The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-19

dozR. tho TrcHsurur. werO both there.
turns hat day. ! cant say what returns they
wrre, but speaking from general recollection.
Of the 1egsl%turc did f.,'f oot see judge Tartar
there that d9y I have no recollection Of WIN.
a. Cooke Of Mashington. or any airhnRer. being
can swear positively That Mr.. John Is. Dennis
was not thrre. Mr. Eaton have spoken 81 rs
| being present mud there WAS also MI. CarlOzu's
clerk. Mr., Mckinley Judge Kettle did not
come IN while WIS there
Q.-why did you think 1t necessary to keep
| Solomon's communications from your Bpnrd
mud tell them only to Gov. Chamberlain A.
Wei, there were various reasons. The strong
| est rensons were that would desire somebody's
! testimony If the question as to my intention
ever came up. and Mr. Chamberlain could
| being the one WHO would be likely to suffer
most, because IL the State WIS given to Mr. Til
! den II would be givcn to Hampton and Mr.
| Chumbcrldn's occupation ns Governor would
| be gone. do not SEQ how 1t could have been
| avoided | do not know what tho Supreme
| Court might have done in lis power.
| Mr. Rccd-WHs thcre any change made In the
| returns that Sunday2 A-No. sir.
| GLOW many electors were tho Returning
| Board TO give TO the Tildcn party. Did MIR.
! solomon say ADJUST IA many rs the Su-
| Q-The 100000 offered mad no temptation
! for you? A.-Wei sir. / don't care to vaunt
| my virtue. II had not unlcr those circum-
stances. hundred thousand dollars is a
! pretty large sum. and likely to influence my
| body. but It was not enough to induce me to
! hetray the whole trust Of the community.
had nothing to do with Mr. Solomon's going
To Baltimore. l knew generally Of his going
! and ms purposes. There was no understand
! ing that be should telegraph 10 me. MIR. Don
| aldson (Mr. Solomon's former partncr) came to
| me with the telegram from solomon. | had
| thing about il. can't tell how he came To tell
! me of II; presume he must have been instructed
/ hy solomon To tell me. II Is quite possible that
solomon told me OF this arrangement | have
| no Re- objection Of II.
over on that sunday Ave- met there casu-
| ally, and we looked through tho returns more
especially with regard to our own vote than
the Returning Bourd-Mr. Haynes Mr.. Car
| doza, and myself. ! don't remember seeing tho
| vote Of Charleston County that sunday.
Q.-How much was Mr. solomon to get in this
| trnnsa ton for being gO-hetwpen? A.-Tnat is
| for Mr.. solomon to answer. He mover told me.
| We haNe been acquainted for several years. He
| WIS in the Confederate service rs far ~ know.
| lie acted with the Republican party from the
| H' was grocer and a banker rs well. and WAS
supposed 10 be man Of wealth. regarded him
| as "A man OF fair average character. | was not
| surprised at his making the proposition be-
| cause | was We'll acquainted with him. ! think
| he had perhaps. some faint nope that | would
accept II, when he first came 10 me, 5ut
| quen 'hei that hope At the worry first convcrsa-
ton, believe solomon left for Baltimore on
| the Saturday night after tho l4th. because
| know he travelling on the SUNDAYS
and lie told mo subsequently, Of his companion
| on the cars on sunday. He told me or his talk
with gentleman he did not know. hut that
| when he arrived at Baltimore aud went to the
hotel to keep his appointment the same gentle
man introduced himself as "A MIR. Smith Weed
Q.-The relations between you and solomon
are stiil friendly. and tho effort 10 corrupt YOU
| has made no changer A.-Not AZ all. so far rs
| ! am concerned. | was on intimate terms with
him. as men in the same political party, and
| had business relations with him. too. He was
| n banker. and his business was placed in the
4 hnnds of n receiver | WIS the receiver.
| Mr.. Springcr-Did you break tho seals Of any
Of tho ofilria returns in the Secretary Of States
| office on TINT sunday Al do not think We
did. Many OF them had been opened on the
Mr.. Springer-Mr. Weed says that Mr. Solo
mon teeeraphed TO some person IN Columbia.
| and that that even ny he had read an announce.
| ment to the effect OF the Boards action. Al
| Mr. Solomon telcgrnphed to that effect on We'd
nesday morning. then he must have lied 10 me.
| money and II We werid wait IrttI h17f mast .
| when Mr.. Henry HaVriIryrr " uull return from
jersey CITY the arrangement would bo COM
~ O'Clock Mr. Smith weel came tn crent OK
element aud said the south Carolina Board
mad declared IN tN'r Of tAr Hayes "l'"',or-. and
vlon h .nme ha.k IRON N.'y YORK / think
Nr N''mDn would have k"d Nry mu IA to
1--we %. .lling! iIal, mvnp. '"Ine ticrr never
l.u..'tu- .e e,uI1 Mr. SOLOMON rrrfo ily
understood i...-tl.t ~" werc u.a,il I ON tho
l'ni'. s"t-. iir iAl .i'' -rt ur money out Of
90 What 50 ~ no hn,' lone with It? A.
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DtIl 10 li' -t't -t s..t- I.NN tI. ~ s-lun.
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