St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15

that they concurred IN that belief
Among the things stated by the con-
teStant in his affidavit was one to the
effect that John \. Goodson, chief of
police of Covington and brother-in-law
OF Mr.. Carlisle, had stated one or two
days after the election that the speaker
had been defeated, and that Charles
EaSton, of Covington. would so testify.
In answer TO that the counsel read affi-
daVitS by both positively denying the
statements. GO0dSon further denies
emphatlcally the assertion made by
counsel for the contestant that some
relative of CarliSle'S had approached
Mr.. Wood, formerly ThOe6e'S counsel,
for the purpose of influencing him. He
states that he is the only relative of Mr..
Carlisle living hear CovingtOn, and he
declares TINT neither he nor any other
person, so far as he is concerned, ever
In any manner approached or attempted
TO approach Wood or any other person
In CarlISle'S behalf. So far as affiant
Knew such thing was never thought
OF. Atfant further says that he met
EaSton on the morning after the cleo
ton and EaSton asked him the result.
lie replied that he did not know. as the
returns were not in. EaStOn then said
1t would be id outrage if Carlisle
were defeated by such all ignorant man.
Another affidavit by Horace Cameron,
reporter of the Cincinnati Evening
Telegram, was read, in which Cameron
recltes the substance of conversation
with the speaker the day after the cleo
ton, In which the speaker said he did
not know whether or not he had been
defeated, but if he had been he would
feel sense of personal relief such as
he had not experienced in ten years.
Afilant further says that he
HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS
with ThOebe, but had never told him
that Carlisle had admitted that he was
defeated, On the contrary, he had told
him that he (ThOebe) was defeated.
This affidavit was cOrrobOrated by affi-
davits made by John c. Benton, an
attorney of Cincinnati, and Henry c.
Hallam. clerk of the county courts. To
meet the statements made by Mr..
Thoebe touching the meeting of MIR.
Carlisle's friends on election night the
counsel produced an affidavit signed by
Judge George Perkins, w. w. Cleary.
commemorative attorney, AMI a num-
Der OF other gentlemen. who declare
that no meeting of the kind described
could have been held without their
knowledge, and that they know of no
such conference or meeting. One of
the signerS of the affidavit, George G.
Davis, was, said Mr.. HaIlam, the gen
tleman who occupied the room in the
federal building where the confer
ence was alleged to have taken place.
John l.. Furber, deputy postmaster, in
his affidavit says that the postoffice oc-
cupies the whole lower floor of the fed
eral building, and that, to his knowl-
edge, no meeting such as described
had been held, or could any
such have been held without his knowl-
edge. Similar affidavitS were made by
1. h. Davidson and j. C. Tunnel. oc-
cupylng the remaining floors of the
building. Mr.. Hallam called attention
to the fact that p. Casey. janitOr of the
federal building, was the only person
who was particularly named as having
been present at the conference, and as
having admitted that Mr.. Carlisle had
been defeated, but that it had been
fixed up. Mr.. Hallham produced
Casey's affidavit declaring that the
statement was not true in whole or in
part, and that he did not know of any
attempt to count In Mr.. Carlisle, nor
did he believe that any such conference
as was alleged had been held Touch
Ing Mr.. Sypher'S statement that r. w.
Nelson had declined to participate in
the meeting of Mr.. CarliSle's friends.
ing when its object was explained to
him, Mr.. Hallam read a letter from
Mr.. Nelson to the speaker declaring that
lie had never attended such a meeting
and knew nothing of it. In answer to
the statements impugning the correct
ness of the poll books of Virona pre-
clnct, Boone county. the counsel pro-
duced and read affidavitS by NJ. Il. Gar.
nett; VINO has custody OF the poll books,
q. Winston and William Piper. q Re-
publican, declaring that the books
APPEARED TO BE CORRECT
in every particular and the signatures
ill the handwriting Of the election Off
GERS. j. ii. Callahan. who was sheriff
of the precinct, i'll his affidavit declares
that all of the votes were correctly re-
turned, and that he witnessed personally
the signatures of the judges TO the
books. Mr.. Hallam next turned his at
tentlon to the affidavit of John j. Pierce,
of Cincinnati, to the effect that with the
exception of one precinct all of the re-
turns of Carroll county appear to be in
the same handwriting. TOmeet this he
produced the affidavit of r. +. Harrison,
the county clerk, who, as custodian OF
the poll books, affirmS the correctness
of the vote. Mr.. Hallam declared that
all examination of the papers which
could be made by the committee itself,
would satisfy them that the signatures
to the returns were not in one hand
writing. A. T. Leep. Knight of Labor
of CarrOlltOn, declares that he was pres
ent in ThOebe's interest when the vote
of Carroll county was counted and that
he found the returns to be fair and be-
yond question as to correctness. J. Il.
Lewis, a Republican and ex-postmaster
OF Carrollton, affirms the correctness OF
the entries in the poll book. Similar
affidavitS from five of the eight precincts
OF Carroll county, were presented by