The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-14
THE CIPHER rxLxoHAxs.

The Potter SMb Committee, sent ~
Now York 10 prosecute the investigation of the
cipher tel.grams. bexan work on the Nth inst
smith NJ. Weed. III New York. was Tho iirsl
witness. liz acknowledged having done good
dealo selegraphias In cipl.er while The electoral
count WAS pending. and said The translation Of
the dispatches published 10 faf ~ h. know,
MAS rrrts, correct Mr.. Weed testified that
Will. IN South Carolina \ proposition MAS
handed him Offering decision VI the Asase
cansa~sins beard for ilden. In consideration
Of sd,.us, or sS,.us, Int he declined h enter
Tain L. Iie subsequently, sent the proposition
H. NV York; Potion stirred himself around 10
iai.n ,he money. tho matter came ~
thu ears Of Mr.. Tildcn. and. according To The
~itn~ss, he brought IN II order Ia very forcihle
ierma for having attempted 10 make trade
with the Returning Heard. and repeated his
positive shhorrencr II any anch scheme.
Col. pelton. the nephew of Gov. TIL.
ln,. ~as before the Potter Hub -r"mmittre ~
New York, ~, the nth inst, and told what he
knew Al,ont tho cipher dispatches. He x~id
that MI the kilograms sent by smith n. Weed
were hy his instructions, aud il,st In his A~.iice
they ~ers opened by tho National Democratic
Committee 1rlegrsms fron, Florida signed
Marble" stating that propositions looking ~
the purchase of tho Returning Beard had lsen
made, AMI askingit hetrcltoil could rxire tho
required fund.-, were Also shown IN witness and
acknowledged h IN correct; Hlso ,he replies "
i'clton, In which he notified Marble of tho 90.
ccpiai,ee nf thu propositions and that tho money
would IN forthcoming. Dispatches touching
similar negotiations In Houth Carolina wore Aiso
exhibited aud their authenticity acknowledged
by tho witness. 0ov. Tildca was entirely
ignorant of ih.~~ negotiations. aud had
M hand In them whatever. Witness
said hc had All Idea .hAi thu Returning noarsl
propositions, evcn II mot carried out, would
re~nlt, u Asscnted so In delay which would hc
favorable 10 The Democratic party. liz had
made no arrangements for raising money hut
intended eventually IL lay Tho matter before the
Democratic National Committee. and Iet Il decide
In The meanwhile hc thought II hrs, 10 cuinmis tho
mcmhs~ of thc lseturnin. hoard ~ shc prop,
osltions III question. lie acted whally on his
own responsibility, without consultation with
any one. liz held no authority IL at for tle
Democratic National Committee III thu matter.
MMninn Marble testified before Iii,
Potter subcommittee, n New York, on tho ,ti
inst. Ho said ihAi hc wens ~ floftl. On his
uwn valitinn h lonk after tho electoral vose
| did not 10 under The instructions ~ the III mn
cratic committee. ~ The request " tiny Tldrt
or anybody else Me Was furnished by Uol
l'clton With cipher before hc III, New York
and urctl II subsequently,, lie neither ~as H. mol
received from. tiov. 11ldcn any tclesrsm&. Al
! his dispatches were sddrc~sed 10 rclion Mc Haid
tho cipher telegramr. q published Ii The Nov
1 York frstnas, were simply rubbish, ~ far !,
l he tMArlic MAS concerned He did not remem
j, ber tho dispatch 1, relson stating that Tho vo.s
of florida could 10 purchased for esssluO
And.o which thu latter replied that The hgnfs
WAS too high. The s~rond dispAish In which
I Iclson wAs informed that ihe vots could be nAt
for eh.0c0, tho witness rosullsclsd III
stated. however. shAt none of thsns psoptnitionl
~ere hls. and thAs he only tsisss1phed thcm !,
matters of newa Tho witness explained III,
meaning " certain phrases In iho kilograms Il,
s~nt ~ lelson. and said that mono u them ha4
refsrcnre 70 money or purchasing transactions
Samuel ]. Tilicn was summoned N
: witness By tho Potter sub-C Committee II Ncv
Yosk, On tho ssh inst Nv va sworn Tho sain'