Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19
BALLoT-BoX FoRG
Woods Admits the Forgeries and Al
tempts to Impeach Foraker.


tempts to Impeach Foraker.
WASHINGTON, January lS1h.-The House
Committee investigating the Ohio ballot
box forgerieS continued its session to day.
Woods, the original fOrger, testified. He
sdmitted the forgeries and claimed that
Foraker knew that the papers were being
''fixe6.p
On cross examination to-day Foraker
said he had been on friendly relations
with Senator Sherman last summer, and
in fact had never been on any other terms
with him that he knew of. He did not
know Senator Sherman was in this coun-
try when he got the forged paper. He had
not mentioned the paper 10 Mckinley or
Buterworth. His relations had always
been pleasant with the former and with
the latter up to the time Of his (witness')
nomination. Witness he'd nc suspicion as
to Woods integrity.
Grosvenor asked if witness did lot think
it strange that after he said he had the
paper, August 18th, he should have baffled
witness SO and delayed its production so
long.
Witness did not think be was baffled,
and attributed Woods delay to reluctance
to give up the papers. Witness somehow
got the impression tina; it was in McLean's
custody.
Grosvepor asked if he supposed that if
Mclean would willingly give up the psper
that would injure Campbell in the CAM
paign.
Witness replied that was Woods bust
ness. He hsd not at the time the slightest
doubt of the genuineaess Of Mckinley's or
indeed of any OF the signatures.
Grosvenor asked if Governor Campbell,
befo' e the campaign, had not borne good
reputation.
Witness replied he did not know him
until he was nominated From that mo-
ment he heard no end of stories about him,
and ended by his getting bad opinion of
him.
Grosvenor asked if he was not surprised
to see that Senator Sherman had signed
such paper.
Witness replied his mind had been so
prepared, after believing Mckinley and
Butterw orth had signed it, that he might
as we'll believe Sherman had signed it, for
he had as good en- opinion of them as of
anybody.
Grosvenor asked why witness had not
communicated with some of the persons
whose names were on the paper before
taking further steps.
He replied that when he got the paper
Sherman and Butterworth were beyond
the ocean and he had not time to commu-
campaign making speeches. As for Nc
Kinley he did not know what he might
have done, if he had retained possession of
the paper to make any use of it, but his
signature seemed so conclusive that he had
no doubt of it. 1t would seem rather in
delicate TO go to man you believe guilty
and talk about the matter He could be
expected to deny his guilt, of course, and
then, too, before he got through with it he
had found man (Halstead) who knew
just what to do with the paper.
Witness had told Woods he did not know
what to do with the papers. Witness said
Campbell had charged that he (witness)
was interested in the ballot-b box matter,
and, referring to witness statement about
the million-dollar trust money in the bill
for omebody, had said that nobody but an
infamous scoundrel would make such q |
statement.
Witness read that speech on his way to |
the hall at Marietta, where he was to speak |
that night, and felt himself called upon to |
make an answer thereupon, for the first |
time, aud the only time in the campaign. |
He referred to the paper, he said, mas |
much as the matter had been made public. |
He had seen these papers, and in bis judg- |
ment Campbell never would deny the sig |
nature. He was satisfied of that, not only |
because CT the faith he had in the sigma |
lures, but because of Campbell's speech, |
which RESI- like very confession of guilt. |
He (Campbell) does not deny his signature, |
saying he could not do SO until he got some |
other documents.
Grosyenor asked if before that time wit |
ness had not read Senator Sherman's pub |
lished denial, and witness said probably he |
had not seen it.
Richard Good was then sworn. He gave /.
his residence as Cincinnati and his occupa- |
ton as mechanical expert The Chair I
man handed the witness exhibit "a" and |
asked him if he ever saw it before.
Witness recognized the document. lie !
first saw it before the election, he thought, I
in October He had got the heading drawn
IN General Burney's Office in this city. The
names we're written on the paper in Gin