The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-02-20
Col. Pelton was ofaled before the

sub committee, on the sthdd testified that he
bad, destroyed his cipAerks6; did, not semenabea
the namesof all his cprrestp adenhs WH1's d.
= we're te sdd.sss e AsSts%s s,s ~
n nGssss H IL stn fss ss sSe9
by the National Committee: did not remem Der
all the dispatches; Thought the published
accurate; did not remember whether or not be
used the word Denmark az his signature; labored
for delay in the decision Of the Returning boards
able for the Democratic party; had made NO ar
fangements fo th raising moneyl PIT thought i
proposition. and intended to submit it to the
committee for action; acted solely on hrs own
responsibility and without cOnan!tation With any
ssnes he % SESGs saa satsY ss ssss
favor of Tilden could be secured for 800 Co., APP
peared to be. in Marble. handwriting; sent q
si1stSn ssf '0G w nSh
saying that vote could be secured for $4,000,
to which he on his own responsibility assented;
tSnt 9be s rsGevng dispatch from Weed
told 81 Cooper and oth sGsep' tSat the tSe
Sa e.: 6 sJs he
had done, and denounced his action in severe re
and anme ;s terms: Mr. Mlden had not the
his behalf, and witness did not advise him Of bis
correspondence with Marble, Wooley and Weed;
he told Witness .na that he wanted no
dental chair under false pretenses; when
W.T. h subsequently showed the Governf
more exercised. and denounced the whole pro-
ceeding emphatically; witness led the Florida
behnd him. and that ws. sss Se dS
would be sanctioned, and any contracts made bJ
him would be. faithfully carried osts had not
esen Marble since august gSt and haa not lived in
whh he e spec az e iase'
secure the Florida Board was the National Dem-
he at W
expected to get the money from the source in
from Mr.. Tild.n. ~
Manton Marble testified, ON the 9TH.
He went to Florida to Look after the. Electoral
vote; could not say that he went under the in
structions of the Democratic Committee; did not
60 under the specific request of anyone; had no
communication with Gov. Tilden on the matter;
he called on the: Governor the evening that pc
left, and simply babe him Goodbye" On
his way met Randolph, Blair and Fox. and
he got cipher PeitSn at ESeseti
nor received from. Iildeh any telegtams; ad,
the Electoral vote the cipher dispatches, as pub
iished. SO far ~ he was concerned are simply
ess az for xs ss s s%y
some Of which NJ. Marhie acknSaiedg ed be sent
pudiated. Mr.: Marble did not explain the dis
patch asking Gov. Grover, of Oregon, TO refrain
from issuing al Electoral certificate to an Enc
did not recollect the diSpatch to Pelton stating
that he had received proposition to securea
TiIden decision from the FLORIDA Board for
that none of the pecuniary propositions were his;
Z. f.: Dyke. editor Of the Tallahassee Ftoridtaa,
was the representative Of the Returning Board in
for $5lC0O was not his; thought it device on the
part OF the board to secure a better price from
the other side; received the telegram from Pei
reply to it; had no conversation. with Tilden be-
fore going to Florida or after his return about
buying out the Electoral Board, and did not be-
kind; had conversation with Mr.. Chandler of a
general character. Witness said; Il again
REPEAT that SO far as these petnnirry errafige-
them, except this way: trsns%iited BY Wire Wire
all propositions made to me, but as to their
cotisummatiDn | had nothing to dos was not
tho decision of the Returning Board. He de-
nounced the whole proceeding, and said that
lations with Gov. Tilden have not been changed:
for, as have already told you, he knew that
had nothing to 90 with those propositions, and
merely included them In my cipher messages to
accommodate the parties who made them" Mr..
Marble, in answer to questions from the Repub-
ican members of the subcommittee said he re-
celved propositions from Dyke and Cole; told
the latter that NO proposition to purchase q vote
wt,uld be entertained: .
T.. L. Paris testifieti that he sent dispatches
from Tallahassee to Col. Pelton; Mr.: King aud
Havemeyer, and received several from New
York: Witness, with the aid of a key, deciphered
several of the dispatches, and showed that the
signature might be Wooey as well as Marble.
On the Sth, Gov. Tilden appeared be
fore the subcommittee and testified. Witnes
had road tho a 4 IL,