New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-10

o-But YOU don't cover 10 in this I Al did not do
everything in one Be good enough to read
| the next sentence.
| o-Yes I am very familiar with H. why did not yon.
Governor Tlden, when yon came to make ms answer
to the public say frankly that you knew Of the tanSac
tion so far rs you did know Of it, and that you then
stamped II out instead OF language which as you
see might convey the public the impression that you
not only knew nothing about the tccgnns but nothing
about the transaction itsef Al do not see anything
Of the kind the contrary, intelligent man VINO
understands the English language would understand
| that
! ON tho light Of vour present testimony, do vu
! mem A.-Whout reference Ia thai.
O.-Woud ans body infer from TINS letter NAV yoh hl'I
any Information win regard TO the transaction ~ III
! A-No man would infer that ] had any kno"l,dEr OF
the letters There might have been thousands VI them
! O"Dd You intend to convey the impression thar no
offers had been made to youl A-ldld not llutchueu
| to avoid the assumption
| SURPRISING SOME INCONyENIENr FACTS.
! QThcn why did you not frankly state what was tie
| fact A.-BecauSe, II there had been hundred men
taking to me about such transactions, suggesting and
advising them, was under no obligation. and had 40
! occasion to state 1t 10 the public
Q.-But there were not hundred men. There was
one particular transaction 10 winch your attention h"'
been directed By these TRIBUNE disclosures; why dd
Won not mention that lransactIoni II You M
tended to deal frankly WITH tho public why dd
you not mention that one transactonl Al had not
seen any OF these articles. aud did not know whether
the Il spatchrs were true or not did not kno" any
thing about them. When drew tins card had not
/ seen human being vita regard to theu ! hdn NOT
seen Mr.. Weed. had not seen Mr. Peitoa. was not
going uculpate them in publication when GId o'
know whether It perfectly true OF not
O.-But n that uMc you dId know Ihu Mr. Potion
ha gone Baltimore To engage III Transaction OF th1t
kIndI Al oId not say that.
! Q.-Wny dd coucei It, ON the public orr know,
ct, a. that factl Al knew only tnH MI Pc!tou h'd
O-Wny did YOU Keep that fact from the public That
I.fttL
know deserved 90 De ncrmndtcd. Al di" MOI k"O"
G'-Nry dI you not state tuatl Alt was not
-V-,s t NOT necessary Tor the Information Of the
/ & HIuI.it, Nou undertook 10 inform t", community
a. mo- In MANN rucu los sitting doV aan auur@ tlat
letter Oh the >uorc now dd % nlpp'n thI lo9 'hIIrl
I'M. f,ci of winch you knew Intr J. what want to
gel ut. A-Eoc,usr tn, idci "d' MOI Pcl'""' 1" ~
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-q.i a. At was noi portucut 10 thc things un-
G-i.,tt IT, among the things You undertooa 10 state
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post event, accompanied py tie statement that mo
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