The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-05
CAMPBELL AND THE BOX
THE OHIO GOVERNOR SMITEs HIS
FOES ON THE HIP

resentstlons Made Plain-The Fact
That BE Knew the Paper Was For
gerry Also Manifest - Absurdity of
the Claim that There Was $1,000
600 in the Bill
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4-The special com
mittee of the House on the Ohio ballot-box
forgery resumed its inquiry to-day. Gov.
Campbell took the stand and continued his
testimony begun yesterday, taking up his
story at the point of his Germantown speech.
He read from the Cincinnati Times-Star a
report of Gov. Foraker's Marietta speech
in reply, In which the latter says he knows
when he has brought do wn game and that
from Gov. Campbelrs speech it appeared
that the game had been shot
through the heart. Editor Haistead had
dozen times reiterated the statement that
he did not intend to use the paper exhibit
AZ until just before the election. Gov.
Foraker interrupted the witness to say that
he had never before seen this particular re-
port, and it was somewhere wrong. Con-
tlnutng, Gov. Campbell said Editor Hal
stead had been forced to admit that he did
not intend TO use the paper until just before
S+-NtASAAs ~ GA r'ilAAA why ub ull nOb NOu-
suit with Senator Sherman and others
HALsTEAD sELF-coNvICrED.
Then, too, he hoped it would be too late
Tor any proof beyond his .(Campbelps) de-
NAL to be produced, and thus
defeat his election II he had be-
lieved the paper to be genuine he would
have published it at once and ended the
campaign. When the witness first saw the
paper he was unable to account for his sig
nature. He knew he had not written il ; 1t
was too poor, like a name boy writes
in pokeberFy ink with stick. The witness
got Editor McLeans denial and then
learned Of Woods candidacy for the posi-
tlon of smoke Inspector He beard that the
appointment could not be charged to politi-
cal grounds; that Wood was an irresponsi-
BILE man, and he concluded that he was the
forger. The witness said it had been re-
peated 800 times in the Gazette that there
was million dollar steal in the ballot box
bill. 1t began four DAYS after the retrac-
tion, when Editor Halstead recovered his
wind, and had been kept up till last Satur-
day.
EoNsENSICAL CHARGE.
1t was nonsense, as any one could see
from reading the bill; but Editor Halstead
would keep it up for all time, regardless Of
the testimony or anything else. The wit
ness read some Of the Gazette editorials,
stopping to clear his throat with the re-
marx: ''It makes my throat very dry 10
read that kind of stuff" After reading
awhile, he said it was fair to show what the
bill said. and turning to that document, he
read the first section, authorizing the attor-
ney general to contract for boxes at S25
each. He referred to Hadden's testimony,
speaking of another contract aud denied
that he had signed any paper relating to
the ballot boxes; the other gentlemen
named must unload for themselves There
had been no effort TO pass the bill or even
get it before the committee; it had been
completely dropped.
HIS INQUIRY ABOUT PAPERS.
He had telegraphed to T. G. Campbell
and john Mclean to know If there were
any papers. The insinuation was that there
was paper bearing his name, which he
wanted TO see before he denied the charge.
That was an unmitigated falsehood. 1t had
also been charged that he had tried to shield
Wood from arrest This was not true, and
his counsel had consented to Probasco's re-
quest to have Wood arrested. Allen w.
Thurman had telegraphed the witness Oct.
22 to do nothing about the Wood matter at
present; that he would write, SO the witness
had telegraphed Probasco to defer the
arrest, but it was too late, as
Wood had already been arrested
Much had been made of this
The witness read letter from Allen W.
Thurman saying that he had telegraphed as
he did because he feared they would arrest
Editor Halstead, which would be mistake
after he had published retraction, as that
complicated the case badly. That was all
there was in the story Of his attempt to
shield Wood.
JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS TOO QUICK.
Referring to the story that the committee
had suddenly adjourned for two weeks be-
cause it had discovered something very
unpleasant, and the lid was hastily
closed on a boiling pot, and, further, that
Mr.. Grosvenor, his counsel, had hastily
gone to Ohio to consult him, the witness
said that he challenged inquiry, and denied
that Mr.. Grosvenor was his counsel, or that
he had seen him since last summer until he
got here He served notice now that he
was going to have little fairer treatment
from Editor Halstead and his paper than
he had had before. There was a limit to
human endurance.
Mr. Turner asked about the six million
appropriation bill. The witness read from
patent specification to show that his gun
would not answer the requirements of the
guns called for in the appropriation bill,
and his gun could not be made larger than
a six-inch bore, while those provided for in
the fortiication bill were TO be ten-inch
guns Editor Halstead had all OF these facts
before him, and yet persisted in his insinua-
tlons. The chief of engineers had also pro-
nounced his gun to be worthless, in whlcn
sentiment he Qhe witness) heartily con-
Cured.
The chairman exhibited the forged
paper, and asked il the witness knew any
thing Of it that would aid the committee ia
its inquiry as to its authorship. He re-
piled that it was evident from inspection
that the paper was forgery; but no knew
nothing directly about its origin.
A recess was taken, but it proved an ad-
journment for the day, because the mem
bers of the committee were obliged to
remain in attendance on the House proceed
ings.