New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-08
tina. question A.-1 unnecessary for mo to give you

Q-When you received that dispatch yon had no doubt
but what the proposition being entertained In New
York Did Won suppose 1t being entertained by
Colonel Peiton al0ne Add then suppose that 1t
Q-Yes I am not asking you what yon supposed
subsequently,. At rather my impression, but
| OF course, could only guess you know.
SENSITIVE INNER CONSCIOUSNESS.
Q.-Now, sir, suppose that your whole inner cop
scousness revolted at the propOsitionl A-Well. in
the light Of the fraud that l there-that have
since seen executed in taking away the Presidency from
the choice of the American people,
! Q-Ynu ore inclined 20 Justify III
MI Rec Abiding 70 long pause on the part Of tho
wtness-There will be yery elaborate close to that,
/ can
/ The Charman-Iet the witness conclude his answer
Mr Reed am trying 70 prevent Mr.. Hscock from
The Tl'nc.s-It Is un'or'un you did not succeed.
| M Recd-Finish your sentence.
MI Hlscock-Do you wish your answer to ne read up
to the point where you left of AFTER the had
been r al by the -t~nogTaphcrl-Go on Mr.. Marble.
| The Witncss-It IS unnecessary.
! Q-fOu pause there Al pause for q reply your
purpose being always interrupt M.
! 81 would Ike the completion OF the answer very
| much Al j. nor worth while 10 repeat ~.
! Q-rnen You will answer the question. trust A
! pose Is NOT To elicit any fact
Q-what were the dates OF the two dIrpatchcs you
| put IN rY,dcnC' here A.-One NOvem 30 the
last was December q, from Live OAK Taaha-se where
stopped II for snort viii" on our way home.
/ Q-Nrv the last Spafch which had srut on from
Taaha--"" hsd ed tue contest. FAR Won m"
got III the returns down TO 100 votes and tho NJ II
thing We Iu1 YOU doing here ls beng the medium Tor
thes" infamous propositions A medium for their
| transmission. please be careful to say.
/ a WI ,top IN NV questions and ask you another
DO yon think ~ they we're no; Infamous that Is
criticised. merely wanted IN qua nv what 'aid
! by saving the medium Tor their transmission"
,QLlou make no OBJECTIONS 10 ne word Infamous !
Q-Nov mon, in the rght OF this canvass showing a
hundred votes - A.-Inls dispatch the 2lst, you
I meant
Q--It i. the Inst dispatch we hav.. A.-You under
| stand that there were bushels between.
unfortunately. A.
/ fortunately indeed; u Is SD to think Of il.
q 1t Is @af To think that bumfn recollection fails TO
REPRODUCE them! Ats sad how carefully HAT
cntenporary record has been destroyed 1t is very
Q-what vas coninc to j. tbs: you had been the
ueium for the tran mission ~ this Infamous propc
sutton from Tallahassee 10 Ncw-iOrk; you knew that
TIC proposition mad been tolerated by the nephew ~ tdc
Governor and the one to whom al your dispatchs-
! pcnurd that very elaborate telegram to Mr.. randall
nat you'd be fmngn proper TO dSSR n9t 81
, that thought necessary.
! Q-You then stIdou,.y SUPPRESSED al know 'cdge-of
tn, attempt at bribery A.-No, did nothing OF the
kind did not studiously suppress il.
| Odd you ever communicate II to anybody else I
| Q-Ncvrr ddf A-No.
! Q-We viii come along To one other dispatch. A
BuI the feet which dld not mention You Observe was
the fact Of tne yenay OF the Board think the raus
IN that sense am perfectly willing 70 adopt your adj
JectI'e.
CONFLICT OF vERACTY.
! Q.-Nov come 10 your dispatch Of December 8,
which yoB VIII 1nI nearly At th" foot oftne page prop
osiuon failed low, mark you. have tld, answer to
you ~ D,ccInbcr4: "Tc!cgrtm here. Proposition ac-
ccptcl II done only Better consult with Wooey
and act in You trust him. Tine very M
porant ana tdere should be divided councils al
an.N er which looks ycry much il they meant hus-
ness ana you sent dispatch which has in it these
words, "proposition failed = A.-No. l never sent
/ any such dispatch.
/ Q.-Co.oucI Te.tyn has sworn be received one. Al
/ cannot helpit
Ole has here Oh the stand That he received
dispatch TO that effect and meaning that Alas lie !
! Q-Yrs sr-'hat he received the dispatch from yoI
and the reason thai he gave why he dd not undertake
n raise the money was because lee received the dispatch
from you that the negotiations had IN len throuEh'hat
/ nov. that, but IL j. 10 error. II hr did do 40.
Mr.. IIiscccK 20 ne tH& l ,han II, HuAlou =
Mr. HIscock TO wItnessl-IIe has sworn 70 that-tha
he received fro You DIS patch 70 the effect that the
nTopo.Ifiors had iaen through aud therefore lac made
M atrnut 10 raise the money and have II RENTED To
,,riUlsv II is possible lac may have been under the
rt.anpreen that was In conference and con~ita,
lion with Mr. Woocy as he III TINS diSpa'ch mao uesreu
NioCUHr Marble Act me finish. Put never
was IN conference or consultation win nm ana can
onIv account the CO0ucs error y tho tact that he
appears to have we'd dspajrl nom dr MooHey,
ana he has confounded that di-pItrl WIN nm; III
With false Interpretation has been Imposed ny TIE
G|C"Ionel Pelt5n on the stand. with thar Dispatch
before HIM upon croSseXimndtlOu DotA hy my ana
by M Reed. has recognized tie dispatch ana 10. tiaH-
re- tic tit the negotiations had fallen ;hrougn, aud
that as reason why ne H.u h"t a,L'"pi H. H.
the money. Al j. "hN +uH-y ar ''l"- ~
atr itself fortunately contains the proof that II j. an
error =, ~, ~. +? 9,9dc,.an ~ that the cipher
Is not correctly translated A-Unaouoediy; | hal no
You are unable 20 give us the cipher-aro you 2lo
10 give The meaning N any Of the substituted words
oENonc Of them do Won put vour want ~ recollcc-
tion-hccau>e ~ answer ~ ~. que ZION a's,1 %.
/ mcant-asalns. colonel polton's swearing 10 his
affirmative recollection ot what Is iIansa'ed ~ IN, tAa
M tnrr i2re 10 m T'"tiv wiling to nat nv rtro!-
ioF.oFlIa ~ 'tn y" id ,o .il.rc IN Ttp0Tt and
aid report no failure. and my recollection 81 the it'
ia, he last line ~ The telegram recalls 10 me what
Was wishing to send, against these erroneous snte-
urufs I looked m last night, AMI Jaw mat lie va.
In rnrh .afirlr.l while he was under eAaminaOn-I
0LYon mist say hat while Ie1amncdhm, treated
him with great Considerations. A-Fatgae! Fatigue!
/ I,ght hour. loUg. Goodnrs,i
Vr Reei-Pcrhap- ought to that this fact IN re-.
~ he f',t"r 70 sft,r oocI-after he Lad been
rcfr,-hed. II = TOO ha'd 20 s'dd" one man WIKI DotA
/ TIE >carcroat aud the fatigue theories. .,-, -
| MI U>coyk--Wc Md ia III, dispatch Fox found me-
! Ur hid nothing. which anew already VOW mar II
nor In cpbrr. WHAT doe. that meant Al cannot re-
O-Oh. NV dear sir. A-Tcanuot recall at this mo
rnc Char,nsi-I desire 70 say that THIS laughing at
the witness ON either side must cease. an wiling 10
money, but It must be ia silence.
A CASE TOR MOURNING, NOT LAUGHTER
Mr Hiscock-And say to the audience that it should
be received ii silence and with great soieHnIty II Is
rather case tor morning tban for laughing 90 the
witness Now, really wish yon "odd Try ana refresh
YOUR recollection Al began 10 sag 10 you that can
NOT recall al this moment long after the dispatch was
sent precscIs all details of tins situation then
should not be able 10 identify the dispatch n NINE eX-
cept that distinctly recall tho last sentence in IT. mat
remember fully; IT'S an odd phrase remember
| sending
Q-When you went upon the stand as witness yon
/ did not know but that We had the original Al beg
i your pardon.
49, No.. IL -. d. lo..r tlat We dLl NOT haNe Tie