The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-02-19

4 advanced for any such purpose; an
Colonel Pelton was Immediately tele
graphed to return to New York.
did not know at that time that Mr.
Smith M. Weed had gone to Soutl
Carolina. I had not seen him afte
the election and had no information
of his whereabouts or of his business
at that time. My conversation will
Mr.. Cooper was very brief, The
whole matter was disposed of with,
in five minutes. made no inquiry
into the details, and there was nc
discussion between us. I obtained
from him Colonel Pelton's address
in Baltimore and caused a telegram
to be sent to him ordering him pre-
emptorily TO return to New York.
The despatch was in the ordinary
language. I had no cipher, and
could not translate the English of it
if had. | think it was some ten
minutes after Mr., Cooper left that
the dispatch was sent, and he (Mr.
PeltOn) returned that day to New
York.
'In respect to Florida, I never
saw any one of the Florida kilograms
either in cipher or translation, and
none of the contents have ever, so
far as know, been given to me in
relation to this subject. l did not
know and was not informed that
there had been there anybody rep
resenting, or claiming to represent
any committee of the Democratic
party until after certificates had been
given to the electors. That was the
first information on the subject, and !
| had that after the sixth day of De.
cember. Some time after Mr.. Mar
BILE returned-I don't know when
he mentioned to me one day. as of
a bygone affair, that there had been
an offer to sell Florida, and he said
that the offer had been declined.
Some time last summer, about the
time of Mr.. Marbles letter on the
Electoral Commission, / made a re-
mark to Colonel Pelton that that
was the first knowledge I had on the {
subject. He answered in single
sentence, that all offers had been de. [
,lined; that was all the knowledge I
had on the subject until the publ, |
cation Of these dispatches. In re. i
pect to Oregon, 1 never saw any g
me of those dispatches referred to s
n the Tribune extra, never saw any I
ne Of those in cipher or translation Z
or was the substance Of them, or e
ny of them, ever communicated to Y
De, except dispatch from Gov o
rnor Grover, stating that he had Ii
iven the certificate and caused it to Il
e transmitted to Washington. l o
id not know that they came in ii
ipher until they appeared in tue Il
ribune. Some Of these cipher tele. ft
rams appeared with the address o
Colonel Pelton, No. Is Gramercy 81
ark" which is my residence. Yes 81
ercay afternoon l asked one of my "
oung men to look them over, and he
Did me what they were. | think he g
I'D me there were fifteen in all. So tc
sr as | know, none Of those dis ol
atches, which were chiefly sent by Of
-r. Marble, were ever delivered at ia
y house. Colonel Pelton's habits ell
nd my own at that time we're so k
ferent that saw little Of him. / k
as still Governor of New York and p
as 10 the daily reception of execu-
We business. lie very seldom came
} the house and l saw very little of m
N. TO
" Now one word as to the gentle. yc
en- that were sent to the South. in
be suggestion originated with Mr.. tiC
ewitt and General Grant. Within If
day or two after the election, / fe
ink, General Grant wrote a letter eV
lyising that gentlemen of both oV
'litical parties should be invited to all
} down and witness the count and ah
e that it was fair. | did not Sc IN
ct or send any Of these gentlemen. tn
r. Hewitt selected them and | did wi
It supervise their selection. | 20
d not communicate with them in ca
y instance during the whole of so
at time, and l never received any
from them except
e. | never answered any dis.
tch except that Of Mr.. Ottendo
:. l was very busy during all that g.
ne, and as the committee had the n.
of affairs | took it for
anted that these gentlemen under. -.
'od their business. The assertion e.
1t they were in my personal inter-
is without foundation. They :,
re the representative delegates of -
Democratic party and no man, aao
far as know. ever went to any 80
these States with any commission 60
had il in contemplation to do any 80
DO that q gentleman onght not 10