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

SWEEPING DENIALS OF MR. TILDEN
A STATESMAN WITH NOT EVEN ! Suspicion or BRr.
Berry OR CIPHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Die
IAKArIONs or REPU BLICAN FRAUD WHICH GOULD
not BE PROyED-A CROss-rNA'uNATIO WHICH
REVEALED WEAK POINTS ~ IuE AHlioE or
EEuCENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS
OF =. ]. PARIS AND GEOEGF v. sNiIH-AD-
JOCENSTrNT or THE COMMITTEE.
The interest in the cipher investigation was
greater Oh SatuId.y than any other day and many
were unlblo to gain admtjauce 70 the committees
roou M TIlden's testimony was U..c.ed To- IA pro.
found silence, but nen he could not Doe heard even by
several members " the committee. lie de-
clared positively that he had 10 part in
the attempts 10 brbe the Southern Returning
Boards. He subjected 70 = Rigorous cro>s-rNamna-
ton from the two Republican members -, The commits
tee ami between his weak memory on many points
aud his the spectators !eIrued very httle-
Mr. Hl,cock compelled linn - admit thai
las belief that tie Republican. boU-hr Nh" south
ern Returning Boards based on conn
mon report. md u0t any definite iutormdtou Eds
card l. Paris whom Mr. Reed wanted to pass vo'o
OF hanks because he kept h. key aud his memory
testified. Af'cr having much spor among themselves,
aYd Win The last witness. Gcorsc y smith Nr Tideu>
private secretary. the committee closed it' labHr..
hr Tuden, being sworn tAeh tesfidri %, follow:
Ey the ca .irmln- Governor T,den rr, iStd Your
requesting pernisSo1 90 apnetr heiot" is cons
y,
You have 80 say upon the Subject OF tA' >" cph'r tec-
grams, subject TO Ss-cNani"aflHu vh"u !Uu arc
Through.
Mr Tndcr-I have no' hat eH opportunity to SEE tAc
u,hograrh copies ~ the cipher kilograms.
Tho Cuairlaau-Wil yot he k.uI caoigh. Governor
Il,icu. 10 speak iI, i louder.
The Wine-s--if you vii evrn'r me-. have s'ighe
cold. hut Will ,y u speak loud IS eau. Upon tho
publication OF the CIPHER TELEGRAM, n lHf Nrw-lORE
IrigJNk those relating 20 south Carolina 600 The 10Th
az october. - Hose .-t,u- to florida thc IN
# October. ISL read those ran,aIous. d.d not
-ro lcrilr among them single one fIat had
m cipher o, translation tno contents ~ wEcn had IA
any way been made known with respect 10 tho,s
OF then. thai pc allegations 10 induce members
%, t. Canvas ~ Boards az ~u'h Carolina ana Florida
20 .,;e n, Democratic c.ector, tur!s cert i,Ites.
5vca. positively that uoyegs one IT, those to- grams
either n CIPHER or translation The COZ. no, " Do eOt
them. NOR The purport OF any ~ them no! hing
about them yk4,soeN communicated 10 me- ~ any
manner whatever Thad uo sgow'r'i-e, no Information.
no suspirlou thar such pDnd-i"r or similar
correspondence had existed ami sheer publication was
announced in TUL NEw-Y"KK TLrB, ~ followed by rho
publicatiaI a few days later 80 ohrI 10 negotiations
I'm behalf Z aay member Of The Returning Board or
south Carolina u the Bpari Of SAFE Canyas-ers or
Florida u Other state wsN ever entertained by
my authority or with NV sanction. No negotiations
with them, dealing with them, no dealing With any
one them authQrzsd or sanctioned by me in
Any 1uanuer whatsoever The fg.t Information ever
received that any such negotiations had ever existed be-"
tween any Democrat and any member OF the Board of
State Csuys.s.s south Carolina 81 oOsin their ccr-
hc.tes for the Democratic electors IA ppeNcd tho
2oth ~ November 1879. rm rot able 70 H. that day
nolyely By recollection, but OK 30 hy other cir
cumstanoes II the day that Colonel PrtOu IA
baltimore remember the fact aud TX tls date FROM
the circumstances that have appeared during tins IN
yesgution. on the morning ot the 2oth Of November
r--G ca d
that her husband had gone 10 Phisde.ph 10 was =
casual mention. I did NOT know thar 10 Was gong 10
leave the ~ that be had left the city until she mn
TONED IT, aad her mention Of IL casual tina, u
attracted 10 particular attention. little LATER tho
morning
The Charman-Do you mean Philsieiphai
Tho Witness-Ph Philadelphia lti.r later IN the same
morning called on by the Treasurer o. the Ma.
tonal Democratic Committee, Mr. Edward Cooper, ap.
parently his way down town. He told me that
Colonel PeliOn was IN Baltimore. lie tod me thai
Colonel Pclton had received receiving sn oaeru