Telegram-herald., 1890-02-14
FORAKER ACCUSED.
Dramatic Kndins az the Ballot Box
Investigation
WOOD CREATES lsOfHER SEsSlTlOy.
hs Declares That as Wa Fersu2otea -
ths IA -tsoserEor .nd naddss -
taks ne f4rt as I,ld IA
ths AGssE.
rnE lNorlEl ENnS

NAsHlNaFoN, Feh As The nearine
cf testimony In the otlQ t.all oi boa fore-
cry investigation ended dramatically
Wednesday % Was after Governor
FORAKER pal 0seneral GrosyenoF ou tha
stzna ana in questioning Alln concerning
his supposed cpnnecton With tie haI loi-
boa scheme had elected the fact thai lf
Congressman Campbell had not infr.
duoed Ia Congress the ballet boa hlli
hs l0rossenogl Nould have deue 80
ne long heinRE Was drawing a.
close and Noaa asked O. be heard onea
again Rising frsm his seat END Hlth
Ills clsnched hand sbove bis head "a eA
claimed with startling emphasis
"A cal my tsoa 81 witnszs thsf Waaf nos
saF ls tas tsstf. , an Nos ai tae roltou Cd tnls
oea Iiu.eut l'nai man pointus 81 loa.s hea
oer' icld rns what = member ~ tongrces Rad
sala anoai this oa.tr4ct aua taal mas .'oinrne
So ea-lia' erai1 faraAerI toa aio the nan,ss 81
pa 'n ~
IA vas business Win me n thsre
Was ans $500 aoWn nere } ssnteo par
81 a. ] never saw aay paper hui What
500 geutcInen Foraker and haaaDnl
Impressed on uy mipa When yop Feu.
temen thlEco ~ me about . haiiei hoa
contract and business SRI it j st0nFhl rau
knew what gou Hrre tulkinf about hs0drr
fold nt tise Governor avahto6 q blurcr sne rou
Fot hluffer Be- blsn Ren butfsrwort lf wa-
you people that made tht impression oa n.g
minG IS euat ~as wanted AuG u vas taal
vA4ch cAused m1 20 lrtng it oaf 3 haa B. il,4
mems Teputations could bo destroyed &, sli,h
spparaluses a. this
Wood went on 10 dee are that le
understood the paper VAS never T. leave
Forakers hand. but Was 10 be used -
bluff lie knew nothing persona IS of
any ballot-box contract ia which Mes,rs
Butterwo'h Campbell or ANY OTHERS
were concerned. All he knew was
through inference from Hsdden and
Foraker.
Hadden Immediately arose and de-
nounced Wood rs a liar
You had better say you never saw
me, replied WOOD, and 10 this HAdden
made no reply
Alr. Foraker then said that that part
of the witness statement relating 20
him was absolutely false
Previous 10 this episode. Governor
Foraker toos the stand % make 8 state
ment IN regard 10 some matters thst
had created IN his mind a belief
in the renuineness of the forged
paper Governor Foraker said that
Senator Mcpherson in hls tes-
timony had used the word con
spirator" with seeming reference
10 himself lie objected 70 the
Senator'S intimation that the witness
had been remlss IA lot making greater
efforts 70 ascertain whether the ballot
box paper was genuine lie hso re-
ceived his first Information about the
paper from Mr. Hsdden. IN whom be
had entire confidence. lie had made
every endeavor 10 avoid using the names
Of Messrs Mckinley, ButterWorth and
Others in connection with the
information given him by Nj Hsddeu
he had not omitted their names out 90
consideration for himself bot out -
consideration for them Wood bad
never used any words that would put
the witness on his guard No man Was
more particular than be ss 20 what be
said in regard 70 Major ButtcrUorth.
he respected him and no man living
ever heard witness say ar unkind word
about him. He had been honest Ia bis
political dealings and was sonew bat
sensitive 10 criticism about them.
Governor Foraker denounced Wood as
a notorious forger and perjurer. and de-
clarod that he bad counted seveBty-nine
unqualified and unmitigated falschooos
in his printed testimony. Continuing.
be said the affair had been 20 him
very bitter experience. morufving
and hunilisting 20 the last degree.
but that from the beginning 20
the last there had never been
moment when al the world might not
have had al the information be- had.
lie would think 90 the day Of his death
that behind al this there was some
sort Of paper: but be did not want any
man 20 imagine that be asserted that
sny one whose name was on that forged
paper was connected with the paper be
believed 70 have existed. be would
hunt for shat rafsor until his death