The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-15
STREET TALK.

ton between two or three Democrats had
been overheard wherein they had remarked
that the easiest way out of the matter was
to buy out the Thoebe faction. 1t was ut
terly false that he had ever said anything
on the subject beyond a repetition of gossip,
or that he had been approached in that be-
half. There had been nothing to hamper
Mr.. Thoebe in sending his papers to Wash
ington any time upon payment of the ex-
penses.
Mr.. Hallam read letters sent by Mr.. Sypher
to Lee Crandall who, he said, acted as go
between in the correspondence between
Messrs. Thoebe, Wood and Sypher The
last named counsel objected to the reading,
to which Mr.. Heard, a member of the com
mittee, replied that as he had read letters
and abused Mr.. Wood, it was right and
proper to hear these letters.
Thereupon Mr.. Sypher withdrew his oo-
lection, and the reading proceeded.
SYPHER AS A DIPLOMAT.
In one of the letters Mr.. Sypher says that
he will remain in the case by Mr.. Woods
consent, but expects to control 1t when 1T
comes to Washington, adding that the
political and diplomatic management Of
such cases has quite as much to do with sue
cess AS the legal proceedings, and in such
matters he has decided advantages over
every lawyer in the district. In another
letter Mr.. Sypher calls attention to the
necessity Of calling on the Ways and Means
Committee for such an expensive contest as
this against the Speaker, and says that II
retained he might enlist not only the SYM
pathy of his Republican friends in the
House, but also the aid of some of his pro
tectionist friends. Later on Mr.. Sypher
speaks of Mr.. Woods feebleness and ignor-
ance as presaging defeat He is rejolced to
see that they the contestants friends have
begun to realize the necessity of employing
brains and money, and says that he writes
''to prevent your going to the capitol and
asking the chairman of the Elections Com
mittee some d fool question"
CLOSING THE CASE.
Mr.. Hallam then closed his case in few
words He denied that there was any paral-
lei between the Butterworth contest where
5000 armed deputy marshals stood at the
polls and this case, which concerned simply
the number of votes cast for each party.
The committee would see from the letters
passing between Mr.. Sypher and the CON
testants friends that the brain for funds
appeared to be not in Washington as was
usual but at the other end of the line-at
COvington. One of them showed that a
draft for $50 had been sent there to Mr.
Blakely and they had drawn upon the
COUNSEL. Hal Sypher. The committee
would not believe that these commonwealth
y
who associated with John g. Carlisle,
could be purchased for $50.
soLAR's CASE.
But the case of ex-Policeman Solar indi
Gated that funds might be used in the case
of poor fellows out of money and employ
ment In conclusion, he said that the com .
mittee should dispose of the case to-day, as
it would have done at the last meeting If
the opposing counsel had adhered to the
programme and allowed the case to rest on
the record.
Mr.. Sypher desiring to reply the committee
went into secret session to decide whether
or not he should be allowed additional time
After the secret session Mr. Sypher was
granted half an hour, and he reiterated the
statement made by him that the returns of
the outlying districts had been withheld,
and commented on the fact that Mr.. Car
isles counsel had not brought forward the
kilograms sent to those districts
Mr. Heard suggested that it was the duty
of the contestant to bring in the kilograms,
the contestant having the affirmative of the
proposition.
AN ATTACK ON CARLISLE.
Mr. Sypher replied that if the case was
re-opened he would do So He knew what
the kilograms contained. There was, he
declared, enough affirmative proof in this
case now to hang half hundred men in the
Sixth Kentucky district if the offense of
ballot-box stuffing was capital
one. He again referred to the
Butterworth case and quoted from
Mr.. Carlisle's speech in the House
advocating the appointment of n special
committee to investigate the election. He
declared that if Mr.. Carlisle were man he
would be before this committee asking for
an investigation instead of sending affidaVits
to quash it, He did not know of case
where a man in a legislative body, charged
with a serious offense had not arisen, and
demanded an investigation. That was the
conduct of a brave and honest man.
suppress investigation. The counsel said
that he could not run an affidavit mill
against the affidavit mill run by Mr.. Car
Isle
ARAP AT THE SPEAKERS FRIENDS.
He could not come here with the affida-
Wits of political bosses and ring masters.
He was not here from a rotten borough
pleading the cause of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives. He was here
with the case of an innocent man who
knew his rights and wanted the committee
to help him maintain them. Mr.. Sypher
then read paper purporting to be a copy
of a memorial which he said was now in
transit to Washington, containing 5000
SIGNATURES, in which the memorlalsts pray
that the case may be re-opened. The
case was no longer, said Mr..
Sypher, the case of Thoebe VS..
Carlisle but of the decent people Of the dis
trict against Carlisle. In conclusion MIR.
Sypher said that the memorial referred to
would certainly be before the committee on
Monday if it were not stolen from the mails.
Some Of his letters had been stolen out OF
the mail recently.
Mr.. Hallam briefly argued again that
there was no analogy between the Butter
worth Csc and pending contest.
IN SECRET SESSION.
After all the affidavits had been read and
the counsel on both sides heard, the COM
mlttee went into secret session. The secret
session lasted about forty minutes, and
while it was in progress the counsel and
other interested persons waited in the
halls. The first motion put was one to post
pone further consideration of the case,
which was rejected by a strict party vote of
to g. Then a molten was made, to
reopen the case. Mr.. Rowell (Rep)
asked to be excused from vot-
ing, and Mr.. Cooper Rep) voted
with the Democrats, 50 the motion was lost.
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