, 1879-02-18

10 secure tfuthtIl co1Gtt u uciTay 0nf OK.
pcnses rcguisttu for that purpose, and to a!d
tlrtn In any way he could lie was authorized 10
employ money, limited In atnouut by Ills OWN
judgment atul discretion. fio expended an,i
authorized the expenditure 9f pEcssv nearly
s1o,tku, obtained through drafts on Cooper.
M. 23 Of the c'phcrs incatt Edward Cooper.
vide d!spatclics: ~ havo drawn on " for 40
md So" Witness Ind destroyed his key.
Thu dispatch stating Supply 5000. credit
Wooley and Coy1c," was mistake, "a he nn.i
TINT required money.
which he was ,nalo to say, Only cnsll wllt
uvull." This had never l'cen scnt by hIn,.
Atr. Rccd-Stato the "details at
THE 100000 PROPOSITION
Alt was mado me by Alexander 11telu, a
fore left Washington. lie SAID to nc il,c Rc.
turning Board could be bought for S2OO, 900, but
hal received q telegram frotn New York cau-
tIuung tic 10 have no communication with the
gentleman to whom had been Introduced I'll
the National ConulIttee room, 50 paid no at
ttntion to him.
Q.-Do yot, know II Gov. rl1aen kncv any,
thlIIg nf tlcso dispatcllcs1
A:-Wcil, my kGuwlcd.c of Gov. 11dcn and
Of the aftnIrs OF tIip canvass would make mo nos.
itivc he did not. Wooley onep asked n,e IL
l!al authority to draw auy mouoy. told him 1
had for legitimate purposes. Wooley then in
quircd II felt authorized te drnw n cunsidcra-
bic sum. think ho 1ncntio,ed s50,Oo0. Under
eumu>circumstanees /! mlgnt 10 authorized 10
draw 80 much, told him.
Q.-Can you te'f me what W;ooley and Marble
A.-Well, can scarcely tell YOU,
t1.-1hcy wcre not lawyerA md yo,l never
saw lticm In consultation wth'anytofy.
AL never did. tnever knew Marble to DO
consulted about business IN any possible way.
Marble seemed TO bo visiting Cowgirl and Nc
Lin, members Of The Returning; Board,
WITHOUT AMI SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
from ybody.
The Chairman showed witness a tIisp7tcl1
dated Nuy. 10, 1870, from FIorda, mud eent to
Alexander T|lcsn, which read, Il Como quick
Wit, cornncopia green natef:'
air. Cox-1t means, "conie quickly with
corlllleopa full Of grcoilbackA"
Witness (in reply to chatrtnaoe e1f1eln showed
to bo put up in Six lots. do not remember tic
amount OF each. They wcre not equal amounts,
knuw,
Witness, continuing, said during his stay in
Florida there we're several propositions Of secur-
ing il.e Returning Board from several pcrsons,
but be always found them cnana.o from Thcin.
Tallahassee was hull Of runors alld full of
negotiations. tLaughter.1
R.-Cn c1ther sldGt
Al think 81. Was 1t not 30, Mr.. Chani1crl
William f. Chandler laughed, hut mado lo
reply.
THOMAS q. DUNN,
nov residing in Boston, and III November, 1870,
une Of tho South Carolina Returning Boarl,
testiilcd: asked to BE- summoned, because III
rcading tho testimony gtvun by Smith N. Weed
before the Subcommittee I'll New York I
suw my nnme was mentioned by him as
being QUO at least OF tle Returning Board
who made ncgostattous With Ilardy Solomon fur
to bc called hers that ! might. So far Us am
concerned, mud In the vtndicutiou OF the Board,
assert lint It is not true.
Q.-State any conversation you bad on tho
subject of the Returning Board vote.
A.-So!onon came to mo during tho session
of the Hoard He sat1 l,o was requested to ace
the members Of tho Returning board md ascer~
tatn whether 1t was possible 10 enter into any
nsSSsattous ,,;t' t., by Wl,lc tho Ts Of I'm: Board
to o't Taon Eiesto4: % iPe .ala hd'&Ha a q ba; al
been requested to undertake the, business
because there was great daugcr Of bloodstlet and
anarchy In tt,t State unless pcaceaI!a solution
Of tho question could be arrived nt; tllat tho
gentleman who spoke to him dcsired to have
negotiations with tho Returning Board, and
could Belect no more suitable person than him
oil the members Of tic board, ant it's previous
affiliations with the Republican pnrty. / told
Aotr ~. e.. H.
f ~ VIZ tIse'y useiess lot hh t3 talk
~ ~ aS s ni;nt tSas w., w't ,ns atuths Boafd
on "a,S suS. po,nL aae le returns ot tls'r votes,
nt ny n t sGutc ~ wot enter
s,,,,rn} uu} i -. IT,. spuscu VI ean'asseu fe1uehs'
0''o"cu c'cus'y ...........
TIE ELRc1foa oFTnE HAYES HtEoroRs,
mud That the ltcturnlng Hoarl of South Carolina
wou1I unquesttonubly .lu their duty tu deciar.
lug their election, II permitted. We bud fur-
ther conversation on the subject. Solomon
seemed unwilling to 70 back to those for wilu1n
he spoke with such decided negative ut thu
Btart. liz talked attll lurtEer, and undertook
to reason tllc probabilities, a1,l to riyo rcnsuua
why il ,yas better to arceto to wlas pppcurcd to
ba ttIe determination Of tho Democratic party
there to tnlse thu State.
Q.-What arguments did ho usc1
A.-rIlc arguments tlnt lie used, at least ono
OF the most prominent in nv mIld now. wrrn
tlat he had bren told by flo Democratic leaIlers
tllera lint they Ind tho Democratic strength Of
the State #, arms n,ul organized. could nut .tNtl
men into Columbia on 4 lew lIoars' notirc. ind
TINT they meant to tnke tile Stale, Eeaccab,y il
t!cy ruiltl, forcibly il they must. Tie srtne;rs.
Impression left oil INV mind in rcsnert NJ thn
words usrd Is tlmt It ia better to usS goti thnt,
steel, AMI lint wus the rcusor, lle cn,ne tn M"
hir. Htscock-Mo seemed to b. il favor Of a