, 1879-03-04


thoao very tfiounals. At that moment tho ac.
cusatious ceased to be the assertions and o1in-
Ions uf honest nen, and became
TIE sLAhDANs or rotLgn AND nEATEN
suBonNERs or CORRUPTION.
Tic country Which Ind been deceived by the
apparent earnesthess nisl honcsty Of Tildcn ans1
hisngcnts, hcUnl 10 rcnize The Intense hypocrisy
OF nil that Marble had written anil FELTON, ctrcu-
lated. This fabric Of alleged fraud thus fallen
was what report ofthe minority Is endeavortng
tobuifd up again, and upon tic old foundations.
Mo wonder, then, that they preferred to make
separate report on the cphers. When tho par
ties to the attempted brIbcrics were put upon
the stand they we're furcetl 10 admit tho receipt
at,l transmission Of the eliminating dispatches
each and MI Of them,
Col. Pclton, whose appearance before the
Committee YVES really pltianIc, seemed TO tnvc
been selected TO bear the largest share Of the
burden.
Mr.. Aanton Marble occupied different s'tu-
alton. lie Ind. prior TO October, 1873, taken
consptcuously high-toned position. Ho had
written the "Ark-and- -shekinah" !" letter, as,l
l,ad otherwise conducted himself tofttly before
mankind. He could not, therefore, avoid an at
tempt 10 preserve himself. It was not for him
to take the bold position Of Mr. Smith Weed,
TINT II was right to use stolcn goods from rob-
bcrs. Surh an turk Of rcfnge" would have
wrecked him long before rcnch!ng Ararat
Nevertheless the Committee had
TWO PROPORTIONS tn Dur T1tB FLORIDA ne.
TURNING HOARD
In his own handwriting, two replies OF pelton,
and his own rcjoiu1cr.
These he was Obliged to admit, mud also to
admit the substantial accuracy OF tho trausla-
tlons.
His explanation Of the two discriminating dis.
patches which the Committee had, md o possi-
bio third one which the Committee did not have.
was, that he "sent them rs danger Signals"
The burst OF contemptuous laughter with
which the audience greeted this explanation Mt.
Marble will probably never forget. They did
not intend, however, 10 comment upon tho tes
| timony ot particular witnesses. a wider nudi.
cnce than will ever listcn to this report lad long
since passed judgment upon them. The evi-
dcnce that Tidcu was ignorant Of these tratsac-
tions was limited 10 tho dcnlas Of Tilden md
CO Potion, md that the latter should 0nilcavor
to aliteld his uncle, upon whom lo was
dependent, was natural: but tho idea that
penniIesa man, living In the house and sitting
at the very tablu Ut hts wealthy nnctc {Air.
| IlIdcn), sliuull have conducted negotiations ta-
| volylng such large sums Without word Of hint
to The 'nnn must deeply Interested, or to any.
body. could not for moment oo entertained by
|
~ ri po,+on,s starv ta tr,n r. nun, r. ro.
moved from tic catcEor5 Of KNIVES to tl.at OF
fona. But the nun who conducted the cam
pasgn Of 1915 % Acting Secretary Of tie Demo
ia ~ TI,ion oft"r thc ctsrtIo,' rn,,tcr II, IL
interests in tir hands nf fnnf.
Mr.. Tilden's denial was, Of COURSE to b0 CT
was by wbtrl, Mr. Tiuen was kent posted
IS, to the dongo OF Ills agcnse. nnd yet
left In condition to snake general denial, II lie
! was 80 left, tho Committee Will probably never
know. Against tiicsc denials arc set all the
who wcut soutl,-Woolicy, Marble, and Smith
| Wecd-werc on terms Of the clusest political
and personal Intimacy with him. They were
selected By Ills nephew, furnished with a ctpter,
ts2 ssns se very t sDtaa fee vice. "Ss tG
worc afterwards used. Que at least OF them
| HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH r1LpEx
hefore his departure, It sas arraurcif tint
SVno,iev anf, smIih Vccd. whn yvern nrcttv wnsi
known. should scn,i thctr tc,crra,ua to Hive.
r,ny.r ,viia Mnrhia hcr,.totGrn ~ Tno,i ra,,,,,o
sho,tId snn,I to Grnmnrcy Park. I'll ,nnr be
sniI ,h"t' n 1.ii.icn hai cn,,tcnniotc ri
Sus1 snrar- l''A'' bo .vnrid mt hovn Ind
the f,enntrt,cs rn,ne In bis housn:
md set, II they were In d cipher known TO TIC
| National Committee, ho would want them to Ku
10 that body. Ills only fear would be uoL tia!
the dlspatchca would fall into the hands oil
| tuUbE WLu EpulA INV tcAA lAGtuf LUZ ult
hands Of those who could.
II had been urged In Tftdcn's behnlf that rs
| eoon as hc 0eca,nc aware Of the South CarolEn1
| negotiations lie promptly suppressed them, artl
they weru asked to draw tue inference that he
was g1rlltsess Of nti. Had thcae transactions
ceased when Hardy Soo,nons went hoIuc, md
Pclton been discharged from his plerory super
intcndcnto Of Tllden's affairs, there might have
been somo show Of reason Tor the plcu. But
rR1ron REMAINED IN FILL CONTROL:
,hs E1orIdn NEGOTIATIONS ,ycnt m t,,c n, ,tcnn,rf
,,rshrrv iii ~ If nrcr"n ffnwr, Iii ,s,Icr III
y,,i,a;'t, r. resfnnt, ,n"nhaw hcitnn n secns NJ
S,,ne. ioiw n a"s ortriuniIv IN tnn,c, liar 1ha
'o, - TtiJS, ",'.I pni.n ,se. tt,t Ea,nn
Pau ~ aiin "a ~, ~ H., nar Will, ~ ,uo
n..n,. s"r, ~. tn'd inonnr ~ - ~, ;riIIar
.at ,,ieh, sSss Z. nonor is III t NJ t1 9rdcctinn
ti , H.. ,r,,tahr thinl.tur tSnt % a Loi II
.,e ~ thnt rtdo,, ~ rao,a o
Isao5 5l, y, H.. % sam ~ IA ,,"r na,
~ 'S H. H. ' Te,1n,' a" ~ o1,Ip.ai -
aui ~ usri' ~ "rus ~ t' ~ ..','s,
it!ucn guuu eaNS past ~ Nv 'aan ~; upeu ~
cnmernncca tj,t. fnct Ihnt no demand Was cye
mado by 'rllden for m opportunity to ydcatt
htu,soiI until tic lust moment; Until, Intact 4
bn,i rot TO bc d choice between coming On b.
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