New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-08
intina,ed the proposition was deciinedi Al do not
rarn.xaho- .hn 4n-rna In ,rhtch II was cxnIessed.

entertained and there comes the rub. All you wouIu
allow me TO finish. would have told you something
which would have pared you that remark. l merely
wanted tosayth :iIreccved what assumed TO be
reply TO that proposi on which had transmitted and
dispatch witch in reply 10 my dispatch NO 81 IN
pamphlet, FELL spain TO repeat his message In my
cipher received these within short time OF each
other think they not more than an hour apart
been INTERCEPTED somewhat particularly there occurs
must be acted upon imn:datiy; otherwise unava
ing" ask you again 10 state 10 what that referred
Al cannot recall referred 1t was possibly
some dispatch which wished sent from New YORK 10
allahassee reference to General Barlow but am not
willing tn sav perempiorily That II was any partca
plan that had IN nv mind. ones head was 'eeWinS
with plans IN those DAYS.
ITALIA, Dec. ..
Colonel PE1ToS. Is GrGncrcy Park.
Have irst received proposition 70 hand over at any
Governor for 200 600 MARBLE.
You have stated here IN your evidence that here
paich-a delay as you think Of u couple Of daysi Al
did not say that-porhaps twenty four hours.
I have wish 10 change what have said.
Q-I understood that II received the next day or
stood you to state that there was some prcak now,
upon the assumption that there was some break, we
want 90 fix precisely the time; the next day we nhd lh-
dispatch which have now called Your attention TO-
which Is, "Nab!c SAYS plan sent you' ete' Anu
ron nrr wrong II T. not the next day.
Q.|Decemb, 4thi A.-well, that is not the next
day; December I'd Is the day the 100000 dispatch
o. am talking about the date OF the dispatch sent
from New York. II certainly DID not get 10 you before IL
left New York; December 81 find that dispatch was
10 December 4tn; we mud that dispatch says Marble
day Of the week December "a vas A-Certaiuy.
Q.-was il Saturday. Yc- sir.
q" Marble saws plan sent you saturday must be
acted upon imm rdatelyi' DO not You IN tdAt thht
refers 10 the proposition 10 buy the Boardt A-NmcA
QDrhc one you telcgraphed TO Ncw-York (Which
O-Tns one of D.cruiher . Saturday. Al know
Oro the casual outside il looks very much
Tx IT, A-Not the ghtesi because after the dispatch
OF the n a dispatch was sent on the ID stating propo-
slton witch had also received, a. have tod you,
from Mr. Dyke, proposing the salc OF the Board Tor
OF am speaking only Of plan. not Of an amount.
A.-The difference between 100000 and $4,000 IS
hardly matter OF detail.
MORAL ASPECTS or BRIBERY.
OFT involves question Of ethics which yOu and
should both be home. and certainly bribery was a
plan, and the amount merely q matter Of detail! Al
must stop You there do you say bribery the plan
Q.-Bribery would be plan, but the amount would he
a matter ofdeta A.-What do you mean by bribery
Q.-it IS necessary to spend time on that. Al
do propose have any language used which shall
imply that any Pecunlary proposition which trans
mlted any plan Of mine was, or that ever had any
plan TO buy the Board.
Q-Crrtainly not. ! have given Won the order IN
which these dispatches occurred and this dispatch
which again call your attention 10 says: " Marble
SAYS plan sent you Saturday be acted upon imuc
diatey otherwise unavailing" VIII you tell me what
else did refer to It did not refer to accepting the
proposition which had made You TO buy the Can
wasting Boardl Alt did not in the least refer 10 any
such proposition whatever,
Q.-But what Il DID r,fer 10 - A.-Arc you very
desirOus o. finishing my sentcncesf
o-IwIsh l might; # could, would finish them al
to The honor and credit Of the witness. We will come
70 the question again 10 what did 1t reieri Al DO
not remember and woui like 20 say abou: this one
further fact | should have .ad th2t hrl,r
communicated to Mr.. PARIS any such message
hut Lat / find II here. have not worked
ont the translation. ana | do not know whether
IL true, but assuming II 10 be- true, Should have sara
uoyrr IN my mind. AFTER reading NE lElb. VI -t1lt
mcnt auout II. It occurred 10 me that might possibly
ndeuce in hun. never knew he wds. and when ne
arrived there ( heard that hc had cipher and was
Won rccollect know who he ddnot get reply
Dut heard afteIVard from Mr. Perry smith 81 chicago
that he Lad had reply to similar question ana th"i
. 'Ii co,+doG T., and nado arouaiutod WIN
what We doing, aud taken into our conference
anu - IN I'm, IN A. dd NOT distr,Ist MIN. nre
yiOus 70 tGat / had communication With him what
ever. What the plan Wa VIII not undertake at thus
distance time to state; ones head was teeming with
Nj HiscocS..w.in you ten US, Mr.. Chairman, when
Ii, question j. huswcreti
Tic ChJluuau-lIe mas stepped.
Mr. Sir yoa say aga . IN ans, an'Ter 70
nm .,lilte.v-in view of the fact that You
had tel Sgapuod this proposition Of these p-"p.c
10 sell out-that It dbl not refer 10 that! Al distinctly
know mat 10 Gd not refer 20 that, and I'm my direct cX
animation have given You tbc PROOF that II could not
90. you nave gwen us an argument We want
face. A-WoulG you Ike m 90 repeat that argument
O-NU aO not care 10 have II. DO YOU mean - say
that you would I'm way have been party 10 or
been go ~ zaut OF sac OF the memhers Of tl- Return
iAs Board to Tie Democracy ~ tie STATE or Hw-loB
and a delivery Of certificate OF the election o. tdc
Tden e'ectofsl Al distinctly declined any partc-
patton IN any such transaction.
o. did not ask that Do you mean that You would
not have occupied that position man may decline
Won Enow-theTe l. something about advice Aldo
no, quite nc purport OF you. question. .,--.
Q-Ihcn read . ~ thc " me, as-in. see tIc Iur-
Transaction AS ,aatI A.-No
Q-WLy did You send tlls dispatch t. Ne~-Nork 10
a., tneni A.-Why snould Withhold To give Them
Information ut very important matter which was "A
matter OF common ruInor
MARBLE MEDIUM FOR BRIBERY.
Odd Won not understand distinctly that you were
making Yourself the medium for the bribery Of the Re
turning Board when son communicated the oiFer Al
distinctly knew I was doing nothing Of the kind.
O-By conveying from the vendor the information
that lie had tni- Board -ae 10 Mr. Pelton in New
York ven do not understand that You doing any
thing To facilitate or becoming medium Tor the trans
action Al do not 80 understand f.
Q-Judeng from Mr. Pclton's answers, what did he
undcrstirdl A-That You must ask from himself.
O-Julsing from Mr. P,lton's answer TO you. what
construction did You pu- upon hi- dispatch A-Irc-
ceved very nearly the same time The dispatch num-
bcred u IN the chcr pamphlet ana ;Ae dispatch which
| assumed TO be IN reply 10 my dispatch 81 IN tue
cipher pamphlet in which | told spain to repeat
ms message my cipher his message being message
10 Mr.. Woolcy unutcIgiblc to him and unin'eGlole
10 me. infer that the dispatch No. 3D. which SAYS
Telegram here. Proposition accepted II done Only
once Better consult with Wooley and act IN concert
You can trust Hn, etc." in response 10 dis
match No 81 Whether 10 was OF not ! cannot POSI-
lively afrm for DO not know, and the question what
M Peou thought - little clouded IN ny mind by that
fact.
O-Dd not you understand that Mr. IeltOn under-
stood heIng the medium Tor the EOtt-
lions between Ptlton ~ &cW-NOrk aud The Return N
Fltrt iu Tallahassee! A.-Subcct 10 the explanation
which have made, tainh should reply Ia tue Affirm