The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-02-21

mittes. Consisting OF Messrs. Hnnton Char
mani, spsinScr; ssennes. uiscock and Reed
ciined % srrvsl, commenced taking tsssmon,
In New York CITY on this hh smith NJ Need
Was first exao.ined: IL ts.ttned tsat he wa
ana after his nomination. lev DAYS sy snb.
scquent 70 tho election he rcoeivosl
: telegram from New York. from
whom 70 ec G NO. STATE reauesiing him .
western part Of tho staie.l liz went 10 New
York. 20 the Everett House. aud there got hts
cipher-from Col. Potion. 10 thinks. but could
Hampton and other prominent men.
Il was generally claimed by them
that south Carolina had been carried
By the Democrats. Witnoss idcntl fled mum.
Der Of tho cipher kilograms sent by him from
Columbia 20 Henry Havemeycr IN New York.
the most importaut ~ which was ono stat NJ
In substances that majority OF Board had been
posted and paid over upon vote 81 State be-
Ing given 10 Tilden. but advising not
to accept n csss florida Or
explanation Of this telegram. witness said
that one Hardy solomon. = proilinent bust
mess man, had ohored to secure two or three
Of the south Carolina Electors
went 20 Baltimore. accompanied by
solomon. Harry sullivan and others who
claimed 70 represent the Returning Board.
witness there met Vol. rolton. who inio1ned
posed GOV. Tilden. had received "A telegram
from Edward Cooper. saying that tho money
could not be raised. There was al 80 telc-
gram received from Gov. Tilden OF a similar
purport. This ended the negotiation. Solo
mon sent a Telegram 70 Columbia. tho sub
stance Of VIII CHI was that the goods could not
be delivered aud that the arrangement or
bargain was of. In three or four hours aftor-
ward news came that the Canvassing Board
had given the vote 20 Hayes. Witness swore
positively that Col. PeIton was the only per
ttfff N A fttr tl....
garding tho South Carolina matter before
leaving New York. After his return he met
Gov. Tildens who took him t. task about the
votes OF South Carolina by the
never authorized any such proceed
become President under such circums stances.
A number OF kilograms we're read. many OF
which the witness had no recollection OF, and
there we're words In some OF the Others he
could not explain
Col. w. T.. Pelton, formerly Secretary OF
the National Democratic Committee, was ex-
amined before the Committee on the 9Th In
reference 70 the cipher dispatches He tes-
titled that all kilograms sent by Smith NJ
Need were by his instructions addressed to
him and NE laid them before the National
Democratic Committee. witness declared AZ
the outset that he could not remember many
things concerning the dispatches and that
remensDer whether or not he used the word
" Denmark" for his signature. He
did remember receiving dispatch
Carolina Returning Board demanded $1,000
The proposition was accepted BY him. though
ne did not remember the exact words Of the
uispaich which he sent, Before leaving New
YORK 70 meet Weed In Baltimore he had an
interview with Edward Cooper, Treasurer Of
tue National Democratic Committee, and in
formed MN a. 70 the $1,000 proposition.
Wentto Baltimore under the Impress on that
the money would be forthcoming but after
his arrival there received two dispatch
g. one from Cooper aud another from
recollcct 20 the effect that tha money
could not be raised. MIR. Tildcn knew moth.
Irg abvuttne proposition under con-idera- I
W.. ..' until after y WAS all over, aud then
scrcly denounced the whole thing. telling
witness that he would sooner die than u I
h,Iow himself % be put into the Presidential
shhir uLicr false prttcnseS." Witness said
~ hhn IN idea that the Returning Boards \
propositions. even II not carried out,
Mvnih result, II asscntcd 70, IN "a delay I
ss would be favorable 70 the
for. raising the money, but In
Tended eventually 20 lay the matter before
~ Democratic National Committee and let \
w. decide. N the meanwhile he thought IL
."-' " commit the members OF the Return
~ boaru % the propositions In question.
" acted wholly on his own responsibility,
" s.s,i.t consultation with any one. lie
lrid no authority to net for the DEM
'cratic National Committee In tho mat
~ witness did not arrange the cipher
~ ana was unable TO say who did IL. TEE
host 81 the dispatcher, but are INCORRECT in
nAny particulars. The word Russia" ia the
pncf meant Mr.. Tfldcn. dispatch from
r ,anescv ga addrsssea g Col rel,on. Is
'uced snd read as translated: Have Just re-
,'sou proposition 10 hand over.
i.i.n any pour required by Tlcen, de-
] the Governor, for ssoo.noa." Witness
acknowledged to having received a dispatch
Y !. ", nat pnrport Tie sent dispatch in reply.
'nanm, the oner, and saying that the
ate tne dispatch from Marble, OF it, con
snt-' 70 any person before sending his an.
'atsa , Ano i,i dispatch. signed Fox"
ior 5000. and Prlton replied
ee.punR tho proposition and saying
aa1 ~ ane money would be deposited as requir
Y, not 70 be drawn. however, before vote
~ cast. This latter communication was
IN =. W. Woolley. and witness ned that
y acceptance of the proposition was made
I, a.no ~. consultation with any other person,
M 'nsitciy upon his own responsibility In
erto Mr. Hiscock. witness said that ~
NV not resided az Granercy Park since Au-
N, last was formerly see. etary to GOV.
/ "Sent. tross- examined by Mr.. Reed, wit
rNr SAM that he expected 70 raise the money !
v, "m We National Democratic Committee {
N nhh nc other source upon which he de-
ended. Mr.. Tildcn never Rad a single tcic.
y. a' l, relating 20 the purchase OF the Return
n nuAru- he did inquire as to whether or t,
N 'herc was any news from Marble. Wit
.ss Was futther iuterrogated nc conssdera-
\ length by the Republican members III the i
'mlnniee ~ reference 90 his personal re-.
'src ~, and his dependence upon his uncle.
i,,. .alnrn' which queries we're resented BY i
'1hess as a personal affront. \
nan'on Marble testified before the Com !
VIZ on the 9Th. He snid that he went 10 Y
ninh 70 look after the Electoral vote. IL. a
VI. leaving New York he received cipher |.
4" .r.iton. Did not consult with :,
X iiuen, but called 10 hid 4
M, knonshye. A number ~ trans. v
=. cirhcr kilograms. as printed III "A
" n, .'oNnr were read 20 Witness n few ~ .
''r ,.. N. declared substantially correct, but =
,n', N ~ them he characterized A. stub II