The sun., 1879-02-21

make summing up which would involve nv
arguing In f,ivor Of all the Republicans claims
purpose. aud | declined to do il. / did nr"s
pare the paper that | have referred to here
AM gave y to Mr. Chanller This Committees
WIZ r'ad thal paper md II there is anything
more ner'ied tn'sustuin my assertion in rrgurd
to NY own insiton in Floridn. am very much
mistaken Tint It IL not grnarm stunning
up OF the cuss. have already shown by extrarts
from y. ngrccn with Mr.. Chandler In nj least
one thng. r.. that the Democratic argument
WIS prcpoStrt9us and grossly unfair. and I'm
IN parcr point ont some uf its errors ncon-
Sisirrcirs. ANA ahsuriitics. ana beyond that the
paper amounts To liuir more ihnn n statement
OF lhe question such Hs u Judge might mike to
ulury, leaving the questions nf fact to hc de-
irrmined by :he Buurd itself Mr.. Chandler
mas stuffed that on certain occasion showed
him Telegram from my partner. Mr. Olney.
and that that telegram was OF such u
c1nrartcr that II Induced him to confer with
Gen. Stcarns; 1t is evident therefore that TINT
trrgram wns not consistent with my acting
strictly as Republic AN counsel. sincr It produced
that eject upon Mr.. Chnudler What was CON
tunrd in the telegram J. do not now rpmemher,
II further appears that had been discharged
gumunt in the case OF Alnchua County some
dnys before. on the complaint or suspicion OF
Mr.. Dennis. II seems to me- that these facts.
thcir susriclons Of me. my freely showing them
this trlscrani, md tho chnracter oi this paper
accept the POSITION of general Republican coun-
Sc. and did not sum up the case generally.
.. In regard to Mr. PARIS. there seems to be
little misunderstanding of his evidence or, ut
any rate. ol the facts. Early on the evening that
/ had an interview with DR. Cowgirl. as | went
out of the hotel | mot Mr. Paris, and took n
short walk with him. We stnrtnd from the hotel
md came back 60 the hotel the whole thing be-
ing perfectly open aud without the slightest
| conccnlment. In that walk We talked the matter
over. ns | felt ut perfect liberty to do. We dis
cusscd tho evidence in the case. disuuting with
! each other. Then | came home AMI saw DR.
Cowgirl. He came 10 the hotel In perfectly open
| manner. without any secrecy whatever. So far
! ns those points which we considered were con-
cerned. | came othe conclusion that the State
ought 70 70 Tor Tildcn. Assuming thnt therq
was nothing in the evidence which would
| change that view land that WIS for him ~ q
| member Of the Board to drterminel. | thought
the state ought to 40 for Tldcn. and TINT is the
| precise nature and extent OF the opinion ex.
| pressed. NV conversation with the Democrats
! was after that time. after the evidence had
! closed. nfter the summing up after tho
jury had lett tho bar when they had only
| versntiOn with Mr.. pdrris about ~ o'clock that
| night and alter that he scnt this telegram hlch
| he has testified he drew up late on Monday
| night. and which did not 10 until Tuesday.
| Now then. / say thnt upon my theory and my
| view which | always expressed. my conduct
was precisely what conceive it ought to have
| been. Mr.. Chandler says that there was an oc-
casion when he did have COMPENSATION with
| me-. combating my ipen that / could act rs
counsel and independently at the same time.
So pp1rn5 from hS own SI xs sesSim9Hny ,Hr,
| / held. but he says that thercupon l
abandoned thnt view and took the ntti-
| tude of counsel or course what Mr.. Chandler
| understood is matter for himself. But saw
most positively that neither on that occasion
| nor un any other occasion. from the beginning
| To tho end. did depart from precisely this po-
| evidence upon questions OF fact and Of argu-
| ments upon questions of law for the Republi-
| cnns in urging any OF their points which
| thought tn he sound: hut that IL in any point
did not consider the Republican ease sound.
| should refuse 10 act as their counsel on that
point. and should not undertake 10 sum UP.