The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-02-13
The Potter Committee.
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On the 28th, Asst P. M.-Gen. Brady
testified: Brady said that he suspected the contents
of package given to him for safekeeping by Mr.
Bullock; he had copies made, and gave portion
of the originals to William E. Chandler, anothe,
part, anonymously, to Whitelaw Reid; the remain
der were given to Chandler and Hiscock; the tcle.
grams of both parties were in the bundle and both
SIDES OF the question were revised by them;
patches; witness, Chandler and Col. Parker
(Chief Of the Postofice Special Agents. endeav
witness took from the kilograms in the Senate com
and himself; he would produce all that he re.
found; there was nothing in them that he would
William B. Chandler cSs testified tina. he lett the
major a,s part Of #, the teegrams which Gen; Brady
the New York Tribune; he first furnished copies
Of the Florida kilograms which were returned to
kilograms to the Tribune.
w. T. Mcclellan was called, on the
29th, and testified that he had translated the
Oregon cipher dispatches.
Gen. Brady was recalled and presented the tel.
egrams sent and received by him. and explained
respondent.
Gen Tyner was sworn and produced the tele-
Foster and MIR. Chandler; he saw money was
needed in Indiana: and Foster and be adopted
catch whch would be understood by
sSss and they aereed to ne ca ths ths
-. brown sn a!rangement in their correspondence
be known as the Smith" case; the word early
meant $4,000, and the word certain" IS O0O;
the T telegram. then, being in these words Jas.
isfactOry Certain will be necessary in addition to
early promised by. Mccormick. j. W. FOSTER, .
meant substantially, he said. that Foster had
members Of the Greenback party in Indiana to
arrest the Greenback movement, and that $l5,-
GOO would be required for that purpose. Other
further said that, after the October election. he
had q conversation with 2. Chandler as to the
prospects Of carrying Indiana for the Republicans
and see what could be done; if there was any
who would furnish him with funds to the extent
secy Chandler: :" If we telegraph about money "
we had better use phrase" it was decided that
II S5Q) were needed the witness should tele-
600, two Indian appointments, and Chandler
would honor bis drafts for these sums.
W. +. Chandler was recalled, and stated that he
Zach Chandler in which Indian wG Aeents w sens
mentioned; he remembered the great admira-
ton with which he regarded that clever cipher.
to the question whether the dispatches had no
reference to any appointment he said: tAny-
one who knows Zach Chandler knows that he
never made any appointment in his Department
either for money or consideration of any kind
and did not think any gentleman would sug-
gest il"
On the 3Oth ult., Whitelaw Reid (New
York Tribune) testified that he had received a
package of cipher dispatches" from William
E. Chandler and one from Mr.. Hiscock, of the
committee. He produced two scrap books; the
first volume contained copies of the Florida dis
patches; Volume No. 2 embodied kilograms re-
ferring to South Carolina and Oregon: before
the teiegIap,s were deciphered, Mr.. Reid said he
published editorials on the subject, with view q
inducing some one to come forward with q KEY
to the cipher, but that failing, the copies were
attacked seriously; Mesers. Hazard and Grove
nor did the entire work of TRANSLATION: Prof
Holden aided in some immaterial way; with
| the exception of Mr.. Marble. no one had com.
planned, and the latter was justified as he was
not the author of the telegram attributed q
him: the first of the Oregon dispatches were moi
| deciphered and published in the Tribune, but in
| some other paper; an Associated Press dis
patch drew attention t. the fact that The
the Tribune experts then procured this diction.
aLy, and the cipher was plain; witness met Gov
E1lden about the time the publication Of the
dispatches commenced, and told him they wees