Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-01-20


WASHINGTON, D. O., January Livery
member OF the house committee on elections
vas in attendance this morning to resume
the consideration Of the Thsobe-Carlisle
contest election case. Adr. HaIlam, of Gov
ington, KY, appeared in behalf Of Speaker
Carlisle and Mr.. J. Hale Cypher appeared
for the contestant The chairman announced
that the presentation of atidaVits In behalf
Of the conte5tes was IN order. Mr.. Hallam
said. hs took the positio that sufficient cause
had not been shown for the re-Opsnipg Of
the case. Ihs action Of the council on the
other side in presenting the athdaVsts az the
last session, seemed to show that they con-
CURED in that belief.
In his atidaVit was one to the eject that
John A. GoOdhOf, OF COV1ngtons KY. and a
br0ther-in-laW TO Mr. Carlisle had stated
one or two days after the election that the
speaker had been dsfeatsd, and that Charles
3. AstGn, OF COVingbons KY, would 50 tes-
tifV. In answer to that the counsel read atl1-
dEVits by both GOOdhOh and Aston positively
denying the statement. GOodhOn further
denies, emphatically, that some relative Of
Carlisle had approached Mr.. Wood formerly
Thosbes counsel, for the purpose Of influ-
sncing him. BE states shat he Is the only
relative of A4E. Carlisle living near Covingtons
and be declares that neither he nor ouy other
person 50 far as he is concerned, ever
IN any manner approached or attempted to
approach Wood or any other person In Gar
isles behalf. So far as the afdant knew,
such a thing was never thought Of. The az
faint further says that he met Eastman the
ID forming after the election and Eastman
asked him about the result. That he did
not know anything as the returns was not
| in. Eastman then said that it would be a
id outrage If Cariisle was defeated by
/ such an ignorant man. Another affidavit by
Horace Cameron. reporter OF the O1ncln-
( natl Evening Telegram was read IN which
"a
/ ton with the speaker the day after the cleo
| ton IN which he said that he did not know
| whether or not he had been defeated, but
/ if he had been he would feel a sense OF per-
/ sOnal relief, as he mad not experienced IN
/ ten years. The afhant further says that he
I had several conversations with IhsObe but
/ had never told him that Carlisle admitted
/ that he was defeated. On the contrary he
/ had told him that he (ThaObs) was defeated.
! He had never sent the item 10 his paper de-
/ eIaring that Carlisle admitted his dsfeatl
/ but he could not prove this by forwarding
/ files Of papers as they had not been pre-
| served. This affidavit was corroborated by
/ aftidavits made by John Q. Benton, the at
] torney Of Cincinnati and Henry O. Hall
/ clerk OF the county court.
/ Something like a sensation was created
/ when J. Hale Sgpher, soon after the election
| in 1886 which proclaimed the eminent ad-
[ visibility OF his tSypher's) being employed
/ on the contest. One of the letters stated
that in addition to the legal ability, dlplon-
/ attic and political influence would have to bs
/ used if success was to be hoped for; that be
/ (Sypher) could influence certain republican
/ and prohibition friends 70 assist ME.EhsOoe
As HallEm began TO read the letters which
| were addressed to Lee CEandal, of Wash
[ ingtOn. who acted as medium between
Theobe and Sypher,sths latter IN gres
excitement objected to the letters being read
Mr.. Heard, Of the committee, thought tn
letters ought to be read and Mr.. 8yphe
I withdrew his objection saying there wa
] nothing Ia them that he was afraid Of.
/ Az 1915 the committee went into sscre
session. When the doors were rs-Opsnsd j
was announced that Mr.. Syphsr would b
/ given half an hour in which to reply 20 AE
! HaIlam. This he devoted to explanations
l dsnials and reading Of statements OF petit
ions from the district. At l O'Clock tn
| committee took q recess for half an hOu
and upon reassembling went into secret ses
/ sion.