Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-05

related to the Times correspondent by a gen
tleman residing in this city. It is full
explanation of how were obtained the dis
patches which the New York Tribune has
been publishing in small installments from
day to day, showing Tilden's alleged attempt
to manipulate
THE VOTE OF OREGON.
The gentlemen referred to above has ac-
curate and complete information concerning
the publication of these secret dispatches,
and he also says that the publication of this
lot is only small part of the story to come.
In discussing the dispatches obtained and
published by the Tribune, the gentleman,
who is a Democrat, says that nothing will be
shown by the Democratic dispatches publish
ed beyond the fact that
MONEY WAS LEGIT1MATELY USED
by the Tilden people. Every one of the
Tribune dispatches published has been
translated, and this informant claims that
they will prove only that 5000 was ex-
pended by the Democratic national com
mittee IN Oregon, $4,000 being paid to a
firm of Oregon lawyers who controlled the
Portland Oregoni0ra, $4,000 to Cronin for
his expenses in coming on to Washington.
and 5000 to pay the expenses of the Demo-
cratic electors in Oregon to and from their
place of meeting. He says that there was
NO OTHER EXPENDITURE
of any character whatever There was no
attempt to purchase any electors. The man
Patrick, who was sent out as an agent of the
Tilden people, proved to be an irreclaimable
idiot. His dispatch that an elector must be
bought was enough to show the great mistake
that was made in sending this jobbing, inn
pudent man upon SO delicate mission
where common sense and a decent reserve
were at least essential. 1t is claimed that
none of the dispatches captured will show
that any encouragement was given to this
proposition of Patrick's. Another evidence
of the idiocy of
THIS MAN PATRICK
is cited in the fact that he used cipher he
had formerly employed with firm of bust
ness men of Detroit who were able almost
at once to translate Patiick's crazy mes
sages. The dispatches that have been pub
lished
CAME FROM BEN BUTLER,
and he exchanged them to his political ad-
vantage with the paper that published them,
while he, at the same time, got further
price from John Sherman for allowing these
dispatches to be published in partisan
organ. How Ben Butler obtained them.
and the small arsenal of dispatches yet un-
published
IN BIJTTER,S pOssFsSJoN
to be produced later, is thus graphically re-
lated by the gentleman interviewed. Said
he: s'You remember when Morrison's COM
mittee was organized in 1876, and sent to
New Orleans to investigate how the vote of
the State of Louisiana was stolen, that the
Senate fastened to empower Mortons COM
mlttee on privileges and elections to also
make an investigation to counteract any
thing damaging in the disclosures that might
be obtained by
COL. MORRISON.
When Morrison arrived in New Orleans he
served subpoena upon the local officers of
the Western Union Telegraph company to
produce all dispatches received and sent
bearing upon the election. The local man
ayers refused without the consent of those
higher in authority. The matter was
REFERRED TO MR.. ORION,
then presidant of the Western Union Yele-
graph company, and he, to make delay, SAID
that he could not give up the dispatches
without referring the subject to the execu-
tive committee. This gave the senate COM
mlttee time to serve its subpoena, also call
ing for the same class of dispatches.
MORTON HIMSELF
had sent great many dispatches when he
was IN San Francisco looking after matters
upon the Pacific coast, and he was very anx.
ious that they should not fall into the hands
of the Democrats. It was for this reason
that he stopped issuing subp@nas. Ortor
came over to Washington, and it is under
stood, had consultation with the Republic
can leaders. At any rate, when the execu.
tive comm ttee decided to give up the dis
patches under protest, they were
SHIPPED IN TRUNK
to the Senate committee instead of to the
Democratic committee, who were entitled tc
them first by right of prior subpoena. I do
not care to charge that Orion had an under.
standing with the Republican leaders to send
them these dispatches first. At any rate, the
dispatches were sent as I have said. The Re
publican members Of the Senate committee
SORTED OVER THE DISPATCHES
and took out all that had been sent and re.
ceived by their party leaders. They also
sorted out carefully the Democratic dis
patches. Of course, in the great mass OF
dispatches, filling large trunk, there were
many unlmportant ones from nobodies, and
containing nothing new. The Democratic
members of Morrison's committee nominally
mad access to these dispatches, but they
never saw any of
THE REPUBLICAN DISPATCHES
so carefully taken out by Morton. Now. tc
gallop ahead with the story, when the dis
patches came to go back to the Western
Union Telegraph company it is fact that
only the unimportant ones were returned
All of the dispatches from and to the Demo
cratic and Republican leaders were retained
making compact bundle nearly two feet
square. Whether the telegraph company
ever noticed this or not cannot say-at
least, have no knowledge of their making
sny complaint or attempting to recover
them. Now, here comes the most important
and highly interesting part of the story
Two hours after the trunk was reshipped to
New York the bundle containing all the i'm
portant dispatches
MYsTERIOUsLY DISAPPEARED
from the Senate committee-room, aud it has
been since found that it was conveyed to
Buffers private residence and placed upon
his desk. This mysterious transfer. il is
claimed, was without any knowledge of But
Ter, and is surmised to have been the work
of some mischief-loving person, who desired
to furnish Butler with a hatful of bricks.
Butler, like most men, was not disposed to
look gift horse in the mouth, and was quite
content to have these important documents