F.
COyle, formerly of The National Intelh-
qeRcer, Mr.. Marbles statement was one which
would bear explanation. Mr.. COyle has not
been, for a number of wears, exceedingly
"usefu in many honorable pursuits, and his
Appearance in the Florida manGuvres as Mr..
Marbles ally only serves to increase the sus-
picions which that gentleman's ciphers and
subterluges have naturally aroused.
1t is a little curious that the Republican
members of the House Of Representatives
were of Mr.. Marbles mind exactly about the ex-
cesding great usefulness of Mr.. COyle, though
they did not know then that Mr.. Marble had
expressed such an opinion. In the amend
ment which Mr.. Hale offered to the Potter res
Olution, and which the Democrats of the House
promptly suppressed, we find the following:
Pirst-That the Committee on the judiciary be in
strnced In the course OF Us Investigations inquire
fully into all the facts connected with the election in the
state OF Florida in November, 1876. and especially into
the circumstances attending the transmission and re-
oeyng of certain teegaphic dispatches sent in that
year between Tallahassee and New-York City.
Some samples of these dispatches were set
forth in Mr.. Hale's amendment, which it may
be worth while TO give, in continuation of the
series we have been printing. Here are two.
which certainly have the flavor of Oregon
about them:
w. T. PELToN, v. T.;
Answer Macs dispatch Immediately, or we shall be
embarrassed at a critical time. WILKINSON CALL.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. A. 1875.
W. T. PELToN:
Thinqs eulasinatirg here Answer Macs dispatch to-
day. W. CALI
These were sent, it must be remembered, at
the time when the arguments before the Can
wasting Board were coming to a close, and the
intrigues of the politicians were at their high
est. Here is another dispatch, less suspicious
in appearance but Mr.. Hale, for some reason,
gave it a prominent place in his amendment
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. o, 1876.
A. S. HEWITT, Nel0- York
Comply, II possible, with my telegram.
GEORGE p RAREY.
And now we come to Mr.. COyle
The committee also instructed TO inquire into the
facts with all tecgraphie dispatches between
John F. COyle and Colonel Petou under the Iatters real
OF fictitious name, and with any all demands for
money about December l. 1876. from Tallahassee
on Pelton Hewitt ana any Rttetnp. to corrupt or
bride any Official Of the State Of Florida by any person
acting for Peon in the interest OF Governor Tidon
as a Presidential candidate.
The nature Of the kilograms we have been
printing for week past is plain enough to
lead to the conclusion that when the Dem
ocrats of the House hustled Mr.. Hale's amend
ment out of the way they voted better
than they knew. But it is in Mr.. Mar
ble's power to afford us the information
which the House ran away from. If he has