The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-10

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icrward) All about his transactions IL re-
gard 10 the cipher dispatches. Yet,
KNOWING this. he presented 10 me n man
who had attempted bribery. and SO been
guilty Of = crime. as one worthy of my
c0nhdence, and the one whom he soci-
Tally chose to represent himself
Mr.. Tidcn- The moral andacify, or
lrather the immoral atIslaciiy. j. amazing.
0f the man Who could deliberately assert
IN written paper under his own sigma
ture. thar admitted before the cougres-
lsional committee that nj this very time
tjnne. .Hs1j II knew All about his trans
actions inregard TO the cipher dispatch
les | testified before that committee
that ! never knew Of the existence or
ronfeniS Of any OF the cipher dispatches
until their publication ia September.
ISIS, and every witness examined and
every fact elected confirmed my testi-
lmony. II was further proved that when
was informed by Mr.. Edward Cooper
that Colonel i'elt0n was receiving or was
10 receive the communication OF the first
of the offers. and the onIy one that came
70 my knowledge. 10 give 20 the demo-
crati" electors their certificate for a pecn-
lniarv inducerneEt instantly inter fered.
broAe up the conference and crushed the
ineipent negoliaiions.r
This language il pretty strong. Mark
the words. : testify that I never knew
Of the existence or contents of any of the
cipher dispatches until their publication
in September. 1s7s.r Letus see how this
compares with the testimony before tie
congressional committee. ! quote from
the report in the Tribune Of February s..
1879. Mr.. Edward Cooper. now mayor
of New York. testified as follows:
= saw Mr. Pelton on the evening be-
fore he left for Baltimore. lie was in
tile hall of Gov. Tiiden's house inst ID
the act of going 10 the cab TO 20 10 the
lirain. lie had bis coat on his arm and
} his hat on his cab was at the door. He
said he was going TO Bai'imorc to meet
MIR. Weed; that he might want to send
for some money. and might telegraph.
: don't recollect precisely, but he mus,
have given me paper with substitution
, words on il. | got telegram the next
: day mainly in English, but with some
words which had 10 be substituted IN Il
! In that telegram he wanted sent a large
! amount oi money 10000 or SsOOOO
I. was very much surprised 20 get tha
!, telegram. went Immediately to Gov
, Tilien'~ house and told him the facts
He Al once said that Pelton must be sen
; for to come home immediately
: Aha. Then Mr.. Tilden knew II i'm
mcdiafely: knew that Pelton had gon,
! 10 Baltimore on some mysterious errand
! which could only be conveyed IN cipher
: -- substitute WORDS Mr.. Cooper call
them "A business that had such an ngI,
look that he must be Immediately Gale,
home.
Bui we have better testimony yet. On
OF hiS own mouth Mr.. Tilden shall b.
answered. Here are few question
(, and answers from his sworn tesfimon,
E before the committee Of congress III ihi
: city last winter Iquoic fromihc repor
! in The Times Of February o:
Z 20. When Colonel Peiton rcfurncl
! from Baltimore suppose that Won saw
7 him Immediately. a. ! saw him th'
next day.
Fl 20. lou learned from Mr.. Cooper
2 aud Won could have learned from Col
= Pcllon that llr had been 10 liaItin,ore fo
! the PURPOSE q cnnsummasinga apIan fur
2 pn chase. by the action OF The ranvassins
y board Of South Carolina which wouIt
= Insure the election or The Tiidcn clccior,
iin that state : a. ! did noF hear that b,
: consnnmafcd the arrangement: onls
heard that be- received IN offer.
q. Would you not infer from Nj
\ having communicated 10 Mr.. Edward
y Cooper that hc would probably draw
4 upon him the nrxf dV for Se0 COO d
y $3n.Nup. and filat he Had gone ID Ialii
" more ~ meet M. Smith. NJ. Weed AMI
Il sano;hcr gentleman. who had come from
\ south Carolina ~ meet him there
!. would Won not lairIy infer from that tha
! nc had gone 10 conSummatr purchase
I A. did not understand that TIC sai'
that.
q. Did you understand from Mr
y Cooper the sum at money which h'
n Slafcd a. Yes
= u. 10 Won rcrolIrrt the am0nnts \
i I 10 nus know that dc. nnicr~too,
/ that ~ had gone there III order ID re
= ccive Or lnok into proposition.
!. ~. Now. nnhcr~tanflin. that lir ha'
I been indisrrcrt enough a. 70 ~ Bati
\ nr n w. even look into proposition -
y the Salr oi the electoral certificate ot tha
\ state lid You not think iliat ,osi wer
i lcalled upan a. ascertain hi relations 4
1.-The national committee, and 70 a~rcrtai
i how iar he was committing that hod,
:. land how TAR lie was committing himself
\. A. / lhonght that the best way 4" ,lea
4 with such transaction was 10 stop il
e not only To have nothing 10 DO with
" Imvsrlf. hut tn top every body else lloI
y Ihavin- anything 10 10 with III
III This shows Tie = Roman virtue d
lTilalrn III resisting temptation. Bu