Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-09

In reply to very able and close
examination by Reed, who con-
Quoted this portion of the examin-
alton occasionally, he requested Til
den to be frank, but failed to get an
admission that witness remember
ed any conversation at the Third
National Bank with Smith Weed
prior to the latter's departure for
Nerth or South Carolina. Hiscock
then continued the examination of
Tilden.
Q.-When the dispatch was re.
celved in New York saying "You
are imperilling the result here and
advising that some man should be |
found who could be trusted for |
week." did you ever see that dis
patch?
Al did.
Q.-Did you not know that in
formation had reached here, in a
dispatch to Gramercy Park, that
you had one majority in Florida?
Al heard so, but did not see
the dispatch referred 10; did not
see the dispatch to Geo. w. Smith
saying, "See my dispatch to
Spain."
| Q.-Goveruor, when you learned
from Cooper, and could have learned
from Pelton, that your nephew
had been engaged in transaction
connected with obtaining the
electoral votes IN North or South
Carolina, did you not feel called
upon to find out Col. Pelton's rela-
tions to the National Committee?
Al thought the best way to act
in the matter was to stop it. l
thought the anne thing of the Flor
| ida case.
Q.-You have said that If you
had had any idea of influencing
these Boards veHally, the last per-
son you would have chosen would
have been Col. Pelton, why did you
not deem it proper to call Cooper's
or Hewitt's attention to the mat
ter lest Pelton might compromise
the Democratic general Com
mittee?
| Al supposed they had full
knowledge and would be able to
take care that nothing wreng
should be done. The atmosphere at
that time was fall of rumors of
fraudulent Returning Boards. 1
declare before God and my country
that the votes of Louisiana and
Florida were bought meaning by
Republicans and l would scorn
and condemn my righteous title if
the Dem ocratic party had secured
my seat by fraud.
Tiden had received no special in
formation regarding the expenses
Of legal proceedings in the disputed
Southern States; supposed the Ma
tienal Committee attended to these
things; had been to some extent q
patron of Pelton; he thought bet.
ter way than to investigate Pei
: TOMS relations with the National
, Committee was to stop such trans
actions; he thought such q course
would have been better in Florida
than what was done there.
; Hiscock objected to the latter
] part of the answer.
3 Tilden said when certain party
/ set up high standard of morality
D he proposed to analyze that stand.
, ard and see if they lived up to il
9 themselves; Col. Pelton thought it
d excusable to fight the devil with
0 fire and adopt the tactics of the en-
/ envy; Pelton's act was an inchoate
t offense, the acts on the other side
o were consummated and gave the
: Presidency to man not elected.
t He did not attempt to excuse Col
q Pelton as the latter did not act ur
= up to his own standard of morality
Hiscock asked what evidence the
witness had that any votes or Ger.
tificates were bought by the Re-
q publicans.
Il Tilden said his evidence was be.
, fore the Committee in the testimo.
ny of McLin.
o Hiscock - Governor Tildep, are
you clear that MoLin was influ.
enced in his action by hope of re.
+ ward? An unintelligible "outi
and jumble occurs here from which
q we can gather no sense.-ED.
+ HERALD
II Hiscock-Had you any informa.
!, ton at that time that the Return.
. ing Boards of South Carolina and
Florida were for sale? Give the
, name of the gentleman who told
!, Iyou.
Al can't give you the name o
any man; l state it OIL evidence
that would convict any one; it ap
pears in the papers.
Eiscock-We will now go bacl
to the time Pelton visited BALTIC
more. l ask you again to give mt
any evidence you have that thost
Boards were being corrupted by Re
publioans. / limit you up to thu
time of the final action of those
9 Boards.
Al have no evidence up to !har
q time; what learned was from gu b.
, , ssquent investigation.
Tilden's attention was directed tC
dispatch No. S4-Tallahassee, Nov
%. To Gel. Peltop, Is Gramercy
Park: Woolsy asks me to say, lei
the forces be got together immedl-
ately in readiness for contingencies
either here or in Louisiana. Why
do you not answer. (Signed) Mar.
,, BILE.
q Tilden-I can't understand what
the dispatch means; don't know
) that any large sum Of money Wa.
raised by Democrats In New York
n after the election for political pur
poses, except when the Nationa
> Committee was in debt.
, Hiscock directed attention to tel.
, egram No. IA, from New York, ad.
dressed to Smith Weed, at Colum.
: bia, and signed Denmark" In
which occurs the sentence: "Try ant
, make one portion payable after the
votes are cast and another portion
, after the final result"
Tilden said that Pelton did no
consult him In the matter and ht
did not know he was in commune
cation with Weed and others In the
( South. Tilden closed by stating
that these kilograms never, with
my knowledge, came to my house.