Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-08
CONGRESS-. ONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
The Potter Committee.

Clarence Carey, attorney for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, testified certain
kilograms We're placed in his hands when 1t
was proposed to issue subpBnas for their
production before the Investigation Commit
tee. The purpose of placing the kilograms in
delivery for pupiic Inspection. ] Il VS Was thought
a subpoena would not be issued to him, ow-
ing to his position. He was finally, however,
directed by the Executive Committee to de-
liver the messages to Capt. Whitney, Man
ager Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, Washington, ID. O.
Captain Whitney, the Washington man.
ager, In compliance with a request by Mr..
Potter, produced schedule, showing over 800
tee. He thought Morrison returned the dis
patches Other schedules were produced,
showing kilograms delivered to the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections When
the latter were returned to witness schedules
previously prepared were not verified by the
contents OF the trunk, it being immediately
shipped to New York per order of President
orton: Mr.. Van Horne lSuperintendent) gave
verbal orders in his (Whitney's) office to col:
1ect all political kilograms from the files and
forward them to New York ..--
James o. Green, an employee of the New
York ofice. testified to the burning of the en-
tire contents of the trunk containing the tele-
grams as received from Washington. Mr..
Mcmahon asked the witness If he knew any
thing OF any kilograms being kept back from
OF committees2 The witness said he knew of
some telegraphic correspondence being col
lected prior to the issue OF subpenas, between
James NJ. Tyner and John w Foster, the lat
ter of indianapolis. At the request of Presf-
dent orton, the witness sent the kilograms in
question either to Orton or to Capt. Whit
ney at Washington. The messages
fefred to political matters. and the
impression formed. by witness was that they
referred to the sale of some political office.
Witness subsequently remembered that one
of the messages referred to was a telegram
from Tyner about making two appointments
in the Interior Department at salaries of 81 800
each, and asking Mr.. Chandler to do this, and
have the money deposited in some national
m m
polls by the Republican Committee. The
telegram also contained the names of the per-
Der what those names were, but he believes
one was Martin. Mr.. Chandler telegraphed
he had deposited the money as requested.
+ Mr.. Brady, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, testified that he received a lot of the
cipher kilograms from Evans, Representative
from Indiana, who received them from George
tee on Privileges and Elections. (Bulloclx is
aov now Consul aOg at Cologne Brady, after en- en-
aeayoring inehectnaiIy TO decipher the dis,
William Z. Chandler. Copies of some of the
dispatches were furnished by Brady to
the New York Tribune. In the course of
his examination, Brady said that he
was in Florida at the time of the Electoral
count; went there at the request of President
Grant and Secretary Chandler, to "see a fair
count" was there about a month and drew
pay the same as If he were on duty; Morton,
an agent of the Post Office Department, was
also there for the same purpose; witness
paid the hotel bills for his side of the party,
amounting to 81 600, for which he was retm-
bursed by Zach Chandler.
VIM. Z. Chandler testified that he laid the
major part of the dispatches received from
Brady the same day on q desk in General
was in the room ut the time. Witness sup
posed that the General would have been very
careful of them and still thought so until he
saw them recently published. [Laughter.]
This was in the summer. Witness admitted
that he sent number of the dispatches to
Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune.
nj I'm
testified that the cipher dispatches passing
between himself and John w. Foster, appa-
rently referring to the sale of certain offices,
and between himself and q. Chandler, refer
ring to the appointment of Indian agents, re-
lated wholly to raising funds in q legitimate
manner In aid Of the Republican campaign in
Indiana Witness produced the telegrams
referred to and translated them for the Com
mittee. Foster went to Indiana prior to the
october election and endeavored to effect an
afrangement for securing the support of
some OF the leading Greenbackers, for which
ws toSsbee Sy 5ee
| with 900 additional for general expenses.
| project to buy up the indianapolis Sentinel
ter kilograms, IL was shown. related exciu
sively to the Development of the plans here
| indicated. The Chandler kilograms were
referred to the furnishing of additional funds
by the National Republican Committee, $40,
600 being secured at this time.
| Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York
| Tribune, testified that he received one pack
| age of the cipher dispatches from VIM. T.
| Chandler and another from Hiscock, OF the
| Committee. lie never knew Gen. Brady or Eu-
| gene Hale in connection with the transaction.
| The translations were made by Messrs Has
| sard and Grosvenor, aided by Prof. Holden.
The witness met Gov. Tilden about the time
| the publication of the dispatches com
menced and told him they were bothered by
| these ciphers, and he ought to give them the
| key. Tlden replied in the same 1ocular way
| and subsequently,, at Saratoga, said ne dlo
| not know any thing about the ciphers, and
| did not believe any had been delivered at 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 sub
| committee to New York City to take the testi,
| mony of Messrs. Tilden, Pelton, Marble, Weed
| and Others. The Chairman appointed as
such sub committee, Messrs Mcmahon, stem
| ger Springer. Cox and HiscOck.