The Aberdeen examiner., 1883-03-22

money OF the committee, and cOulC
not state the exact amount received
or disbursed. He believed Mr.. Hub
bell had stated it was about $3.50,
600. AS witness remembered it, il
was between $4,000 and S41, 100 in
excess of the amount which the treas
urer's Office reported as having been
received, being about S230,000. A
part of the amount came from the
requests sent to Federal Office hold
ers' He could not state what pro-
portion of the funds of the commits
tee were sont to aid in the election in
the Second District of Mississippi.
His best recollection was that, after
The Republican convention in that
district put Congressional candi,
date (Chalmers) in the field, and in
pursuance of numerous requests
from Republican committeeman and
managers who requested financial
MD for canvassing the district, print
ing tickets, purchasing books and
preparing lists of voters and sending
canvassers into various parts of the
district to see the colored people and
urge them to turn out and vote on
election day the committee sent into
that district the sum of $1,000; it
may have been $3.50 or it may have
been 1880, but he believed it was
$1,000 Witness did not remember
to have sent more than Sl,250 into
the district.
In answer to question as to
whether pecuniary aid WAS furnished
by the committee to the Greenbark
party in Chalmers district, or any
party other than the Republican
witness replied thai if Greenbackers
or Democrats favored the election OF
Chalmers, he assumed that they
would get the benefit of the aid sent.
Such at least was the intention when
it was sent. Witness knew A. 7
Wimberly, the Greenbacker in th,
Second Mississippi District. Wit
ness defined at length the definition
of the term "Greenback, land tho
attitude of the Greenback party to-
ward the other parties The Green
hackers in the main acted with and
supported Chalmers, although he
could not say they Effected an or.
ganization in his interest. Witness
impression was that Wimberly was
connected with the Federal seryic,
during the campaign of Chalmers,
Wimberly was u special agent of tn,
Revenue Department, and was locat-
ed in Chalmers district that he could
devote his time to Chalmers cam.
paign. His tenure of Office, singu
larly, expired with the campaign.
A sQUEAL.
General Hunter read to witness
the following telegram:
"WAsHINGroN,D G., Oct. 10, 80
"A. T. WIMBERLY:
"Better win battle or two OF
what you have had You push to,
bard.
SD. B HENDERSON.
And asked what he meant by tn,
dispatch,
Witness did not know. He would
not admit that he sent the dispatch
He was in constant communication
with Mr.. WimberIy, and could no
remember what he had sent him.
The following kilograms were sen
to witness:
DRAWING At SIGHT.
"WAsHINGroN, d. G.
"HOn Geo, M. Buchanan:
Draw on me for five hundre,
dollars. Answer D.B.H NpERsoN.
"HoLLY SPRINGS, Oct. 26, 1882,
"Hon. d. B. Henderson, Secretary
| Washington, I'D. c.
81 have drawn on you for fv
hundred dollars as directed. Muc
obliged. Prospects bright.
GEORGE Nj. BUCHANAN.
Witness stated that George NJ
Buchanan was resident of tn
Second Mississippi District, and wa
n member of the Republican Nations
Committee. He was recognized b
tie committee as having charge o
leadership of the Republican cam
paign in the Second District in 1885,
| The draft was paid
Two other kilograms of like char
acter, showing that on October 2s
1882, Buchanan drew for $500 more
and was honored, were shown. Wit
ness was under the impression tina
$3.50 more was sent to another part
in the district. He did not recal
any collections of money from Fed
eral employees in Mississippi, bu
presumed that circulars were sen
them similar to those used in Wash
ington. He did not believe tina
Chalmers controlled the Federi
positions in the second district dur
ing the campaign. He called t
memory letter from Chalmers O
some Of his friends, complaining tina
his wishes were not regarded touch
ing a postoffice change desired, an
he understood the change had nc
been made even to this date.