New-York tribune., 1890-01-18
THE BALLOT-BOX FORGERY.
EX-GOVERNOR FORAKER BEFORE THE IN
vESMGATING COMMITTEE.
DESCRIBING HOW HE GOT POSSESSION OF THE
FORGED CoNTRACT-HIs RELATIONS
WITH WOOD.

WITH WOOD.
wosh,rc,on Ian II --Ex Governor Foraker continued
bis testimony before the House Committee lnvesu-
eating the ballotbox forgery this morning lie sald
that after parting with Wood he got letter rom MN
ON August IL saying that Crosey (who hau 'hc ooii'
tract was absent; that Mayor Moseby was iaVorapiS
inclined toward his application for the Office OF smoke
insnector: that line from him (wlthess) "ouiu hoP
the application and that as soon as inc shoNe IN
snector matter was settled, he (Wood) would 20 TO
Washington and get such Information as Hisho oc uo
sired in the other matter The witness rePAcu u"
Aupust 10 that Wood would get the letter OF recoi
mendaton from him, as he had promised "heh ne
(witnessl got the information Wood hao pro'iseu am
not before. 49,, w.,
ON Arrust 81 the witness got note from WOOD
sarinp he had valuable papers, and wanted to see MIN
for fifteen minutes The witness sa" "oo"' ~
produced letter signed W. NJ Langdon' oa'eu De
troit August 49, addressed TO Wood when se"l'eu
TO confirm Woods previous story that an e''o'V was
benr made to secure Governor Ayers signature 10
q new contract Wood said that Colonel T. {. Camp
beu and Governor Campbell had been buying up ana
pettinr control OF a number of inventions relating 10
ortpance "That is what he said" remarked the
witness al don't believe anything any more
Wood said these were a part only OF NUMBER Vi
naners he had that had been submitted to him ioi
Investigation. The witness told Wood they uiu no'
include the papers he wanted (relatng TO the DaioV
box natter Wood said they were in Washington-,he
witness understood, perhaps at later udto' '""
John R. Mclean had them. Wood wanted ie''er Vi
introduction to President Harrison The witness gave
Wood the letter Of introduction, which was read Inc
letter commended Wood an old soldier ana an III
vcntor Of merit the witness did not know as much
,f him as he did now on September Wood tele-
praphed TO the witness from Cincinnati asking MN
where he could see him. The witness was HPaue"t
and replied that he could see him at the appoih'eo
place Meanwhile he got letter from "oou SUM
from Washington, dated September g. saying tha' hc
had the document with the valuable names tha'
J. r. NJ was out Of the city; that there were 'hree
papers in all
The witness telegraphed Wood to come to COLUMBUS
that night or the next morning. On september IL
Wood came to Columbus and brought the forged paper
Exhibit Az. The first thing the witness louiu ,hd'
he did not expect to see the name of senator se
man. He had understood that the paper DoIe INC
names of Messrs ButterwOrth Mckinley and Mcfher-
SON Wood said that he surprised 10 see IT, as inc
name not on the paper when he hrs' Sa" IT, ii'
Wood had expected 10 find II on the second contract
however The witness had never seen Governor camp
belrs signature and got Mr. Kurtz TO procure copy
NJ a biographical sketch, and there noticed that Mr
Campbell signed his name James f. Campbell whereas
il was signed J. f. Campbell to the paper MAJOR Nc
KnIev's name looked like good-a ge1une-sieha'urc
and the witness would have sworn To IL. lie uiu ho'
think Mckinley would question II If signed IN any non
orable connection. Major Buterworth dld not SIKH s
name psually as il was signed 10 the paper. The Is
ended ON the wrong side but the signature was other
wise good. Coming to senator sherman name "'ou
suggested that it might have been signed WIN stamp
and witness noticed popularity of the stroke uhdef
the "So Wood said he got the paper at Ndsin"e'o"
from Walter Welman, private secretary 10 Joiin Ia
Mclean in the latters absence in Chicago WOOD ap
piled to Welman for it, and Welman telesrapheu 'no
request to Mr.. Mclean, at Saratoga ana nc IcPiieu
Let Wood have what he wants Thereupoh Moou
cot the paper and started with it for Cincinnati lha'
Iii. The u-ifue
without ouestion as to its genuinenesS IL leu - an
the modification lie had experienced about th' ""o'
letter. As any honorable man would he lei. H".u
fed TO find that he had been Imposed upon DS '""'
paper which, in the light of subsequent events II ai
peared should not have deceived him. But inc pre-
Iiminary statements had prepared his mind foF II.
The witness produced number OF letters rom
Messrs. sherman, Butterworh ana MCKINNEY anu u0'
clared that there stiiinS resemblance D.t"oe"
the &c 1uine and forged si1n uures; 81, H Mn, Mf NJ
yesterday ask him why the slenaure wa, Sic Saa %
Imitation As a matter OF tact the "i,''m ,, ,c ,u
Mckinley thought Wa, good letter was the Only one
which the witness suspected. The name>, hc under
stood. had been pqi on the paper 6s & "nn6c fr
geries committed by getting h"id ol Il sls1uie.
putting your tongue between your tee'h anu ooPS'"e
- Soon after getting possession of the paper the
witness met Mr.. ialstead on tram e9lns oh 10 Jlia
cinnati. He had made allusion IN ms specche1
up that time 10 the pap.r lie tOh Mr. lia'1cnu @
that he had the paper ana lad got c niGe @ @ HAT he
did not see how he could make any use Of it, lie
Gentleman While Mr. iIalstead examined the paper
When he returned. Mr.. Halscad expressed his sur
Witness Statement that he did not how TO use it.
that there danger Of throwing tme party lh@ .%In %
fusion by attempting to use il. Mr.. Hal'teAd .ain tha
he saw how he could use II as far "a 'ampOcH was
concerned that Campbell was the only man nam,d
before the people. that IL was duty owing 70 uh,
people TO keep such a man from being Governor oi
the state: and that If elected with such knowledge
in their possession they would be gulity ol dciGHo
ton: that If he (witncssj did not give nm
the paper he would publish it any how. . 10 ,,o.o
graphed to secure copy and guard against loss
The witness had this done at Columbus.
Letters from Wood bearing upon the failure Of his
inspectorship application were read IN one NOo1
ny Ny uaSteaS SrSt lie said @Thcv vii be onto me with
both feet when You and lIalstead throw the boxes
alone Wood added that a great many great men men
made mistakes which they afterwam ISerclted, me
these who opposed Woods appointment after he had
heard of the charges Wood called upon the wiine,s
charges before expecting the appointment 49, The
witness saw him again At the Gibson lIonSc @ Omcim m
produced the baotbOX which formed the basis Of MS
toes 9OS %dod wrote II e % Hne ss'h thai r e W6nd @
have the whole gun crowd hasged IN IN ten Ten dayS
woo Moo s aesn and wod up With postscript de-
scrhing Charley" RuSScl ana '"ngres man 'am,
lsteninc 10 witncss's speech the ballot boxes.
Al noon the committee adjourned I'll tomorrow
ArrAcXrNG THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
washington, Jan. 17.-Represent'tivc Elijah a.
Morse, of Massachusetts,, addressed the House com
mittee on Commerce today In advocacy OF ms Two
bills one for the entire reIca OF the Interstate Com
merce law and the other for the repeal Of the long
and short haul ard anti-poCl NJ sc,u1ns. lie as
ser ell that the law had II large extent stopped
railroad devel pmcnt and building, and 1t had been
intimated by good authorities that the law had caused
a shrinkace Of more than 500, 100000
In the value Of railroad property in this country,
without any cOmpensating advantage t. the people
Mr. Morse demanded that II III. Inv va, cnntIne