The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-08

Mr.. SAMUEL j. TILDEN will appear to-day
before tho Cipher Committee to give his tcs-
timony concerning the dispatches and trans
actions now undergoing investigation. Yes
terday the whole OF the Committees time
was taken up in the examination of Mr.
MANToN MARBLE, formerly editor of the
World, who said: 81 have no occupa-
ton at present" He testified that
about the middle Of November 1876. he went
to Florida to watch the count. He did this
OF his own motion, but in consequence Of
the expressed decision OF the Democratic
National Committee that il was desirable
the count should be so watched by Demo-
Gratis from the North. He was not asked to
go by Mr.. T1LDEN, or any agent Of his. nor
did he have any talk with him about lis
going, although his present recollection is
that on his way TO the cars he called unon
Mr.. T1LDEN to say good-by. lie also called
on Mr.. WILLIAM I. PELroN at the Everett
House, who gave him a cipher.
During his stay In Florida he sent and re-
ceived dispatches in this cipher almost
daily, but he sent none to Mr.. TiLDEN and
got none from him. His understanding was
that the dispatches reaching him from
New York were sent by Mr. PEI
TON. or the published cipher dispatches
he identified number rs having been sent
or received by him. and as having been
translated with substantial correctness:
Others had been mistranslated, or had had a
wrong meaning put upon them. He Ind
not retained his copy of the cipher. having
burned all his Florida papers when he got
through there
ba
votes Of Florida belonged TO Mr. TiLprx.
and his effort was TO prevent a dishonest
count. When he learned that members of
the Returning Board were in the mar
ket, he thought It important that
the Democratic Committee in New York
should be notified; and when he
telegraphed TO Mr.. pELroN that he had just
received a proposition to hand over Ill
DEN decision Of Board and Governors GER
tihcate for s2)O,O0J," it was merely as dan
ger signal, and not with the idea Of its
being accepted. He heard many PROPOSE
tions Of that kind, but his constant answer
was that they could not be entertained: that
the Democrats were not going into that sort
OF business He did not enter into any nego-
tiations looking toward the purchase Of the
State The proposition to give Mr.. 1ILDEN
the State for $4,000 was no plan OF his; he
had told the man making it that it could not
be entertained, and he destroyed the unsigned
cipher telegram from New York accepting
this proposition, without communicating Il
10 any human being. His despatch to PEI
TON, TELL TMDEN to saddle Blackstone"
was meant to intimate that the decision in
Florida was going 10 be favorable, and the
Blackstone referred to was Mr. TILDENs
favorite horse.
Mr.. MARBLE emphntically denied that ne
had had any talk with Mr. TILDES before
going to Florida about the use Of money to
buy member Of the Returning Board or
that on his return he informed Mr.. TILDEN
OF the correspondence with Mr.. PELrON
about the propositions. They had no con
versation on the subject until long after
ward
The witness pointed out many mistransla-
lions Of the cipher dispatches as published,
and affirmed that injustice had been done
him thereby.