Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-02-08
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has been getting right down into the
true inwardness of those cipher tele-
grams, and it takes about day and
night to get through with one witness
50 far it will De noticed that great care
has been taken that Mr.. Tilden shall
not suffer, indeed his wicked nephew
il willing to throw himself into the
breach to save his uncle and with the
plea that 81 cannot tell lie," he is
willing to be made the scape- goat for
the sins of his uncle. On Wednesday
Smith N. Weed acknowledged that he
had hand in trying to buy up the
vote OF South Carolina, and that Pelton
Who stood very near T'ilden's barl's was
70 furnish the 100000 or $4,000 to
buy it With, but he says that Tiden in
An after interview rspudiated the
scheme and declared that he would
never become President under such cir
eumstancss. The examination of Pei
ton occupied the whole OF Thursday
and Thursday night. during which he
makes no denial Of his attempt to buy
up the returning boards Of South Caro-
lima. Florida and Oregon, but he was
very careful Of Tildsn's knowledge Of
and connection with the dirty bust.
ness. lie was very cautions but admitted,
however, that Mr.. Tildsn learned of
the transactions in which Weed WAS en-
gagged; that 1t was on account of this
knowledge that, on the occasion OF his
visit to Baltimore, he was ordered
home by his uncle: that the day after
his return Mr.. Tildsn scolded him, and
said, sin very emphatic language, THAT
he "had no business" to do what he
had been doing Weed, on his cross
examination Wednesday evening, gave
very much the same account of his
treatment 10y Tilden.
Notwithstanding the great efforts of
both Weed and Pelton TO encase Tilden
in an arnor Of virtu-, enough has o.
capped them TO show that he knew all
about the attempted purchase OF those
States. We have thus arrived at GER
tainty on point which was left open
to Inference only by Weeds evidence.
We know that on the Dist of November,
1875, Mr.. Tilden knew of what had
been don. to corrupt the Returning
Board Ct South Carolina hy one Of his
intimate political friends and aids, in
completely with his nephew, who was
also his confidential political agent and
his immediate personal representative
in the campaign. Two years later Mr..
Tide" saw fit, in card to the public,
to convey the impression that he knew
nothing OF these plots. He did not say
in so many words that he knew
nothing of them; but he did say
that he had not seen the kilograms
relating to them or had the contents
been communicated to him. He added,
in an elaborate sentence. drawn with a
lawyers skill to appear full, while
evading an essential point, that no
such plots could have come within the
range of his power without that power
being instantly -xerted to crush them
out. As he did not say that he had
ever engaged in rushing plots of this
character, every one supposed that they
had never come to his knowledge. Mr..
Tilden meant that every one should
suppose this. II he did not make the
direct assertion, if he chose to leave hi,
ignorance to an inference which every
one would draw, and yet which was
not II scessary inference from his Ian
guage, that was in the hope that the
matter would 60 no farther. He thought
that, if no Investigation were made, he
would remain sufficiently shelter ed be-
hind his apparently completes ass-r-
ton.
Nobody is going to believe that Pei
tor authorized the use of $50, 900, $50
600, $50, 900 and as high as $500, 900 Of
his uncle's money in South Carolina,
Florida or Oregon, for an Infamous pur-
pose without his uncle's permission. 1t
is also remarkably strange that Pelton
after havi,g been rebukei by his I'M
Gle, that he should 60 and more than
double the offer made before. Before
his interview with his uncle he had
been in Baltimore where he was nego-
tating with Weed for the purchase Of
the vote OF South Carolina for $50,
but alter retaining and informing his
uncle Of what he had been doing, the
only TeDuke ne fecelEth was tlal ue
ought not to have zone that. If Mr..
Tilden is the high virtuous minded cit
izen that heis represented as being, this
was very mild Language to a man who
had attempted an enormous crime. 1t
seems to US that Tlden should have
Immediately ordered his arrest, or ban
ished him from his household. But what
do we find the nephew doing the next