The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-15

lifetime, in order not to know who was telegraph,
Ing ami to whom and what about. lhat Ioi t el
cause he was trusted by the committee, but because
he was thought to represent Mr. lllden. was Oh
necessity known to Mr.. Tiden from the angry at,
tacks of Democratic papers upon the Bureau of
Nncompoops." If Mr.. Tllden did not find out what
his nephew doing, 1T was because he was deter
mined not to know.
~. Confronted with the fact that Colonel Pelton
had asked aid in crime from Mr.. Cooper, IT was not
possible for Mr. TIlden to let the bargain 90 on
without making it his own in the eyes OF Messrs
Cooper and Hewitt. But when Pelton was recalled,
it was not necessary Yet PeIton remained as
before IN charge Of teegraphic len OF
stop that nor try TO stop ii, nor make the signest
effort to know what had been done, or would pe
done during the weeks that still remained. All this
not necessary to ask. Had he asked at that
time. November 81. and stopped the telegraphlng
or caused Mr. Hewitt TO see the kilograms the FEC Zee
ond job in South Carolina, and all the jobs III flor
ida. Oregon and louisiana would have been pre-.
vented. He did not ask nor utter word to prevent
them. Whys
V. AT that time. about November 81, it became
known to Mr.. Tilden what Smith Weed had been
doing. He now swears that he " took Weed TO TASK
for taking part IN such TRANSACTIONS aiter W ecu 5
return. But after that the second job in south Car
DINA was arranged by Weed bimself by telegram
from New-York After that and as late as D ses ~
South Carolina" Important Judgment on quo war
" ranto be obtained Thursday. LII order co de-
" liver paper appurtenance to Office be dlsobeyed,
" Immediately commit for contempt. or II the right
full electors attempt the exercise OF authority Dy
meeting, attach for contempt. Prepare pelore-
" hand and enforce immediately would be appro-
pirate. Would be humane to imprison them sep
" arately during Wednesday. All probably de,
"pends your State. Leave nothing undone:
Verify, 1.-THE voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands
" are the hands of Esau."
VI. Mr.. Tllden claims that it was safe to let Pei
ton alone because he could get no money. But this
is palpably untrue. Pelton did get money to send
to Oregon, and from bank in which MI lilden
was especially well known. There were hundreds
of unscruuuOuS Democrats who have gwen larger
sums than Pelton needed. for much smaller VIC
tories. If there were no Others there was John
MOrrissey and the Democratic gamblers VINO bad at
stake over 81 100000. Did Mr.. Tllden reason.
:. Pelton will longer dare to go to Cooper, or 70
" come TO me- therefore other moneynot by candl-
"date or committee will be found. and shall know
I" nothing about il ~ Did he reflect " Then can
"prove that / denounced and stopped the at
tempt"f If that was not his reasoning, why dld
he inquire interfere and stop Peltons charge
of correspondence through his apparent repre-
sentation of Mr.. Tilden himself. ~ MIA. ,
Weed to task he retained that person as his
manager of forces in a Democratic convention.
After Marble had said that votes were Tor sale In
Florida, Mr.. Tiiden took care to ask no more, but
continued on intimate terms with HIM. After Eel
more than year after the full public exposure OF
the Oregon business Pelton remained In Mr. Ill
den's house. This treatment of men known to be
guilty will, by the public, be held conclusive proof
that Mr. 1ilden's profession of absolute and un-
swerving hostility to bribery is not true. He was
hostile to any bribery that could be traced to him,
and particularly hostile to any bribery that was
found out, and destroyed his own prospects.
No other form of moral Indignation has been shown
in his conduct. But he virtually placed w. l. Pei
ton in position where he was sure to have oppor
tunity to buy votes, knowing well that he was
man who would buy votes If he could. and that he
could find the money; in that position he held
Peiton by carefully refraning from any word of
natural caution or protest; and he took extraor-
binary pains for weeks not To find out anything
about the use Pelton was making of his peculiar
powers. This is Mr.. Tilden's record upon his own
testimony. What else will appear, when the dis
patches sent to O.. w. Smith shall have been traced
to the person who actually received and opened
them we shall probably The Louisiana matter
has not yet been brought to light.