The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-06
Q-Now, Mr. Wood, you will pass on TO de-
spatch No. 90. on the next page

IL 1. farncd shipwright may usury with ridscan i'm.
s6cs" T", S Witch eabes cSSr Teuicve Ham:
eS,r raiiantrs vents n.epstaGc farm to rccn-nut ~
strr Nrcotcd and heuccnrward uhhsiu.cs Eti1nuY
navel nautical myth h. rougbcd vcneSc ntreto
garnishes Please ackno~ hodge receipts forthwith. '.
Comfy convns.crs reinfns i've Republican electors
majority; these believe Incorrect and that regular pro-
,lTyn,nt rs NJ vrr"or norp"iy NV r""se MI.
ehirt which courts cannot remedy iMnpton% tri-
unph dcwni- nnon eonun,rny % s.nac cay!
twice p nj halt times four thousand dollars nr
nish IKE amount morrow mornns no,ey TO be rciarnci
taicd by Trend Pleas acknowledge receipt orh~ith
Q-Do you recocct that ciphcr3 A.-No. air.
Q-ls II not Ia the same cipher IN wntch your
correspondence VIVA carried on Z A.-Not at all.
Q-You swear that II ID notf A.-lHwear that
QgIwil read tho lnst portion Of the dcepOtch
(rcndel Now. docs II occur to you that 1t would
bc etrHnge If Mr.. Prlton should have had any
money negotiations with those people in south
Carolina. after this rebuke from Mr.. Tildcn, II
h. WIS rebukcd by him Do you think that
likev7 Ain the first place, don't know any
thing about your despatch. was not within
o. Untorrupiingl-I am AJAX ing YOU as an OK
pert. Al was not within 800 miles Of this
place. WINS in the North. where we have no
| nrgrooa. | know nothing about II.
Q.-DO you think that Mr.. Potion would have
bcrn engaged in these negotiations without the
| knowledge Of his uncle, after he h ld once hcen
| rrhuked by him FOR thcsc sort Of negotiations
Al should have boon inclined tn think that ho
would not have been, after that rebuke. unless
Q.-You know. then. positively that he was
| engaged in negotiating for South Carolina after
Q.-What did nnderatand you to sny2 ITO
| th, stennrrapherl-W Wont Won r,nd his answer
''rbo a,,nnlrn,,hrr trra,I'n''l should lbs in
| cined to think that ne would not be-, alter that
| rchukc. unless positive that hc was
| O.-DO you know that he WIS engaged in ne
gotiations in r,fcrcncC To South CarOiina2 A.
| No sir; with Florida 10. ,y
| ON reference To- Florida you do. When
| did you understand from him that he WIS en-,
| gagged in negotiations In reference to Florida
! Al don't remember when; H..
| Owen, sir. did you undorsnnd from MN
cnco To any other statc2 Al don't think 1
| ever spok" " the others.
| Mayor Edward Cooper was called md the tos-
| timony referring 10 him which had been given
| by Mr. Weed wns read To him. H. said:
| | saw Mr.. leltun on the evening before no
| went to Baltimore. ] suppose II was sunday
evening, from what I have soon in thu papers
| way when saw him. II was ut Gov. Ttlden =
house. and he had a coupe at he door ready to
in there accidentally or not He said
to mo he was going to Baltimore 70
meet some people from South Carolina. AM
when he got there woulc communicnto with
me. lie said that he should want some
money. and would let mo know by tele-
gram. ! don't rccollect precisely about TINT
but presume he must have given mo 4
paper with some substitution. because
got telegram tho next. day. and by
hy that substitution the cipher transla was
! effected. | was asked to send him large sum
, OF money some 500 600 or SsOOOO | was very
much surprised NJ getting that telegram.
went Immediately to Gov. Tldcns house and
told him about IT, llo at once said Petor
diatcly. l didn't know that Potion was
gong TO send 10 NC Tor that amount ~ money
As soon ns Gov. Tdcn WIS informed Of II he
said ne would telegraph for Pcton To come i'm
| mediatey home. | never had conVersati OF
with Mr.. Tilden before that. had never know
Of any negotiations with respect TO soutl
Mr. Cooper hero volunteered to afford thu
| Committee an opportunity 70 scrutiniHe tn" tx
| pcnscs of the National Democratic Committee
of which he il the rrcasurer. and prcsente,
the following schedule ofexpenditures. amount
b6,s iis II raine, Trca.ugcr STATE Executive Con
,pran'el ; ; Daniel OF the FLORIDA state Committee
man. q John coye n 'ayCy ofR r, G iev'' SOM
o1nss,. tl9ra,TN co, ~ s- N", hamlet ,,
Gcerse T. Rnney q ,ae li"rts state COMMITTEE. De
Draft. " M,lAn'on car sia'c cowmi,,ec Of rloria,
sss a. y be- T. s a. &c 10 SO BE- is sis ' DE-
~. ftt Dec y. siIu. Dec %, t-u, Dee =. 81 .
- 60 y. Jan Is si7 ~. jan % sad a. jan ~ s2'
Nv u. cheek to 4 : Hewitt 70 remit to Loui.an
DAD il MONEY, MONEY 81 DC S AID IL :" sane 81 ~
Pr co. siS. Ana IL balance taii Is calia Fla /,
1, 'ND"n-,> 80 Total di,,nr ~,,,nrnt. s!a So 80 q,
| was going o. ntltimoreY Ayes. sir
Odd be tll you what D." WINS going thet
- | ltlt A. it'f NAil ~ WIS klliE lN Ulf"l VI
Wood and some persons from south Caroline
that ne would let me- Know what he want.
Z said that he meant 90 have some negotiation
b IN regard 10 the Returning Board
, Odd Coy. Tld"n know where he was e
u ing} Al have mo- reason 20 think TINT he q IL
q When | went TO him in the morning he ~
= pressed surprise that pclton had gone 10 Bait
more. and considerable lmpatsehcc that he ha
b Odd he express any. opinion as to the c'
neral wnit.r or the icleEramf Al don
| a. IaNIf A boz g. Il IA
havo Il ue So. H. told me that pclton had gpi
10 Baltimore and had NO doubt i must be
make arrangements about somebody.
% Q.-What did be- respond Al cannot roco
4 lnct the words. rccolrot particularly well tn
there was no moment Of hesitHtIon that d
must be- ordered Immediately 10 return nm
!; that tho negotiations must Dee promptly stoppe
i You talked with him about the propos
tiouf A.-Ihorc was no moment OF nrgumrn
8 there was no question OF considering VIII
=, ought 10 be- done.
I. Ole appeared to be putting his foot on II
p. by .SMr, springer,.yyou wsrc quite ultima
7 Q-Do you know whether the matter OF usin
Z. money to influence the Returning Boards
any ~ the States was brought e. Mr.. Tild"n
= knowledge after the Presidential election
u Mr.. Cooper know OF no cnsr sir II "
q, mcan ON some rumors Of propositions b I'm
4, made 10y the other side. might say hut ,
II not know OF any ease where any person "
" M'ting Tor the d. mocrau' Committee or for VI
TGcn Wh9 ma9S any Hrop9 sut or Gue9rd
IL the only one whore have heard ofany pro
osliion being made.
the other sdef Al believe OF tho ReturnI
* Board people.
II Q-Uo Won mean propositions by tho Rotur
ing Board people A.-1hrre wrr" mono ma,
~ To me-. but ! nave really iorEoiteu-p'op
9 wanted To- srllmwngther iney we're aHtno ,,
N were good many people who would have like
. to be- III" iutermcdiHtOrs.
Ia Q.-Nou mean the one that Mr. Hewitt spoke
" before the lIousc2 Ayes. sir
Q-Dld YOU eyer have, any congregation WI