The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-13

He Goes Upon tie Stand Before TIE
PETER investigating COM
mtIes Yesterday.
Eut all Attempts 70 Pump Hin Prove
Complete Failures.
He Says PeIton Acted Without Gu.
.hority From Him and He
Don't Like #.
The Nephew Of His Uncle Neither
SO Bright nor Brainy as
he Might be.
Sammy is Cornered Two or Three
Times But Gets Out Gift
Saying He Don't
Know.
His Utter Innocence Of ANY Attempt
to Buy Southern Return
ing Boards.
MIR. Tilden Ut.ers His Plaintye Cry
Of Fraud But Finds no
Hearty Response.

| NEW YORK, February Sat The meet
ing Of the committee investigating tn,
cipher dispatches, Samuel J. Tilden, iramc
d,ately upon entering the room was sw0rr
by Mr.. Huntop, chairman, who said:
"Gov. Tilden, we received your note ex
pressing your willingness 10 ieslify."
! Mr.. Tilden-"I have a bad cold snC
speak very low. The publication ant
translstions in the New York papers hsv,
read. did not recognize a single dispatch
! either in cipher or translaiions, which hao
/ ever seen before. ! never entered into AM
arrangements TO purchase the vote Of Soutl
Carolina or Florida. ! hid no inicrmstioI
or suspicion that any such communication
were being carried on sntil saw the dis
patches published in the New York "Tri
buue" / had no knowledge and no deal
ings with parties 10 these negotiations.
never authorized any such negotiations
! in any form whatever. On the morning oi
November %, 1876, Ars. Colonel Peltor
mentioned in my presence that hor husband
had gone for p day. | didn't know he had
| gone or was going out Of the city; he went
10 Philadelphia, / believe. Later in the
| day was called on by MIR. Cooper, who
was on his way down town, and was told by
him that he had received an offer from
some party, off ring to obtain for money
the vote OF South Carolina. | said ] would
authorize no such 4 transaction, nor spend
money for any such purpose. The whole
conversation occupied only few minutes.
] obtained Colonel Pelton's address in Bal
timore, and telegraphed him TO come
home. / knew nothing Of oipherS
that had been passing between him and
others. could not have translated them
with regard to Florida. / never saw one
Of the kilograms, either in cipher or the
translation. | did no: know. | was not
informed that negotiations were going on in
regard to the legally obtained certificates Of
the Returning Board. Some time after
wards Mr.. Marble called and told me in a
casual kind of way about the corruption
OF the Returning Board OF Florida l
never saw any Of these dispatches relating
10 Florida, either in cipher or translation.
In regard 10 Oreson dispatches, | did
rot know they came IN ciI her until after
the meeting Of the committee to investigate
them. Some Of the dispatches were adj
dressed to my residence, ID Gramercy
Park. ! don't know that anv Of these dis
patches were ever delivered there. Col.
Pelton's habits Of mind and mine
are very different. a day or
two after the election General Grant
wrote letter recommending the commits
sioners TO go South 10 see fair count. /
had nothing to do with the selection Of
those commissioners. / never heard from
them but once and that was a communica-
tion signed by Otiendorfer ard others.
was veEy busy all tha time ard did not un-
dertake 10 correct the idea that they repre-
sented the Democratic party. None of
them, so lar ] know, went TO these States
authorized to do ANYTHING that a gentle
man nigh: not DO. From the 7th Of No
vember, 1876. until December 9th, of the
same year, under no circumstances did /
enter into any combination for securing GER
tifcates by venal inducements. There
never was an hour nor minute that ed
tertained such thought toward the people
who as b-lieve elected me
President of the United States. To four
millions OF citizens, who were defrauded l
owe it to proclaim ] would not yield one
jot or title OF my right, whatever evil may
result from this su5version of the electoral
system, and of a free government. j resol-
we'd ! would enter into no action for the
purchase OF the chief magistracy. Cheers
which the chairman suppressed) i was
resolved that | would continue 10 protest
against the wrong by which the people
were defrauded out OF their rights.
Mr.. Tilden's voice, owing 10 cold, be-
came husky, and it requir. d an effort to
catch all his words. Mr.. Tilden being ask
ed, who is your private Secretary? an
swered. George ". Smith"
~ g
this dispatch: Ctranslation)
TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 27.-Geo. W. Smith,
No. i, Grammercy Psrk-It has been
suggested from here to the Governor OF
Oregon to refrain from issuing a certificate
in favor of ineligible elector until advised
thereon. Why not obtain and telegraph
him O'Conor's opinion. See my dispatch
to Spain.
(Signed) NJ.
Q-Have you any knowledge Of it?
Al have not.
Q-Look over the translation. Have
you any recollections Of having received ii?
Al have not.
Q-You have read the Tribune" cipher
disclosures?
Al did at the time they came ont.
Odd Smith, your private secretary
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