Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-09
Bepnbiiean spsciai Pleading ana
DupIiclsy.

its Professions of being the "God
and Morality party" unless he
giances over the dislngen uous shifts
Of the press OF that organization In
the matter Of the cipher kilograms.
Whatever guilt may attach to
Democrats Individually, hypocrisy
is rarely one Of their delinquenciss.
There is little of the Pharisaic, II
am holier than than thou" turpi-
tude about the "unterriiied." They
have never been known to carry
out the Injunction "assume
virtue il you have it not" The
Republican press and orators have
for months past been engaged in
aspsrsipg the Demo cratic party on
account Of the cipher dispatches.
The leaders of the party have repli-
ed by courting the fullest and freest
Investigation. They are willing
that calcium light should blaze
over their most secret acts. Mr..
Manton Marble, a distinguished
Democrat, in his testimony before
the Potter Committee day before
yesterday, said:
His object In going to Florida
was to take care of the Electoral
vote. Tho ciphers published in
the New York Tribune, so far as
concerned himself, were simply
rubbish. He said he had already
ppblished q statement. .of-what he
did ann did net do III Florida; said
what he did not do was to buy
Florida votes, and that they were
for sale.
Yes! These votes were undoubt.
edly in tho market, and the salient
aud distinctive feature of the
whole affair was that the Demo-
Gratis might have bought them and
did not, while the Republicans
could and did buy them.
There has been no more complete
exhibit Of the unfair and disingen-
uous abuse to which Mr.. Tilden has
been subjected than was contained
Ia the testimony Of Mr.. w. E
Chandler, a noted Republican poll
tician, who appeared before th'
Potter Committee Tuesday week
Mr.. Chandler said that he under
stood that, previous to the inaugu
ration of Mr.. Hayes, the investiga
tion of Mr.. Zach Chandler's an,
Mr.. Tilden's bank books, which ha'
been proposed. twas stopped b.
the representative of Mr.. Tilden.
How foul calumny Mr.. w. E
Chandler acquitted himself OF, il
fippantly delivering this testi
mony. Is shown by the followip.
letter addressed TO Senator Franci,
Herman. nearly two years befor
tho Chandler lie was uttered:
NEw YORK, Feb. 81, 1877.
The Hon. Francis Kernan, Wash
ington, d. G.
A telegram to the Associated
Press, published this morning
states that q harmonious agree
ment has been brought ABOUT be.
tween the Senate Committee, O
which you are member, and q
com nlittee Of the House, by which
1t has been decided not to 90 into
an examination of my bank &C
count on the one hand, or the ac
counts Of the Chairman OF the Re
publican National Committee OIL
The other hand.
Irepudiate any such agreement
and disclaim any such immunity
protection, or benefit from it. / re
jsct the utterly false imputatior
that my private bank account con
tains anything whatever that need
to be concealed. Under the pre-
tsnee Of looking for a payment il
December, the demand WAS for al
payments after May, and all depos
its during nine months.
The bank was repeatedly me
naced by the removal Of the off
GERS and books to Washington.
A transcript Of entries of private
business, trusts, charities, con
taining everything but wha
the COMMITTEES was com missioneC
TO investigate, but nothing which
it was com mmissioned to investi
gate, because nothing of that sor
existed, has been taken with my
knowledge to Washington. o
course there is no item in it relat
ing to anything in Oregon, for
never made, authorized, or knew
of any expenditure in relation t.
the election in that State, of the re
sulting controversies, or any prom
ise or obligation on the subject.
Mr.. Ellis, the acting President o
the bank, himself u Republican
some time ago told the Chairman O
the Committee and several of 1T
members that there is nothing il
the account capable of furtherin,
any just object of the invsstiga
tion. / am also informed that
resolution was passed to summon
me as a wItness, but have received
no subpoena. l had written befor
this telegram appeared, requestin.
you to say to the Committee tina
1t would be more agreeable to m
not to visit Washington If tn,
Committee would send a sub. Com
mittee or hold session here, bu
that otherwise l should attend un
der the subpoena. AS to the ar
rangement now reported, 1 have
only to say that 1 can accept de
corum and decency, but not ficti
tious equivalent for a mantle of Sc
crecy to anybody else.
8. j. TILDEN.
Discrimination and double.dealinl
attended every phase Of the Repub
lican manipulation of the election
Of 1876. The tactics Of the three
card monte sharp a!tsrnated will
the attitude of q bully, supported