The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL ISvESTIGATIoNs.


The Potter Committee.
Clarence Carey, attorney for the Western
se i We're placed Ia bis hands when Y
was proposed 70 Issue subpUnns for their
production before the Investigation Conn
his possession was 70 avoid. Il possible. their
delivery for puplic inspection. u was thought
. subpoena would notbe issued 20 him. ow-
directed by tho Executive Committee " do
liver the messages 70 Capt. whitney. Man
agcr Of the western Union Telegraph Com
phny. Washington. ID. Y.
Captain whitney. the Washington man
agcr. In compliance with = request by Mr.
Potter, produced u schedule, show iaR over W.
tclegraIns delivered 70 the Morrison Commit
tee. Vie thought Morrison returned the dis
patches- Other schedules wore produced,
showing telegram. delivered ~ the Senate
Committee on Privileges AID Elections. When
previously prepared we're not verified BY the
contents Of the trunk, u being immediately
shipped 70 New York per order Of President
verbal orders IN his (xhitney's) ofiice TO col.
lect all political telegrams from tho rles and
forward thcm 70 New York.
james D. Green, IN employee of the New
York ofiico, testified TO the burning Of the en-.
tire contents Of the trunk oonlainlng the tele-
grams ~ received from Washington. Mr..
NcMahon asked the witness II he knew any
those furnished ia compliance VIZ h subppnas
Of committees7 The witness said he knew Of
some photographic correspondence being col
James H. Tyner and John Wooster, the lat
ter OF Indianapolis AZ the request Of Presi-
dent orion. the witness sent the kilograms In
question esther - orion or 70 Capt. Whit
ney at Washington The messages re-
ferred 70 political matters. and the
witness subsequently remembered that one
Of the messages referred 70 was a telegram
from Tyner about making tive appointments
each, and asking Mr.. Chandler to do this, and
have the money deposited In some national
bank. 80 that Il might be drawn In Indiana
polls by the Republican Committee. The
Telegram also ontafned tho names Of the per
sons 20 be appointed lie could not remem-
Der what those names were. but he believes
one was Martin Mr.. Chandler telegraphod
he had deposited the money ~ requested
Mr.. Brady, Second Assistant POstmas ter.
General, testified that he received lot OF the
cipher kilograms from Es ans, Representative
from Indiana,who received them IRON George
r. Bullock. messenger OF the Senate Com NIT
tee on Privileges and Elections. bullock Is
desvofins ineectuaiy 70 deciph:r a, the in
patches. turned the most of them over 70
William f. Chandler. Copies OF some Of the
dispatches were furnished by Brady 70
the New York Tribune In the course Of
his examination, Brady said that he
was Ia Florida &C the time OF the Electoral
count; went there AZ the request OF President
Grant ana secretary Chandler. TO ssee q fair
COUNT was there about n month and drew
pay the same as II ne we're on duty; Morton,
an agent OF the Post onice Department, Is
also there for the same purpose; witness
paid the hotel bills for bis side Of the party,
amounting 20 81 ,ooo. for wnicn he was REIN
bursed by Zach Chandler.
VIM. Il. Chandler testified that he laid the
major part Of the dispatc hes received from
Brady the same day on desk in General
Buffers private office at his house. No one
WAS IN the room as the time. witness sun.
posed that the General ould have been very
careful Of them and still thought so until he
saw them recently published. fLaughtcr.l
This was in the summer. Witness admitted
that he sent number Of the di- patches 70
Whitelaw Reid OF the Tribune.
First Assistant Postmas ter. General Tyner
testified that the cipher dispatches passing
rently referring TO the sale Of ain ofiiccs.
and between himself and u. Chan der refer.
ring 20 the appointment OF Indian agents, re.
manner in aid Of the Repu blicsn campai1n n
Indiana Witness produced the kilograms
referred 20 and translated them for the Com.
mfttec. Foster went 70 Indiana prior to the
October election and endeavored 70 effect An
arrangement for securing the support OF
some OF the leading Greenbaokers. for which
National Republican Commi.tee. together
With 5000 additional for general expcnsea
a project TO buy up the indianapolis Sosssnsl
was considered, bat fell through. These Fos-
ter kilograms. II was shown, related exclu.
sively 70 the deve lopment Of the plans here
indicated The Chandler kilograms were
sent pending the November cain psign and
referred e. the furnishing Of additional funds
" the National Republican Committee, So.
Wo being secured NJ this time.
Whitelaw Reid. editor Of the New York
Tribune. testified that he received one pack
age Of the cipner' dispatches from wn- H.
Chandler and another from Hiscock. Of tue
Committee. lie never knew Gen BRADY or Eu-
gene Hale In comm cfion with the ransaction
The trnnslations were made BY Messrs. Has
sard ard Grosvenor. aided by Prof. Holden
The witness met GOV Tlden about the time
the publication Of the dispatches com
mencsd, and told him they were bothered By
these ciphers. and he ought 70 give them the
key. Tnden replied ~ the same iocular way,
and subsequently,, at Saratoga, said he did
not know amy thing about the ciphers, ard
did not believe any had been delivered az his
house. Reid understood him TO mean that he
did not even read the kilograms that were
then being published.
The Committee resolved TO send q SUBJ
committee % New York city 10 take the tcsti-
monv ~ Messrs Tiidsn. Pelton. arblc. Weed
and Others. The Chairman appointed ns
such sub 81 mmittee. Mers1s. McMilhon stem
ger, Spfi ger, Cox and IIiscuck.