Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-10-15
The In1amy Brought HOnae--The
Story OF Florida.
rENrou me \. Y. Tribune, oct. ).


The story told to-day by the translation
of captured cipher dispatches is not a
pleasant one for any American to read
Ii is = story of such disgrace and shame
that We might well wish that events had
not rendered its telling necessary. Every
citizen must feel that 1t would have been
better for the good name Of the Republic
had the contest of 1876, with all Its IN
tense passions and its crimes, been permit
ted to pass from memory. But the per-
sisteut cry Of fraud" raised from the
very hour the votes Of the people were
found to be not for Mr.. Tilden, and kept
up to this day in Congress to the peril OF
the public peace. and elsewhere to the dis
honor Of the country, has forced an inves-
tigstion, not conducted. like the one insti-
tuted by partisAns in Congress, for the
purpose Of hiding truth. The clAmOr o.
"fraud" has compelled the discovery OF the
facts, and here they are. They show, In
brief, that the very men who have been
loudest and most persistent IN crying
fraud" arc those az whose door lies lou
crime against the country.
There are given to-day a great body Of
kilograms, both open and in translated
cipher, which bear only indirectly upon
the main transactions. Yet they are val
liable, first, as presenting a perfect record
of the inner situation and schemlng Of the
Democratic force IN Florida, and IS prov
ing, again and again, by exact correspOn-
denoe of the trsnslations with facts record
Cd At the time in public prints. the correct
ness Of the keys and yocabularies employ
cd. These are given that, out Of the
mouths Of many witnesses, the truth may
be established. References to the keys
employed are given, so that every reader
may test for himself the correctness Of the
translstions in every case, and the exact
fitness Of the interpretations Of cipher
words.
In brief. the translated dispatches show
that, in answer TO several appeals Tor mon
ey. sent to New York from Florida on the
second day after the Presidential election,
and to q reques. that "a good man with
an understood cipher should be sent
thither, Mr.. John F. COyle, a notorious
lobbyist Of Washington, started with the
precise ciphers afterward used by all the
conspirstors, and in them recorded his
progress southwark TO jacksonville, Flor
ida that his first work there was to
arrange for telegraphic transfer OF money,
whenever desired, from New York TO a
banker 10 Florida; and that he then join
cd at Tallahassee Mr. MantOn Marble and
G. W WOolley, who thereafter used in
daily communications with Gramercy
Park, New York, the ciphers Coyle had
brought. For time this trio labored
only in perfecting Democratic returns and
proofs, believing. as the Democratic Com
mittee Of Florida had falsely asserted,
that the State had given 1000 majority
for Mr.. Tlden. They insisted, too, at
this stage, that the CanvaSsing Board had
full power TO purge" the county returns
"A power which they afterward most
impudenty denied when Republicans pro-
posed 70 correct Democratic frauds
Steadily the visible majority dwindied to
nothing, but the local managers held back
10 the last large Democratic returns, and
il was believed that this WAS done In order
70 10 alter those returns as 70 secure a
majority after the legal proceedings insti-
tuted by Democrats had compelled the
opening and csnvssSing Of other returns
sent forward in time. This plot having
failed, the great crime began tor which
preparations had been deliberately made.
The first cipher despatch sent to Gram
Grey Park by Mr.. Coyle In which bribery
Is distinctly named SAYS: My hope small.
. Nothing but cash will avail" On
the same day Mr.. Manton Marble sent
the following;
TALLAHASSEE, Dee ?.
Coloael Peiton, No. Is Gramercy Pork
Have Just received proposition TO hand over
~ any hour required lilden decision OF Board and
certificate Of Governor Tor two hundred thousand
dollars.
Three days after, Mr.. Mauton Marble.
signing himself M NJ" says, in an open
dispatch; Finished yesterday afternoon
responsibility (as) Moses" The dispatch
es so signed are indisputably his, The
first proposition was deemed too high at
Gramercy Park, because on the previous
day Mr.. WOOlley had telegraphed:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. l.
HENRY HAyENEYER, No. Is Vesf la ST., ". y,
Board fetch ny make necessary expense Of halt
OF a hundred tNtsand dollars. Can you - will
deposit In bank Immediately # agreed.
The identity of Fox" is also proved
most conclusiyely, and the reply to this
bald and naked proposal was forwarded
with the signature al" 1t informed
Fox" that no money could be drawn be-
fore the vote had been given. On the Sd
Of December Mr.. Marble telegraphed an
other proposition;
TALLAHASSEE; Dec. s.
Colonel ". T. PeltoR, No. Is GrGHssrcy Park
Proposition received either giving vote Of Re.
publican OF Board, o his concurrence in court
action preventing electoral vote irom beng cast
FOR boil Alr.dred Jsst United states documents
MOSES.
On the next day, Mr.. Woolley sent the
brief and direct inquiry;
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 4.
HENRY HAyESEYER, No. Is West ia ST. ". =. ,
Ma, Woolley give hundred thousand dollars
Al ri MAJ ahar