The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-07

would not accept it urged the convention
not 70 nominate me under any circumstan-
ces, and Withdrawing from the body in order
to leave them entirely untrammeled in their
action, did not return until the nomination
was unanimously rendered to me.
AS to this specific charge of time and
place Colonel Haskell gives the expla-
nation that at the mass meeting We held In
Abbeyville the executive committee sent
word TO us that a proposition had been made
to them concerning the withdrawal of the
electors and one of the committee, Colonel
j. A Hoyt, came up TO consult with US In
references to it. Nei her Judge Cooke nor
Judge Mackey had ever said word to me
on the subject Judge Mackey had not yet
so much as announced his adherence to our
party, and, il remember arighr, was not at
Abbeyville. Judge Cooke, IS is well known,
had only joined us that afternoon Coming
out of our nesting at a late hour he
first time that he proposed to sustain our
ticket. No one knew of his position toward
US until that moment, and he certainly took
no part In any consultation. do not know
by whom the proposition was made to the
executive committee, and had even for
gotten who brought 1t TO US. until reminded
recently that il was Colonel Hoyt He can
give the facts There was no meeting held
that night, aud of course did not preside
over any meeting General Toombe General
MCGOWAN and myself were together in Cen
eral Toombs room, but instead of Offering us
$4,000 il we would consent to withdraw the
electors General Toombs readily offered IN
conditlonaily to give in 900 out of his
own pocket to aid us In our canvass Tor the
whole ticket. The proposition concerning
the electors was discussed among other mat
tiers, and we came to the conclusion, as Gen
eral MCGOWAN has announced, that we
would not entertain it. Nothing more was
ever said about it, and the character of the
canvass was not changed in the slightest
degree. The presidential electors accom-
panied me to every meeting that was held
in the State, and the two tickets were car
ried as far as possible together.
The discrepancy in the votes cast for Mr.
Tilden and myself can be accounted for in
two ways. In the first place the returns for
the election OF governor and lieutenrnt gov
ernor in South Carolina are req uired to be
sealee by the managers of election to be
Opened only by the Legislature, and not.
therefore, go before the returning board
There was no chance OF tampering with them,
while the vote for presidential electors was
canvased by that board which was CON-
posed entirely of Republicans. Another
very good reason for my vote being larger
than Mr.. TIlden's is that many white Re-
publcans, as well as some of the colored ones,
voted for Mr.. Hayes and the Democratic
ObnbC tAOhCts hCPuOlACuub VI CuuIdCbcIs III
Columbia, Charleston and Beaufort voted
for me, and the difference (about 6OO) was
even less than we expected.
In further evidence OF the fidelity with
which we sustained the Democratic party,
may relate what has never before been pub
lished, that when Judges Denny and Settle
(R9publIcans) were in Columbia and the
question of the recognition of our Govern
ment was In agitation, they said to me az
one time that If 1 would on on any public
occasion, say that L thought the State had
been carried for Hayes the troops would be
removed and | would be recognized. NY
reply at once was that 81 would not do so
to be made president OF the United States,
but that ii those two gentlemen, who had
access TO the returns, which we had not,
would take General Gordon and Bradley
Johnson and go over the returns with an ex-
pert. j would then say just what the returns
showed" judge se.tle laughed and said:
I'VE have had one deal with that pack of
cards. and have thrown 1t away (Meaning,
evidently, that they had already gone over
the returns, and were not satisfied with the
result Generals Gordon and Johnson will
doubtless remember this incident.
NOT oNE CENT CONTRIBUTED TO AID THE ELEc
TON BY TILDEN Or THE NORTH.
There was no question OF my election, be-
cause We had received exact returns from our
own canvassers, and we knew that when the
votes were counted before the Legislature
they would show a majority for our State
ticket. But when some of Mr.. Tlden's
friends came to Columbia, and desired to
bring the question ms to the presidential
election before the supreme court, we EN-.
ployed counsel for that purpose, and several
gentlemen borrowed from the bank on their
individual notes to pay them for their serv-
ices. We wore urged to do this, and were as.
sured we would De reimbursed by the Ma
tional Democratic Committee. That money
has never been paid. 1t Is of interest to
state in this connection that this sum and
for this legitimate purpose was what GEN
eral Gordon alluded to in one of the now
famous cipher dispatches.
The lawyers were employed in Mr.. Til
denis interest alone, and we rather weakened
than strengthened our own cause by taking
any part in the case.
IL is fact which should be distinctly
stated that, during the whole of that i'm
portant and trying canvass, which was 30
earnestly prosecuted In the interests of the
Democratic party, we secured not one single
dollar of aid outside of the State. The
whole expense of the canvass was borne by
our people.