The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-06

Q.-You remained in Now York how lona1
Any lnprcssion IL that l wont homo Thurs
o.-Then thcee gentlemen that you mem
toned were In charge were looking after tho
clOtornl vote Mt that tiiue2 h.-Well. Potion
was there; who tho others were do not recol-
lect
,.Q.,,No recollection. Of socins ANYBODY? A.,
No definite rrollpctun. Nv opinion In that
they were there In and out. l wasn't thcre
mach.
Ject OF watching tho Electoral Comm iRsiOn de-
volved upon Col. Pclton1 A.-Wcll. he took
Q-Por he wns secrctary and nephew Of tho
candidate for President. Mr.. TtIden ? Ayes.
air
turned h"r..,. You found the eamc gentlemen
here uhout NV York for cunsutntion2 Any
Impressions are he came ON with me. could
not say that was Ia the Everett House that day,
or TINT wnrk. | had some talk before wont
home 20 meet the old mnn.
Q.-Ynu cunt tell WHO was there7 Al have
Q.-Is 1t utterly impossible that you should
statcany N tho gedlrmcn that were nccuatomcd
10 look after tho canvass Al can't remember
any particularly.
Odd you communicate To any ono what you
| | did
Q.-whcn you went to South Carolina you un-
drrstOOd that your dispatches to Havrmey"r
| were to be read by him to PeltOn1 Al think
Q.-wcn. did you understand ~ A.-Ithink
| Q.-Do you know Al think memoran-
| dun was gwen 10 Col. Pelton before left.
| am quite confident that there WIS.
| Q.-Dont you know dispatches sent TO Have
| meyer wcre Immediately forwarded TO the COM
! miuco room through headquarters Al ho-
| t"vO they worO forwarded TO the committee
| room.
Q-Do you moan to convey tho idea that In
| this CORES pundencc between YOU and Col. Pei
| ton. your drspatchcs were received by him. and
ne proceeded to act upon, them without consul
! learned since. have no doubt of II.
| Q.-HaVe YOU never learned that on the 2lst
| o. kgyemhcr 1878, he WIS severely rrhukcd NY
| Mr.. Tilicn for having cuunirnancrd your opcr-
| gtions Al have not said anything OF tho
kind. ! hayc not said that believed IT,
| Q.-Ihat Mr.. Ttldcn had said that h. was In
favor Of nothing Of the kind? ,A-That, Mr..
Tidrn hnd SIMPLY requested him, had IN
| Odd Mr. Potion tell you when ho went tn
Baltimore who he expected was the somebody
that was to send him tho money! A.-Mr
Q.-You understood him that he had made an
Arrangement Al understood him that be
mad had a conversation with Cooper and that
that WIS 10 bc the result.
Ole then asserted he had consulted with
Soopyr Al understood ihpt before ne iG,'
Q.-Conycrsatlon Of what transpired between
him and Mr.. Cooper and you went on to lialti
Cooper Al did not say that. He told ms
he expected to receive it,.
Q-Now. previously. he said he had told
Cooper Of IT, and he expected t. receive IL whcr
he reached Baltlmorc2 A.-That is.tho sub
stance; don't give YOU the worls.
talked with Cooper. Doesn't that prove that h'
might have talked with others A.-Nel. from
| information. / do not think he did. You wrr,
| asking me about the dispatches. do not thiul
| that when these dispatches wcro received Ia
had spoken 10 any one.
| Q.-Mhat do you moan in this despatch. on
| page %. when you say: suppose you telc
graph me p What do you mean by that A
| II | sent IL, and It il correctly reported. don
know; my recollection serves me that VIII
l got it-beiore | sent that | received the de
spatch from here that somo one here was dc
sired to 40 there, OF la go 20 Florida.
Q.-Whom did you receive that despatch
from Al don't know that | received an
despatch. except from Pcltun.
Q.-Do you mean 10 say that you received III
whether you were 10 20 to South Carolinaf A.
| | do not know
DIN your judgment did Pcton takc tho r.
spousibiltty OF directing YOU 20 buy NJ the H.
| turning Board OF South Carolina without con
sultug with any Of his superlors in the Nj
| uoual Democratic COmmittrc1 Al do nt
| think YOU should use such words
o L. that your deliberate Judgment A
| have nothing 20 say about il. except this: that
| dtd think that Mr. peton took the rtsponshi
| ity OF answering my questions without consul
I | ing with anybody and am thoroughly cor
p vinced OF that from Investigations after x,
| home.
. Mr.. Recd-You got back Mt what timer
= Mr.. Meed-i got back on the morning OF IA
2lst
| from Tiiden that nothing Of the kind would
p | tolerated: and you understood from Mr. Tud.
that nothing Of the Kind would be tolerated
| A-iee cir.