The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-24
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
ALBANY.
Bribery Investigation.

AnS.-1 uOn remember. SCrdla0
said to me, in case l accept the
nomination it will be expected of
me to support parties other than
Conkling and Platt? l answered: /
presume so. / did not suppose
when L met him at the union
league club that night that he was
friendly to Conkling and Platt.
Knew he voted against the latter in
the caucus last winter.
Q.-Do you remember asking
Strahan if Gardner was a Conkling
man? Al never asked him
any such question. Mr.. Knox is a
very warm friend of Mr.. Arthur. I
thought from KnoX's manner that
he desired to please Arthur. and
further, that the President did not
desire any act Of his should be con-
strued as meaning to make war on
Conkling.
Q.-From the party standing of
Gardner, he would have some influ-
ence over Strahan? A.-DOn't
know as Gardner was mentioned
with this fact in view. [ am
confident Knox asked me to see
Strahan and urge this position upon
him. I told Strahan his name had
been mentioned for the position.
Strahan asked me if conkling and
Plat would be candidates, or if |
had heard of it in Washington. l
told him l had not heard any such
thing, and thought they would not
be candidates. The request to let
the matter lay over till morning
came from Strahan solely. 1t did
not come from me. 1t was Strahan
who said Gardner should not be
spoken to about the matter. 1t was
my suggestion that matters should
be kept private and confidential. [
am not able to account for the dis
patch which appeared in the World
on this subject. About three or four
lines of the dispatch were correct.
That was that he had been offered
the place and declined; that is
to say, by inference at the time, the
fact was he had been asked if he
would accept the place if rendered
him.
Professionalism, in his testimony,
says you said, [ am with the Presi-
dent in this fight, and 1 am author
lied to ask you if you will accept
the marshalship if rendered. Did
you say this? A.-NOt exactly in
those words.
Brooks-Was you authorized to
make a tender of this office? A
Yes, sir; by Mr.. Knox. The PreSi-
dent, in speaking to me about the
marshalship, said: You know more
about this office than any man in
New York. Now who would
be a good man for it? That was the
way the matter was introduced.
The man l recommended was not
appointed. I have had no requests
made to me to secure offices for any
one, except a poor man in the gov
eminent printing office. | may have
conveyed to Strahan the idea that II
he would give me an affirmative an
sWer he could have the appoint
ment. That was after my inter
view with the President, and L
knew Knox did not want the office.
To Bangs: l know many of Presi-
dent Garfeld's nominations were
confirmed, and [ think Senator Stra-
hans would have been.
a. Whickman, member of the as
sembv from Erie County, testified !:
Had conversation with Bradley on
the Sth CT June, before he had made
his charge in the house. He spoke
about his voting. l spoke to him
about G. II. RusSel's change Of vote,
and told him it would be good for
him and his constituents if he would
make similar statement. He
said he was going to quit voting for
ConkIing and Platt and vote for
Cornell and Rogers. [ am sure he
did not say he would vote for
DepeW. Have heard a great deal Of
talk about members selling votes
prior to this investigation. 1t has
been seriously said votes of members
could be bought with money, but
cannot say who said it. l really
thought Bradley would vote for
Cornell and Rogers and so told it.
Counsel on both sides here an
nounced that they had no further
evidence to offer.
E. A. Carpenter said there were
discrepancies in the testimony Of
Davenport and Strahan which it
would be well to have explained If
possible.
Senator Strahan again took the
witness chair and said: Davenport
never mentioned KnOx'S name but
once; he stated KnOX's name would
be sent in place of Judge Choates.
He never mentioned to me that he
had conversation with Knox IN
Washington. 1t was he also that
suggested I should hold the matter
under advisement until morning,
and if I could not take the Office he
wanted me to see Gardner and ask
him to take it. He did not ask me
at any time to keep the interview
CONFIDENTIAL; however, [ kept the
matter private. [ assumed he had
authority to offer me the office; L
had not in my mind the President,
cabinet, or anyone else in partlcu-
lar. Witness then detailed the con-
versation as given by him on his
first examination.
Chairman Scott announced that
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