Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-25
TE LEcRAPH
The Alleged Stealing Of the
Florida Vote.
HOW SENATORS AND REPRESENTA-.
ITvES TREAT THE SUBJECT.
The Text of McLin's Con.
1ession.
lsrsctAL DprIrcHrs To rHs Coin Hrri
DALI NEws.l
The usperss., Florida Frsads.

The uspertssi Florida Frauds.
NEW YORK. April a5.-The Ti~es Wash
ington correspondent sends McLin's con-
fsssion In full. jacksonville. Florida,
correspondent has interviewed McLin and
Dennis. wherefrom 1t seems that both deny
that they have made any confession OF
statement whatever.
The T;s.ss. In an editorial. thus sum
msrizes its dispatch: "Ex-Judge Nor
ton. ouce special agent OF the Postofdce
Department. aud Conkling's emissary to
tho Virginia Republican Convention In
1876. appears 10 have been the engineer Of
the Tilden mine In Florida. Morton
helped William T.. Chandler 10 supervise
the count Of the electoral votes In Flor
ida. but Morton was ousted from his place
by an u~pgrateful administration. and
Conkling professed himself to be without
influence enough TO find him another. 30,
being without money or friends. and des.
pairing Of being able 10 earn an honest
living, Morton fell into the hands OF Til
den aud David Dudley Field. He was
readily hired 10 go to Florida and provo
things TO be tlack. which ho had previ.
ouslS declared 10 be white. In This, how.
ever. he wss partly aided by sx.Secretary
of State McLin, who had also suffered
from political ingratitude. Between them
they have got out a confession whose
worthlessness a. evidence Ia ~ apparent
a its absolute irrelevancy 10 any question
which can nov 10 raised affecting the title
Of President Hayes"
A Herald Jacksonville reporter has In.
terviewed Dennis. who said: e. nm cer-
tain that tho State OF Florida went for
Iillep, In the face OF the returns, aud
thst be should have had II. II I hal been
convinced that the crushing proof of the
fact th,t Tildeu carried tLs State would
tnrn H.ves out and rive Tildru hi. rights.
/ vonIJ moi Laye si,ily furni.heJ snoh
nrooi. knew that m M proof went be.
fore Cougress. no men could stand no and
vote 10 Keen HAYES In his seat. / told
General Butler what I could do, and whilo
he tbonpbt n best IN wait until some nc.
mater. I talked with Senator Hamlin
sbopt II sIso." Dennis further declared
,h.t usvas ln.w ,l,t hs hal tbess fact. I'm
rc.srye Concsrninr rumors tb,t be bsd
cana A. s.rvsnt win ~ritten copfe..ion.
anil hal Threatened ia pubiicstion m he
WAS mot provided for, he denied this, and
said sargent simply went as his friend 70
the Aiministration and stated that Il was
under obligations 10 him. Dennis. aud
suggested a policy Of meeting obligations
promptly. lie sail that Sargent lid moi
think tIs President could Le turneI out,
but would favor IL II IL could be done.
McI,in ia very gloomy and dispirited,
and believes that no Is dying. Dennis
states positively that the letter furnished
BY him and promising his cooperation In
an anti.Hsyes movement WAS mailed to
Col. Pelton In New York. Several letters
are known IN have gone 70 the same per-
son, IL Is also known that prominent
Democrats here have been assured that the
movement was ordered. and 10 supported.
by tho highest Democratic authority.
They have not generally credited the ~.
surancc, II is also known that Conkling
has been kept informed Of every develop.
meut here. and tho statement Is made TO.
day by the anti. HAYES Republicans that the
Florida confession would first SEQ the light
In A speech being prepared by tho New
YORK senator.
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