New-York tribune., 1878-10-10
GENERAL BARLOW,s fLORIDA EXPERIENCE.

General Francis G. Barlow who was sent to FLORIDA
by toe Republicans OoN after thr legal cts Of the
canvass, found yesterday IA ais Ufiec at No 2U6
Broadway.
DID the visiting Democrats oppose you In any IN
direct manner IN Florida q" lac asked
No; met two or three Of tGem clsuii!y; many Of
those representing both sdrs the Botet with
me. They made no advances to Inc no, can't cay
that they mstrused II seems that my iTiend
Dennis and tRO three oG the R~pubcans nad some
thing 10 say their dispatches about mstrusting me
But for all that ". l.. Chandler ana General Soyes
desired that should make the general argument before
the Returning Board"
"Did you notice any indication that the Democrats
were trying to buy up the board election I"
mo; and 10 is not surP isiug because was attending
strictly my part OF the work, and did not come
in contact with Denocratc man@uverHg IN doing It,"
"What do you think Of the cipher dispatches pub
lished IN TIE TmBUSEi"
cit seems 70 me that they are conclusive md very
damaging. II The TuEUSE has genuine c'pueF dis
patches and has properly translated tuemand mink
the dispatches speak strongly for thepseIyes-aud t
Mr. Tlden cannot satisfactorily eIplaIn-aHd do not
he sufficiently eIpain- fail to understand
how public suppose tGat Mr. uiden cog
nzant them The prma face evidence "a very strong
against hm Here these cipher dispatches. many Of
them his house In GrAmercy Park. anu writ
ten and received by OF his Vysona friends II Is
scarcely credible that Colonel Pei,on. his nephew.
would engage such extraordinary proceedings with
out his uncle having knowledge Of them. Now, Colonel
Potion swears that lac deceived Mr.. rlden VITA regard
TO the Oregon 'Gobble dispatches. 1 haven't noticed
that COlone Peton forfeited thereby the confidence
Of Mr.. Ftlden."
did you observe anything Florida to indicate that
the Republicans bought tried to buy up the electoral
yoteF
mo; and do believe they did anything OF the kind
Certainly money was not used. Those Republicans
tn IA he a
members OF the ReJurniug Board. II my own hon
est opinion that the vote the State ought TO have been
gwen 70 the Democrats am = thorough Republican,
and went the state In tue Interest the Republicans.
as supposed consider the legal bearngs OF the facts
aseertained"
% Who sent you South T.
'Mr. Davenport called upon with dispatch from
President Grant, asking II I would 40 10 Louisiana.
reIled that would 60 shortly afterward M Dayen-
;ort Waited again. and said that another dispatch
said that go FlOrids, instead Of louisiana.
So I went TO Florida"
what were yOur instructlOnsr
"I was given TO understand aud believe that II was
President Gr3prs wish 20 the matter decided on
the merits OF the facts. When reached Florida the
work was apportioncd Certain men given certain
counties work evidence regarding the elections In
them. Judge EmmOns, OF Florida, and mysof, 10 was
understood ~ be- referred to all legal questions
arising BY the evidence laid before me was forced,
In my own mind, to believe that the DnOcras had ear
ried the state General NOyes and william h. Chandler
to and asked 10 make the lending argument
Tor the Republicans told them that could not con-
scieiously assume the duties OF an advocate, ioasnuch
as had been sent 70 FLORIDA, 10 were, Ia
judicial capacity. II had gone sn
advocate i wOufd have been different for advocate
may properly make I've best possible presentation VI
aid, however, aftsrward prepare argument,
which presented 10 the board, replying To tie lrgu-
Inent OF the Democrats Tor the exclusion VI tBe return
from certain Republican cOuntes adopted The inter
pretatiOn OF tue law thai comparatively small or iso-
AL ITsiId uuTd
Of to people, ought not 10 Influence the board to drop
out th0 vote OF acOunty. But the board. IN applying
liue action In respect to the Democratic eOuB-
ueL The other visiting Republicans took Inherent
Oi the evidence from mine and the members OF the
Returning Board conceded Sith tnsm IN their uerprc-
t6tiun Ot Tue law ana estimate OF the faet- dO not
Ike to talk about the Florida To oXplain prop
erly what occurred wOud require too much time aud
the recital OF great many facts and crcustahceS"