Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-18
CARLISLE CONFIRMED.
The House Elections Committee Decide
Against ThOebe.
Allegations In the Defendants Ahidav'
its Refuted Seriatim.
Counsel Sypher's Promises In Case He
Was Retained.
He Would Enlist the Sympathy Of Hill
Friends In the House.

Friends In the House.
The Votes in Committee on Reaching
the Result.
WASHINGTON, January 14.-Every men,
bsr OF the House Committee on Elections
was in attendance to resume consideration
OF the Thoebe. .Carlisl, contested election
case. Hallam, Of Covington, KY, ap-
peared in behalf OF Carlisle, and Sypher ap-
peared for the contestant. Hallam said
he took the position that sufficient cause
had not been shown for Q reopening OF the
case. The action OF counsel on the other
side in presenting affidavts at the last ses-
sion seemed to show that they concurred
in that belief. John A. Goodson, Chief OF
Police OF Covington, and brother-in-law Of
Carlisle, denies emphatically the assertion
made by counsel for contestant that some
relative Of Carlisle had approached Wood,
formerly Thoebe's counsel, for the purpose
of influencing him. He states that he is
the only relative OF Carlisle living near
Covington, and he declares that neither
he nor other persons, SO far as he is con-
cerned, ever in any manner approached or
attempted to approach Wood or any
other person In ca arlisle's behalf. So far
af1ant knew such thing was never thought
Of. Something like a
SENSATION WAS CAUSED
by reading several letters written by j. C.
Hale Sypher soon after the election in
1885. Mr.. Hallam produced affidavits
from many friends OF Carlisle and from oc.
cupants OF the Federal building, showing
that no such meeting OF the Speakers
friends had been held AS alleged. Custo-
dans of the pool books of Boone and Car.
roll Counties made affidavit that the re-.
turns were correct. He read al affidavit
by Policeman Solar, OF Covington, wherein
he says that he has several times recently
been approached by counsel for ThOebe
asking him to make affidavit that he had
seen Carlisle and Detective Harris entering
the Office OF the State journal on the even
ing after the election. He had been told
that it might be to his interest to make
such an affidavit. and that in the event he |
was out of employment he could make |
money by making such an affidavit. Hal |
lam read the affidavit Of Chas. A. Findlay |
who took deputations for the defendant. |
This affidavit says that Thoebe told him |
he did not like to pay out any money in |
the matter, that he did not like to 60 into |
it and would like now
To GET OUT OFT.
Labor people had forced him into it, but |
they had not backed him up as promised.
He added that if it had not been for slurs
cast upon himself and Wood to the effect
that they had been bought off he would !
get out of the case He intended to send
his pa pers to Washington and let Sypher
make what he could out OF the case which
he expected would he good deal. Hallam
next read an affidavitt Of. Speaker Carlisle
as follows: The affidavit OF J. G. Carlisle
says t at he has carefully read the state
ment contained in the affidavit Of Chas.
Maunders, ied before the committee, and
he says th.t the STATEMENTS contained in
said affidavit, 40 far as they related to him
{ arlis,e), are
UNTRUE In EVERY PARTICULAR.
He says that he was not at the office OF the
Kentucky State Journal in Newport atany
time during the evening Of the third OF No
vember 1885, nor has he been in said Of
flee at any time either during the day or
evening since the Congressional election OF
1885. Aftiant states that he did not 60
toward the residence OF Hon. A. 8. Barry
in back or carriage or otherwise at any
Jltne curing SAlu eVeulUS. AuIduU uiu DoO |
see Detective Harris of Covingtoh, in New
port or elsew here at any time duling said
evening, nor did he attend any meeting or
conference at any place or have any con-
pultation with anybody on said evening"
relative to the Congressional election in
said Sixth Congressional District or in rela.
tion to the result thereof. He says that vt
that time he resided with H. f. Queen, and
that he was not outside OF Queens house
h., Of ,hn- l
says that he never attended any meeting or
conference at any time or place after said
election to consult about, or
TO CONSIDER SAID ELECTION,
or the result thereof, or to take any meas
urss to affect the result thereof in any
manner whatever, and that he never knew
OF any such conference or meeting upon the
part OF his friends or supporters, nor did
he ever hear OF any such conference or
meeting. He ays that he did not write
any letter or send any telegram or messen-
gers to the istrict after election for the
purpose Of ascertaining the result or for
any other purpose in connection with the
election, nor did lie request anyone else to
do SO, and il any letters or kilograms or
messengers were sent by anyone, affiant
had no knowledge OF it then and has not
now. AfRant says that the statement
OF Geo. II. Thoebe that
NO TICKETS WE'RE PRINTED
and dist ributed bearing the name Of John
6. Carlisle, at the election in the cities OF
Covington and Newport and their adjacent
suburbs, and at some few points which
could not be reached by railroad, is not
true. On the contrary supply of tio)ets
was printed for each precinct in the dis
trict, and af1ant personally sent them into
every county to be used on the day Of
election. except for the county Of Camp
bell For that county tickets were left in
the hands OF the chairman OF the county
executive committee to be distributed by
him. Neither is it true, as stated in the
affidavit, that this affiant on the evening
OF the day succeeding said election, con-
ceded to Horace Combson that he (this
afiant) had been defeated, and that he
personally was
HEARTILY GLAD OF IT.
Affiant was not in Covington on the
evening of the day succeeding the election
but was there on the morning OF that day
at which time he met Cambron, and had
short conversation with him. Cambron
when he me, affiant said: "Governor. you
are not beaten are you?' TO which
affiant replied that he supposed not but
that returns had been received from only
few precincts in the country and showed
that small vote had been polled and
affiant added that should it turn out that
he was bea ten it was perhaps a very good
thing for him personally, as he had neg
lected his private business for ten years
and worked faithfully in Congress, and it
was about time he was doing something for |
himself. Afiant says this is the sub
stance OF all the conversation that took |
place between him and said Cambron. At |
that time aftiant did not know and could
uot possibly know the
RESULT OF SAID ELECTION.
Afflant says that all the statements to
the effect that returns from any OF the
o.,,<;o. T., %ho <3;.%r;ck wa,o L.,l III,