The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-07

Sypher remarked, HE did not dare
meet me. He dare not now go into that
district and take testimony.
MONEY FOR BOTH
Thoebe's affidavit was next read,
where he accuses Wood of delaying the
taking of testimony and with telling him
(Thoebe) that there might be money In 1t
for both of them il he would Withdraw
bis contest.
REoPENISG THE CASE
| Sypher declared that there was enough
| evidence, in his belief, to warrant the
committee in seating his client, but II II
did not think so certainly there was at
least sufficient ground for the re-opening
of the case. 1t could be done in three
ways. First, by a special committee, as
i'm the Butterworth case; second, by re-
| opening the case de moro, as in his (Sy-
pher's) Louisiana contest in the Forty
| Third Congress, and third, by summon
ing witnesses here to testify
sYPHER WARNS UP.
The Speaker of the House, was the
but he was not big enough TO occupy
| that seat upon a fraudulent title, nor
was the Democratic party strong enough
to maintain him in that position. III
Carlisle is the honest man L think he is,
said Sypher, .-he will come down out of
his seat and ask for the appointment OF
a committee to go to Kentucky and
81 - ha( f-s.v-
lisle) here before the committees: Moth
ing-not even a certificate of election
Either he knows that he has no case or
he is going to throw himself upon the
mercy of the court. He has trified with
the case since the beginning. He trified
with his election, or he would nave been
elected"
In conclusion he warned the COM
mittee that it was known to those inter
ested that both of the old parties had
been coquetting with the industrial
party-both seeking it's votes for the
next campaign, and the committee
could not afford to- refuse to investigate
the claims of this workingman (ThOebe)
in the face Of the disclosures he had
made to the committee.
! THoEBE MAKES STATEMENT.
The contestant Thoebe, was next
allowed to make a ten minutes state
ment to the committee. 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 he
haI ha
the seat. He would not rely upon
technicalities, and if Carlisle had one
more vote than he had he ought to take
the seat. Soon after the election the
inquiry was generally heard upon the
streets of Covington, Cannot some
| thing be done for Carlisle!" In one
county witness was informed that he
had received thirty-five votes, but in
few days, when Wood went down there,
he was informed that no votes had been
cast for him. 1t was some time in July
| when Wood, referring to witness case,
said, 81 don't know what can be done
about it," This, to witness mind,
''looked as if he wanted to let me down
easy. To let me know my case Was
gone"
900 WAS A GOOD THING
Wood also told him on several occa-
sions that money could be made out of
! the case. Other persons had told him
the same thing-two Democratic work
ers. One of them, witness believed, had
called upon him and had remarked that if
he would not push the case he could make
money out of it, and 81 900 was "a good
| thing to have. If the case was REQ
pened it would be found that he was
elected by 900 ma iority. When he had
| left the factory on Wednesday, of the
| 300 employees there had not been a man
| who had not said that he knew he
| Thoebe) was elected, but that it was no
good. That the Democrats were IN the
majority in the House and would not
| give him the seat as against such a man
as Carlisle. He (Thoebe) had been a
| strong Democrat, but for the last three
or four years had been an Independent.
| WARNING THE COMMITTEE.
If the committee refused TO reopen the
case the workingmen would say: Had
| Thoebe been a Democrat, or had he
been a lawyer, they would have listened
to him.. Let the committee show to
| the millions that Thoebe was elected or
not elected. That was all they asked.
They wanted fair play. If the case was
decided against him he would go back
| to his home and work, but significantly
he would not quit voting
Mr.. Cooper-If things are as you say,
what is the use of votingt
Thoebe-That is what / say.
The committee at this point took a re-
cess for half an hour.
CITING PRECEDENTs.
After the recess Thoebe's counsel cited
precedents to Justify the committee in
reoI ening the case. They presented a
resolution that the papers in the case he
printed and referred to a select commit
tee of seven members, to be charged with
the investigation of the conduct of the
late Congressional election in the Sixth
District of Kentucky.
IN SECRET SESSION.
The committee then went into secret
session. In the secret session the pro
ceedings were confined to the reading OF
several of the affidavits, and without al
attempt to come to an agreement or
the proposition submitted by Thoebe':
counsel, the comm ittee adjourned unit