Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-26

expect help from him, but who could
not see his way clear to giving it.
Carpenter vas no longer in the Sen.
ate ITO hold hand over u.s." public
opinion was excited; and it was a
/ mighty unpleasant time for Republic
can Postmaster to come to the rescue
of the fabricators of sthe crooked"
KEYEs PROMISES TO DO ALL HE COULD.
David Griffiths, another Of the wit.
nesses before the Congressional com
mittee, held the Office OF United States
store keeper in Milwaukee. He re.
ceiyed hush money from the distiIlers.
tie had contributed money, Mr..
Nunemacher asking him for i and
saying: "Keyes is in town and wants
money! and testifies that he wen,
with Nunemacher, after money had
been collected, &c the Newhall House
where Reyes was stopping. He did
not see the money paid, but saw
Nunemacher go into Keyes's room
After having stated that he though,
Reyes knew of the dishonesty of the
distillers, the following questions were
put by Mr. Caswell OF the committee
and answered by Griffiths:
O. Then the fact that money was Maid !,
is the reason you think he knew YOU wer,
running crooked have you any other reason
| A. think have
G What is it?
| a. do not know that ought tn sav an,
thing about it; but when was at Madison. n,
| the convention, talked with Mr.. Keyes.
fett ar n could talk to him. He was a cand
date for the Craftsmanship of the State con.
vention doubtless misprint for "Commit,
tee as Mr.. Caswell remembers He came
round to me, and, in talking to him, | told
him that understood they were going to
| lndict all of us men at Milwaukee, and told
him that supposed-at least. that expected
he would do all he could for us. He said
Certainly will"
After all, is not President Hayes's
idea that the employees of the Govern.
ment had better not attempt manag
ing conventions and running the
politics of the country, pretty good
one? Revenue officials in the paw Of
the whiskey ring, attending State
conventions and attempting to direct
the choice of United States Senators.
were some of the results of the old
system which the people would do
well to remember.
"DEAR CoNK."
We come now to Mr.. S. j. Conkliu's
testimony. He was arrested the au.
tumn following the Senatorial election
OF 1875, for completely in the whiskey
frauds, gave bail for bis appearance
at the next term Of court in the sum
OF $4,000, and ran away to Canada,
forfeitiDg his bond. The following
year he was granted immunity by the
Government, in order that he might
be used as witness in some of the
whiskey trials. According to Conk.
Inns testimony, Keyes came to Mil.
waukee on his arrest, and there was a
meeting in Carpenters office, Of
Reyes, Carpenter and Conklin, to
consider what the latter should do
Conklin AYERS that Reyes and Carpen.
ter advised him toget out of the way
that he was inclined to remain and
face a trial, even il it should result in
his going to the penitentiary, and that
he argued that if he went to Canada
he could do nothing there, while, a,
the worst, when he came out of prison
he could resume the practice of his
profession (the law in Jefferson coun.
ty. Thereupon, he adds, either Keyes
or "Matt" rejoined that if he went tc
the penitentiary, some enemy in JEFF
ferson county would move his expul
sion from the bar "That," testifies
Conklin, "was the last knock.dowr
argument and took the pith out of me
about staying and taking the chanc.
es," and he fled. Carpenter, in his
testimony, does not deny this inter.
view but says Conkliu is mistaken
about his having advised him to run
away. "While | do not mean "a
charge Mr.. Conklin," says Carpenter
"wth not understanding it in the torn
in which he puts it, l have 70 say tina,
1 did not understand it that way"
AZ NO Dsno LEAR CoNh In CANADA,
While Conklln tarried in the Queens
dominions, MIR. Reyes had an inter.
view with him there by appointment
One of the objects of this interview
seems, from Conklin's testimony, to
have been to make the latter remem
Der that Reyes and Carpenter advised
him not to run away to Canada. An.
other was to assure Conklin that any
report be might have heard that be
(keyes) was opposing Conklin's re-
turn to the United States was untrue
and third, to ask what his recollec.
ton was respecting money paid by
Conklin to Keyes during the Senate.
rial fight. In his own testimony Keyes
says he sought the interview because
he had learned of a conspiracy to
blacken his character by giving Conk.
lin immunity if he would aid in it.
1t is certainly evident that Mr.. Keyes
was very uneasy about that time in
regard to his old friend "Conk."
THE PAYMENT OF wHIsKEY MONEY To
KEYES.
The following is Conklin's testimo.
ny IN regard to giving money to
Reyes collected by Nunemacher and
Wirth, during the Senatorial contest,
and referred to in Wirth's testimony
given above:
know OF some money being collected by
Herman Nunemacher and by Mr. Wirth in
January 1875, which was paid over to me, and
| by me paid over to Mr.. Reyes. during the Sen
| atoral campaign of 1875 in Wisconsin.
| Q. Where was the money paid to you ?
A. In the city of Madison, the capital OF
the State. l think the first payment wa,
made to my knowledge in the capitol, and ]
think the other was handed to me out on the
| sidewalk.
Q. Do you remember by whom the amounts
we're handed to you?
Il. Mr.. Nunemacher handed me- the first
| and Mr. Wirth the second
Q. What were the amounts of the pack
| ages
a. think the FIRST package was 5000. The
second package did not count and did not see
| it counted. Mr. With said there was abou,
| $500 in the second package. He was moi
exactly certain of the amount himself. He
said they collected good deal more, and told
me how and where they had spent some of it