The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-19
THE FORGED PAPERS.
Examination of the Ballot Box
Forgery.
TRICKsTERS CAUGHT.
Richard G. Wood on the Stand How He Did
His Hustling-FOraker Asks
No Questions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. = Governor
Foraker resumed his statement before the
House committee in the ballot-box forgery
oday.
On discrimination. Foraker said he
had been on friendly relations with Senator
last summer, and in fact never
had been on any other terms with him
that he knew of. He did not know Senator
Sherman was in the country when he got
the forged papers. he had not mentioned
the papers to Mckinley or Butterworth.
His relations had always been pleasant
with the former, and with the latter up to
tie time of his (witness') nomination.
Witness had had
NO SUSPICION AS TO WOODS INTEGRITY
Grosvenor asked if witness did not think
it strange that after Wood said he had a
paper on August 18th, he should have baf-
fed witness so and delayed the production
so long.
Witness did not think he was baffled, and
attributed Woods delay to his reluctance
to give up the paper. Witness somehow
got the impression that it was in Mel ean's
custody.
olooNCHoI aohcu IL uc supposed MCLEAN
would willingly give up the. paper that
would injure Campbell in the campaign
Witness replied that he did, if Woods
had the slightest doubt of the genuiness OF
of Mckinley'S, or indeed of any of the
signatures.
Grosvenor asked if Governor Campbell,
before the campaign, had not borne a good
reputation.
Witness replied he did not know him
until he was nominated. From that
moment he heard no end of stories abou,
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 a paper
Witness replied that his mind had been
so prepared, after believing that MCKINLEY
and Butterworth had signed it, that be
might as well
BELIEVE SHERMAN HAD SIGNED 1T,
for he had as good an opinion of them as OF
anybody.
Grosvenor asked why witness had not
communicated with some of the persons
whose names were on the paper before
taking further steps.
He replied that when he got the papers
Sherman and Butterworth were beyond
the ocean, and he had not the time to com
munlcate with them. He was in the midst
Of the campaign, making speeches. AS fan
as Mckinley, he did not know what he
might have done if he had retained posses
sion of the paper to make any use of it
but his signature seemed so conducive ht
had no doubt it. 1t would seem rather in
delicate to go to man you believe guilty
and ask bout the matter. He would b,
expected to deny his guilt, of course. ant
then. too. before he got through with it ht
had found man (Halstead) who knew
| just what to do with the paper. Witness
, had told Wood he did not know what to d,
| with the papers. !" fitness said Campbell
had charged that he (witness) wa
INTERESTED IN THE BALLOT BOX MATTER.
and was referring to witness statemen
| about the million dollar trust money in tn
bill, for somebody had said nobody but a,
| Infamous scoundrel would make such ,
statement Witness read that speech on hi
| way to the hall at Marietta, where he wa
| to speak that night, and felt that it wa
| due to himself to make an answer. There
upon, for the first and only time in tn,
campaign he referred to the papers. III,
said that inasmuch as the matter had beer
made public, and he had seen those papers
| In his Judgment, Campbell never would
! deny his signature. He was satisfied O.
that, not only because Campbell's speech
which was read, was like a very confession
of guilt. He (CampbelD did not deny hi
| signature, saying he could not do so unit
he got some other documents.
Grosvenor asked if before that time wit
ness had seen Senator Sherman's publishe,
denial.
Witness said that probably he had no
seen it.
| WILLIAM L. WALKERS,
of Utica, Mich, was sworn and said h,
| met Wood in Washington in September
and at his request had procured for him ;
copy of the ballot box bill introduced in tn,
House by Campbell, of Ohio Wood wa
very anxious to find page who had al
autograph album to SELL He could not fint
one, but witness finally managed to secur,
for Wood the autographs of several Con
gressmen and Senators, including those O
Butterworth, Mckinley and John Sher
man. Wood had told witness he wanted
the autographs first to put at the foot oil
photographs and then compare them will
the names on contract or (as Wood terme,
| it) land deal.
| RICHARD G. WOOD WAS THEN SWORN.
He gave his residence as Cincinnati, an
his occupation as a mechanical expert Tn,
chairman handed witness exhibit A an,
asked him if he had ever seen it before
first saw it before election. He thought il
October. He had got the reading drawn il
General Birney's office, in this city, ant
the names were written on the paper in Gin
clnnau by young man named Davis, VIII
wrote the lines opposite the signatures
This work was done in the office OF Murray
who is the patent solicitor for the Ballu
Box company.
| The Chairman-Are those names writer
| ! loA
| tlemen's autographs!
| Witness-They were written accordin,
to the pieces of paper had secured.
| Witness gave humorous account of hi
attempts to be appointed smoke inspector
He had seen Governor For aker and the Iat
ter told him he could get HIM the place if
were net pledged. The governor said h
wanted the witness
| TO DO LITTLE HUsTLING
| Tor favor) for him. Witness asked wba
he could do, and Foraker said there was
little document drawn in Butterworth'
Office and he wanted witness to get it an
let him see it. Witness could not imagin
what document he meant and asked him
The governor replied, ''Do you see wha
Butterworth is doing for the Republican
party2" Witness replied he noticed But
terworth was acting peculiarly and seemet
TO be rather posing for the Cincinnati En-
quirer. The governor had said Butterwortl
was making all kinds of stabbing talk ant
said If Butterworth wanted to put hin
down as disreputablo, he would show hin
to be disreputable. Foraker had said
| "You know it is common talk that Butter
worth is in every money scheme. Wit
ness had agreed with the governor and sal,
if stabbing business was going on b.
guessed they could stab too.
Witness then gave long description O.
his attempts to see the governor in relation