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time of this despatch abou, $4,000 that Weed

Board will you deposit $50 COOP Is not that a
description exactly Of tho transactions recorded
O." Was there anything OF that kind pre-,
semSd 1H yop The knd KE sir 1PGy %R was
Con Ii does Si !? Where did you &c, that
spoken nc Of: III: il was senator Morton or Mitchell
| spoke Of this thing as being done. and raised
The Sg9Si9a b IN Fes@rd no o odT after
| .. tRcadingl-"Do you think there was nny7
A. do not think there was any such thing
| do not romember any particular pvrs9n max
ing them" I'D you not remember Weed , at that
| Q-Was not A.-No. sir.
Q-But ne was trying to do II. -.
| Mr.. Springcr-Weed never tried TO buy an
Mr.. RcedEThcre you are again Mr.. srlngor,
Just at the critical point Of my questions.
| O-Oou had some difiused idea in your mind
that somcbo9dy DID i but i did not put itsSlt in
| Q.-Do you not remember who this suRges-
ton came from2 A.-No. sir do not romem-
Q.%You never thought OF Weed at that time ?
A.-wccd did not know anything about this
Q%You never thought Of Weed in any con
nection3 At was entirely another question.
Q.-You did not think Of woed9 At that time
suppose thought OF him.
Q.-But not in connection with this caso2
OF you had had Weed in your mind yon
would have answered this promptly All
Q. ircadingl-- You canttcll where they eame
from Al 90 not Tesmem6er. d9H NY dij sn not
aior Morton referred TO Weed you would have
exposed the transaction A.-Mr. Weed was
doing nCthpg Of the kind a mat time meant Wood
yopp would have answered truly 2 A. Morton
| Q.-You would have answered him II YOU sup
posod no referred to Weed2 Ayes. cir.
,Q.-You were not Intentionally lodging any
"Q-Now. 60 on a little further down to the
249th page. :. am asking YOU about South
Kind from South Carolina 4" and you answered.
do not remember that there was any distinct
proposition abont South Carolina" That is
what you said. You did not have the transac-
ton IN your mind at that time when you testl;
TO buying the electoral vote. after the Returning
Board met; nothing whatever to do with Mr..
Q.-tReadinR.l Il DO not remember any such
mattel" y2q said; Was Need Me-, mi IN South Caro- Caro-
Aver f o nst bn ' bs !SoN place down
'N of You had a aDt Mr. Mortons oues
ton 10 refer TO The tune Weed was actually
stand it to refer TO any particular time.
Cor course the letter Of smith Weed from
You while he was there? AYES sir.
! Q.-You wore asked about getting letter
from Smith Weed from South Carolina. and you
answered: =" do not remember Of getting such
II letter" Did you think whether 1t was n letter
or telegram A.-No sir. He asked that
o.NNow here is a despatch. II the Return
|
{ deposit $4,000 &c., that seems TO have come
to you? A.-That docs not ask about letter. ,
2 is anal S9G gea HqyH %s2ca Returning s Board
O.-That was two weeks before the Returning
l Board metz Ayes. sir. l understood he
meant getting an eector after the meeting Of
+. Q-How could you have understood 1t to refer
. TO that, II Mr. Smith Weed was not down there
q Al do not know whether he was or was not.
Q.-But you knew il when he asks you about
H Tnm smith Weed about Buying G an eiector.
j Q.-lou made distinction between buying
an elector and buying tho Returning Board
l Odd Kew state that distinction to Gov.
,uTnns Board but You dJ p not % " 70 buy
9 olector3 You did not say anything Of that
u kind Al do not remember saying anything
QIY9a knew the Governor was irving to get
II ter Did you not believe the Governor would
r. be quito as pleased 70 find you at one or the
;. otherI And You would not crafty him +, with a
Srcad Ra clo oSs sS"1e SSsnisr Did S YOU
The Committee discussed the propricty o
Stengrr suggested mat the real point was il
u tho asking Of the questions and not "a ne an
- swer expected Tho questions were finally re-
p? peated separately with no very conclusive an
At swers and then Mr.. Reed asked:
y nearer question: Al did not consider il il
TINT light.
)r O.-During this examination about pur
chasing letter you did not have Smith Weed IL
lie your mind ut MI. and il never occurred TO yoI
u that Senator Morton had It in his mind;, a
20 You group two questions. or course l hR'
Smith Weed in my mind. because he aske'
II ODD you. as to this little transaction abou
Smith Weed. suppose Gov Morton was aimini
.. at tGat at all ii!xcludcd.l
~ In reply to n long question in anothcr form
rs asking whether ho knew that Gov. Morton wa
q TsicrTTps to Weed and the go OQ9 propositiQn
were talking about another transaction"
TO GLOW soon after you got back from Flord
r. di1 YOU talk over this mnf.,-s with Manton Mar
II ble2 Al do not know now soon, have n
Is b,ck said col Potion. hut after answering
number Of questions negatively rs to whethe
In declared positively that no had not seen Mir
Marble since the affair too: place. At thi
~ there was laughter. Mr., Reed looked With
qai1ea star, ut ne ", TtpprGs , ana said i r.
r; marks. Tho Tribune ASSERTS all Of these thing
i that meyer happencd; ll.aughter1
re ship 70 Mr.. Tllicn; how he lcft tn house; hi
II relations to the National Demo ratio Commit
tee; the general knowledge that he bore u yer
"a intimate relation TO Mr. Tildrn; the fact III,
both Weed aud Marble were In measure d
IL rected hy him on account OF his known relation
ship to Mr.. Tlden; tho manner OF Mr., Weed
So coming 10 Now York and deparure on his mis-
- sion; the names 81 menn ~ ol the Natloni
tending to business Mr. Cooper, Mr.. Hew!t
or Mr. Scott. aud MIR. Barnum; tho reasons (,
At; his going To- South Carolina; his suspicion
ed that pcal politicians there were going To 81
q out Mr. Tildcn. and the tact that his expense
y : were paid by the National Democratic Comm
ON tee for his South Carolina trip.
GLOW did YOU rApcct the money 10 me-
Gu Mr.. Needs negotiations was 10 bn raisod} hi
you think that it could bc raised 10y yoluntai
on subsrrption2 Al thought that was the on
way that it could be- raised.
cw Odd You believe there were any men wi
at would subscribe? A.-Thcro were some mel
m think
ed Q.-Whof A-Why. can't say now.
Didn't you know that If this money was
lhi bo raised that tho man most Interested We al
ild put hie hand in his pockel and do IN An
sir; knew he would not.
re- Odd You not know X money was 10 !
ef raised to buy the Presidency that Samuel
, Tidpn, and no other was the man 10 20 il
Not Al know that he would not have done 1t.
Odd you expect that Mr. Cooper wcul
he raise il No answer.
nd OIL won't press that question. You told NJ
r. Cooper 20 change ne subject about NE ome
M Q.-Mr, Cooper WAS ON intimate terms vii
ou your uncle. Did YOU ask him not Ia tell yot
es- uncle what you, were Gong to Baltimore ior
ma Al think did.
an o. win you swear to that? Al think | di
; | O.-Mhatl cautioned this hlgh-toncd gcntl