Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-19
GOVERNOR FORAKER
RESUMES HIS STATEMENT ON THE
e4LLoT-sox FRAUDS.
Wood Tells why He Failed 70 "o'd 'e'
tain Teiegrams-A Humorous Account
of His Oficc-seeking.
ur,s,ssrspb to the Dl-ps,ch.l

tho baliot-box committee ,o-uS' MI ne s''u
. .en' 90 III mn the battery deal. Witness
r ron n letter signed Your Old Neigh
hor r b Leopold" saying that Wood
I'D hardly hear too close inspection
Resuming his narrative witness read
nots Mr. pnlstead received the morning
after the retraction October llth) SAYING
that he had found the papers 10 10
forgeries and proposed 70 puollsn le' az
ton. Witness answered expressing na'
nat he (Halstead) mad been imposed upon:
he cwitness) was considering what should
no done aDont the matter. His hrst I'M
,rlss wa IN abandon and publish every
.hing then and there. tie told Secretary
Knrtz he wanted everything published.
Knriz said he was Of the same impression
AZ tho beginning and had written 10 Nir.
Halstead 10 that effect. witness saiu ne
did not know exactly what 10 90; ne "as
somewhat confused, as any upu ~, WIZ W..
have been. He had not caused thc paper
70 be published. and Mr.. halsteac rad
taken the responsibility, and witness
tbnuoht he had better leave tho matter
where II was until the time should come
when everybody could speak IN irccuoih.
Tho very moment witness learned ne was
forger he stopped having any communlca-
80, III him and KurtZ wrote Wood that
tiucv would have nothing 10 do with MN
ayd would not answer his letters. On
a.'~ "va,nination witness stated that he
ala NOT call Mr.. McKinley's attention 10
tba manor. and that Senator sherman ana
Mr.. Bntterworth were beyond the ocean
and bo had not time to communicate WITH
them. as he was in the midst OF campaign
making two or three speeches uay'
Nr Grosyenor asked If witness recog-
r;zcd tho fact that if the signatures w.re
ceuuine then tie signers had been guilty
He responded that he did; for he had
taken the trouble TO look up the statutes
at the time.
Mr, Grosvcnor asked if he was not sur
priscd to see that Senator Sherman had
signed such paper:
Witness replied that his mind had been
co prepared that. after believing Nessrs.
Nchinley and Buttorworth had signed 1t,
he might as well as believe that senator
Sherman had signed it. for he had as good
oD.nion of them as of anybody. witness
had determined to have nothing 10 do WITH
fine paper and came near throwing 1t INTO
IN. fire. He was sorry he had ever gotten
il. He stuck 1t in his pocket to snow, Mr;
GAIT and Mr.. Perdue. OF the Cievel1nd
Lc1de.. Before that he had met Mr.. nal
stead. who wanted to take charge OF ~:
knew what to do with it; and he (witness)
was glad to be nd of 1t.
william L. Walters Of Utica. was the
next witness He testified that he pro
cured in Washington for Wood autographs
of some of those whose names appeared IN
the forged paper.
Richard G. Wood was then sworn, and
said TINT he had been acquainted with
Governor Foraker for fifteen years. lie
said that in July or August of last year he
had met jim Foraker, the Governors bro
Their. who had suggested 10 him that he
ST ould make application for the position
OF smoke-inspector, and told him to talk
TO Eladdeu about il. He had spoken 90
Hadden aud Hadden had spoken to the
Mayor about it. lie got 30 pushing tor the
place pretty lively. lie hal SAID to jim
that he ID not think he had any snow,
and that he would withdraw. Jim . had
said. mo. the Govern can get you tnat
place" He had wired the Governor, ask
ing if he would help him. The Governor
had answered, ." ! can hel YOU And the
witness thought he SAID. You can help
me" There were other kilograms that
passed between them.
Chairman: Where arc those kilograms!
A. d q not hold them.
O. Why did YOU not bold them?
A. Because thew held mo. Laughter
I was working for both SIDES, and both
sides wanted 70 be vindicated at the same
time aud II WAS pretty warm ior WOOD.
Witness thought be had gwen the tele-
grams to T. G.. Campbell. ! he speclnl one
he mad alluded TO above, he thought. he
had given to Or. v. Il. Tennoy. Ml'ness
then gave humorous account OF MS at
tempts TO be appointed smoke Inspector.
He had seen the Governor one evening
when he had returned from New York and
had told him his qualifications for the po-
s,tion. The Governor bad told bun he
could get him the place if 1t was not
pledged. The Governor had said that
his business relation with witness had
always been all right, and that he wanted
witness to do a little hustl ne Cor iavorl
for him. Witness had replied that he would
DO am thing be could. and had asked what
he could do Re said there was httla
document drawn down in ButterwOrth
Office and he wanted witness 10 get 1t
and let him see II. Witness could not
imagine what document he meant, AMI
asked him. The Governor said DO you
see what buttsrworth is doing for the Re
pu lcan party: Witness replied that be
noticed that Butterworth was acting pc
cuilarly. and seemed TO be kind Of posing
for tLe Er0tdi4r. Witness had said. What
is the matter with Ben ? The Governor
had said that Ben was talking very dirty
and making all kind Of stabbing talk.
All that kind Of business. Witness sad
he did not sea what good the paper could
do. The Governor replied that If Butter
worth wanted to put him down as disrepu-
table he would show HIM to be disreputa-
BILE. The Governor had said YOU know 1t
is common talk that Butterworth II IN
every money scheme. Witness had said yes,
that is go Witness had agreed with tho
Governor on that and had said that if the
stabbinc business was going on be guessed
they could stab too. Witness then gave
long description Of his attempts to see the
Governor in relation to his appointment
and created a burst Of laughter by
n chance alluslon to President Har-
rison a. "OA. what's his name"
He admitted getting up the paper; told
how he had given the paper to Governor
Foraker. telling him that the paper would
d. to use for what he wanted 1t for tie
had said il was tho best he could do, and
the Governor lid not ask any questions.
He had not told the Governor bow he had
procured the signatures nor had the Gov
ernor asked him. He had said it was the
best ho could do. and it would do 10 blu1
those fellows. The Governor had not ask
ed him then how the letter was fabricated,
but afterwards he (Fornkerl had said that
the signatures were exactly like the sigma
tures OF those men. The Governor had pro-
missed not to have the paper published.
About ten DAYS before the publication he
had met the Governor coming out OF tao
COMMERCIAL G0zette Office.
The GOYerHOr sara ne mao Otcu Ia hin.s
TO Hal,tead and that tne latter was going
to rip those fellows. Witness had said that
the paper was not gotten Mp for such q
purpose. Witness had said do not show
that man these papers, and the Governor
had replied not for the world. After the
publication OF the paper he had seen Muir
ray. and MURRAY had said he would make
affidavit that il was forgery If he did not
get tie paper back. lie had gone TO the
Governor aud told him that Murray was
gong to make the affidavit. and they would
all catch it for all they were worth. The
Governor had told him that he had not in-
tended that il should be published. A man
had come and got it from his secretary when
he was away Witness had asked who the
man was. but the Governor had not
replied. The Governor had said: old
man. we have got ourselves IN tight hole.
don't know whether ain 10 be elected or
not" The Governor had said: We will re-
tract that. do not know" he said. what
To- do ut present. but rest assured II will he
retracted" ! said. You had better be
lively about il. because Murray told me Z
] did not get the paper back he would
make affidavit. I told Murray that il I
could not would make an affidavit with
him. Witness told how be had gone 10
Cincinnati and met the Governor. who
said it was the greatest wonder in the