Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-09
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The Cipher Dfspatches-wlsat Pei
ton Has TO Say.
New YORK, February s.
Public interest on the subject Of the al
| legged attempts to purchase electoral votes
| for Tilden has been revived and intensified
here by the cipher investigation now pro-
| crossing. Everybody now comedies that
| fraudulent attempts were made. that the
| transactions were rascally, and that, as the
| Herald SAYS, there's no saving the reputa-
| tions cf Pelton, Smith and Weed. The
| only question remaining Is, as to whether
| they are credible witnesses by whom to
| prove that their operations were persisted
in.without Tilden's c~onniyance, and despite
his reproduction Of them, when any third
person was brought into their CONVERSE
tons. No adequate picture Of Pelton's pit
iful exhibition as . witness can be present.
ed, except by a verbatim report; even then
the significance and suggestiveness Of his
manner would be still needed to give a
proper shading to the scene. A few essen
tial facts, however, catch the public eye,
and stick as circumstantial evidecne, going
to prove the question of Tilden's COM
plicity. Among these are the following:
Pelton admits that he carried on the disre-
putable business, in part, at Til
den's own house; he there explained
to Cooper that he was going to Baltimore
to negotiate the South Carolina purchase,
notified him that he might telegraph the
next day for some money, but thought he
cautioned him not to tell Tilden. He was
less definite on this point than its import
ance demanded, nor could he remember
what Cooper replied. The next day Cooper
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Tilden telegraphed Pelton to come home,
tiations with him that despite his uncle's
rather violently expressed dissent from the
corrupt scheme, Pelton still persisted in
trying to raise money, being determined to
do SO SO far as was in his power; but where
he expected to get the cash from he does
not know. Now he says he would have
tried Cooper and Scott, Of the National
Democratic Committee, but he names no
others. He declares that he had no reason
to suppose they would agree to it never
theless, Pelton definitely accepted the
South Carolina proposition, and subse-
quently the Florida proposition. After the
demand for $500, 900 had been rejected, as
too high, and was reduced to $50, 900, all
on his own responsibility he says, but was
still looking to Cooper and Scott for help.
The Florida Board was compelled to decide
finally on the 9Th Of December. Pelton
admits that he telegraphed definitely to
Marble ON the 4th that he would deposit
the $50, 900, but fails to explain s~atisfac-
torily how he was to get it at such short
notice, as he insists that he had not
preached the subject to anybody, and it
would require at least two days to lay the
proposition before the members Of the
Democratic Committee and get the money,
and had no reason for supposing that any
body in particular would supply it. He
confesses. also, that the transaction was
ended by a telegram from Marble that the
negotiations were of. Pelton's utter in
ability to remember how or when he got
his cipher, and the final conclusion that he
made it up himself. just as Weed was
starting South, is especially suspicious.
The People of Pennsylvania Inaig-
nant.
NEW York, February g..
Speaking OF Mr.. Hartranft's appoint
ment as Postmaster, the Times Washing
ton correspondent says the Pennsylvania
members are ~indignanta at the appointment,
because they regard the appointment of a
man who was twice in succession chosen
Governor Of their State to be Postmaster,
as a degradation Of the high Office which
he left but two weeks ago, and a humilia-
ton to the people Of Pennsylvania.
"Why," said . prominent Pennsylvania
member Of the House, .Mr. Hartranft,
until to-day, was an available candidate
for President. He received on one ballot
at the Cincinnati Convention twenty votes
more Than MI. Hayes. He was a rising
man, and now, to see him put away in q
postofice, liks q mere ward politician,
after his long and honorable service in the
executive chair Of Pennsylvania, is q dis
appointment and humiliation which will
be keenly felt by the Republicans Of our
Stcte.
Mr. Tilden Denies All knowledge
of the Cipher business.
NEW York, February 8.
Tilden. to-day, after denying all knowl-
edge of the cipher business, gave the fol-
lowing as the first intimation conveyed to
him Of negotiations pending for the pur-
chase Of returning boards / was called
on by Mr.. Cooper, on his way down town,
and was told by him that he had received
IN offer from some party to obtain, for
money, the vote Of South Carolina. / said
l would authorize no such q transaction,
nor spend money for any such q purpose.
The whole conversation occupied only a
few minutes.
Unemployed Mechanics and La.
DOrers.
NEW YORK, February s.
Statistics show that the number Of UNI
employed mechanics and laborers in this
city now is one-half less than four or five
years ago, which is accounted for by the
movement West and South and the de-
cided business revivals. The table pub
lished gives the present number of unem-
pioyed at Is, 900, Of which 5000 are labor
ers ; carpenters, 5000 masons and stone
cutters, l 900 ~tailors, j 1000 bricklayers,
800 +; painters, 800 +; plasterers, GOO and
cigar-makers, 800. During 1873 the daily
average Of unemployed was 5 1000, and
subsequently reaching 10000.
Driven Finy Miles by Indians.
CHEYENNE, February 8.
Mr.. Sanders, who left Poors ranch. on
the Niobrara. February LIST. with dis
patches, reached the North Platte last
night, having been driven fifty miles by
Indians. He confirms the news of the
killing Of Morehead and Ashbaugh on jan
uary Goth, by thirteen Indians, and also
reports the names Of two others killed at
Howard's upper camp, about the same
date. Ono was q herder named Samuel
Braggs, and the other . man lately from
the Agency, called Bustler.
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