New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-20
SENATORIAL CONTESTS.
NO FORGERY IN MR.. HoAR's BE ALT.
rux RESULT Nor EFFECTED BY THE ALLEGED CRAP
DISPATCH.


rux RESULT NOT EFFECTED BY THE ALLEGED oHAPo
DISPATCH.
thy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUEE.1
posrov Jan 19.-The middle into winch Mas
.ocbusetts politicians have been thrown this week
e. ocrtoinly remarkable. Mr.. Crafo has been sup
,osed TO be very friendly to Mr. Hoar and has been
known TO say that he hoped that MIR. Hoar
Ill succeed in the election. He
- 90 early AS Tuesday what
M, Hoar's strength was, and if he had no lingering
hone of eattinC INTO the Senatorial chair as SOFT
Of ozark horse" he ought to have informed tne
leader of his faction in the Legislature t1at ne uiu
mot conntenance any opposition to Senator tion
Tf that had been done on Tuesday afternoon Vi
Vadne .dav forenoon Mr. Hoar would have peeh'
elected on Wednesday and Massachusetts wouiu
have been spared the painful scan
dol which is spread broadcast over
tbe country On the contrary MI
Franc waited until he had been solicited urgently
nv Mr. Hoars leaders to withdraw and then sent
a telegram which was so ambiguous that It's author
now causes confusion by DENYING tha' TIC il-
structed his friends TO vote for Mr.. hoar.
The real truth of the affair as near as can be as
certained is as follows: On Thurs
dov forenoon a well-known and trustworthy
gentleman of this city says that he was
shown by Mr.. Bates, the leader of the Hoar men, a
telegram. The gentleman distinctly saw Mr..
Crapo,s signature bat did not have time to read
the dispatch He was informed by Mr.. Bates, how
ever that it advised the support of Mr.. Hoar. This
was taken for granted to mean that Mr. Grape had
formally withdrawn from the race, ana
st was so announced by the evening papers. ms
mornings Journal. however. contained dispatch
from its Washington correspondent to this effect
'"Mr Ctapo says that the statement telegraphed
from Boston to the effect that he had requested the
members of the Massachusetts, Legislature who
had been voting for him 20 change their votes
in favor of Mr.. Hoar was a surprise to him. lie
said that he had made no contest for the Senatorial
seat and had held no conference with any of the
members of the Legislature in reference to
the matter The result. no said, was
entirely satisfactory to him, He had always pre-
ferred that Senator Hoar should be reelected as
against Governor Long, and had never made any
secret of his choice in this respect" THIS with a
statement published in Thursdays 1rGreiler, con-
veyed the impression that forgery had been CON-
mitted. To-day the State House has been i'll
ferment and some members, overdesirous to promote
peace declared that no telegram had been received
on Thursday as charged. They said this probably
for the purpose of supporting and defending Mr..
Grapes position.
THE CONFERENCE OF Mr.. CRAP0'S FRIENDS.
BosToN Jan 19.-The journal will print an in
teryiew with H. j. Boar1man, who presided at the
conference of Mr.. Grapes friends. Mr.. Boardman
said IN effect calico the conference for the pur
pose of asceItainlng the purpose OF the gentle
men who voted for Mr. Grape 1t having
been represented to mo by leading friends
of Mir. Grape IN New-Bedford that they
were confident that his friends in his own city, I'M
der the circumstances, preferred the election OF Mt
A rl~aTf hot I Nyna
for his supporters else where to vote Tor him longer
The question of voting for him at another ballot
was discussed and all except tWo OF tnree voted
ss5;a r PAN tel 5seaia% p
knowledge statement made to the effect
that such a message had been received. L do not
believe that any rumor OF that character had any
Governor Butler signed the certificate OF election
of Sir. HOar as Senator this afternoon and the doc
ument was forwarded to the President of tue United
States Senate by mail this evening.
Further Investigation of the alleged forgery of
dispatch or letter from W. W. Grape. announcing
letter or telegram FROM Mr.. Grape was
shown hence there was no forgery, was stated
In last nights dispatches. There is no question,
however. of the fact that statement was circu-
lated at The State House that such communlca-
ton had been received, and 1t was generally be-
leyed to be true.
HOW TIE STORY OF FORGERY STARTED.
GENERAL PRESS DIsFATCHI
BosTON, Jan. ia critical investigation demon
straes the falsty of the report that forged dis
patch caused the transfer of the Grape vote Sen
ator Hoar. The whole story seems to have had its
origin IN a dispatch received by Senator Randall, of
New-Bedford from Lawrence Grnnell. friend of
Grape, which read as follows: Vote for Hoar and
get Grape men to do So" Senator Randall received
it at his hotel and when he reached the State House
on Thursday morning most of the other Grape
men were in conference and he could not find them
He showed the dispatch from Grinnel on the floor
of the JOINT Convention, to two three of the
Grape men, and to Senator LOring OF Fitchburg |
who sat beside him.
The report that dispatch had been received adj !
vislng the Grape men TO vote for Mr.. Hoar |
hastily whispered from member to member and |
soon became known 70 nearly everyone. The |
Ign OF tue story that Nj. Grape had sent dispatch
was pI obably "A misunderstanding naturally arising |
in these whispered and fTag nentary cOmmunica- |
tiOns, and the report seemed to be con- |
tirmed when Mr. BOardman, of Boston, the !
first Grape man tie alphabetical roll |
call, voted for llOar. As the names of the other
Grape men called and they voted for HOar.
from Grape felt that nothing more was needed 10
demon ,trate its truth. The statement that CrapO
had withdrawn was Immediately published a
settled fact by n trustworthy evening paper. anu
which coming to the notice of Grape called forth
denial Of It's authenticity. which fact reached this
city when the published report had become wide
spread, and. 1t generally believed, Furnished
strong foundation Tor the allegation that forgery
had been committed
WHAT Is SAID IN WASHINGTON.