Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-15
While Speaker Carlisle Retains His
Seat in Congress.
NO FURTHER LIGHT ALLOWED
All the Democrats and Three Rcpub'
licans Vote Against keopcning
the Case For Additional
Testimony.
carlisle Wins.

Hallam, of Covington, KY, appeared in be
half of Carlisle, and Mr. Sypher appeared for
the contestant Mr.. Hallam said he took the
position that sufficient cause had not been
shown for the reopening of the case. The
action of counsel on the other side in pre-
senting affidavits at the last session seemed
to show that they concurred in that belief.
John A. Goodson chief of police of Coving-
ton, and brothcr-in-law of Carlisle, denies
emphatically that the assertion made by the
counsel for contestant that some relative of
Carlisle's had approached Wood, formerly
Thoebe's counsel for the purpose of in
Huencing him. He states that he is a relative
of Carlisle living near Covington
and he declares that neither he nor
any other person, 50 far as he
is concerned, ever in any manner approached
or attempted to approach Wood or any other
person in Mr. Carlisle's behalf. So far as
WOOD knows the thing was never thought Of
Another affidavit by Horace Cameron
reporter of the Cincinnati Evening Telegram,
was read in which Cameron rectes the sub
stance of a conversation with the speaker the
day after the election 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. The aifiant further
says that he had several conversations with
Thoebe, but he had never told him Carlisle
admitted he was defeated. On the contrary,
d he had told him that he tThoebe) was de
feated. He had never sent an item to his
paper declaring that Carlisle admitted his
defeat, but he could not prove this by the
files of the paper as they had not been pre-
served. Mr.. Hallam produced atfidavits from
many friends of Carlisle and also from occu-
pants of the federal building showing that no
such meeting of the speakers friends had
been held as alleged. The custodans of poll
books in Boone and Carroll counties made
affidavit that the returns We're correct. He
read an affidavit of Policeman Solar, of Cow
fngton, wherein he says that he has several
times recently been approached by counsel
for Thoebe who asked him to make an af1i-
davit that he had seen Carlisle and Detective
Harris entering the office of the State
journal, on the evening after the election.
He had been told that it might protect his in
! terest to make such affidavit and that in the
event that he was out of employment he
could make money by making such an affida-
wit Mr.. Hallam also read the affidavit of
Charles A. F'indley, the notary who took the
deposition for the contestant. In this affida-
Wit he says MIR. Thoebe told him he did not
like to pay any money in the matter, that he
ibid not want to go into it and wanted to get
tout of II. The labor people had forced him
Unto it, but they had not backed him up as
for the slurs cast upon himself and Wood to
lthe effect that they had been bought off, he
aHould get out of the case. He intended to
'Send his papers to Washington and let Sypher
,make what he could out of the case, which he
texpected would be good deal.
Il. Mr. Hallam next read the affidavit of
Speaker Carlisle as follows
I j. c. Carlisle says that he has carefully
tread the statement contained in the affidavit
4 of Charles Maundor, filed before the commit
tee, and he says that the statements con-
Etained III said affidavit, so far as they relate
eto him (Carlisle), are untrue in every partic-
klllar. He says that he was not at the Office of
Hhe Kentucky State Journal in Newport,
at any time during the evening of the Sd of
November 1856, nor has he been in said office
bat any time, either during the day or evening,
lsince the congressional election of 1856 AT
(tiant states that he did not go toward the res
Edence of Hon. A :. Berry, in Il hack or car
lfiage or otherwise, at any time during the
!Said evening. Atiiant did not see Detective
Harris, of Covington, in Newport or else
fwhere at any time during said evening, nor
Ydid he attend any meeting or conference at
tHny place, or have any consultation with any
Ebody on said evening, in relation to the con
tgressional election in said Sixth congressional
ldstrct or in relation to the result thereof
kde says that Mt that time he resided with II.
FE. Queen, and that he was not outside of
tQueen's house on the night of November 3.
tAfhant says that he never attended any meet
ing or conference at any time or place after
beaid election to consult about said election or
the result thereof or to take any measures TO
effect 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 sup
! lpOrters, nor did he ever hear of any such con-
ference or meeting He says that he did not
!, write any letters or send any kilograms o.
: messages to any part of the ds..; ,ct after
81 the election for the purpose of learning the
result or for any ottc1 purpose in connection
with the elec.,un nor did he request any one
else tS 40 so, and if any letters or kilograms
Or messengers were sent by any one. the
atiant had no knowledge of it then and has
: none now, Afiant says that the statement
made in the affidavit of George Fl. Thoebe
that no tickets were printed and distributed
fbearng the name of John q. Carlisle at the
election outside of the cities of CovIngton
: and Newport and their adi iaccnt suburbs, and
Mt Some few points which could be reached
by railroad, is not true On the contrary. u
: supply OF tickets was printed for each pre-
cinct and district, and afliant 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. Nor is it true, as stated
in the affidavit, that this af1iant on the eve
ming of the day succeeding said election, con.
ceded to Horace Cambron that he (this
affiant) had been defeated, aud that he per
sonally 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 n short conversation with
him. Cambron, when he met af1iant, said
Governor, you are not beaten, are yout" tc
which aftiant replied that he supposed not
{, but that returns had been received from eTiv
a few precincts in the country and Showed
that small vote had been poled, and ther
affiant added that if it should turn out tha,
way 1t was perhaps a very good thing foi
him, personally, as he had neglected his pri
vate business for ten years and worked faith
'ffully in congress and il was about time h,
was doing something for himself. Afian
says this is tie substance of all the
conversatlcn that took place between hin
and said Cambron. AT that time afan
did not know and could not possibly
know the result of said election. Affan
says that all statements to the effect that tn,
Nreturns from any of the counties in the dis
trict We're held back or delayed for four OF
five days gre untrue. On the contrary h,
says that the poll books and ballot boxes wer,
publicly opened and the votes oficiall!
counted and certified on the third day afte
sald election in every county in the district
except that in the comfy of Tremble, the!
We're opened by mistake of the county officer
IN the presence of the entire board of can
vassers on the second day after the election
and officially counted, but that the mistake
Us TO the proper time for the official count wa
= discovered and thcrcunOn they were apail