New-York tribune., 1879-02-08

ro IN once lie was extremely busy. His house wa'
filled with callers from all parts OF the COUNTY n
ducted before left Florida by the National Coni,ec
and assumed that It continued to be conducted y
Them What | said In regard 10 felt0n was tlat
thought him the proper medium for my communication
with the National Comm ttee ,. D.. ,t Va
Q-Then this dangerslgnal was nung out lor 'ho NJ
uona Commtteci 2 A-Prccisely - {, ,,.v
II Ipay use that wordi Al did not never SPOKE
to anybody about II. ,,, ,,r,,,
for sending thcmi Al did not speak with MN 'oo"'
| 1t or TO any one - So, , h,r, n
corrupt propositions dd you without any explanation
to him that nc was mistaken Al nave had ho c"H'
yersaiion with HIM on that subject. . ,, .,,
Ole says he has had ith YOU. Now how cculd 'a'
hanprnl A.-On this subject oo,otr,v ,oistaLop.
dc was mistaken then A.-ies sir; he was c'r
tain!y mistaken. Ill. c,n,t,too n, ,bc Ma
,,Hal democratic Committed Al believe that Mr.
Coopcr Mr. scott aud Mr. Barnuni were momDers oi IT,
O-When YOU received this telegram understood
vo 10 say that you supposed Pelton was acths or % m
Democratic Committee. A-That supposed tbat nc
wac acting for the Democratic COmmitttei never
oWc I'I how is that Did you suppose il, OF didn't
N0n "a IiummYcatcd u with Pelton as agent OF the
Dcmocratic Committee. And yOu received tuhhun,-
caton from that agent accepting proposition Whch
Ca"ti eau "a r"f m Ne and Won supposed that 1t toe
Sommitec that scnt that acctptancel A.-CeTtalny
did not think anything o the klhn. ,o .t, ,, I,
O-Thcn YOU supposed 1t was lelton alohc 0iu you
G id rvconrd in youI mind then AZ that early
hour that all this came from hlm A'-N''u"'''
en9uS Beconse ,ou knew that Governor TIldcL was
Nh nt to ne 1nproached IN any such way and the Ma
,no'oI CoUmittee was such a A.-BeyOnd the
SH"o 1 ,nd that Pclton himself was not beyond the
slSInts - doubt That Is it. isn't ii That s thc
ideal Al did not Use that language. ,., .. ,,oae
Air SpTipee-What l. tue use Of testltylnE 10 lue's
i tl,,i,y Ike tLIfl II il amusing. but IL seems to
me that II is a waste OF tme-it Is trhine.
"sIrrINGo on MIR. SPRINGER
Mr. RcCd-I suppose that talking of ideas ana things
ike hat would be wasted some people. 1t Is Ike
sticking a brad awl into piece of wood. Now, Mr.
Chairman II Brother Springer Will Just keep quiet
Mr. sprinccr-I am a member OF this committee. and
A. member think have right to voice IN It's pro-
ceedings. ,
Mr.. Eeed-Wen. now, just don't. was in hopes that
the chairman might exert calm influence on inc gen
tlemcn.
Mr. springer-Wel, this Is trGnc. 1t is embarrassing
the proceedings.
MI Reed-Wel that is too bad. am sorry l have
made that impression the gentleman.
The Chairman-Wel, gentlemen, let us go on ana ger
through
MIR Rced-(to the witncs-l-Wel, we Will go on You
say on December Shat you flushed yesterday alter
mann rc-popslplllty Moses" What did you by
that That IL No So A-DOubtless that the business
OF tne Returning Board was over.
Won uisncd rrspous Moses and when tnis prupo-
sliou-I won't say ieil-whrn tEls pre- Evlosuoh We pu
tlmri A.-What do you mean by point Of time and
coincidence
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
Nj Reed-Wcl, now, Mr.. Marble, l thought coin-
cidcpcc was dultc a familiar English word A-Nhero
do you fud coincidence
O-Nou received dispatch on the Atm A.-1es
Q.-CvntannE proposition which yOn instantly
washed your hands Of by putting into the hfe AL
that IL what you mean by coincidence.
O-Isn't that tho common 0cccptation OF the word
Now tell me, | ask 10 know, Isn't that rishti A.
we'll will accept Your Interpretation.
O-Yuu notice II A-Well, yes.
OF IS accidental Al do not know what You
mean.
O-You don't know what mean. Well, you didn't
have any reference when you said you finished your
rcsp0nsibinty-you didn't mean TINT you had Dut the
,rhunsiou INTO the fire Alt has significance OF
ilc sorf. II does not refer To IT,
90 II doesn't refer 10 II. Nor does the fact tiat
IulIyia seems one dispatch N tho scise 0i PrOpo
non awaken any notion OF relation between the tWU
A-Ihcrc was none
O-You feel Qute certain then that the translation
ol 5oya has 40 alton 10 the proposition A-Ncil
SIR carnot say. dO E0t affirm ana do not deny II
has pas>ed out Of my recollection entirely.
Q-ADd ala you say IN the lettet Oi october 10,
Some ever discussed 10y me -mcaning PROPOSE
tnns" uu the contrary, rcpused every approach OF
that sort on the spot" Al did.
O." Ny decision, never debated, was nowhere qucs-
toned ~
Nh Rced-Inat Is al Layc a. ask.
the Chairman-Oue moment. Nj. Marble. You have
spoken al the tcicgrams vi which have any TcCol-
! lc,tiOui Al have.
| The Charuan-lhat Is ali