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

}ir. Huuton. on Saturday, did sensible thing
in ruling out hIs own absurd question TO Nr
T.ldcn about the supposed ycnalliy OF the
Southern Returning Boards. There has been
vast deal of what Mr.. Marble calls "ruh-a-
dub" about rle readiness OF these function
alic, to sell th,ir decisions, and the eascmoss
Of Republicans to buy. Marble has asserted,
on the strength of common rumor and the
"suc,sc-" repeated at second hand Of some
man whose name hc cannot remember that
the Florida c3ny1SSors COULD be pu1chascd
Smith Weed has accused the South Carolina
Board of begging for the bride which he was
quite ready 10 pay. Mr. 1Idcn has declared
over and over again. that he was defeated
bv the corrupt use of money on the part
Of his opponents. If these men have
any sense Of shame left, 1t is high time Tor
them TO take another tone.
We do not discuss here the responsibility Of
SIR. Iildcn for the acts Of Lis agents; but this
at any rate Is clearly proved that the conf
dental representative of MI. Tildcn Oh the
Democratic National Committee, and the
cmi.s,rlcs who went from the National Com
lai.tcc-room. To Columbia and Tallahassee
were engaged in prolonged negotiations for
the purchase of the Cinya,siug Boards, and
that their schemes did not succeed. Marble
acknowledges the dispatches III which he
Transmitted the terms Of an immoral bargain,
and although he declares that he did not wish
the h.ryliu To be made, he conicS-rs that h"
knew Il Wa. taken into scriou, consideration in
Nr.-Yori. Weed roulcs-cs every detail OF his
corrupt scheme, a, The TRIBUNE has described
il. AND admit. that he meant business all
hat I., %
cciycd corrupt proposals from Marble, Wool
ley aud Weed accepted them, and intended
that the National Committee shouId act upon
them. What stupcndoUS and unheaid-1i in,o-
lcucc for Arn convicted upon their o"a letters
ard coHtt1A0HS Of attempting bribery To turn
upun the officers they failed 10 brlbc and say
. that these are thc Scouudrcls How can brbrrS
expect he world 10 believe them when they
try to ,lft thc disgrace Of their rascalIty upon
the men they tempted and did not debauch7
Lett Lc remembered IN the mid, Of this din
which the cOnyicts are raising, that there l.
absolutely nothing but their unsupported
statements uDon which the Florida and south
Caroliua cauyaSsrrs can be- accused Of a will
,pcur,, to be- corrupted, and thar even those
statements rest not upon personal knowledge.
hUt upon the ALLEGED reports of various mcr-
crnary "iutcrccdcrs." Pat away the rubbish
with which thc ciphcrcIs have attempted TO
cover their crime, and the solid fact remains
that the Democrats were ANXIOUS 20 pay for
tine votes, AMI the canyasscrs would not sell
tLcn. In florida the bride was clearly re-
icrfrd Wool'cy' last dispatch indicates that the
scheme fcll through As carly A. Saturday, the
I'd of Dcccmucr aud if the apparent meanlne
MA. No
..wIth Board against contract from Saturday
i, the true one, then it is evident that the
uropo,;tions transmitted after that date Ivy
Marble and Woolry were offers by the Demo
.Iat- o. bay, and not by the Republicans to
sell With regard to south Carolina the case
i, almost equally clear. Nr. Smith weed
make, the extraordinary statement that the
Board DELAYED action for tHO days while he
and Hard, solomon trrd to raise money IN
NrN-Yor', and that Il pronounced It's GeclSon
- soon ~ solomon tclcgraph,d that there was 10
money 10 pe had II this tile were true, II would
dispose c0cctualy Of Mr. Tlden's charge that
'thc Cagvassers were bought up by the other
side; but It IL not true. The action of the
Rotrd wa, DELAYED b. the Democrats: Peitod
testified that It was hi, policy to make dclay>
and the Ob,tructur WAS Chrt-Jnstlcr Moses
The whole plan oi campaign in South Carolina
al that time hinged upon placing the Canvass
ing Boyd under the orders Of the Democratic
state Supreme Court, and tying it up with in
junctioIs aud mandamuscs The delay was
enforced by a direct order of the Court, which
not ouly instructed the Board how TO count,
but specified the precise day on which it must
make it, report and it was for the purpose
of anticipating another order which would
baye prevented any action at all on the elrc-
toral returns, that the Board finally hasteucd
the count and adjourned.
Now, ii the detected and confessed offcrers
OF br,brs would keep any shred Of character.