Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-05

terdsy by Ex-Governor Foraker. To all of
the questions the present Governor had
prompt replies. Governor Campbell serves
notice on Editor Halstead that he will have
fairer treatment in the latter's paper in the
future.
WASHINGTON, February 4.-The special
House committee of the Ohio ballot-box
forgery resumed its inquiry to-day. Gov
ernor Campbell took the stand and con-
tinued his testimony, begun yesterday,
taking up his story at the point of the Ger
mantown speech. He read from the Cincin-
matt TimeS-Stdr a report of Governor
Foraker's Marietta speech in reply, in which
the latter says he knows when he has
brought down game, and that, from Mr.
Campbell's speech, it appeared that the
game had been shot through the heart. Mr..
Halstead had dozen times reiterated the
statement that he did not intend to use the
paper exhibit Al Until just before the
election.
Governor Foraker interrupted the wit
ness to say that he had never before seen
this particular report, and it was somewhefe
wrong.
OOAbAuuluSs OONGIuOI Odlu pUtl1 Sdlu MI
Halstead had been forced to admit that he
did not intend to use the paper until Just
before election, to explain why he did not
consult with Senator Sherman and others.
Then, too, he hoped it would be too late for
any proof beyond his (Campbell's) denial
70 be produced, and thus defeat his election.
II he believed the paper to be genuine he
would have published it at once and ended
the campaign. When witness first saw the
paper, he was unable to account for his sigma
ture. He knew he had not written it. 1t was
too poor, like the name boy writes in poke
berry ink with stick.
WHAT HE HEARD OF WOOD.
Witness got Mr.. McLean's denial and then
learned of Woods candidacy for the position
of smoke inspector. He heard that the ap-
pointment could not be charged to political
grounds; that Wood was an irresponsible.man.
and he concluded that he was the forger He
summoned 7. c. Campbell and he sought for
Wood, as did the Democratic committee and
Others, but he could not be found until after
election. Witness had charged publicly that |
Wood had been paid money to GO away he sus- |
pected by whom, but did not say. Subsequently, |
he learned that the charge was correct and |
that Wood had been paid money.
DO you mean money had been paid to Wood |
to keep away from arrest?" queried Governor
Foraker
The witness replied that Wood had eluded
pursuit and kept out of the way. 1t was only
by lucky accident that the forgery was dis
covered. He remarked, sarcastically, that he
mad read that the Democratic committee at
Hamilton had paid money to keep Wood out of
the way
Here witness read from the Commercial
Gdzette report of an interview with Cover
nor Foraker, charging close relationship be-
tween witness and Wood, referring to the wit
ness position of his (Foraker's) kilograms to
Wood, and his letter of introduction to Cover |
nor Luce. Witness never saw the kilograms |
until after the election.
Governor Foraker interrupted to say that he
gathered the impression from the stenopranhic
reports of witness speech that he had seen the
kilograms. The witness read the printed re-
ports Of his speech to show that Governor |
Foraker was in error in his recollection.
Continuing witness said that L. 6. Bernard
had brought to his house Frank Mercer, who
sald ne was friend Of Woods, and was with
him on the night of Governor Foraker's Music
Hall speech; that Wood had received MANY
telegrams from Governor Foraker, and had
supplied him with the ballot box Witness
never saw the letter. and did not have it. He
had said in his speech that there was such a
letter, but he had not read it The reporter
SAID that he got the copy of the letter printed
in his report of the speech from the Enquirer
office, and learned from Bernard that he had
furnished it.
SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS
IIGovernor Foraker asked if witness had taken
steps to correct the mistake and the witness
replied that he never again referred to Cover
nor Luce. Alter Woods arrest, the day he got |
out of Jail, he received a telephone message
from Cincinnati druggist that Wood wanted
to see him, and to come to Hamilton. Witness
thought witness was desirable at the inter
view, as he had been unlucky in having his de-
malls believed. So he got Colonel James F
Neil, and when Wood came, witness recognized
him hinn as the. the man Sa who had shown
before Witness had no desire TO see |
Wood, and never intimated any wish to see
him. While Wood was there the telephone
rang. and information came that Woods bail |
had been forfeited, so he left hastily for Gin
cinnati. He supposed Wood held him re-
sponsible for his arrest, and came to mollify
visit he could think Of Wood rambled along
for an hour, and referred to the big steel bill
witness had gotten through Congress with a
S6OOOOOO appropriation in it Witness asked
what in = he meant; he believed the man was
crazy. But Wood insisted that witness owned
a gun patent and then witness recol-
a small gun patent, which he had forgotten all
about. He asked Wood what that had to do
with ST. 100000 bill. Wood replied that that :
bill was for steel for this same gun, etc. He
pattered along, speaking of the dear Colonel"
letter, and witness letter to T. G. Campbell
Witness had never written letter to T. c.
Campbell that he was not willing to have pub
lished. It looked if Wood was trying to
make believe that he knew something of wit G
ness connection with gun contract. a
TIRED OF BEING HoUNDED. ,
Continuing, witness said 1t had been repeated {
BOO times in the Commercial Gazette that there
was s., 0O0 900 steal in the ballot-box bill 1t I
began four days after the retraction; when Mr. s
Halstead recovered his wind, and had been a
kept up till last Saturday. 1t was nonsense, as v
any one could see from reading of the bill;
but Mr.. Halstead would keep it up for all time L
of testimony or anything else The Z
witness read some of the Commercial Gazette :,
stopping to clear his throat with the
remark; 1T makes my throat very dry to read
n. ms ia kino ot stun" After reading awhile,
he bill said, and, returning to that document s
he read the nrst section, authorizing the Attor- O.
ley General to contract for the boxes at SIS
ZACH, he referred to Hadden's testimony
Deaking OF another contract and denied that
he had signed any paper relating to ballot | ?
)oxes; the other gentlemen named must unload 4
or themselves. There had been no effort to |
,ass the bill, or even get it before committee;
{ had been completely dropped He had teleI |
.raphed to 7. c. Campbell and John Mclean to
now is there were any papers The I
nsinuation was that there was
aper bearing his name, which he a
ranted to see before Ee denied the charge y
is counsel had consented to Probasco's reouest
o have Wood arrested. A. w. Thurman had | -
elegraphed witness October @ to do nothing L
bout the Wood matter at present that he
7ould write. So witness had telegraphed Pro
asco to defer the arrest, but it was too late as
Wood had already been arrested.
PREVENTED A MISTAKE.
Witness read the letter from Allen Thurman, -
aging that he had telegraphed as he did be- VI
ause he heard they would arrest Halstead, -
'hich would be mistake, after he had Il
ublished the retractfOn. as that complicated Il
be case badly That was all there was in the
tory Of his attempt to shield Wood.
Referring to the story that the committee
ad suddenly adjourned for two weeks because :
had discovered something very unpleasant