The sun., 1878-10-16
MIR. MANToN MARBLE's EXPLANATION
Tho Alleged Cipher Dispatches that have
Lately Appeared In The Tribune.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD-lSir !.
Your request night or two ago at the Union
Club has Induced me to look over the Tribune Of
the last two months and to hand you what
have to say thereon.
The Tribune nscribcs TO me while in Florida
November and December, 1876 the sending OF
certain kilograms which / never sent the re-
ceiying OF certain kilograms which never re-
covcd. One decisive instance will here suffice
Cipher telegram seventy eight t7sl as trans
lated and nscribed TO mo. is n forgery. 1t mis-
states the situation rs knew it. 1t is addressed
to II. Havcmeyer. | mover sent message to
or through any Mr.. Havemcycr in all my life.
The Tribune affirms that after Nov. 20. {" not
line was sent by Mr. Marble. even in his most
secret ciphcrs. implying belief that the Demo-
Gratis had any right to the vote Of the State" My
private kilograms show the contrary. My sew
eral dispatches published by tho New York
Herdd World. and Sun. the Cincinnati En-
q,tirer and Commercial. the Chicago Times and
the Louisville COuri0'-JoiUnd' Justify that be-
lief with proofs now sifted and incontcstibo
This fiction and that forgery are the two
necessary hinges upon which the Tribune hangs
every subsequent Justification Of my opinions.
PURPOSES and acts.
| shall lot these thirty or forty broadsdes OF
disparqgemcnt pass on into echoes more or
less noisy because there happens to he no tele-
gram imputed to me-. ~ there can be no tele-
gram verify mine that conflicts with ono fact.
namely: / neVer attempted. furtherod. or exc
cuted, In any manner. direct or indirect or ever
ass"nted TO or conquered IN. any proposition.
purpose, scheme. or effort 10 buy the State can
even to hire them 10 certify that vote as II was
cas-; by her people Tor tho Tillon electors.
Rca or prctrn ledhyok RS oyorran Tallahassee
flushing the game IN Noyes baggcd. From
such peopl received many propositions that
one Republ can member ul the board. or both
could and must be bought to tell the truth.
turn States. evidence. aud brave Republican
revenges. else they would never give their
certificate In accordance with the truth. con-
i"ssod since by one ot them lcl.in, and estab-
lished long before the count by all the govern
of Florida on Nov 7 lad chosen tho Tildcn
elcrtors. Though always informing the proper
oftirer OF the National Democratic Committee u
never had. syllable of consultation with Mr..
WoOlley or anybody. Democrat or Republican.
which favored or even tolerated the acceptance
cussed by me; ON the contrary ] repulsed
every approach OF that sort on the spot. My
decision. never debated, was nowhere ques-
Was that decision an error? The facts.
which no candid man now disputes. were then
plain, as their duty was plain, TO every member
can antagonist In our long contention. Gen.
Francis G. Barlow. as | heard and believed had
privately told McLin and Cowgirl So. In the boz
half Of tho Democrats from the North SO had |.
And ] telegraphed when the Board went into
right would prevail. A few hours later their
certificate to the reverse OF the truth dispeed
What American citizen could then conceive
that President de facto by means OF one forged
and two fnlse State certificates himself.the chiof
benencia OF their purchase. would reward
nearly every known agent and accessory in that
crime with share OF its fruits. and this SOW
crcign people tax thems Ives tljO.OOO for the
annual wages Of that successful fraud2
OCTOBER 10. 1878. MANToS MARBLE.