The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-09
DR.. GREEN ON THE ClPHERS.
DrrENDING THE ACTION or THE LATE
PRESIDENT ORION
r,ulns the Lotos club Of the Strenuous Ef-
forts Mndc Nv the Western Union Com
,nv 10 Keep Fully sacred Its Dispatches.

HRIAIDINf OhlONs
, ,,e Iotos club Of the Strenuous Fr.
n,. undr by the western Union Com
amy TO Keep Fully sacred Its Dispatches.
uthc Iotos Club dinner TO Commissioner
vr,rmack mst evening DR.. Norvin Green.
p...i,leut of the Western Union Telegraph
c,mpnuy. was introduced as ." Il gentleman who
o,,,ro'lcd the cipher Dispatches In tho
..ur.,of his spoooh DR.. Green said:
rntuiattYus have boon made against my pre-
a,,.s.ortlnt do him great injustice in regard
,u,rfr.or dispatches to which the President
.srof.rrcd. The simple fact is that the prin-
.,ct of the directors of our company and
rsr,.,utye officers was to avoid the surrender
~ I,.c dispatches 10 anybody. We believed
r.tt.rr, was an honorable obligation to pre-
COW, n.rsr messages from tho eyes OF mortal
r,.n and we rcsortcd TO every proper and le-
climate device consistent with duo respect TO
r.su.toritv ~ Congress to prevent the mem
lo-s Congress from getting them. Expecting
mat Manager Barnes OF New Orleans would be
c,i,.d uuon to produce the messages before tho
u.r~i-ou Committee we ordered them away
from that place so that he had no mess ages to
,roluac any power to produce them. lie was
tol In contempt and imprisoned Messages
c,rr ordered from every place to tho custody OF
nerN eutiye officers u New York. and the Ex-
,ntfyo Committee took the custody Of them
ava. from the Ulcers into their own custody.
N,w. Che chargcot every distinguished journal
+. eat She President Of the Western
Unon Company. being prominent Re-
M rtn. drNicrousiy avoided delivering
I .-n tio-raus 10 the House Committee
lt turned them oyer in wholesale TO
r. r.. .-"N ..,d'ugly unjust Tho House had
Netin'mui u. that the messages were in
r..u-'a u.s. ui the Executive Committee. They
l.l q hlWHv'r act uuon that iniormntton
lu' f.c senate Committee served u subpoena
~ ur,rry individual member oi that Commit
d. - rr" ana produce i ln,,,, teleGrams.
sr. They, had got them in p, the
-nnH.t.ruatly' hut 90 surrender them. The
C.um,t'.r Immediately repaired in body to
We f-tDn nud Their. was served with STINT
h,daiu r' ting and res yed 70 deliver the mes
sff.- 10 tle order called for 10y these respective
sulturu s. 70 copy these dispatches would
have required weeks OF labor. for there were
Tht intuition. therefore. Of dextcrous man.
aron cut on the part II the late President OF
exceedingly unjust and | desire TO 30 state.
Tlcrplu.s ~ was made that the kilograms should
b. kcii rom the eyes { every one except such
prs is as We're entitled. 10y reason Of their
rI 'al position. TO examine them. and that
they should be returned to the company
~ soon ~ the examination had been con-
cut.l on course il was soon discovered
tW tho messages were expected. and they
v.i.rot as anxious for them as they had pre-
ST u- y been. 80 they were returned. and they
r.wH NHrS o. MS in trunk. and they were In
gnr OTIS confusion. The Pres dent said they had
h'tr D." lurut Our resolutions required " "a
k'rr o. Igrs six months. and ms that period
2 n.' e'als"t we were in no hurry about
deserving them and locked them up In
svt.rcl and then sent my son
t.vu 90 personally supervise putting
iu in %" furnace. and burning them
" ddrHt loave any reason TO doubt that they
-n. N1'e. hut i appears they did not. And
J .'.t.-' tl" company !. in no why responsible
iri Wlu'n'v. We did all we could to
Mad. IKE uuo word. Or Green. Is It true
t.t a. -" discriminating the Republican party
w.f' lHrNf. and those that incriminated the
j. rIti rury wer" prrscrvedf
JIG. H."tu-l wlN answer for myself that
.tHr r.li O.r Df th"m.
S.,.rYi tl,.s-N.vrr.
Dr. G.,.u-llnrly over. lGroat laughtcrl
Mr. t.0 y- Excuse me-" Dr. Green but in the
Gro ~-t. sam mat .ou ~ witness. IL WAS charged
d's''n fly that l"grquS affecting the Rcpuhli-
IulHriy wcrr all burnt while those inermi-
r.' n- Oh" p.Wocrnic party were saved. The
wtnt-- was MIR. Marble
p-. Gr.eu-t.!0n know how Mr.. Marble car
fE' mat statement. ! can say this. that
meyer s.w un OF the messages. The first thing
iNat nH nI"raior is taught Is that sacred conf
1"nrr j. the Elementary principle 81 his proirs
.''n. Ard in twenty-five y, airs Of experienc,
s. 40 executive officer and telegraph manager
r1 49,. u.' Au- eyer been brought To my aurn
SON 'i 90" rulc having been violated by AM
n. President. on the conclusion Of DR.
Nr'fl'~ speech. auOlog2"l 10 the members O
Ne r..n lur having alluded 10 the subject O
r"uarhs 90 Or. Green; but, In the light 81 wha
Nc gent oman had stated, ho was rather Ca
t.au Oh rWlso that the opportunity had thu
been az -led him to vndicate his predecessor