, 1879-02-07


turning Bosrd demanded $7B.00o. The propo-
sltton was accepted by him, though he did not
remember the exact words Of tho dispatch which
he sent.
The attention Of witness NAs called to other
dispatches, nnd he mas asked II he had any ex-
planatton. He replied: III have not. I can
hardly remember these things. went to Bal
tfmore. The night before leaving New York l
met Mr. Cooper and told him about the Weed
correspondence, AMI That I might need his
money. Before met Weed was fnlly satistled
that Tho money could he forthcoming. but later
received two tele1rams--one from Cooper and
the other from soma one whose nhmo I don't
1ccollect-to the effect that the money
COULD NOT N NAjsxp.
Met Cooper at his house, and told i1!m Weed
had te1ceraphcd me as to the amount necessary
10 buy thc South Carolina board. Cooper led
me to belicyo the money could not be raised.
lilde1 WAS exceedingly annoyed about the mai
ter, and denounced my action. In fact, he was
very se1cre. / left for Baltimore without his
knowledge or consent. and he was very much
surprised at my acttob."
The ChstrmAn-Did T,lden have any idea
TINT YOU were pcrfecting OF attempting to per-
feet negotiations for buying the Returning
Doardl
- Ano - ''a' ''s ''' 'e@s' '0'@ ~ "'"'
~ III ,.o,. .,,, -, .a,t.. ht,, os thn ~orr-.
.,o,donc. - Nsn+on Ne,hta or woo1trv from
F1ortdaI
ana W., iii him ANYTHING .ho,t thu
Wand ,.nrrc.nor,cnrc,
a-T ,1,d mn. srhc corrctpoudcnce and ar-
..nromon,. w-r. c.rried mi eotclv hv me-.
D., a. at.rror-nc vo,, mean II .sv vou had
-. - ,an,o-.s,,nr with ffr T,,,1cn m th,s n,,t,er
,,n,,, at.or rn,,r .rrivnt from nattImorc,
A-Yr. ar. that IA tte fact,
n-u, 1I,dan wa ,n,,rb .nnoYei1. MN. h.
-,
IT, w., am, aon,, tr,v Tint hc vct f,r.
gct, IL. ue toId nc distfpct}y that ho wanted
s'e ss,, .ar, and wou1d .ooncr dfc than a1lov
~ h,,,ss"is ~ hs M ,n.o ia P,c.tdcn,tn, ehotr
n ..nIa- tn,.o ,'roters.s, When st,n..o,,.ntIv
showed Tho Governor thc Whole correspondents
hc WA .tit rnore exercised. and denounced tho
| xho,c nrocrcflinr emphattcalIy.
pv Mr. Recd-As Secrctary Of tho National
n,,n ocrot,c comm,ttee. did YOU not arranee the
| clnhcrsf
Al did not.
Q.-Dtd you fully explain matters heforo the
Committee that Investigated the Oregon elee-
toni
A-ys., air, did: and bayo nothing To add
to 1t.
| In further cross-exau,tnation, Pclton was un.
,ni" ~ dn .t.,e VIM wa The author Of the cluhe,
keY. hut sald the same key answered. 30 far "a
III. IL, ,.nr1,.ctton wcnt: far South Carolina anf]
rf,r,da' The T1tbt!ts foundations, he added,
vor. tnacc,,rate. no eaye coptes Of tho koy ID
Coy,c and Marble. Tho same key answered
Snr T,ouisians- but witness could not say sc
r,hot7 In uare tho koy there. Mr.. Tilden did
not read ali tho kilograms received. He did !n
a,,a a. tn whcther or not there vas
Anr yEvs Ynou MAHBLE,
hut h, ncvcr read a single telegram Ia relation
IN thc negotiations fot tho rurchaso Of the Re
su.,,,n ponrd,
O-f1ov tell III tl,ecxact words Of your uucis
~ cannot sav, All / know IL th1t b,
stronpl, dtsapproycd Of what had bean dolng
y nr.r ,on- rrr,a .nt Mr.. Cooner diam
INA ~ .' n,sn. fro,, . ,nor.i 1o,nt r
1 ptoe9o a. ~, coonsr W.. Tr.asurer Of the Na
,.s., 'e", ,,a.,ocr.ti, f.omsnittee. was he uot1
~y rs ws,. Int A to bis morality capno
A'-ue ""'' '"N 90 " '' '
say up.,,,. , IT. ri,
Q.-Oso tae "o'u ''"s''~ '''' 1''
DENT .-
- ~, .1e's 49,, w. ..,.n. n. ..,eor.n, re,dtno
Q.--pia you psessn. a, nu 1,..,s'.a.n , - - sa.s
"Tc!! hsfssla 10 eaoa'' o'46"''o"'' '"1
uncles
Al ncvcE did.
Q'-pio 10 "ooe's'ua" "Ae' o'''A|
meautf ...-....----
A.-ho dld not ~ 1ae.' 10 never ~ "a" an
OF these te!eerams o!scass9no ~, Wa .no us" ~,
Of ! horse oWneo " hf' AHoe"' A""s q"
know aboutlt' ,.u ,v,.-
Q.-Thls wss a suggestion tnat hs' A'oe'
should take somo Gentte e3eFctet
AL suppose So
Q.-1hcso people IL Lou'sans' F!ot1oat an
South Carolina depended upon your doing VIVA
you hayc shown you could not do' IN otho
words, you LED thcm 70 peIeso Joa u"o
soAzBopr Bsu1nD 1ou'
and tl,at whatever you did would bo sanctioned
aud amy contracts made by you "oalo Do 1altn
fully carsled out'
A.--That ts about at.
Q.-Did you intend, II Cooper favored you
| plnus, to ohtxtu $50 0O0 OF 480t t00Q from tho M