New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-08


was the plan Nose" to put on airs OF righteous
ness as long as possible. and, If at the end
votes must be bought to buy them in the name OF
| the Lord and as a pious duty. Mr.. Woolley. how
ever had no taste for thin self-deceptons. and the
! two did not wholly agree. but Gramercy Park as
sumed full responsibility for Mr.. WoolIey. and told
| him to STAY for reasons which Mr.. Marble finally
1 came to understand fully:
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TALIAHAssEE, Fla, Nov. 27-e
| Colonel PELroN. IS Creamery Park.
| You to by then telegraph you advise neglectlng
person here Jane that and contest TO causing aesT
| and divided trust one imperilhng answer hnd 10
| will one authority in trust way TO least noDouy
| HIM and him possibly transfer calendar az Two
week TO best for stand my Paris some copies mere
now about be returns always certihed Should
Glasgow recOllected fox some useless havana Oh
upon claim ditto Detectives Syracuse needless ana
| Decline in and with Louisiana so sessions nobody
all trusted nuisance by aforesaid concuFs com
/ NIT Smith Moses. mo sg'l
| RS. Transation.l
| TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Nov. ~, o.
| Colonel PRIToN No. 10 GrdmeTcy Park: .
You are imperiliing result here by causing d.
vided counses and neglecting 10 answer kilograms.
advise that You find one person to trust ana tnen
trust him for at leaet one calendar week. possioly
two. | will stand in nobodys way, and do my best
to transfer to him authority. About 100 majority
on certified copies Republicans claim same upon a
returns. Rome needless now, should be recalled
Paris and detective always useless dltto WOoney
here as Gnl Louisiana nuisance and impeachment;
trusted by nobody. decline 10 commit It!den lonh
man 80 ndiscreet. Smith i'll all aforesaid
session hegun MARBLE.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Marble here con-
fesses that the pretensons of local Democrats OF
Il 800 majority for Tiden" have dwlndled to
"sbout 100 majority on certified copies" and has
begun to think of operations in regard to which he
declines TO commit Tilden" with any indiscreot
man, How could Mr. Tilden be COMMITTED" dan
Rerously in connection with honest and lawful eff
forts On the same day Mr.. Marble discovered that
the Board were ready to count the votes as they
stood on the face of returns, which was most I'M
pleasant surprise for him, he had still some lin
gering hope that the local Democrats might have
arranged returns to correspond with their certi-
fed copies" He telegraphed:
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HENRY HAvEMEYER Is Hest 17th-si., n. Y. -,
Rochester me to Electoral count adjourned until
Havana controlled they they London and Thames
are morning think attempted opposed inns count
they said wanted they of returns asked ithca lace
was party and all as that they stood rochester
use Key No. O.
rs. Translationl
II. HAvEMEYER: ,.. III.
Board attempted to count electoral votes tins
morning. We opposed and they, ADJOURNED un until
three Think they controlled lbyl Republican
party. They said they would count votes as they
stood face of returns, and that was all Democrats
wanted. M
With the next day, November 2s the Democratic
operators entered upon the third and final stage of
their political "Rake's Progress" They were
astounded when the returns opened that day
10 find that instead of the majority OF % which
fraudulent returns had been made 10 give them.
they were beaten by AZ majority on the face OF the
returns From Baker County, which they had
counted OF majority for Tilden, an official return
gave IL majority for Hayes. In order TO overthrow
that return, they would be compelled to affirm
the power of a Republican Board to cor
rect errors and frauds in the county returns,
and then all the rascality OF the returns
from heavy Democratic counties like Manatee
and Monroe would be exposed In the end, the
board did correct the Republican return from Baker
and gave the Democrats 1876 votes more than the
official return had given but they also corrected the
Democratic returns from Manatee and Monroe, cut
ting down the Democratic vote by SIT. AS soon as
It was known that the board must behind the re-
Turns or declare the State for Hayes CONSERVATION
reigned among the Democratic schemers gathered
in that dingy room in a dilapdated State House at
Tallahassee. There were present say press dis
matches Of that date, besides Democrats of
Florida. the following from abroad. every one
of ,ekom hare been named in translated ciphers
Mauton Marble Paris, G. W. Biddle, ID. W. Sellers,
Sam g. Thompson, and Malcolm Hay. OF Penn
sylyania; c. w. Woolley. of Ohio: o. l.. SaltOn-
stall of Massachusetts,; John +. Coyle, of Washing
ton Perry w. Smith, of Chicago; Charles Gibson.
Of St Louis and ex-GOv. J. +. Brown, OF
Georgia. Dade County only was missing, and could
not give an honest vote of 40 for either party.
Any examination of the returns would inevitably
uncover and defeat the Democratic frauds If the
members OF the Board were honest The Democratic
managers then knew, in the language Of Mr.. COyle,
that "nothing but Copenhagen (cash woud avail"
Then il was that Mr.. Marble resorted first TO Chi
capery in Oregon, and Mr. Woolley-to something
else:
Hon. LAFAYETTE f. GROVER. Portland Tor eisewhere)
OREGON:
II is respectfully suggested that you refrain from
the isspe OF any certificate in favor of eectOr al
legged to have been chosen November 18th, who on
that day was ineligible to that Once Once antl you
p'"''' " Wv MANroN MARBLE.
Nov. %, 1875.
To Colonel PELTON, 10 Gramtrcy Park. ". T.:
Please yourself about economies suggested COyle
exceedingly useful hitherto, You did not answer
nv inquiry about Paris. aud only mention him at
this late date That promotes unity Of action, sup
nose Mention names of Florida friends whom you
wish TO learn how much weight their several re-
quests deserve. Fox mpedes daily. It's no relief
that YOU assume responsibility for dihicnltles he
makes Don't fail to read message to Smith, fifteen
aud twenty cipher. NJ NJ
dispatch No. ~, cipher already given]
l72. Transation.l
| G. w. SMITH, Is GTamacy Park:
Ii has been suggested from hero to Governor OF
Oregon TO refrain from issuing certificate II favor OF
obtain telegraph him OConnor's opinoni See my
! dispatch TO Hayemeyer. NJ. lMarble.I