New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-08
fences without your assstanee. although your skin Is


imper the result Any recollection Is as have
o-But YOU have no recollection Of what they were
when were serious as TO impcri Tie result Al
natural you perceive, that should have confidence
| in the gentlemen whose names have mentioned and
whom met IN daily conference IL was natural that
they rormed as To- the management campaign than
the conclusions which might have been formed BY some
body in New YORK was anxious TO preserve the man
agemert " The campaign by those gentlemen whose
orders was executing ,,-,. .-,-
thing to it, understar nd this Florida and
mandes to s saek hen NTH pure evidence in the
case; ard that beng tho only thing which could be
/ division Of eouusels.
Nj. stcnecrYon wrong about that. because It Il
shown by testimony the other side The DINER
day tnst there was plenty more to be done.
! Ihe Wtness-The Governor was TO DC prevented from
UsuTping the power Of canvassing the Tcturns the
Board itself was be prevented II possible from
csing power in respect the canvass OF The return.
which had already been denied TO them in a decision Of
the Supreme Court OF Ilorids, all Republicans rade
previous this event, and which again denied TO
hem the litigation OF this event; there great
deal to be done IN Foridatbe getting together OF Wit
ne-Sc tho ascertaning OF the results In every county
the protecting the record against subsequent alteration
Q-stste among all that wherein there is anything
to when there snoud be any division Of codnsel- A
! As Il matter Of detail, there was
Do YOU remember any OF these subjects as 10
which the local Democracy or Tue Visiting statesmen
and my business IN Florida was 10 execute
tho decisions which they had agreed upon
dispatches, n1eItakng 10 manage from NeW,1orh ana
Thought that would be bundcr; did think It IN
Q.Do you mean to say that there was any dispatch
sent from New-York q Florida advising tuat these
! things, or any one Of them should be omitted A
| That do not undertake 10 say.
| -"Rome needless now-s1Ouid he recdiled'-wnO was
Romci Al cannot remember lust referred 10 It IN
ny SS me r,rSi.ect.oni A-Ihave no idea
Q-'Parrs and detectives always useless otto Wool
ley here, IN Louisiana, nuisance and an impeachment
trusted ny nobody; decline 10 commit IIden VIA
man 80 indscree what doss tat phrase mean! A
II mcans That he Nss not ia conference win us, ant
that did not care 10 share our knowledge and purposes
Q-YOI have stated what your purposes WERE thor"
ana what you we're dOng-perccty hOi EST aLu tgl.--
| inform Wooiey-which one OF tnemi A-Ihcre was
great deal to be done that wa' not TO be ccnlded 10
! anybody
CAUTION or THE FLORIDA COPARCENERs.
| Q-Wnat that tell me one thingl Al have
lot finished my sentences-thore were great many
things be done that not 10 be conhded TO any
body who was In daily conference with us, and VINO
was not acquainted with everything that had happened
up to that time and everything We intending In
the collection Of these certified copies in the estaDsu
ment of the result.
Q-Can you recall anything that it was lndiscreet
| TO advise Wooey or Al did not communicate TO
Mr. WooeyShe fact that proposed 70 get un lnJuuc
| ton against the Governor from issuing certificate.
Q-DO you think II would have been Iudiscreet 10 DO
/ sol Al Thought
Q-Whyl Ave preferred to keep our own conn
Sc.
Q.-Whercin would It have been indiscrecti A
|
Do YOU think he would have advised the Rorubi.-
| cans Of i A.-Oh, no; | would not affirm mat ne
would disclose 10 anybody that he Thought were he-
ON all seriousness now is not his the cas,-that
after Won had discovered that this thing had gotten
down To- 100 votes, 80 far a you had rcnr aud money
negotiations opcu Uat sou desired 10 mJu0pgAze
The transaction, aud thus advised these people IN New
YORK. Rot 70 let Mr.. WoOey have anything 10 40 win
IT. AYour question, Will assume is not meant 10 DC
/ n,uiuug-I think II is.
! Q-B question, VIII say tqyou in a.! frankness, is
meant al seriousness Al II is not meant 81 Ia
! pleasure iC Did refer 10 nothing Of the Kind
Oft did tr2a pre- IN this case afterwud that both
/ yOu and MOOAcy were teicgrdpinS that offers were
made. aud soon alter tins A AS matter Of Iaci'
pafcacs ' OF nat have no R3"ucdte ' -7 40
! Q.-Havc not you read them IN this editont A-Oh,
On this THlBuyE edition; mesnto the eject that
! board al tie same time when you were telegrapllng
tIGt propositions were made to you Al Lave read
QIu view the fact that at that time 1t had gotten
DC very tnng, ana very soon after that Woo
ley was teiegrapnng propositions on here 10 nave pur-
chase aai on were eiegraP1hs me Prohoinons |L.cG
were by ihs dispatch cdutonng the people IN New
YORK WOolley IN tui- rausactipnl A.-NOt
hi, moment when you pu il there-I call Your attention
20 inst the date al tns dispatch was the 21A
Q-WEeu DID You first IN Florida learn that PROPOSE
| ton. wtrc beng uade 10 sell out by the Returning
Boaid3 Alt would be difficult FOR Inc to remember,
except by the date OF my dispatches. .,....,.
tDo you -ay that you Gd not hear anything 81 nat
KIND uuul the "a OF December A-My r,coi.eGjion +
that that Vas rSt definite proposition that heard
%! ~: re- oa A. - NJ iaiL ~ iib. s,r,o sort
Q-Preyiou, 10 your sending that d.spatcn. diG not
yon learn that Mr. Woouoy negotiating with solne
body aiming 30 repre- ,iit the Returning Boardi A
Pe.ylous - NV dispatch 81 December I'll THINK not
QDO ynu swear TO thatt A-l0 the best OF my 4ecc-
lcrtoH, think do.
THE FIRST PRICE or FLORiDAs VOTE.
al understand you to say that you signed this dis
/ patcu. numbered 90 ii this pamphlet
Have inst received proposition TO hand over at any
hogrreqnred j len dec!sion OF Board and ceTunc'ie
A dispatch Ike that certainly sent but a. told
v0u in uy direct examination, should have said VITA
out the assistance Of ts alton that the sum sent
was %25OoOY but Of tnat vi not be certain at TINS
| date
Q-And at the time you sent that dispatch son ala not
understand that negotiations had been conducted by
/ Woolcy with anybody A.-Oh DO.
/ O-You received The next day an answer tote A
NV impression that there an interval Of more
| tAau day.
/ Q.-Yyu received the ansve,i Amt received
VIA, ass,imcl 10 De al answer TO that prOuost0n
O-You VIII see the answer down here dated Deem
her g. At You viii allow me 70 state i, tie WiIes
were c, TWO three times during the period We were
! III Florida. and that effected delay.
/ O.-Nou received that ausNerl A.-The one o. De-
ccuh-r 81 think ild not receive tine dispatch
election Is perfectly clear that l received dispatch
-isuiiylug that the PROPOSITION Wa too LikI. ,.,
Q.-Nr. Peton has sworn nc did send the dispatch.
/ Al ~, h. II mistaken.
/ mr. sprince1-Mr. Pclrou did not say 1t was trae
! Nr stcuger-He said u was proposition de'iined'
| MIR IIiscocA-Vriy Wei. Warsaw here. Bolivia
Erazl-a as translated here dispatch mere proposition
too bEh" state what your recollection is IS 10 Hv d-
match which you receiy ed Al recOllect RECEIVING
reply tDs dispatch Of mine At some Interval a-Icf
! had sent a.. D..
o. am not after that am after the contents OF IT,
A1And about the sane time-whin al hour or So re-
! ceiylnE I dIs patch IL reply. ,
! O-Iam not alter thai am after an answer 20 the
IN .tlg-What was the Substance OF tie dispatch which
yuu received "a answer TO yours OF December al
si,,,ied sou.itp4 Ike declining secuted refused
or rrlctcd-I DO not remember precisely what Il dld