, 1879-02-16
NEW YORK.
What the Cipher Investi-
cation Did in Gotham.
The Three Unwise Men OF That
City Who Went to See;
And We're Thrown Overheard on Ac-
count Of What They Saw.
Some Opinions as to The "certain Light" in
Nhieh Unele Sammy Is koT Regarded.


Which untle Sammy Is Kow Regarded.
Fror Our O,un Corrtsuordent-
New York, Feb. 13.-Wlat was predicted in
reference to the Tilden programme for getting
rid of tile ciphe1s without doing injury to that
crcat and good man came to pass with exact
ness. Nephew Pelton, Smith Weed, and Man
Ton Marble shou1dcred the whole load. II
knew nothing Of it." said Mr.. Tildcn; "and
what did know ot it disapprovcd Of" Thus
the three couspirators were placed in a certain
light before the country, and the great reformcr
returned to Gramcrcy Park with the blissfut
consciou sness of having raised his right hand
and sworn BY high heaven that he believed what
he did not possess had been stolen for the man
who did aud docs possess it. The question IS,
what do the people generally. in this house OF
,he t.ycformer,'' think OF his asseyeratloDs,
and Of his dense, marvellous ignorance as pro-
fcsscd by himself? The greater part Of the
many business men whom I have met
since Saturday last have answered the query BY
saving, "Oh, OF course, the old man knew moth
ine about fraud!'' and by giving at the same
time a wink something that is to be met the
world over among men, but something 1t we're
imoossiblc and unnecessary to describe.
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4he simple story, because they have had too
much experience with Mr. Iudcn in 1ormer cam
naigns, and know too much Of his past cunning
to believe that he suddenly lost his nature and
became a careless, unsuspecting. happy-go-
lucky sort Of an old gentleman. IN one OF its
ed;torials the Times accurately presented the
yiews OF this class. After reviewing 11Iaen's
peculiarly shrewd political career since his ao-
1:f. r 4t.nr ry+rffn
1.-THE intrigucs, the bargains, the stealthy, un-
tiring advance which led to tue cfown'nS tta-
n1nph at ST. Louis are matters OF very recent
history" Tilden was the centre OIL MS OWN
campaigp before the St. Louis Convention, ana
he continued to be the centre afterWard. There
vas no broadside turned out by e
TIE PROLIFIC PRESS OF THE L1BERTf-sTREEr
BUREAU
that did not bear the mark Of his suggestion or
supervision The ramified organization which
was worked independently of the party ma
chine, and greatly to the disgust o1 the party
managers, owed its construction to Mr. l1ideu's
brain and its motive power to his purse: The
rcjegraph wires which converged in his library,
on the night OF election, were but tangible
embodiment OF the network OF political activ-
itY, in the centre Of which the master organizer
and intriguer had sat and labored Tor busy
months before.
And now we are asked to believe that there
was a sudden ending to all that on the morning
Of the 5th Of November. When his TRENDS
erew ANXIOUS aud then excited. he alone re-
Tnained TRANQUIL When the Liberty-srreet - min
compoops'' we're iuyent;ng codes 1or telegraph
correspondence in cpner, ana were send
inc emissaries hithcr and thlther to discover
whether TWO and two could not be so twisted as
to make tive, the employer, clreceor, ana pay
master of them all was calmly asleep IN bed.
The man who had for five years patiently toiled,
intrigued and sacrificed much OF his dearly-prlzed
wealth to attain the crowning reward OF his life,
now sat stolidly by while he believed ne was oc-
ing robbed OF j., aud concerned himself as little
ahout the honest efforts Of one set OF friends to
look after his interests as about the knavlsh at
tcmpts Of another set to purchase what they De-
gan to perceive had not been Won- he did "aken
but once out OF his lethargy to reprove his
Board, and then be went to sleep again. WM!e
that same nephew, from Ills own house. directed
the operations OF 4 corps OF corrupt1ouists Tor
TWO months longer, and supplied, presumably
from his own bank account, tile iuuds needed 10
paw their necessary expenses.
The Inau who Lad fought and purchased his
way to Presidential nomination as no one ever
did before Who reached that goal forgot alike
his energy and his cunning at tue hour When
taLcicd triumph was being turned into defeat
The candidate who had shown the world unsus-
pcc.cd fields for the employment Of cash and
craft in political campaign became an innocent
and slightly imoeciie old gentleman when the
fabric lie lad raised with such infinite pains be
gan to totter to its fall. There may be people
Nno can believe all that, but VIC DO not think
Tho had made up their minds in advance to be-
1ieye anyt1inr that would relieve the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency from the i:nputa-
ton Of attempting to buy his way into q posi-
tim to which be MAS not elected.
This is n ,,}ain exnrcssiUn of facts which read
49, f;,a 81 t3;f1i.nJt n ar,nonj.n vf any theory
t.t oeI.no. of ,ha Do,n,.raIic candidate
for President, Few people try to reconcile any
thing. They either accept the denial or they
don't,-and most OF them don't, not oeinS so
editors are in making out clean case 1or thclr
party in retercncc TO lSoo.
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