, 1890-01-23


never would deny his signature. lie
was satisid0 of that, not only because
OF & faith he had in the sgngtGrc, but
boCA .so of Campbell speech, which
rcud very much like u confession oi
guilt. He (Campbelll did not deny his
signature, saying that lie could not dc
SO until he got some other documents.
Mr.. Grosvenor asked II before that
time witness had seen senator Shcr-
mans published denial, and witness
said that probably he bad not seen 1t.
William l., Walters, Of Utica, Mich,
was sworn, and said that he met Wood
In Washington In September, and ut his
request had procured for him q copy oI
the ballot box bill introduced in tn,
house by Campbell of Ohio. Wood wa
very anxious to lind a page who had an
autograph album to sell, and could moi
/ find one, but witness finally managed tC
secure for Wood the autographs Of sever
| al congressman and senators, including
those Of Butterworth, Mckinley anC
| John SIcrman. Wood had told witnos,
/ that ho wanted the autographs first /,
put at the foot of photographs, and thcI
I TO compare with the names on Contrac
| or as Wood termed At, "a Lard deaf"
Richard q. Wood was then sworn. lie
gave his rcsideuCeas Cincinnati and his
occupation rs mechanical expert, ri,
chairman handed witness the exhibit
and asked him it lac Ind ever seen II be
fore. Witness recognized the document
/ lie first saw II before the election, h,
] thought in October. lie had got tn,
| heading drawn In General Birney's OF
/ lice in this city. The names wee writ.
ten ON the paper in Cincinnati 10y MIR
Wilward. \ young man named Davis
wrote the lines opposite tho signatures
/ This work was done In the Office of MIR
Murray, who Is patent solicitor for tn,
| ballot box company.
Chairman-"Ar those names writer
here intended to be fac Smiles of th,
gentlcmcn's autographsP
Witncss-"Ihey were written accord
ing To pieces of paper had secured
Witness gave a humorous account o
his attempts to he appointed smoke In.
spcCtOr. lie had seen Governor For
akor, and the latter told him that ht
could get him the place II II were moi
pledged. The governor said he wantcd
witness to do a little hustl ling-or a iavol
for him. Witness asked what hC
could do, and Foraker said there was d
little document drawn ~
In ButtcrwOrlh's office, and
he wanted witness 10 get il
and let him SEQ 1t, Witness could not
imagine what document he meant, and
asked him. The governor replied; "Dc
YOU see what Buttcrworth is doing fOi
the republicanlparty2 Witness replied
that he had noticed ButicrwOrth was
acting peculiarly aud seemed To bo rather
posing for the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Tho governor had said that Butter
worth was making all kind, OF stnhbinp
talk, and said that it UutterwOrth wanted
him down a. sdisrcputablc lac would show
him to be- disrcuutablc. Foraker had
said: "GOu know ii is common talk that
Buttorworth Is IN every money scheme.
Witness had agreed with the governor
and said that If the stabbing business
was going on lie guessed they could
stab, too.
lie gave long description Of his at
tomptS to see the governor In relation to
his appointment, and created 4 burst Ol
laughter by q chance allusiOn to presi
dent Harrison, as "Oh, whats hi'
name. Wood admitted getting up the
paper. aud said that the governor J,d
not ask any questions. Witness had
said II was the best hc could do, and II
would do TO bluit those fellows. The
governor promised not to have the pa
per published. About ten days before
the publication, he met thc governor
coming out Of the Commercial Gazette
office, and Foraker said that hc had
been talking tu lialstetd, and that the
latter was going to show up those tel
lows. Witness had said paper was not
gotten up Tor such a purpose, aud SAID
to the governor; DO not show that man
this papct' Foraker replied: "Not
for the world.
After the publication of the papers
Murray told witness tnof lac would max,
an affidavit that it was a forgery, II wit
ness did not get 1t back. Wood told the
governor this, and the governor replied
that lac had not intended that it should
be published, but that u man got II from
his secretary when he uhc gOvernorl wa
away. The governor had added: "Ol,
man, we have got our elves into q bat
hole. ! don't SNOW whether | am TO b'
elected q. not. We will rrtrnCt that.
don't know what to do at present, bu
rest assured that IL will Ice rctractcd,
Witness said: "Iou had better be lively
or Murray will make an affidavit
The governor asked Wood to come L
Washington to hunt up the gun con
tract, and that he would attend to III,
matter When Wood came back tC
Cincinnati he asked the return of the
paper, and Foraker told him to 60 t.
lialstead for it, Witness insisted that II
should not he published any more, and
Foraker promised that IL would not be-
Within lurly eight hours the whole thing
was published again Witness was in
diCtcd for cGminAi libel ANA Obliged t.
give up his paper.
The chairman asked il any body but
witness knew that he had drawn up the
paper.
He replied that Governor Foraker Ger.
tainly knew from what he (witncssl told
him that the paper was not genuine. He
did not charge Foraker with showing
that the paper was forgery, He could
not do that. lie could not say that
Foraker had entered into he conspiracy.
thairman-"Did he ask you toGommit
forgery?'
Il did not ask him whether I should
commit forgery He added that
Foraker wanted to get hold of q paper Ia
get square with Ben Huttcrworth, and
witness agreed to got IL Tor him. II was
not to bo published, but to rs shown
around political headquarters, etc.
The chairman asked II witness had
procured the forgery.
Wood replied that he had gotten up a
paper for Foraker. II he could make
anybody believe 1t was genuine, all right.
He believed he was being played and
hoped the politicians would yet along
without his help hereafter. This closed
the examination.
Ex- Governor Foraker said that he de-
sired to ask no questions and MIR. Gros-
vcnor asked witness Io be present Mon
day.
WOOD AGAIN ON THE STAND
The Committee AdIourns Until Next
Week.
WAsnisGroS, jan. 20.-When the
snacinl house committee inVcstipntiuu