The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-07
THE eALLor-eox FoR0ERv.

sherman and Hni.t~sss Testify BEFORE the
House COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--The house conn
mittec ON ballot box forgery this morning
called Senator John Sherman first
Witness. He shown exhibit a. and
declared that he never signed il.
The witness did not see any room for.
pers; he told Foraker it was necessary to
use the paper, ar part of H., and that he
felt SO exaspcratcd at the idea OF Sher-
with Mclean in such a matter that hc felt
tempted tn explode il under them; it was
s"shmE %mhis .sx " ss cantii n .H'ai, Mss ,he sax
one before the people as "a candidate for
public office, and therefore II might he
reason for cutting or all the names but
Campbells was that Sunset Cox, whose
name was among the forgcries, had just
the genuineness of the signatures. Hal
stead's theory of the forgery was that IL
was never intended ten: or expected to Warn harm
extreme anxiety to get the smoke inspcc-
torship. IL was preposterous to suppose
thing fraudulent about il. There WAS a
cloud of witnesses and lawyers who drew
up the contract: The witnesses wondered
now that they did not come down and
deny il the day after the publication. I'm
dOtlbtetily Wood put Senator Sherfnan's =
name ON il to make il impossible Tor For
ton the witness was staggered To see SEN
ator Sherman's declaration that the paper
| was u lie; but he ass,ImtSi that sherman
was extremely unlikely to- have signed the
| paper knowing what il WAS. Thirty years
| ago Sherman lost the speakership by
| the helper book.
| Mr.. Halstead placed at the disposal of
the committee his private letters TO Gov
ernor Foraker and said some of them
| were CONCLUSIVE evidence that both him.
| self and Foraker were convinced of the
| sountlness of the papers. Cogswell asked
why witness did not verify the character
worth; he replied that Butterworth was
Sherman was in Washington. He recalled
saying that you could get mcmbcr oi
Songres" to sign petition i,,., to get =, IN, him
finger ON sore spot like that; il was no,
his particular part ~ GO scratching at il
cumstances beyond his control, 50
he did not consult the signers
He admitted admitted ,,, they ;,, could could not g"
''The fact u.s." said he. 'he turned out a
more difficult person than we thought"
.asse,is II re,tus the smps in;. ina.
n corner, yo, would stand at the head a
the cannon and touch il of"
stand at the head of the cannon, but go
there" tGreat iauRhterl. Continuing
haistead said there was supposed To he /,
feeling between Senator Sherman ans
| Governor Foraker, growing ont OF TIN
events at the Chicago convention. Ohi'
| contained more IMAM Ibcr stlufr Oh utsttii
| 0tiisled men, and there was necessarily
friction where they were so crowded
| The delicate relations existing betwecl
| Sherman and Foraker made IL highly i'm
| expedent to allow the paper to get OH
through Foraker's agency, that had
| reflected on the senator, IL would hav
been fatal To the party. The witness ha
| not relied on Woods word regarding tn
, paper, hut was guided 10y the intcrna
| evidence of the paper, document fa
: beyond Woods ability To produce. II
believed from the beginning that forake
had been fooled, he had been himself
the witness never contemplated "a rivalr
for the senatorship between himself
Mckinley and Bitterworth; he had know
of great calamities Detailing public me
2 and believed IL these men had signed tina
5 paper this should he struck. Adjourned