New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-08

the returns ami that dispatch sent on tue nth
Mr.. TIunton- In he TRIBUNE, from which you maze
been reading. does that appet on the same GAte hr
Marble A.-No; they have cooked their story over
tour times They began on the 7th or SEPTEMBER WI
this hood thon they continued n on the sth OF %
tober then they printed Cipher Extra and then nv.
CIPHER Pamphlet. Now tac last cipher pamphlet az
fcr4 wholly rom this Extra and tins IuhNraIlon
Dir. Hunton-" On the same day Mr.. Marble began to
stir hnseltto capture vote IN OIcgon zoe. ~
where ANo. sir. r nd frem THE lhiBUSE on oclo
Der s. II says That the DemoeIatio operators egre
upon the hrd aud na stage Of tGer political Lakes
Progress -" then that 10 Is found thar the returns are
against the Domoerats .hen me DenCgr r inIn
but Copenhagen caslb would avail, aud mat th'h u
vote In Oregon On the contrary IL 1xcS the date pre-
cl>cy the 2Sh. which is the date SCI IN the rsi me
of the paragraph from which am reading pto,,nil
n Is found IN the pamphlet too, aEd III As iainc'oOu
Mr.. Reed-Iave We the original dispatch
Mr. Rrcd-Ihen how do We know there was a date to
Mr. Narble-I can answer. In THE TRBCNE Of the
7th ~ September II remember they prlhteI me as
patch, and printed II IN us date, Tallahassee tofa
November 27-tnat The date OF my dspatrh 10 Gov
crnor Grover, Oregon. In answer 10 the chairman :.
question IL 70 whether the cipher pamphlet contains
tue false imputaton, answer that II does.
After some discussion between the members 81 ne
committee, Mr. Springer SAID Le voud produce the
Mr.. Marble then said: Mr. Chairman should like TO
call y,mr attention also ~ the thar the dispatch 10
Mr. smith was dated 9TH aud the dIsuatcn from Gov
tInOr Grover rcpy dated 25th OD>clFt
thar in the pamphlet they have shifted tHat dHrbe 81
theirs 10 place following my dispatches 10 Oregon.
Mr. Ilunton-Lower uown IN the column It says Ga
tnr I'm dat OF NGae a r uI ,yeo of ,ber noca
Races Progress" That Was taken from The TRBrNE
nov ,.perl A-Yes SIR II is altered aloUg slightly
brl. 40 E TRIBUNE that paragraph Irecde. those ore
g.n di'prrics q" mine' IHtm' pamphlet 1t Is tucked
Mr ffm'on-Well, now IA to No II. It purports to
De Telegram GATED IallahaNs'e, Nov; - dIccied I"
Colonel Priton No. - GIamcrcY Park, ana HVn'd " NJ
w." l. ., uct IN cipucr BE Kind enOu-n TO read H.
Look ai ta' Showing book, aod see whether II ~
hiLo-rarhic copy OF your handwriting Alt II, sir.
SLIGHT TRACES or MONEY PAYMENT.
The witness read from the htnogta phic copy. The
tol owing is the te'ccram:
Please Yourself about economies suggested Coyic
exceedingly useful hitherto. iOu dld not auswer my
dIic Thai promotes unity of action, suppose Mention
names Florida friends when you Wish u learn no"
mucu weight their several requests deserve. M
y for ANTIQUITIES be Don't fail to read ~. Nslce
to smith, - and 20 CIPHER NJ NJ
O-What did You mean by Please yourself about
economies suggested"l A.-somethIns about the
trivial expense, II the campaign. have really forgot
ten M Coyle was IN charge o. the finances 20 Tar as
there were any, lie drew on N,wYork FOR all the eX-
pcu.es we incurred FOR gathering these certified copies
" the returns Tnis the principal expense we had
ia incur and lac always made such disbursements as
directed presume that refers 70 some suggestion oi
Mr. PeIton to ne in respect to economies Quite a
trivial matter undoubtedly; have FORGOTTEN what 1t
Mr. SurinQcr-The mcssage referred 10 IN the last
line refer. to the Smith Oregon dspaic1, does III A
presume 1t does one coud easily ascertain by count
ne the words. II tlcTc are 80 Words dispatch
10 smith t1cn il Is ukcy that II ana 20 Is tha, dis
patch Counting yes; undoubtedly AT least 1t Is
Mr. Hunton-rne next Telegram see You are con
nected with IS found on page -; No. 40 IL Is tge
gram dated sew York, Drcemser l. directed - you al
Tallahassee Fla, ana Eucd Pf
The following Is the ,anS!auOn:
ha, been supplied and may able to mcci require
mcnis. Telegram to Smith cant De- read PELIoN.
A.-Tht Is a teles ana 10 me- Ireg'hpeF il perfectly
vr.u IA ctsttt Vii "A ma ID T.
Mr. Warhlc-I wa. about to incur large expense for
sending u csscngcrs lower pcnlnSuar counties OF
Florida. and proposing 10 draw myself for the
amount rGgTed ana rSe Gu II INV ar Wt T Dan
think Dancl was living IN Jackso"y lle / thlnk ne
the chairman OF toe Democratic state committee
there. y t-n't he tie chairman
MIR Huntou-No he was not the chairman, bur mem
Mr. Marhle-WelI. he was a member Of it, and know
drafts passed through HIN. Finally, however, con
cuded moi 10 draw but incurred Tie expense and Mr..
COVE iterwad drew Tor it, II rccolect arsht there
Is Sun FEoyIe ov W1r5le viii nor need any"
Mr. Springer read the Translation which Is "a follows
supply seven hundred dollars telegraplc credit Wool
CoYLE.
Mr.. Uuutou-Well we Will 90 to the next No. 80
Mr.. Marble said tue Autograph copy WAS undoubtedly
Mr Springer read the translation OF the telegram
follows:
Colonel Pr1roy. u Gromercy PGrh.
Lave just received proposition 10 hand over ~ any
hour required Tdeu decision Of board aud certificate II
Governor for 100000 MARBLE.
THE FIRST FLORIDA PROPOSITION.
Mr.. Marblc-That is substantially correct, should
think l. I had relied upon nay memory alone I suould
have said that it S2JO.0OO won't be absolutely
certain that their translation is to figures
but IL was some pre2osterOusly large sum.
Mr -tcuger-From whom did You receive that propo.
sutton Al don't rememb said in letter, some
time ago. that had received propositions from all sorts
of people. but that from could no. state.
was hearing of them almost from day to day FOR week,
and it would be unjust for to undertake to mention
precisely from whom thatprop05iuon came
Mr. Steuger-With whom did YOU have conversations
on that subject IN FiOIdai AUpon that propos tlon
Mr. stcnger-Yes. ana similar ones. A-rhat ques-
ton will answer with more propriety hen You come
70 the next one.
received the proposition "tO hand over at any hour
required Tlrn decision OF board and rthcatc o. Gov
for f20oOOO"t Al should ne uWll ing 10 state
Q.-iItvr You any other explanation 70 make about
explanation. / wish to perfectly c0rrec and would
not be willing state, ut this long dis ance Of time
tons 1 might say. 1 would undertake 70 say
specifically who that came frcm The air was full Of
Mr. Sprngcr%You thought It came from responsible
person. A.-Ies sir; Itnonsnt 1t was very sisnlh-
cant fact aud threw M Hanger siya! pretty quick.
SIR. IIUatOu-rno next Is No. 81. Read both original
and translation
They follows:
Ew-YORK. Dec. 3.
M,NroN MARBLE. TaLdhossss.
Warsaw mere. Bolivia Brazil. no slgJ
Translation.
Dispatch here. Proposition too high.
Q-Dp you recollcct receiving dispatch OF this sort
Al rrcnllect receiving u dispatch on the day had
prop Sitipn, Whch also fecelVrdj auer
had sent that dispatch. recOrct receiving reply
rom ,w-York bus 1t did signify, according to my
cipurr kew what here set down a. the trtn>iatlOn
am aware tina, Colonel PrtOn testified Yesterday 10
having sent such dispatch. bat must thlnh he was
atlklr her by the rOIucncc or The gententn from
New YORK the Wit ~ the gentleman rom Maine; he
". Incorrect; such di>patcn; Out
II am not mistaken read III tnr papers TINS morning
aud IN evening papers Yesterday tnal ne hhh lesJ
ND IL having sent sll,h - dispatch.
Mr. Sprngrr-My recollection IL that Mr. PcltOn
stated that he had clegrLpHei at the proposition was
If .cllupI, nos that II was too high.
Mr.. ,rblc.--I remember vYdly that never had any