The New York herald., 1879-02-06


perfectly woll of all his rights and never
neglected to avail himself of all the law allowed and
had only made the original remark through an excess
| of modesty.
| Mr. Hiscock then continued the crossexamination.
! q. Do you know of any money having been sent to
South Carolina? A. do not know OF one dollar nav
| ing been sent there.
Q. Did you have any conversation with any Of the
leading members of the democratic committee about
the prospects in the South? A. do not recoilect
| having any such conversation.
| O. What did you say to solomon Hardy in answer
to his demands for money? A. did not say anything.
| q. Did you hold out any hopes? A. told him to
wait and would see about it.
| Q. What was your object in not keeping your en-.
gagement with him? A. was only trying to hold
him here in hopes that they would give us the vote;
do not think spoke on the subject to Mr. Cooper
A ARMS
A discussion of the 7ri6une's translation of the
word Bath" making it mean court" followed.
and the witness said he thought the translation
wrong. reference to despatch dated November
| 24 drew from the witness the remark that the
trouble was that the ranslators took out any word
they fit and called it not cipher word, and put
in any word they liked and called it cipher word.
He had no communication in regard to money to be
used for the purpose OF influencing the action or
| courts or of the Legislature.
Are there any further questions. gentlemen?"
| "AIr. Weeds memory is not good enough to make
it worth while to ask him any more questions. said
Mr.. Reed.
rather have been discharged without first being in
suited; but suppose it cannot be helped
"Oh it will not hurt you, said Mr.. Reed
"No it will not said Mr.. Weed. ''if everybody
| knows your reputation as well as l do.
Mr.. Weed was then excused and the Chairman said
that he understood that Mr.. (Mayor) Cooper had
| quested the privilege of making statement. As it
| was still early the committee signied its willing
ness to listen, and Mayor Cooper was sworn. The
stenographer then directed to read from his
notes what reference Mr.. Weed had made to Mr..
Cooper in his testimony.
This he did and Mr.. Cooper made the following
statement:-
| MAYOR coopFns STATEMENT.
| saw Mr. Pelton the evening before he went to
Baltimore; suppose it was Sunday evening from
hallway OF Governor ho%se lust in the act of
| going and a cab was at tho door; he was going
to Baltimore to meet Weed and the people from
South Carolina; he said he would communicate by
Telegraph from there and might want me to send him
some money and would let me know by telegraph; 1
| presume he must have given me paper
| with substitution words it, l got
| cipher telegram the next day asking me
to send him large amount of money either 500 900
| or $S0,000 forget which; very much sur
prised at getting that telegram; went immediately
to Governor Tildens house and told him of the fact
he at once said Colonel Pelton must be sent for i'm
| medately: whether l answered his telegram
or not don't know; only know that the
any idea of sending him money; only know that
Governor Tiden sent for him to come back imme-
Pelton before or after the, transaction;
have never known of the negotiations
in respect to South Carolina and these
cipher kilograms; treasurer Of the National
Committee and made considerable disbursements
in that capacity; have made statement Of every
cent that dsbursed after the election, and am
prepared to submit that statement to the committee
Here Mr.. Cooper read a list of amounts and drafts
announced that he was ready to answer any ques-
tions that might be asked him.
In answer to inquiries by the republican members
Of the committee, Messrs. Hiscock and Reed, Mr..
Cooper stated that he thought the amount asked for
by Colonel Pelton was that he might have some ne
gotiations with the Returning Board; "In the morn
! ing" continued Mr.. Cooper II went to Cover
| nor Tdens house; he seemed surprised at
aoan hat he had there tod him that
supposed Colonel Pelton had gone to buy somebody
| down there for the electoral vote"
Mr.. Stenger-And what did he respond? A. His
! response was that that should not be done
O. Do you know anything about influencing votes
| by money that came to Mr.. Tilden's knowledge? A..
| Do You mean in the way OF making propositions by
| him?
of quite number on the other sde-from the Re-
KEPT THE NEWS TO HIMSELF.
Mr.. Cooper testified that while the count of the
| returning boards going on Mr. Pelton fire.
| quently ut the rooms of the committee, and had
charge of look ing after the returning boards and
ceived the great majority of the kilograms sent by
the visiting statesmen; all the kilograms relating to
any corruption Mr.. Cooper believed Mr. Pelton kept
from Mr.. Tilden; never knew Of any money being
sent to Oregon; Colonel Pelton lived at Mr. Tldens
house, and Mr.. Cooper met him there frequently
Q. Is there any way in which You can explain why
and how o -sane, sober man should ask you to for
ward that large sum of money? A. l can only say
that was very much astonished when received the
telegram.
@. Mr.. Pelton secretary of your committee!
@. What relation did he hold to its A. None.
Q. Was he employed by the committee? A. No.
q. Was anything said or done to relieve him OF
guardianship in this matter after the object
Of his mission to Baltimore became known? A. No.
Mr.. Hiscock-It may be my partisanship which is
the cause of it, but it does strike very strange
that man had attempted to commit his party
and commit his uncle to the purchase of electoral
votes. and that Mr.. Weed had attempted to do it;
and that Mr.. Cooper and Mr.. Tilden should have
been indignant at it, and still notice was taken OF
|
Mr.. stengeroIs that any more wonderful than
that that sort of thing should have met with reward
Q. (By Mr.. Hiscock)-were you of the opinion at
the time ,yon mentioned it to him that
fact that Mr.. Pelton had these negotiations
in progress A. had no reason whatever
to suppose that he had any knowledge of that when
got this telegram from Mr.. Peton. think it did
flash across my mind that Mr.. Tilden had some
knowledge Of it, but was satisfied the moment that
/ spoke to him that he had none.
Mr.. Cooper. in reply to the multiplicity of ques-
tions which followed said that Mr. Tilden was very
impatient when he heard of Colonel Pelton's at
tempt he (witness) had no knowledge of who sent
the money to Oregon; he could not conceive why
Colonel FELTON, should apply to him for any such
amount; had such amount of money of the
National Committees and did not have it in bank it
was preposterous to apply to me; If Mr. Tiden had
been party to the transaction; did not know
that Colonel Pelton had testified under oath
that he acting secretary of the National
Committce he did some things in the name of the
committee without authority. and Mr.. Hewitt OBJ
jected 20 it, his attempt was not an action of the
committee. and they did not conceive that there
any necessity for him to act then they did not think
there any danger he could only get the money
from Governor Tildcn, who disapproved.
Then they thought there danger. and the
moral tant not generally known, said Mr.. Reed.
I.aughtcr.)
Considerable questioning about the minutin of
the telegraphc correspondence followed The larger
number of the dispatches were sent to Colonel Pei
| ton
Mr.. Cooper then excused and the committee
adjourned, to meet again this morning at halfpast
! ten.
THE LOUISIANA INQUIRY.
MADDOX BEFORE THE POTTER COMMITTEE
ST. MARTINS STATEMENTS DENIED-HIs EN-