Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-19
FORAKER EXPOSED.
History of the Ballot-BOx
Forgery Contract.
.FORGER WOODS TESTIMONY
The Governor Used Him as Tool
to Get Even With His
Political Enemies.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

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On ncross-examinatione ex- Governor For
aker said he had been on familiar rela
tions with Senator Sherman last sum
mer, and in fact never had been on any
other terms with him, that he knew of
He did not know Sherman was in this
country when he got the forged paper
He had not mentioned the paper to Nc.
Kinlev or Butterworth. His relations
had always been pleasant with the for
mer, and with the latter up to the time
of his (witness) nomination. Witness
had no suspicion as to Woods integrity.
.Grosvenor asked if witness did nol
think it strange that after he said he had
the paper August 18th, he should have
baffled witness SO and delayed it's pro,
duction so long.
Witness did not think he was baffied
and attributed Woods delay to reluc
tance to give up the paper. Witness
somehow got the impression that it was
in McLean's custody.
Grosvenor asked if he supposed Nc.
Lean would willingly give up a paper
that would injure Campbell in the cam.
paign.
Witness replied, that was Woods bust.
ness; he had not at the time the slight
est doubt of the genuineness of Nc,
Kinley's, or, indeed, of any of the
signatures.
Grosvenor asked if Governor Camp.
bell, before the campaign, had not borne
good Republican reputation.
Witness replied that he did not know
him until he was nominated. From that
moment he heard no end of stories about
him, and ended by getting bad opinion
of him.
Grosvenor asked if he was not sur
prised to see that Senator Sherman had
signed such paper.
Witness replied that his mind had
been 80 pre- Dared after believing McKin-
ley and Butterworth had signed it, that
he might as we'll believe Sherman had
signed, for he had as good an opinion of
them as of anybody.
Grosvenor asked why witness had not
commun' Gated with some of the persons
whose names we're 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 com.
munlcate with them. He was in the
midst of campaign making speeches
AS for Mckinley, he did not know what
he might have done if he had retained
possession of the paper to make anv use
of it, but his signature seemed so con.
elusive that he had no doubt about Il.
1t would seem rather indelicate to 90 TO
man you believe guilty and talk about
the matter. He could be expected to
6eny his guilt, OF course, and then, too,
before ne got through with it he had
found a man (Halstead) who knew lust
what to do with the paper.
Witness had told Wood that he did
not know what to do with the paper.
Witness said Campbell had charged that
he (witness) was interested in the ballot
box matter, and referring to witness
statement about the million.dollar trust
money in the bill for somebody, had
said nobody but an Infamous scoundrel
would make such 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 and only time in the cam.
paign he referred to the paper
He said, inasmuch as the matter had
been made public. he had seen these
papers, and in his judgment Campbell
never would deny his signature. He
was Satisfied of that, not only because oi
the faith he had in the signature, bui
because of Campbell's speech, which
read like very confession of guilt, He
(CampbelD did not deny his signature
saying he could not do so until he 90,
some other documents.
Grosvenor asked if before that time
witness had seen Senator Sherman'f
published denial, and witness said prob
ably he had not seen it.
William L. Walters, of Utica, Michigan
was sworn and said he met Wood in
Washington in September, and at bis
request had procured for him a copy o.
the ballot box bill introduced in the
House by Campbell, of Ohio. Wood was
very anxious to find page who had an
autograph album to sell. He could moi
find one, but witness finally managed te
secure for Wood the autographs of sew
eral Congressman and Senators, includ
ing those of Butterworth, Mckinley and
John Sherman. Wood had told witness
he wanted the autographs first to set al
the foot of photographs, and then to
compare them with names on contract
or as Wood termed it. ga land DEAL"
Richard g. Wood was then sworn. He
gave his residence as Cincinnati, and his
occupation as q mechanical expert. The
Chairman handed witness exhibit A, and
aeked him if he ever saw it before
Witness recognized the document. He
first saw it before the election-he
thought, in October. He had got the
heading drawn in General Curney's
office in this city. The names were
written on a paper, in Cincinnati. by
Will Ward. A young man named Davis
wrote the lines opposite the signatures
This work was done in the Office oi
Murray, who is patent solicitor for the
ballot. box company.
Chairman--Are those names written
here intended to be fac smiles of the
gentlemen's autographs?
Wltness-They were written according
to pieces of paper had secured.
Witness gave humorous account OF his
attempts to be appointed Smoke Inspec
tor: he had seen Governor Foraker
and the latter told him he could get him
the place if it were not pledged. The
Governor said he wanted witness to do q
little hustling Cor favor) for him. Wit
ness asked what he could do, and Fora
ker said there was q little document
down In Butterworth's Office, and he
wanted the witness to get it and let him