Wichita eagle., 1890-02-04
Representative Whiting, Mr.. Cosby Gov
ernor Campbell Before the Committee.

vestigating the Ohio ballot box forgery as
sembled again this morning to continue
| its inquiry.
Representative J. r. Whiting, of Michi-
gan, was put on the stand and denied the
genuineness of his signature to the ballot
box contract. He said he had been told
that Walters, who had assisted him, had
| had something to do with the ballot box
matter. Woods told him that he intended
| to tell witness all about it and had pre-
served the papers to show him. He said
| that Wood came to him with letter OF
| introduction from Governor Foraker to
| President Harrison. Walters gave wit
ness all the letters passed between himself
and Wood. The witness produced these
letters and read them to the committee In
one dated Cincinnati, September e. wood
wrote Walters that he should want his
services hunting up Office documents. In
another of the same date Wood says that
his royal highness is in a hurry" and in
another, dated Lansing, Mich, September
g. he asks for information about the gun
carriage contracts, asks for special speclll-
cations, wants to know whether L. h. T..
gun is on the list and cautions him to say
nothing about it and to keep MS mouth
sealed.
The witness at this point diverged to re-
mark that Wood got his (witnessO sigma
ture in Michigan and not from Walters.
In a letter dated Cincinnati, O., October Z,
Wood says he is to see his royal hlghness"
that week. Everything received was very
useful. From Columbus, October 6, Wood
says he is coming to Washington to
Der IA Wood writes from Cincinnati
that he is having red hot time seeing to
libel suits to refute charges against his
character, but which has nothing to do
with the ballot bax The letter closes:
"Halstead has cut loose again but it is o.
h" On December Wood says he is ''all
right. but has had a time since he got
back" The box is o. K. and he wants to
know how his pension claim gets along.
Governor Foraker asked for witness
estimate for Walters character. He re-
piled that Walters had served him faith
fully and he had confidence in him and
Walters appeared to wish witness to know
nothing of the case and he could see why
this should be so, as Walters was a Demo-
crat and yet was in a position of helping
Governor Foraker. To Mr.. Grosvenor
witness said that he knew of no other
ballot box contract than the forged paper.
Powell COSBY was the next witness.
lie said he had been associated with Mr..
Butterworth in the practice of law from
1885 until about year ago when he was
put on the bench. Witness was Republi-
Call, uef6T Ddu III us pOSSeSSiOi any papers
relating TO ballot boxes and Mr.. Butter
worth showed him the forgery after the
election last fall. Wood in 1880 had told
him among other things that his box bill
would be introduced in congress; that
John r. Mclean and T. G. Campbell were
engineering it and were going to have
Democratic congressman Introduce the
bill as the house was then Democratic.
No one made application to witness for in
formation last fall respecting ballot boxes
and he had no talk about it with Governor
Foraker. Had had no intima-
ton that Mr.. Butterworth had any
thing to do with the ballot boxes
and believed that Mr.. Butterworth
did not know Wood until after the publi-
cation. Wood had asked for letter of
recommendation at the time when witness
supposed he had been appointed, saying
that a fight was being made on him.
Wood pretended to be working on an in
vention and as witness had known him for
two years he gave letter of recommended
tion. Wood never spoke of Mr.. Butter
worth in connection with a ballot.
To Governor Foraker witness said he
knew of no reason then why he should not
have endorsed Wood; he knew nothing
against his character. Wood first talked
to witness about the ballot box matter In
the winter of 1SSS-1SS9.
Governor James z. Campbell, of Ohio,
was the next witness. The chair handed
him the forged paper and he declared he
had never seen the forged paper until that
minute; that he had never signed it and
never signed his named as it appeared
on the paper. He always wrote his name
in full flames +. Campbell" When ne
sent a short note he occasionally signed
u. Z. C." The newspaper accounts of
how Wood got the signature IS D." did
not account for his signature, but after he
heard Woods statement that he had gotten
hold of letter signed "J. l.. G." he made |
up his mind that Wood used the initials
and filled in the name making the forgery
Witness was shown the contract head and |
said that he had never seen 1t before. but |
had seen it published several hundred |
times lii newspapers. He never was inter- |
ested in ballot boxes, or in any contract |
bearing upon them. He had introduced !
the ballot box bill at the request of 4. C.. |
Campbell and believed that that gentle |
man spoke to Representative Grosve- |
nor about 1t. He remem bered moth |
ing about the bill. Il c. !
Campbell brought one of the |
ballot boxes to Washington before July, |
1855, and brought it to witness house: it |
might be in the basement of the house vet.
Mr.. Campbell said that the election COM
nittee was going to deal with the subject |
Of ballot boxes and be wanted to get his |
box before them. He had spoken. he said.
to Representative Grosyenor and now came
TO him, as a Democratic introduction
would give the bill better standing. After
The adjournment witness asked Campbell |
why he had hot looked after the bill and
be had replied that the committee was not
going into the subject aud that they were
also improving the boxes and that they
also hoped TO bring the maker before the |
next congress. Witness was about
to make a speech in Cincinnati on
October and having seen an intimation
n the Commercial Gazette that himself |
and Mr. Mclean had been involved in
some way in a ballot box trust which |
would not be good thing for anti-monopo-
y candidates, he telegraphed Mr.. Mclean
and received an absolute denial of any
anowledge OF such transaction and that /
Was the last he had TO say TO Mclean on |
he subject. just before the opera house /
speech Cincinnati Post reporter showed /
witness card from Mr.. Halstead reflect
ing upon him and he had replied: Mr.. |
is a liar and if he can prove any
hing of that kind l will get of the Demo
cra'lc ticket
At Germantown witness saw a publica- !
ion in the Post and also heard that Gov /
srnor Foraker had charged him with |
with a bill having a million |
dollar fee IN ii. He was pretty warm and /
ordered suit 10 be brought against the /
Post and also spoke as lie did in the heat
Df the moment at Germantown. Witness
here read the editorial from the CONNER
and the published accounts OF
lis Germantown speech. denouncing the
statement made as lies.
At this point the committee adjourned
III tomorrow.
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