Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-16
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reated sensation not only, but piq-
ID curiosity. Tilden's friends are be-
thinning to squirm. The Sun absolves
rilden from all blame, and lays it on
Coyle, Havcneyer and the literary
Manton Marble.
Here is the kernel of tho Ifibune's
nix columns, to be published in the
with translations of tho dis
patches.
The Florida Returning Board had
opened the returns on Tuesday, the
2Sth of November, and was obliged |
TO reach decision in few days
From the beginning Attorney Gener-
al Cook had been counted safe by the
Doctor Cowgirl, former
ly Of Delaware, was a staunch Union
man, and Mr.. Marble had said it was
wasting time to call on him. Secreta-
ry of State McLin, for % years rosi-
dent of Florida, was once Confeder-
ate, but afterwards Union man and
q republican editor, with q reputa-
ton as an upright man, but the con-
spirators needed one vote, and what
they tried to do, let the secret dis
patches show.
z.
To Henry Hayemeyer, Is West Seventeenth
street, New York:
Myhope email. Votes about as reported yes.
varia (probably CowgilD, and fear that drew
undertands It. Nothing but cash will avail An
swer my first of to-day at once COYLR.
To John T. Coyle, Tallahassee, Florida:
will remit again. HAVEAEYER.
1t is probable that the word IAN
swcr" followed received" and has
been lost.
Col. Pelton. 10 Creamery Park:
at any hour required Tilden decision of the board
and certificate OF the Governor for $2OO.OO0.
Did Mr.. Marble or Mr.. Coylc act
ually receive such startling propo-
sition? We do not believe it. McLin
has sworn that such proposition was
made to him, not by him, and there
has been question Of vcracity on the
matter between hum and Mr.. Marble,
who denies that he lad any talk with
McLin on the eubject. In tho light
of these dispatches which 10 to be be-
lieved? Was it not one of the cur
rent political rumOrs OF the time that
Mr.. Marble had said in q democratic
gathering, "McLin is q dosertcr from
the Confederacy and deserters can be
bought!" But the question of grave
importance is not whether Mr.. Mar
BILE deceived others or himself, but
what had Gramercy Park to answer 7
This:
| NEW YORK, Dec. 3.
Manton Marble, Tallahassee Florida:
Dispatches here. Proposition too high.
No signature
Gramercy Park had reason, not
known 10 Mr.. Marble, for consider
ing his "Bolivia" "decidedly" "Bra-
zil," for on the preceding day the fol-
lowing had come from Mr.. Wooley /:
| TALLAHASSEE, Dec, l.
H. Havemeyer, Is West Seventh street, n. Y:
half q hundred thousand dollars. Can you say
will deposit in bank Immediately If agreed?
| Whatever Significance may be CIV
en- to the word "fetch," which it will
be remembered Mr.. Havemeyer fail
ed on a former occasion to understand
there can be but very little doubt ne
to the meaning OF the proposal, and
the reply of Gramercy Park was:
New York, Dec L.
Telegram received Will deposit - dol.
lars agreed; {you) cannot however, draw before
vote. Member received.
i We have no evidence that Mr..
Havemeyer ever sent this damaging
answer, or that he over read either
answer or dispatch to which a reply
signed al" was sent. He received
dispatches, and it is probable that
A Gramercy Park read and answered
them all. But it is now apparent
why the Marble-Coyle 100000 "Bo.
livia" was not held good. Probably
Mr.. Wooley learned that bargains
were going on behind his back, for
he telegraphed 10 Havemeycr:
Select some one in whom You have more conf
dence than you evidently have in Wo9 Mgo,,v
The reply, signed "W.,' might
IT. Potion, anu a Meas bags hRfeeHniffsRafddl "
1t is this
C. W. Woolley:
Il All here have perfect confidence In you. w.
cannot prevent needless No other has power
and all app icatiOns declined Stay and do wha
yen telegraphed you could do. Private (Answer
II W.
II GAN here at Gramercy Park
What does that mean? What was il
Mr.. Wooley ste legraphcd he could
do, which needed not only secrecy of
a cipher, but the injunction "private'
within that cipher? Mr.. Woolley was
private, SO private that the following
dispatch, covering precisely the same
proposition, went to Gramercy Park
on the same day in two distinct eli.
piers:
TALLAHASSEE, Dec A.
Proposition received either giving vote Of the Re-
court action preventing the electoral vote from
| being cast Tor hafa hundred of the best United
states documents MA%BLE.
TALLAHASSEE. Dec l.
Henry Hayemeyer, 10 West Seventeenth street.
May Woolley give 100000, less half for Tilden
| additional board member lieutenant.
WooILBy.
There ls no room to doubt what Ell
Their of these propositions mean.-
"Hundred thousand less half" means
exactly the same as "Half q hundred
best United States documents" All !
But at last came an answer to Manton
Marble himself. Let "the clear bright
sunlight of publicity" fall upon it,
and show four millions Of American
freemen what sort Of man they vot-
ed to make President of these United
States.
Manton Marble Tallahassee. Fla:
| Telegram here. Proposition accepted. if done
only once. Better consult with Woolley, and act
| IN concert. You can trust him. Time very i'm
portant, and there should be no divided councils
| No signature.
Here, then, was the authority so
anxiously waited. Here was the au-
thqylty implied, but not received in
the dispatch to Woolley, at done on
ly once" because Woolley and Man
ton Marble had sent the same propo-
sition, and Gramercy Park did not
want 10 pay twice for the same, vote,
sent hours ago in that Ineligible dis
patch which Marble had tortured his
keys in trying to read, because four
words had dropped out in transmits
sion. Here was an order to buy one
Presidency of these United States
fer "half hundred best United States
documents" and the desired vote.
The conspirators rushed out aud it
was too late. The following dispatch
tells the story:
lIavemeyer, New York:
Power received too late. Twenty five ten app
pear to have Joined with the Board against con.
tract from saturday. Will be prompt and sd-
JANE CHARLES WiLLIAH WooLLEY.