Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-25

x-aad 10 what extent wer" you ms en-
ployer' A-Well, ! employed Mr.. tran
VILE whenever wanted 10 dictate letter.
My acquaintance first began when was
member Of the Legislature, and he reported
the debates upon the prison bill irr the
abolition of the convict labor system, and
that was the first acquaintance | had with
him, and that was as shorthand man,
Q-How long mad you known him, as
near as YOU can state, before this october,
IS? Al think in the winter Of 81 hrst
met him in the Legislature.
O-And from that time you knew him
and employed him occasionally as a short
hand reporterr A-Gcs, sir.
Q-State what degree of intimacy, If any,
existed between you and Mr.. Granville?
A-There WAS no intimacy at all, Mr. lay
lor.
Q-were you on any other terms than
simply that of employer and employe for
special purpose? A-None whatever.
O-I will ask you ii on "Wednesday even
ing or Thursday evening after the election,
in the same week, you met Mr.. Granville
in the early part OF the evening III Mr..
Montgomery office? A--ThAt ! cannot
state: not 10 my recollection.
Q-I will ask you if on one of those even
inrs .ay from : to . u'CiOCE in the evening,
you rushed up the stairway in the Converse
building, where Mr.. Robert Montgomery
office was and into his office and found Mr.
Granville there: and did YOU state 1" him,
in substance. that the Legislature had g"u"
one majority OF Joint ballot Republican and
that the result must be changed, thAi Ed.
Young mus. be counted in and that John
R. Mclean must he United States senator
at any expense? Al never made any
declaration of that kind To Mr..Granville or
any living man. | never was for John K.
Mclean for United States Senator, and am
not now. r.
| Thurman, and | SO stated from every stump
in this county.
OF you had been elected to the Legis-
lature, had you determined that you would
vote for him for United States Srnator? A.
| i had.
O-I will ask you if that pledge was made
| in public from the platform where you and
Allen G. Thurman both spoke? A-les,
cir: on every stump in this county.
O-I will ask you ii you further stated
| II ask YOU these things specifically at that
| time that the returns had been fixed in
! Hamilton county before the election and
| that it devolved upon the Democrats of this
county, Franklin, to nix them after the
election. Did you make that statement TO
Mr.. Granville on Wednesday or Thursday
evening after the election? A-No, sir, /
did not
| Odd you say to him in substance at
that time or any time subsequent 10 that
election that the returns o. Franklin coun-
" must be fixed, or changed, or altered!
A No, sir at no time or place.
| Odd YOU tell him that they had
palmed the same game off in Florida and
| Louisiana in 1876, and that you would give
them q dose of their medidine? Did you
make such a remark as that? A-NO sir.
~ a sly
| Q-Did YOU tell him that he was the only
man YOU could find in this county that
would be the proper man To do that-thal
is. change the returns, by reason of his be-
ing an expert penmanE A-No, sir, did
not.
| Odd you flatter him, and, as he says.
pour oil down his back? Al poured no
oil down his back and gavo hInl no tatfy.
Odd you ask him 10 20 ahead and M
up the returns? A--No, sir.
Odd he ask you then or at any time
where the returns were 10 be had? A-Na,
sir.
| Odd YOU tell him TO never mind that
that Bob would attend 70 that? A-No
sir.
Odd you tell him to go down to Dr.
Montgomery's office on Town street! A
j did not, no. sir.
Odd Robert Montgomery come into
| his office, GranNlllSS Once, on tllLeE VI
those evenings or at any other time when
such a conversation was being carried on
between you and Mr.. Granville? A-Not
10 nv knowledge.
| Odd you have any such conversation
as have Indicated between you and Mr.
Granville in the presence of Robert Mont
gomery in his office on Wednesday ol
Thursday evening or any other time? A
No sir at no time.
Odd YOU ever ask Mr.. Granville or re
quest him 10 go down 10 DR.. Montgomery
office on any occasion? A-No, sir, die
not.
Odd you at any place or any time say
10 Mr. Granville in substance what | hav'
already indicated by my questions? A-No
sir.
Q-Or in Mr.. Granville's presence to Ro
bert Montgomery? A-NO. ir.
| Odd YOU and Robert Montgomery anC
Granville on Wednesday or Thursday nigh
or at any other time engage III any ar
rangement or any agreement by which th
returns of this county were to he tamperet
| with or changed 50 as 10 change the resul
OF the election? A-NO, sir, | did not
Q-Wen, | will ask you here the genera
question, whether you at any time afte
that election made any arrangement Will
! these persons ] have named, or with an.
other persons. By which the result OF tn
election would be changed, or tampere'
with the tally sheet, or in any other way
Al entered into no arrangement will
any living person to do anything unlawfu
, or wrong with that election that fall.