New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-10

imDcachmcnt of Johnson. He had been TOW
crnor. and necessarily knew the proclNlti'S
of the most skilled lobbyist at Albany. 1t was
his duty 10 know whether sucl' men repre-
sentcd the Democratic National committee
at the very points where corruption was most
probable.
III Il i, absolutely impossible that Samuel
! Tilden WAS ignorant of all the cipher tele-
grams which came from the South, unless ne
made an effort to 10 ignorant. 1t was his
habit and his very nature to give cXlaoldihai!
attention to the details of political contests.
If il is true that he did not get
constant reports from the men sent
South. il can only he because he
suddenly made an extraordinary effort To
SUPPRESS natural anxiety and impatlcnce' ana
TO mt behind him the habits OF hieilme'
in order not to know who was teieSraphlhs,
and to whom, and what about. That Colonel
Pelton had been in charge OF CORE
spoudrnce, not because he was trusted
by the Committee, but because he was
thougbt to represent Mr.. Iildcn. was
of necessity known to Mr.. 1ildcn from the
angry attacks of Democratic papers upon the
Bureau of Nincompoops.' II Mr.. Iildcn
did not find ont what his nephew was doing.
il was because he was determined not to
know.
". Confronted with the fact that Colonel
Pclton bad asked aid in crime from Mr.
Cooper, If was not possible for Mr.. III
den to let the bargain go on without
making it his own, in the eyes OF MeSSrN.
Cooper and Hewitt. But when Pelton was
recalled. why did Mr.. 1ilden ash no q"eShohST
He swcars it was not necessary J! let Pei-
ton remained as before in charge OF tele-
graphic correspondence of the Committee.
Mr. Tilden, even then, aid not stop mat, nor
try TO stop it, nor make the slightest
effort to know what had been done, OF
would be done during the weeks that still
remained. All this scandal proves the ialS'iy
of the answer, cit was not neccs SaTy' 10 ask.
Had he asked at that time, November ~
and stopped the telcgraphng, or caused Mr.
Hewitt to see the kilograms, the second JOB
in South Carolina. and all the jobs III Florida,
OREGON and Louisiana. would have been pre-
vented. He did not asb'nor utter word to
prevent them. Why?
Y. At that time, about November IL u
became known t. Mr.. 1ildcu what smith
Weed had been doing. He now r"ca's that
ne "took Weed 10 task for taking part IN
50 such TRANSACTIONS" after Weeds return. Bat
after that the second job in south Carolina
was arranged by Weed himself, by telegram
from Ncw-YoIk. After That ana rs late a.
December I, the extraordinary irt'I oINI'l'H
was sent to Soujh carolina Emporium J"'T-
"mCnt Oh quo WarT'nto pr "p''lH'" l""''o'''
eff order to deliver pap"rappnI''hlh'' 10 ""'''
abe di>cbcycd. immediately commit lot con-
"temrt. or il thc IShiiul electors attempt tue
exercise of authority 10y meeting, attach tor
"cont,mm Prepare beforehand and cniorc"
Immediately would be appropriate. Would he
humane 10 impj-ou them separately during
"Wednesday. All probably depends on Your
"Sntc. Love nothing uudouc' Verify,
"tUc voice IS Jacobs voice, but the hand,
"a.r tho bands oi L.au.'
W. ST. .d.u Dalm- tha' IL was safe 10 let
Pcron alone because hc could get no money.
Bat this is palpa'y untrue. Folton did get
money to send to Oregon, and from a bank in
which Mr.. 1idcn wa, especially well known
/ There were hundred, OF inscription, Demo
crafts who have given larger sums than Pciton
needed. for much smaller victories. If there
were no others. there was John MorriS~ey and
( the Democratic gambler, VINO had at stake
4 over 81 100000. Did Mr.. IIlGcu reason,
"Pclton will no longer dare to 20 to Cooper
d" or to come to me-; therefore other money,
/ "not by candidate or committee, will bc
found, and Shall know nothing about ii ?
/ Dld ne reflect. Then can prove that I de-
"nounced and stopped one attempt y II
that was not hi, reasoning, why did he never
iu0uIrr, interfere and stop Pcton's charge
+ Of rrespondcnce through his apparent repre-
/ scntatiou Of Nj. Iildcn himself
! VII After the act for which Nj. Tildcn
( took Weed "to task" he retained that per-