The Newtown bee., 1879-02-11

give 8 certificate to this effect unless they were paid for it, as they were candidates for office at the same election, and firmly believing Of the three disputed States, but that con- epiracy he'd been formed to count them out and that propef declaration Of the vote of one of these States would settle the matter; he telegraphed to New ork asking if money could be furnished. Witness said he could not refer to any particular dispatches he would " give the bones of the transaction !" all the dispatches which he gent were directed to Henry Hayemeyer finally proposition was Carolina, offering to give the State to the Democrats for either $G0,000 or $80 ,000 he te!egraphed this fact to Now York, and re- ceived an answer which he understood as an assent to the proposition he had never said that South Carolina had gone for Hayes the face of the county returns was to that effect, he understood, but the precinct returns showed that the State had gone Democratic; when he left South Carolina representative of the re- turning board, named Hardy Solomon, went on the train with him, by arrangement at Balti- more he met Colonel Pelton, who informed him that the matter had come to the know ledge of Governor Tilden, who refused to permit any money to be used the witness informed Solo, mon of this fact, but the latter insisted on coming to this city with him, to see if the money could be raised outside of the Demo- cratic national committee the returning board kept their decision open two days, as he was
 
 negotiations on the day when the board was compelled by law to decide, he told Solomon | that the money could not be furnished Solo, | mon then sent & dispatch to South Carolina, l saying that the "goods" could not be obtained I Solomon stated ' the other side y had been bidding MT. Weed said that Governor Hamp | ton, Senator Gordon, MT. Randolph, Mir. Has ksll and other persons prominent in South Carolina at that time had no knowledge of the dispatches or of tho negotiations to which they related although he had destroyed his cipher key, he knew that all the dispatches pub | lished in the Tribune were not correctly rendered not dollar was ever paid by | him or by any other person to his knowledge | to the South Carolina returning board ; they merely made proposition, which was de- | cined. Witness testified further in regard to the Tribune translations of the cipher dis patches saying some of them were mistrans- lated and that he had never sent one dispatch which the Tribune published, with translation as having been sent by him to General Gordon from Baltimore the dispatch which he gent I General Gordon was entirely in reference tc I court matters. After the announcement of the South Carolina vote witness was taken to task by Mir. Tilden for entertaining proposi tion to buy the State s'he said I should have known better, and that I ought to have knowI he would not consent to take the presidency or any such terms. explained the whole matter as had engaged in it, and he replied that il the presidency was to be sold he would have nothing to do with it and that he would not buy It or felons C1d not know Iron whom he expected to get the none. to buy the South Carolina electors in explanation Of one of the dispatches ht would say that he would have bought Louisi ana and Florida, as well as South Carolina for they were all for sale. The next witness Mayor Cooper made the following statemen
 10 the committee: z saw MT. Pelton just be- fore he went to Baltimore. It YVES in the hal
 of Governor Tilden's house. He was about t, get into the carriage. He said he was going t
 Baltimore to see MT. Weed and some Soutl
 Carolina people, and that he might want som
 money I received telegram next day, partl.
 in cipher, and asking for large sum of money
 $60 000 or $80,000. I was very much surprised
 at tlis, and Mir Tiden sail Mr. Pelton mus
 come home immediately. don't know if an
 swe,ed the telegram. No money was sent.
 know nothing about any arrangements t
 spend money ill South Carolina. I was treas
 urer of the national committee and made man
 d sbursements. I am ready to submit these t
 the committed" Witness, continuing, said h believed Mir. Weed went to Baltimore to mak
 some negotiations with the South Carolina re turning board he did not think Mir Tide knew this, for as soon as the telegram was rt ceived he (Mr. Tilden) ordered Pelton home he thought any propositions by returnin
 boards were known to MT. Pelton alone.