The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-14

Mr.. Sypher next read tie |at6 81
wit of John J. Piegee. nj Piel |s|
that the signatdf fes po!
books were in one A5d bile th
signatures of the 3let6 6on 6fhcefy
were in a different HAND Fitidg.
In Boone county 200 votes were
cast on election day. but the re-
turns finally. showed 567 ,vptes
giving Carlisle a majority of over
t3oo. : -
After the election several Of Mr..
Carlisle3 friends met and sent for
Colonel w. R. Nelson. They told
him Carlisle had been defeated,
and wanted him to assist in devils
ling some means for changing the
result. Thereupon Colonel Nelson
left. declaring that he would take
no part. ~ s.
"Mr. Carlisle dare not contradict
this, gentlemen" said Mr.. Sypher.l
The counsel then took up an
affidavit by the contestant to the
effect that Carlisle's friends had
corrupted his [ Thoebe's attorney,
and induced him to abandon the
case and suppress the testimony.
Mr.. Sypher said that they had
been given the name of a man
who had purchased this attorney
| (Wood) and if their informants
told the truth, that man was a rela-
tive of Carlisle's. The price named
for Wood was $3.50, Az
Let those who wonder that men
talk of bombs and dynamite read
the above paragraph carefully and
in it find a sufficient answer to
their question: Why talk Of force1
Touching Carlisle's refusal to
Ijoin him in taking testimony, Mr..
Sypher remarked, "He did not
dare meet me. He dare not 90
into that district and take testi-
mony." N
This unqualified charge of cor
ruption, and daring the corrupter
to disprove. the charge, is not
made, let it be remembered.
against a small-fry, boodler politi-
clan, but against the foremostman
in the American congress. .s
The contestee (Thoebe) next
made statement to the commit
tee. He said he was born in the
same county with the speaker,
; forty-three years ago. After the
election he had told Wood that if
Carlisle had one more vote than he
(Thoebe) he ought to take the
seat. In one county the witness
was informed that he had received
thirty-fve votes, but when Wood
went down there he was informed
that no votes had been cast for
him. In July, when Wood was
asked referring to the witness
case, he said: Il don't know what
can be done about it.
Wood also told him on several
occasions that money could be
made out of the case. Other per-
sons had told him the same thing.
Two dehs5 atic Sorkingmen, one
of them fM witness brother-in-
law, had called upon him and re-
marked that if he avould not push
tie case hecould make money out
of it, and 81, was a good thing
to have. If the case werereopened
it would be found that he was
elected by 600 majority. He
(Thoebe had been a strong dem
ocrat, but for three or four years
he had been an independent.
If the committee refused to re-
open the case the wOrkingmen
would say:l Had Thoebe been a
democrat. or had he been a lawyer,
they would have listened to him.
| Let the committee show the toll
ing millions either that Thoebe
was elected or was not elected" ;"
If the case was decided against
him he would 60 back to his fac
tory and work, but he would not
quit voting.
Mr.. Cooper-lf things are as you
say what's the use of voting2
Thoebe-That is what say.
That the associated press tele-
gram from which the above ex-
tracts were made was allowed to
be sent out can be accounted for
only by the. supposition that Jay
Gould is running his wires in the
interest of the republicans and the
success of that gang at the next
national election.
However it may be accounted
for it must be admitted that it is
splendid expose of the methods
adopted by-m he.criminals who
occupy seats in the hive of scoun-
drels at Washington.
Who can read the details of the
corruption and fraud practiced by
speaker Carlisle, the most honora-