The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-06


TO New York, to be controlled by us On
ly require early, aud we personally
pledge certain If certain can be proVio'
ed through YOU or others al once lhls
Won understand is il addition 60 all pre-
yiously promised. We all feel sure OF
its success
The Interpretation of this was that
the arrangement to secure the Green
hackers was in satisfactory progress; and
all Mr.. Fosters friends agreed 1t would
be highly desirable to purchase the In
dianapolis Sentinel to be controlled by
Republieans, 1t would only require $40
900, and they pledged themselves to
raBe $4,000 in Indiana if $4,000 more were
provided by outsiders. This latter sum
was to be in addition to the $40 DOC
promised by the National Committee
To this the witness forwarded the fol-
lowing reply:
"Your last telegram confnses me. Is
the arrangement with Smith still unset
tied? If so, is it contemplated to submit
Browns proposition which he made in
New York; That proposition would not
meet with favor here, but to carry ou'
Smiths arrangement all that was prom
ised would be done. cannot now as
sure YOU all the certain, as only one-hall
was obtained, but | will telegraph you in
the morning. go there this evening in
answer to kilograms received"
O. If Brown WAS an arrangement sim
plv. how could he have visited New
York? A. The term Brown vas applied
to everything in connection with the
purchase of the Sentinel. The reply OF
Col Foster was:
ut is not intended to submit Browns
proposition for the arrangement with
Smith. tbs additional and independent
and of less importance. Have early
mailed for afternoon mail, New York,
and certain sent tomorrow evening to
secure Smith arrangement
The witness sent the following from
Philadelphia the same evening:
messenger leaves here tonight with
half of certain. ! go to New York to-
night Will telegraph tomorrow"
From the Post Office building in New
York witness telegrsphed next day:
"All right. Go aLead. Last messen'
ger leaves here this evening"
This meant that the $2500, the other
half of Early, for special purposes, had
been sent. The Sentinel was not pur'
chased, and nothing further was ever
srid about it, This concluded tbe Tyner
Foster dispatches. After the October
and before the November elections, the
witness told Mr.. Chandler that the Re-
publicans were much disappointed by
their defeat in October, but number of
Republicans had expressed their conf.
dence of being able to carry it if they
were assisted by the National Commit
tee. The witness was asked to 60 there
and see what could be done, If there
was any chance Of success he wac to fur
nish him with funds to the extent of
$4,000. Before he left, it was decided
that if $1,000 were needed, witness sho'd
telegraph for one Indian appointment;
if $4,000, two Indian appointments, and
Chandler would honor his drafts for
those sums. Witness proceeded to In
dianapols and on Nov, Sd telegraphed:
"If you cannot appoint two Indian
agents please appoint one. Please ap-
point promptly, as must leave to.mor-
row evening"
Mr. Chandler replied:
"The appointments will be made. u
Chandler"
When witness received this he went
to members of the State Committee, and
told them they could draw on Mr.. Chan
der. They said as they were doing bu.
siness with the Central Bank of Indiana
they could draw through that house, bui
the manager objected to cashing the
drafts of the committee. saying he desir.
ed the $4,000 10 be deposited in bank
in New York with which he did busi-
ness. He mentioned the Hanover Ma
tional Bank, and witness, having worried
his head over it for some time, sent the
following to Mr. Chandler:
Put sum representing two appoint.
meuts to credit Central Bank, Indianap-
oils, with Hanover National Bank to-day.
Telegraph me when done. The bank
requires this"
Mr.. Chandler's answer was:
at will be done to-day without fail as
requested"
These were all the kilograms that pas
sed between them and the witness.
@ Why did it worry you? Because
| did not want to say anything about
money. The term Indian agents did
not allude to any appointments of Indian
agents, and have never asked Mr. Chan
dler to make any appointment. can
not say how we came to use those par
ticular words to represent $1,000.
Mr.. w. E Chandler was recalled, and
said he wrote and signed one of.the two
kilograms sent by Zach Chandler, in
which Indian agents were mentioned.
He remembered the great admiration
with which he regarded that clever ci.
pher. Any one who knew Zach Chand-
Ter knew he never made any appoint
ment ia his department, either for mon
ey or any consideration of the kind,