Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-08
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THE CIPHER INVESTIGATION.
MIR. THDEN EXAMINED.
He Knew Nothing of the Ciphers
Or Buying Electoral Votes.
AMERICAN CATTLE IN EUROPE.
MIR. TILDEN EXAMINED.
Or Buying Electoral Votes.
AMERICAN CATTLE IN EUROPE.
THE CIPHER INVESTIGATION.
Mr. rilden's TestimOny..He Knows
Nothing About the Ciphcrs.

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| Nr. Iilden's EestimOny..He Knows
Nothing About the Ciphers.
| NEW YORK, Feb. Sat the reaSSembling of
| the Potter committee this morning eX-Mavor
| Mickham and Corporation Counsel Whitney
| were among the spectators. AT a quarter past
| eleNen Governor Tilden entered. ACCOMPANIED
by BIS brother, Henry A. Tllden, OF Lebanon:
John Bgelow and Henry S. Dimmock. The
| governor came in smiling. and took his seat
| quietly. He was at once sworn by Mr. Hunton
chairman, who said Governor Tilden, we re
celNcd Your note expressing your willingness TO
| testify" Mr.. Tilden replied. Il have read tha
| publication and translation which have never
seen before. never entered into any arrange
| Florida. | had no information or SUSPICION
| mat any sach communications were be-
nS ii,t,, carried on until saw dispatches
| PuonShed In the New York Tsibuns / had no
| hnoWleuSe or. nor any dealings with any parties
| 10 lhese negotiations. | never authorized any
| sucn Hegoll3tlohs IN any form whatever. on the
morning OF November 2nth. lSI6 Mrs Col Pei
Ton mentioned In my presence that her huS
| band lad gone for the day. | didn't know ne
Dad gone, or was going o'Ir or the city He
| Went TO Philadelphia, / believe. Later in the
| gay was called on by Mr.. Cooper, who was on
| his way down town, and was told by him that
lie had received an offer from some party offer
li!g 10 obtain FOR money the vote OF South Caro-
| INA. said would authorize no such tranSac-
Ton, nor spend money for any such purpose
The whole conversation occupied only a few
moments. | obtained Col PetOn'S address i'm
Baltimore, and telegraphed him TO come l
Knew nothing OF cipherS that had been passing
between him and others. and could not have
Translated them. With regard 10 Florida. |
never saw OF OF the kilograms either in cinher
or uanSationS. did not know; was not in
Iorh-ed that any negotiations were going on in
regard 10 Illegally obtaining certificates OF re-
turning boards Mr.. Marble told me in a "a Sual
KIND Cl way about the corruption OF the returl-
Ing beard OF Florida. ! never saw any one
OF those dispatches relating to Florida either
IN CIPHER or translation. In regard TO Oregon
dispatches, did not know they came in cipher
uhll! after Tie meeting Of the committee to in
10 aot
addIeSSed TO my residence, Is Grlmercy PARK
1 do lot know that any of those dispatches
were ever delivered there. Col. Pelton'S habits
OF mlnd and mine are very different day O.
TWO after election Gen Grant wrote a letter re-
ccmlnendlng that committees go south to see a
!alr count. had nothing TO do with the selec-
ton OF those committees. | never heard OF
them but oLce, and that was a communication
| signed by Mr. OtteEdorfer and Others / was
very busy all that time, and did not undertake
| TO correct the idea that they were my personal
agents. That idea has no foundation They
represented the democratic party None OF
tLeln, so FAR as know, went TO these states au-
thorlZed TO do anything that gentlemen might
not do. From the 9TH of November, IS16. TO De-
celnher 9th OF the same year. under no circum-
Stances dld l enter into any competition for
seeking or certificates by venal inducements
TheIe never was an hour nor a minute that
entertained such thought To the peo-
PIE: who, as ! believe elected me Prest-
dent OF the United states; TO four mil
lion OF citizens who were defrauded.
owed 1t as duty to proclaim would not yield
may result from this subversion of eIectora
system and OF free government | resolved 4
would enter into no auction for the purchase OF
| the CEief Magistracy. [Cheers which the
chairman suppTessedl | was resolved that /
| would continue to protest against wrong by
when tEe leopie were defrauded out of their
rights. MIR. 11ldenS voice was husky and il
was diil!cult to hear him. He said his private
secretary is G.. w. Smith, Dispatch No 10 dated
Iallahassee, Nov; 18th. and signed NJ. wa
shown him. He had no knowledge or recolectiOn
IL. showed nj mn
dispatches to me- l do not know If he had
cipher. When Peton returned from Baltimore
made no reply. did not get from hun any in
formation about ciphers or negotiations
until / saw them published. 1 did not
had % o ad any RSwsrd RSwsr esop9
came TO ne and said he had received
cdGpHsa0n for to get the votes OF south
our conversation was that the votes
were for sale. l never heard of any an.
tempt TO brlbe until the publication of
the fact. | first heard Of the Florida bribery
from Mr.. Marble. He simply mentioned the
circumstance after he had returned from Flor
lda. de gave me no Details and l made no in
qunleS. l made no inquiries from my nephew
atouI these corrupt propositions to buy and SELL
q. Then you had no interest in it? A. ONLY
an interest In stopping it. Col. Pelton ceased
about the 1st OF January to reside at nv It'll
Gens) house. made no request to Mr. Pelton
TO cease being my secretary. | manifested my
dlspleasure, but did not ask him TO resign his
with Smith NJ. Weed In regard to these trans
actions. knew nothing OF his presence ip
south Carolina. heard no proposition from
him him to buy votes l had not the most kindly
feelings toward him. Mr.. Tilden admitted that
ne had had confidential relations with Manton
Marble; ma That the latter, before going to Flor
nothing in their conversation at the meeting
UeaTlng on this question. 1t was little more
than u a formal leave taking: He reiterated
In reply to questions, that in his interview with
Mr. cooper no idea of accepting proposition to
purchase votes was debated between them or
lhCught or for moment. AS for Col. Pelton,
Le Was the last man in the world he CTilden)
Would nave selected If he had intended to enter
into such transactions as purchasing the Elec-
loIai NoleS; Being asked why in his card to the
puDnc ne did not refer TO the Baltimore trans
action, , Mr. T1lden replied that 1t was not peril
Q. Do you not see that your statement that
you had no knowledge of the negotiations eX.
cept through the Tribune, is likely to deceive,
tiODS? oe
This question seemed to stagger Mr.. TIlden
somewhat, but he said he did not know of the
clpner telegrams which had passed on the SUBJ
Ject, nor OF any negotiations, but did know
that there had been an offer in South Carolina
Whlch ne had put an end to by his intervention
" You MADE your statement conscious that
you knew something which the public did not,
and which you did not make In your published
ance with truth.
Q. Did you intend to convey the idea that
you had no knowledge OF this offer? A. did
not intend to convey any idea on the subject. /
hao Deen advised by a hundred people TO do
one thing and another, and did not think it
was necessary TO refer TO the fact OF the Balti-
mole transaction.
In reply to very able and close examination,
MIR. 11lden reiterated that 1t was not pertinent |
10 the subject TO refer in his statement TO the /
public TO the corrupt offer he had heard OF, and |
cenied that he drew up his statement with spe |
clal design OF keeping this Information from the |
pubic. Sharp cross questioning, In which Mr.. |
Til6en was occasionally requested TO be frank. /
failed to get him to admit that he remembered |
any conversation at the Third National Bank |
with Mr.. Smith Weed prior to the latter's de- |
parture for North or South Carolina This /
finished Mr.. Reeds croSS-eXamination of Mr. /
TiIden. MIR. Hiscock now took him in hand