The sun., 1879-02-08


Q.-Mr Marble. you stated what your pur-
fectly honest and legitimutc. What was therc
a62gt y9uT pGEp,SeS F you we werS gn%ns HIS
TO ho done that was not to be confded to any
body who was not in daily confidence with us
AS TO MR.. wooLLEY.
Q.-Can You recollect anything nowthnt il was
communicate to Woolry the fact thet we pro-
posed to got an Injunction to sustain the Gov
ernor from issuing certificates. ,.,,.-,
Q.-Why2 Ave preferred to keep our own
Q.--wherein would It have been indiscreet2
A;-Wel should not like to say anything un-
Kind about Mr.. Wooley.
Republicans of IL? A.-Oh no.
Q.-Now. Mr.. Marble. in ali earnestncss. is
that this had got down TO 100 votes on each side.
so far M you had the returns. and money no.
gotiations were orrn, and you desired to mo-
i'm New York not to let Mr.. WOollcy have any
thing to do with it? Al will assume that
your question is not meant to be insuitng-but
,Sir 'rscock-I viii say that It is meant in
all seriousness. A;-Then II 1t Is, not meant to
bc insulting. | will answer IT with great pleas
urc The despatch referred to nothing OF tho
kind.
that both you and Wooley were tclegrnphing
that offers were made? A.-Ol that have no
positive knowledge.
Q.-And that he was negotiating with the Re-
publican Canvassing Board Mt tho same time
when YOU wpro tclegraphlng that propositions
wore made 60 your A.-Yes; as have read all
ON view of the fnct that at that timo it had
rot to he very close thing and very soon alter
that Woolley was telcgraphing propositions on
here in regard to the purchase. and you were
telegraphing PROPOSITIONS that were made TO
cautioning the people i'm New York not To trust
WoOlCyP A.-NOt the slightest The idea
never entered my head until this moment.
when you put II there. call your attention.
Mr.. HiscOck--
Mr. Hiscoek But don't want you to.
Witness-To the fact that the date Of this de-
spntch - the 2ith.
Mr.. Hiscock-I know that
Q.-Whcn did you first in Florida learn that
propositions werc being made 10 sell out hy the
Returning Board? A-Well. IT would be DIM
cult for me to tell that. except by tho date Of my
Q'-Do you say that You did not hear anything
Of that kind until the second day Of December
Any recollection Is that that was the first deli
nitc proposition that heard Of Ny rec9lec;;
tion also Is that. previous 10 that time. had
heard u great deal Of talk ot the same sort.
had you ~ not not learned that Mr. W"olieyy' was
negotiating with somebody claiming 10 repre-
sent the Returning Board? Al think not
previous TO the despatch Of the 2l
Q.-DQ, you menn. thntY. A.-To the best Of
my recollection and belief do
Q.-Now IN regard to this despatch OF yours.
No. so; Have YOU received Z. .pgQpos iuon. 10
hand over NJ any hour required Tilden decision
of Board and certificate Of Governor for $500
spatch ike TIM, certainly signed. but az toli
you IN my direct examination. should havo
said. without the assistance of this telegram.
that the sum mentioned was $3.50 O00 OF that
however. | won't be- ccrtnin at this date.
Q-At the time YOU sent That despatch you did
not understand that negotiations mad been con-
du.tcd with anybody A-No.
Q.-,Now you received immediately, or the
Is that there was an interval OF more than day
before received what assumed TO have been
an answer tu that proposition.
Q.-NOu will see the answer down here Dec
- A.-Tho wires were cut two or three times
during the period that we were in Florida That
effected delay Oi tho des pai hes.
Q.-You received the answer Dec. 3; =" De-
spntch here: Proposition too high Al did
not get despatch which suggested that any
solutely. My recollection il perfectly clear that
le9t no despatch suggesting proposition too
Mr. Hiscock-Mr Pelton said 50.
Wltness-Ii he said so am sorry
Mr.. Springer Mr. Pclton did not say that tina,
Q.-siate your recollection Of the desp patch you
received. Al recollect rrceiving a reply To
this despatch OF minc at some interval after
had sent II. and NJ ABOUT the same time within
an hour or so, receiving the despatch in reply
Q.-I am not after that: | am after an answer
To- the question. What was the substance of tho
despatch which you received IN answer to yours
q DE-. 22f At suggested something like
lectod soma such word as that. It did not
" Now -ll. MNfNle, we nave mere COPY or
TINS despatch. with copy of H.l these de-.
spat'hes subsequently. You say that you had
kry Of TINT despatch. A.-le-. sir.
O-lon subsequently verified all oi those de-
spatchrs. und say they are correctly rendered
Al say they conform substantially 10 my rec
objection OF the events.
Mn. MARBLES KEY.
Q.-This publication has been before tho coun-
try some time. Has it vero'curr-d 90 you that
the proper way Tor you to vindiratc yourself in
this matter would be- 10 give us tho Key to thai
NH 81 "a NHtr IL Ia
Al haN" not the Key ia my possession. told
You destroyed the Key before left Tallahas-
Q.-Do you mean 70 say that YOU could not
take up this cipher despatch with the trunslH
atrnnsiaton 10 that telegram. and demonstrate
her" whether II is true or false. Do Won mean
TO say that y9a could no, d9 thaat,t Thcrf is ne
Bolivia Brazil were cipher? A.-Ycs.
Q,-IIaye You any doubt but that by a careful
stmiy you could ieh US what Warsaw here,
obvious that the despatch is substitution cl-
pher. and there il no working out Hhonl it.
dcspatrhcs to see if the words Warsaw here.
Bolivia Brazil werc I'm other dispatches. and
TO sec whether they make Of these oincr de-
which is given heret A.-Ncvcr
Q.-iou meyer deemed that necessary in this
case A.-NecossHry to whit end
Q-FOr the purpose Of yindlcaiing yourself
sir Al was not concerned about II Ia the
Q-And without your ever having attempted
that, YOU stand bore and say that the rendering
is untrue Al am perfectly clear on that. l
know It Is untrue.
OF You nre perfectly clear in reference 10
your recollection, yuu should Zoe able 10 give Us
IN" sui stance Of that despatch. A-That does
not follow. ] may perfectly we'll rerollert that |
received no despltch which indicated "propo-
sition too high without my being able to rcc-
oll"ct definitely what despatch dil receive.
Q.-lou did receive "a despatch Of some kind
which intlmated that the proposition WAS doe
clined! Alt was put away, rclreted In some
way wish To- say that received what ScelIs
10 have been reply To that Proposition. and also
q despatch which WIS a Teulv to my despatch
No 6l in tho pamphlet: Toll Spain 10 repeat
his message in nav cipher. II Is unintolligihle."
! rrrriVrl those two drspnt'hcs. one close after
the utnrr They were written about an hour
apart from each other thluk.
Q-Nlll you say that the despatch that you
sent to Now York, the one oi Dec. ,. whith has
been road. did not rcier 90 q proposition 10 buy
u returning board? Al know 1t did not.
positively.
Q.-Do YOU say that bribery was not the plan?
Al don't wish To have any language used 10
mo implying that any pc'uuinry proposition
wns Transmitted with any plan Of mine. or that
had any plan to buy the Board.
Mr., Hisco'k-Oh. certainly not Now. will
you tell me what else il referred TO- II II did not
refer To accepting the proposition which had
he"n made 10 YOU Of buying the Cunynssiug
Board; Alt did not refer TO any such propo-
sition, and
O-Whnt did II referto2 A-Are Won reallv