The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-13

with full power lHe VhhuNVa NV ""' V"S -
twenty here but am working for that one, Cham
berlain, kellogg and Stearns are in clo'e commu
nication and in concert, The authority tel9
graphed for this morning all To be conditional Oh
success.
Wltuess-I have to repeat what have
already said. cannot recognize these
dispatches as being proper translation
or Interpretation of the literal meaning
@ Who is this man Solomon witf
whom You proposed 10 treat as TO the
purchase of the Canyassiug B1ardf A
He was large grocer there, and has
great deal Of influence,
@ BY whom were you introduced tc
him? Al cannot now remember, II
was generally known who | was, and
suppose he must have addressed me
without waiting for a formal introduce
ton. | VAS not long there until l found
that Damn and Solomon were IN close
conference. | saw by Solomon that he
was anxious that act should be consum'
mated as others were pressing him hard
Q-What do you mean, money or or
lices2 Any impression is that ne
meant both. The manner in which he
proposed TO receive money satisfied me
that he meant business. His remark as
near as | can remember was, that the
money should not be paid over until
the goods were delivered.
Mr.. Springer--Can you give your time
of arrival at BaltimoreP Al cannot
now.
Odd you think they meant bust
ness when they proposed to sell out2 A.
certainly did. l met Colonel Pelton in
Baltimore. He said the old man, who |
suppose was Gov. Tilden, had received a
telegram from Edward Cooper, stating
that he could not raise money. There
was also telegram from Gov. Tilden of
a similar character. This | told Solo
mon who came on to this city with me
on Wednesday, the 22d. I think Solo
mon sent dispatch to the Board, and in
three or four hours afterward the Re-
turning Board gave decision the other
way. The substance of the telegram
was that goods could not be delivered,
and that the arrangement or bargain was
off.
Mr.. Stenger-Had you any communl-
cation on this subject with Mr., Tilden
from the day before the election, either
directly or indirectly, up to the time the
South Carolina Canvassing Board met
or did YOU have any afterP
Ayes. l met him at the Everett
House. He took me to task. l cannot
give you the exact words, but he took me
to task about the proposition, and said
he never authorized any such proceed
ing, and that while he lived he would
never become President under such cir
In the course of further examination
the witness said the Democrats in South
Carolina were poor, and needed money
for printing, procuring witnesses, etc, in
legal proceedings; they asked him to get
the National Committee to help them,
and he made an unsuccessful effort in
that direction; the dispatches sent him
from Columbia, signed "Pope," asking
for 5000" had no reference to this
matter, and no connection whatever with
buying any member of the Legislature
or any one else; he thought the 5000 was
a mistake, az the sum was more likely to
have been 81 900 The last dispatch re-
ferred to the witness was translated as
follows:
Columbia, Nov. 2O.-To SmiLt Weed care King
Everett House, NJ y; Send 1000 Immediately to
Haskell February ~. Expect to get majority of
he House and Senate but 5000 can MAKE the
majority Democratic. This will make the court
I'll right. Electoral canvass postponed. Win re-
main in court and make electoral vote Demo-
ratio.
(Signed) PoPF
Weed said he never had anything to
10 with a plot which the Tribune assert
ID was formed to buy four members of
he South Carolina Legislature for 500.
100, and having thus obtained control of
he State government, to put Hayes eleC
ors in Jail and lock them up in separate
ellis, until the day for casting the elec
oral votes had passed. He never had
my knowledge of any such plot. The
GLOWING translation of the cipher dis
,atch sent by him was then submitted
0 the witness, the date and address be.
ny the same as those of former dis
,atcb:
Telegram received too late to answer
asst night. Don't quite understand. Do
on want me to 20 home of Stearns
Florila)2 Board late last night deman.
ed $4,000 for giving us two or three
lectors. The interC der will want some
hing besides, think $1,000 What shall
do? Get no aid from Hampton party,
,ho to say the least are Indifferent
Weed said the tenor of this dispatch
1as in accordance with events which oc
nrred; the interceder mentioned was
Iardy Solomon. Reference to the
hampton party accorded with the i'm
ression of many persons at the time,
hat Hampton aud his friends cared much |
lore about the State ticket than The vote |
1r President. The dispatch to General |
iordon, already mentioned as mistrans.
ated was entirely in reference to court |
1atters.
A number of kilograms were read, |
lany of which the witness had no rec
lection of, and the cipher words in
ONE others he could not explain.
Witness to Chairman-The proposition |
3 to the buying out of the Returning |
,oard was submitted to Mr.. Havemeyer, |
nd at first was led to believe that the |
loney would be sent me. 1t failed,
owever. Outside of Mr.. Havemeyer | |
o not think ever mentioned the mat
or of negotiation to single soul.
To Mr. Reed-A few DAYS after the
lection came on to New York and re-
eived telegram, from whom cannot
ly, requesting me to go to South Caro-.
ma. j called at the Everett House, and |
lere l got my cipher,
@ Who gave it to you? Al really |
,rget, but my impression is it was Pei
IN.
Q-Pelton was Secretary of the Ma
onal Democratic Committee, was he
OF? Ale was.
Q.-Then you got it from him? Al
lppose so; but cannot say positively. As
} the correctness of the Tribune ciphers
cannot give an expression, for the rea-
on that have not read them.