St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-18

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with WOolley and act in concert. You
can trust him. Time very important
and there should be no divided coun-
ellis.
There was no signature to this, but
the previous dispatches had been ad-
dressed to Col. PeltOn, and were un-
doubtedly answered by him, either with
or without authority from Mr.. Tilden
Power received too late," replied the
disgusted Woolley. "Proposition fail
ed," telegraphed Marble; ''telI Tilden
to saddle Blackstone
'PrOpOsition" to bribe 'Haccepted ii
done only once" This is sad language
| to emanate from the household of a
candidate for the presidency at such i,
time. 1t explOdes 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.
If 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 corrupt
negotiations, could survive their dis
closure.-Sprinqtield Republican.
The Tribune has ten columns of these
kilograms, with the tIanslations and
vocabulary" ."-The kilograms between
Gramercy Park (TiIden's home) and his
agents, which are published in the
Tribune of Oct. 8, number I24. In sum-
ming up the matter that paper says:
The true history of the contest for
the electoral votes of Florida in 1876 is
told for the first time in the cipher dis
patches of the Democratic managers in
that State to and from Gramercy Park
New York. The translatiOns of these
dispatches, given below, show that the
confidential agents of Mr.. Tilden in that
State were Manton Marble, G.. W.
WOolley and John f. Coyle; that these
agents went to Tallahassee with pre-
arranged ciphers for communication
with the residence of Mr.. Tilden; that
they first labored by lawful means to
secure for him the votes of that State,
and failed therein because the official
returns gave majority for Mr.. Hayes
Cipher dispatches regarding the bribery
OF member of the CanvasSing Board
then passed between Mr.. Tilden's resi-
dence and his confidential agents in
Tallahasse. One proposition to pay
100000 for Il member was held too
high, because another dispatch from il
dlnerent agent promised cheaper bar
gain. Then by both agents separate
propositions were sent in separate ci-
pliers, to buy member for $50, 900.
Inc reply from Gramercy was, "Propo-
sltlon accepted if done only once" and
the two agents were separately ordered
to consult with each other in haste. 1t
does not clearly appear that the goods
would have been delivered. But the
scheme fell through because four words
were dropped from the dispatch anthor-
Izlng the purchase, thus making it un-
lntelllgible. 1t was after some delay
repeated from Gramercy Park in full
and lntelligible form, but arrived too
late, and the visiting statesmen so re-
ported to Gramercy Park.
The same paper says editorially:
The story told to-day by the transla-
ton of captured cipher dispatches is
not pleasant one for any American to
read. 1t 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
it would have been better for the good
name of the Republic had the contest
of 1876, with all its intense passions
and its crimes, been permitted to pass
from memory. But the persistent cry
OF ''fraud," raised from the very hour
the votes of the people were found to
he 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 in
vestIgation, not conducted, like the one
instituted by partisans in Congress, for
the purpose of hiding truth. The clamOr
of "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 "fIaud" are those at whose
door lies foul crime against the coun
try.