Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-07
THE ClPHERS.
D0lNGS or THE POTTER SUB-C0M-
MlTTEE.
Colonel PeIton on the Stand Ne Has a
Remarkably Poor Memory, but Says
Ne Acted Entirely on His
Own Responsibility,

OWN hesp0nSlOlllV'
Ngw YoRK. February 6.-ColoneI
Peltou was to-day before the committee
investigating the cipher dispatches.
Q-Can YOU remember any names
with whom you corresponded, or have
you destroyed your cipher Key? Al
have, and cannot now remember the
names OF any OF the persons with whom
| conferred. All the telegrams sent hy
Weed were, by my instructions, ad-
dressed 10 IIaveineyer who ut once
sent them To me. Alter this they were
presented To a committee at the Everett
| House.
q Who opened these dispatches in
your absence? A--The National Dem
ocratic Committee.
The chairman called attention To- the
dispatch dated Tallahassee, November
ld, and signed, in translation, Marble,
! The dispatch said "Thc canvassing
board may aud will purge the county
returns, aud our first move will bc Ia
require Of the board, composed ul three
! State officers, one being I'm able Demo
crat, immediate action.
Col FELTON, might as we'll state
| here that cannot remember anything
about these dispatches. There IL no
! question, the Tribune dispatches get
near the point, yet they are incorrect.
| have always heard that Wuulry and
! Fox were one and the same person.
Give me n little more latitude and ! viii
testify fully.
The witness did not remember whcth-
ca ur not hr used the word denmark
as his signature.
Mr.. Springer, of the Committee, said
that several dispatches from Florida
were signed "MaN,' sent 10y Coylc, in
| planned hy memorandum ui the OK
/ pcnscs ui the Democratic National Com
mittrr, submitted 10y Mayor Conpcr.
The witness said hu hal an idea that
the returning board propositions, even
! ii not carried out, would result, il AS
srntrd TO- m a delay which would hr
favorable tu the Democratic party, tie
had made ne arrangements iur raising
money, but intended eventually tu lay
the .aalt,r before the Democratic
National Committee aud let il decide
la the meanwhile, hc thought II best To
commit the members ui the returning
board to the proposition in question.
lie acted wholly ou his own rospuu,i-
1 Al al 1.
one. lie had uu authority To- act lor the
Democratic National Committee in the
matter.
Mr. FELTON, examined the original dis
patch, which was translated as follows:
TAMAu\,sE, December .
10 Col P,iou, II GruomDog F0rk.
llayc just received proposition Ia
hand over at any hour required hy Til
don the decision ol the board and the
certificate OF the Governor, Tor S2OO, 900,
ISlgucdl Marble.
The witness said that the dispatch
seemed Ia hr IN Marbles handwriting,
and that hc knew hc had received dis
patch from Marble ul that tenor, but
the original had uo signature, Whether
the translation was accurate IN every re-
sprct ho could net sap, but he had u dis
patch containing the proposition IN
question. lie sent dispatch In reply
declining the uilur, and saving the
amount was too high. lie dill not com
municate the dispatch from Marble, or
its contents, To- any one before sending
his answer.
The following translation ola dispatch
to IIaycmcvcr, dated December lth
aud signed foN, was shown Ia the wit
ness:
"Bruadlctch may make necessary cX
peusr ul halt hundred thousand dol
lars. Can you say? VIII dcpusIt In
bank immediately II agreed.
Prltuu said lac received a dispatch
containing such proposition, which he
understood tu hc reduction oi tho orig
iual offer at S1OO,Om Tie diduut rccug-
ni1r thr handwriting, hut understood
Fox to ho the name used 10y Woully,
The following dispatch was then
"NEw NuEK, prccmhcr lst.
"To &. w. HorHI Tdilthds,@
Telegram received. Willdcposit dol
lars agreed You cannot, however,
draw before vote member received. Re
ply promptly.
Witness said that lac sent ad,spatch ol
that character lie not consult any
one iu regard to il, but acted un his
own responsibility. There Mas some
Geographic correspondence between
him and Woullcy ~ tu the degree ul
confidence hc placed ia the latter Tie
assured Woplloy that lac roulidvd IN
hun.
4 dispatch, dated Tallahassee Dccrm-
her III, addrsse,l tu Cod. Pcllon, was
then exhibited with the following trans
htlun.
Proposition received, either giving
the vote Of lunc of the Republicans "i
the liuad ur his concurrence IA the
courts action preventing the electors
vote from hcing east Tor halt "A huuercd
Of the hest United states documents
[SJO,OOO la United States notes.
an NRnlE"
The witness SAID ho received u dis
patrh ui that kind. but did not rem,u-
her the exact words lie hal similar
dispatChirom Wuulley, lie sent dts.
patch Ia " oulltl, urging harmony OF
action and protesting against divided
councils Tie remembered that u dis
patch was sent OF the following char
aCtCT:
NEw NuRE, Dec. T.
Nlnioa NIrbL, 1ulI1has.
Telegram here. Proposition accepted.
lidonc, only once Better consult with
WuUlry. aud act IN concert. Nuu C.,U
trust him. TINE very important, AMI
there should hv mo- divided councils.
This MAS sent upon own responsibility.
The South Carolina dispatches were
then taken up, aud Pclton said
lac remembered sending dis
patch asserting ia the proposition
to Use $4,000 lie might have asked
that part vt the money should Dc IIy-
able only after the vote was east, but
he dd not remember doing 90. Tie
rCInemhered rcNriving dispatch from
Weed To- the effect that the SpTth Caro-
lima Returning Bard demanded S75, ,0OO.
The proposition Was accepted 10y him
al. "A n e