Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-08
drove to his residence and received the opherh key


drove to his residence and received the cipher key
from him.
LETTER FROM GOV. T1LpEN.
At this point the following letter from Hon. Samuel
J. Tilden was read by the chairILan:
No. Is GRAMMERcY PARK. Feb. Z, 1879.
Hon. Eppa Hunton, Chairman Of the Congressional
Committee, Fifth Avenue Hotel.
DEAR SIR: learn IN the public press that 1t is
the desire of your committee to terminate its session
in this current week. take the liberty Of request
ing that before you leave an opportunity be afforded
nue. of appearing before you to submit some testi-
mony which deem pertinent to tho inquiry with
which you are charged.
Yours very respectfully Sd. T1LDKN.
1t was resolved that Gov. Tlden should appear
before the committee at neon tomorrow, and that
Gov. Cooper, in accordance with his request, should
be heard at 10 80 O'Clock.
MARBLE CONTINUES.
The examination of Marble was then continued a.
follows:
Q.-when you found the vote was getting 50
must be done. Did you have reference to money
| maters7 Al did not.
o:1Did you understand that Wooley was ~
was working for. Al did not 80 understand It.
Witness had no recollection of kilograms number
fifty-one and fifty-two, which were shown him. I
ments are concerned, had nothing to do with them
except in this way transmitted by mail all propo-
stions made me, but as to their contamination I
had nothing to do.
do with that proposition7 Al do.
Odd you suppose matters were being ar
ranged by Col. Pelton alone? A-That can
Q. Don't you know that Col. Peton, by himself
could do nothing, and that If any money did change
hands it would have come from Gov. Tilden7 A. I
had no idea on the subject.
Q. We're you not the medium for transmission OF
this infamous proposition to buy out the returning
dDof at the telegram Which s
and here MIR. Pelton kwesrs that you autographed
him on December 9th that the proposition failed ~
A. This is incorrect. The words "proposiion
failed" belong to the Tribune and not to me.
Q. We're you no. aware that Wooley was author
lied to buy out the returning board? A. I was not
Tlden long after the decision Of the returning board.
He denounced the whole proceeding ard said that
under no circumstances would he have countenanced
any such arrangement. My friendly relations with
Gov. Tilden have not been changed for have al
ready told you, he knew that had nothing to do
with these propositions, and merely included them
III my cipher messages to accommodate those who
made them.
Euening Session.
At the evening session Mr.. Marble testified: Saw
Governor Tiden Immediately upon arrival from
Florida, but did not at that time mention to him any
thing about buying and selling in the Florida bust
ness. Took pains to conceal from him the whole
facts for obvious reasons. knew he would not ap-
prove of it. Pelton gave me the cipher. knew
nothing of its origin.
connected with something infamous that it would
be proper to afford clear explanation. A. I
have already published complete denial Of the
g. Notwithstanding that you addressed
your dispatches to Is Grammercy Park, you never
thought of Governor Tilden2 "A. No. never
in the least.
Q. How do you account for this, No. 81, 'sReport-
ed here that tho board have given us one vote. If
80, you will not need to use acceptance. Advise
fully A. don't understand it.
Q. How could they ask youno to acceptance
if you never had one7 A. cannot understand the
matter, but suppose it refers to No. el If there
Is a word in the cipher which means acceptance, I
suppose it refers to the proposition accepted.
O.. Now you say you received propositions from
scores of pers"ns. Mention from whom7 A. I
can't recoect them all, but received propositions
from DIR. Cole and Mr.. Dyke. According 20 tele-
gram No. q I met Mr.. Cole. told him nc propo-
sition to purchase eector returning board could
whose name forget, but whom he believed to rep
resent the whole returning board.
Witness further testified that the impression that
Tilden managed the whole campaign was great
error. He had great conversation with Pelton on
my return from Florida AS 10 his proposition tell
ing me to close at once, he must be mistaken in say
ing we had conversation on the subject.' I sup
posed the whole matter cane from him alone, and
that the Democratic committee and Tiden knew
nothing of it.
Witness attention was then called to No. sc !:
Proposition failed. Finished responsibility, Moses,
etc." He could not remember much about it as it
had passed from his mind.
@ Did you say in letter of November 18th, that
you rejected all such propositions the spot when
proposed and always was opposed to them? A. did,
sir. My determination in that matter was never
questioned.
This closed Marbles cross-examinaton and he
left the witness stand, but was not discharged.
f. L. PARIS.
The next witness was E. L. Paris. He said: I
was in Tallahassee on November 18th, 1876; sent a
dispatch from there to Col Pelton, NJ. King and to
Havemeyer. Ireceived dispatches from New York,
but from whom I cannot say Here witness went
key several dispatches His attention was called to
No. So, dated Tallahassee, Dec. A. addressed to II.
Havemeyer, New York, and bearing no signature. In
the cipher the word watch is used and in the transla
ton Marble.
Witness by going over the key showed how this CT
pher might read Wooley equally as we'll as Marble.
After some further discussion about the ciphers the
committee adjourned until tomorrow.
DYKE TO MARBLE.
The following is copy of Mr.. Dyke's letter to Mr..
Marble, offered in evidence by Mr.. Marble, but ruled
out by the committee:
TALLAHASSEE, Oct. "a, 1878.-It is probable that the
first ntmation MIR. Marble received that the vote Of
Florida could be had for consideration came from
me. ] had been told that the vote of one Republic
member of the returning board could be bought.
The named as the price fifty thousand dol
larr. informed Marble of what had heard, and
gave him the name of the party said to be ready to
negotiate, and the name of the member whose vote
to be secured. We talked the matter fully.
Marble said that in substance that the proposal
piece of Strategy designed to get an offer from the
Democrats, and make it the occasion of large de-
mand from the other side, and that under crcum-
stances would Tilden consent to offer, the pay.
ment of money (Signe6 E. @. Dyke, Editor.
Floridian.