Telegram-herald., 1888-01-15
CARLISLE KEEPS MS SEAT.
The cennafsaes ga a-Eecsioas Cosfirzns IA
speakers Title.

speakers tttAs-
WAsaIkeEoN. jan l4.-Esery member oa
the house commitses on elections Was in Al
tendance this morning % resume the oansid-
Grafton of the Tb0be-Csrlisls contested
eieciioa case. L. h. hslism, 0i coying-
ton. NY. appeared IN behalf OF Speaker
Carlisle aud J. Hale Sgpher appeared for
ths contestant The chsirmse announced
that the preseslatlon OF afildzsiis Ia benaf
81 the contestee VAS IA order Ar. Hsiiam
said that he took tie position
that sufficient oeass had net been shown
Tor the opening Of the ease. The action
Of the counsel on the other side in pre-
sentlng the sffid4ylts that occurred 81 the
last session seemed 81 show that they con-
CURED ia that belief Among the things
stated By the contestant IN his sfilasyii VAS
one 10 the effect thst John A. G5ods0n.
Chief of Police oi Covlngt0n, aud brother
in-lsw Of Mr. Carlisle. bad stated one or
two days after the election tbst the Speaker
bad been defeated. and Charles Easlon of
toYinstoD, Ky, would 80 tesufy. Ia
answer TO that the counsel read sfh-
dsviis by both Go0ds0n and EAsl0n
positively denying the sta tements. Mr.
Oo0osOn further denied enpbati-
ealiy the assertion made by the c0un-
sci for the contestant that some relative OF
Mr.. 'Carlisles had approached Mr. Wood,
formerly Ih9bes counsel for the purpose
Of indus ncing him. lie states that he IL the
only relative Of Mr.. Carlisle living near
Coyingion aud declares that sither ne nor
any other pefs0n 80 far a. he is concerned
ever in any manner approached or al
tempted 20 approach Mr.. Wood or any
other person ia Mr.. Carlisles benalf So far
as the afhant knew such a thing Was never
thought Of The sifisnt further says
that he met Easton on the morn
ing after the election and that
Easton asked him the result He replied
that he did not know as the returns we're
not IN. Easton then said that IL would be
a id outrage if Carlisle was defeated by
such an ignorant man. Another sffidavit
by Horace Cameron, reporter Of the Gin
clnnau EUeaiHg 1ticgrdn was read, ia
which Cameron recites IN substance n con-
versation with the Speaker the day after
the election, in which he said he did not
know whether or not he had been defeated.
but il be had been, be would feel q sense Of
personal relief such as he bad not expef-
fenced in ten years. The sffiant fur
ther says that be had several conversations
with Mr.. Thoebe but had never told him
that Mr.. Carlisle admitted that be was de-
feated. He had never sent an item 10 bis
paper declaring that Carlisle admitted his
defeat bat could not prove this by forward
ing files of the paper, as they bad not been
preserved. This affidavit was corroborated
by sfiidayIts made by John c. Benton, an
attorney Of Cincinnati, and Henry G. Hal
lam, Clerk OF the County Court.
Something OF a sensation was caused by
the reading OF letters written by Sypner
soon after the election in 1886 which pro-
claimed the eminent advisability OF his lSy-
pher's) being employed in the contest One
of the letters stated that in addition TO legal
ability. diplomatic aud political influence
would have 20 be used If success was 10 be
hoped for. that he (Sypher) could influence
certain Republican and Protectionist friends
TO assist Tbgbe. As Hsliam began
TO read the letters which were
addressed TO Lee Crandall, os Washing
ton, who acted as a medium between
Thoebe and Sypher. the latter ia great ex-
element objected 10 the letters being read.
Mr.. Heard OF the committee thought that
the letters ought TO be read and Sypher
Withdrew his objection. saying that there
was nothing in them he was afraid Of. At
1910 the committee went into secret ses-
sion. When the doors were opened, IL was
announced that Sypher would be given
half an hour in which 10 reply 10 Hallam.
| This he devoted TO explanations. denials,
and the reading OF the statements Of petit
| TONERS from the district. At l o'clock the
committee took recess for half en- hour
| and upon reassembling went into secret
session..
1t was decided not 10 reopen the Thoebe-
Carlisle case, but 10 confirm Carlisies title
| to his seat. The vote was Il in the affirm
alive, three members not voting.