The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-11
The Tribune and Mr.. Manton Marble

The cipher dispatches, rs has been shown,
We're furnished 10 the Tribune by WILLIAM
+. CHANDLER OF New Hampshire. The key
TO the cipher was discovered by two mem
bers Of the 7ribme's editorial stan.
In regard 10 Mr.. MANToN MARBLE, whom
the Tribune seems 10 have singled out early
N a principal object OF its attacks, that
newspapers course has been something
worse than dsngcnuous. II has attempted
TO throw upon him the odium Of dishonor-
able act 10y means of what has every APP
pearance OF being deliberate classification
OF the facts in its possession.
Several Of the cipher dispatches trans
lated in the Tribune Office refer to an allcged
proposition from the Republican rascals
who composed the Returning Board Of Flor
ida to sell for sum Of money the vote OF
their State to Mr. TILDEN to whom II right
fully belonged. The original copies Of these
dispatches are in the hands of the Potter
Committee. Mr.. MARBLE sent Intelligence
of this proposition o. New York. I'm his tes-
tmony at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last week
he claimed that he transmitted the PROPOSE
tion as u matter OF news only-as an occur
renee Of which it was proper that Mr.. TIL
prised. In one despatch and in one only,
translated by the Tribune, was there any
thing that indicated desire ON Mr.. MAR
BLE's part TO have the proposition accepted.
That was the despatch Of Dee. T. numbered
50 by the TtibuRe, and containing, I'm the
Iribu,e's printed version. this PASSAGE
Match school plnth scttcc you scany na.ceut bee
hive admonish upon implacabc oycruug worry under
IA Min MA dol.
This despatch was assumed to have been
sent by Mr.. EDWARD l.. PARIS, n lawyer of
this city, then in Florida, in the interest of
the Democratic party. It. was written in
what II known rs the dictionary cipher To
use this cipher, both sender and receiver
have copies of the same edition of the Same
dictionary, TO obtain the cipher for given
word the sender turns to that word in the
dictionary, and then counts ahead on the
page Il certain numberof words previously
agreed upon To translate the cipher the
receiver royersos this process. Tho TrbW,Gs
translation Of the passage in question was
rs follows.
MAMIE say. plan sent you Saturday must boz acted
upon Immediately, otherwise unavhhng, Plan unknown
10 undersigned"
Tho "pan sent Saturday" was assumed
10 refer 10 the despatch of Dee. 2, in which
Mr.. MARBLE had said, "lIave Just received
a proposition to hand over at any hour re-
quircd TILDEN decision Of Board and Ger
tillcate of Governor for 2OOOOO" Putting
the two dispatches together, the Tribune
argued that Mr.. MARBLE not only trans
mittcd the dishonorabo proposition, but
also urged its acceptance. That argument
Is the only basis for the columns Of insinu-
alton and direct abuse which il has devoted
to him. Since October it has printed MAR
BILE says plan sent you Saturday must be
acted on Immediately" II hundred times,
and in oyery variety Of display typo.
When examined by the Sub Committee at
tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr.. PARIS readily
admitted that tho cipher despatch Of Doe
was his, and consented TO translate
it. Upon comparing the Autographed orig
innl copy Of the despatch, handed him by
the Committee, with the version which ap-
pcnred in the Tribune, he discovered that
Match" the word translated MARBLE"
was not there at all. The word in the orig
lnal was Wretched," which meant WOOL
LEY, another OF the "vsting statesmen
in Florida, and with whom Mr.. MARBLE was
not cooperating. The 7ribume's attempt to
blackcn Mr.. MARBLES character had been
based wholly upon the substitution fOT tho