Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-02-12
SOME CIPHERS.

SOME CIPUERS.
When tho New York Tribune and
Ilg confederate. w.fr c'GMoring f,~aH
investigation OF the cipher dispatches
they could hardly have imagined that
the Committee would come upon 50
rich q find ON the first day Of tho
pxa u,natiop. Not Mr.. Tildcn, whom
they have sought TO cover with oppro'
brium, but two of Grants cabinet oil
ccrs, Chandler and Tyner, are discov'
cred TO have been in tclcgraphic cor
respondcnce, the object Of which was
to corrupt the election in lndiaoa
the sale Of federal offices. In
dian agencies were put up for safe us
u means Of raising campaign iunds,
aud this shameful tact is proved by tbel
telegraphic dispatches of tho two
cabinet ministers. OF the vast mass
OF dispatches Of this character Of 1876
the Democratic ciphors were carefully
collected and sent TO the Now York
Tribune for partisan uses while the RS
publican ciphers were destroyed by
trlsty agents 10 prevent the evidence
0i fraud and corruption from coming
to light. Bullock, one of the agents
to seize and destroy the Republican
ciphers, was made consul ut Cologne
as "a reward OF his services. But the
living witnesses remain to prove the
contents of these dispatches which Mr..
Tyner has shown so much anxiety to
conceal
Mr.. Floyd Grant, u confidential clerk
OF the Western Union company, testi-
fes very distinctly to the telegraphic
correspondence between Chandler and
Tyner. The latter tclcgraphed to
Chandler on the eve Of the October
election in Indiana that he must make
two appointments in the interior de-
partmont, for which five thousand dol
lars would be paid, and that the money
must be deposited in New York so
that it could be drawn in indianapolis.
Chandler answered that he had done
as directed and that the money had
been deposited. 1t was further stated
in the kilograms that the money was
to be used for election purposes. The
meaning OF this transaction is that
these positions in the interior depart
ment were to be sold that the person
named would pay twenty-five hundred
dollars each for them, and Chandler
must collect that amount OF money
and send it TO Indiana to bc used N
the campaign. One Cabinet Minister
made the appointments aud thc other
acted as broker tor the sale. II appears
from an admission of Mr.. Tyner that
the positions were Indian agencies,
and when the immense fortunes have
been made by Indian agents on small
salaries are taken into consideration
the price OF five thousand dollars for
the two agencies is extremely low.
This is the first nugget that has
been discovered in the investigation Of
the cipher dispatches. Anticipating
Investigation and probable discovery
of the most industrious efforts were
made by the Republican managers to
destroy the evidence. Mr.. Tyner made
application to the President of the
Telegraph Company for permission TO
withdraw certain dispatches and the
originals wero returned to him. II
they were not compromising in their
character why this anxiety 10 destroy
them2 The evidence elected shows
that all the campaign dispatches were
gathered together and sent to the
Senate, where they were carefully
overhauled by Morton and bis clerk.
Such as were thought to be useful as a
means of attack upon the Democrats
after the Presidency was stolen from
them were industriously collatcd for
the New York Tribune while the
Republican ciphers were destroyed
through the agency of General Brady
of the Postoflicc Department Evans,
a Republican exmember OF Congress
from Indiana. and Bullock, Nor.
tons confidential clerk. When it was
believed that all proofs of Republican
rascality in the purchase OF the Re
turning Boards of Louisiana and
Florida were removed by the whole
sale destruction OF kilograms the Tri
bune opened up it's revelations OF thS
Democratic ciphers. This assurane,
that there was no danger that the
ciphers OF Chandler, Tyner and the
rest OF the conspirators in the great