Telegram-herald., 1890-01-21
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afaeslEe pstsnt tsll0t box 20
Ehich ths signatures OF Campbell.
tns nss Governor of Oato.
senator Sherman. CongresSman + B.
ssr~0Fth Ant other Important men
wsFs forged The object being % chargs
Caz pbsll visa beiag Interested Ia tns
company .hils Re vas member Of
Congress. ana advocating ths adop-
uon % tie ballot BOX. TIE
Cincinnati Commercial 0zketts dlr-
iag tas ate campaign printed the
contract and signature. aud later Ad-
mitted taat is vas forgery that bad
baen pAlnsd % upon the paper The
testimony of Wood, the man Who com
nissed The forgery, places sK-GoverRor
oraksr N an exceedingly y Uncomfors-
able position
From Mr. for2kers oSn statement 10
appears that during the last campa gn
he gas anxious 20 obtain some evidence
against the character Of MS opponent
for Goyeraor Mr. Campbell and the
man Wood. Who WAS seeking a local
appointmen. a. Clnclnnati. as cos-
psnsAsion for his influence. offered
10 tsrnish him With the original copy
% a contract 20 supply ne State OF
oaio vita patent ballot boxes, which
sAs signed oy his competitor. and was,
20 say the EAST, a very dishonOrn bic
one II was sevegal weeks before the
Governor was able 20 obtain tho copy
which Wood promised him. and.
In the meantime he induced the
authorities az Cincinnati 20 post
pone the appointment Wood
vas seeing nntil he Foraker gave
the word. Foraker also employed q de-
teotive 20 follow up Wood aud see that
ne carried out his promise. Wood be
ing pressed into a corner finally pro-
duced paper signed net only BY Camp
bell but by John Sherman. Representa-
tives Butterwor,h and Mckinley, and
other politicians. both n and out Of
Ohio
This paper. which. II genuine was
sufficient evidence 70 condemn the DO
litical morality o. - the men hose
names were signed 20 it, vas immediate
ly accepted by the Governor, who,
IN bis testimony. says be took no
pains 20 ascertain whether IL was
genuine or act. The reason ne gives
for not seeking corroborating svi-
dence Is that ne recognized Camp
bells signature as genuine, and when
he saw Senator Sherman's name he was
willing 70 believe almost any thing He
did not approach those gentlemen,
he says, 20 ascertain whether their
signatures were genuine or not,
because IL seemed 20 him
very indelicste thing to 60 70 man
and ask him il he was guilty Of such
conduct, but be gave the document 10
Gr. Halstesd, Of the Cincinnati Com
mcroisl Gazette, who agreed with him
that the document was genuine and
siterwsrd published il. He explained
Ia extenustion that he did send for
volume OF biography which contained
portraits and engraved autographs OF
the men involved. and compared these
on the contract. He also admitted that
he had known Wo0d-whom ne de-
nounced Saturday as an infamous
scoundrel-for fifteen years, and that
he had paid him ESQ 20 cover his eK-
penses in obtaining this paper. This IS
the story OF Foraker in brief
Wood made a clean con fession. telling
sha con, fffaa "a 10 nroupcad - toll
the truth II 10 took mis- bead OF He
confessed that ne forged the document.
He said that ne sought the .)cal ofice
alluded 20 az the suggestion Of Jim For
sxsf, the Governor ; brother, aud that the
Governor himself said he would indorso
Wood II the latter would do a little
'hgstling" for him. The hustling was
20 get copy Of documen, which, pa
said, bad been drawn up IN Butter
worths Office Butterworth had been
opposed 20 bis denomination, VAS op-
posed 20 h,s reelection, and be proposed
20 prove that Busterwo-th was disrep-
utsbls. When az gave the document 20
ths Governor ne did not tell him tho
signatures we're forged. or that me con-
tract was fictitious, bat be advised the
Governor hat 10 bad better not be pub
lished or shown % any one. He said.
in answer 20 question. that
FORAKER ought % have known from
rhai hs tolt him hat the paper
VS. not genuine, and that when he
delivered the paper Foraker remarked
thss TIE signstgrss we're al written
With shs sane ink and thsr they cooked
Ike forssrss The witness expected
that Forsker vould examine tSe sigma
turss slosely snd then return the paper
20 him as worthless. and vas very much
surprised sha' hs did not do 50
After some turther testimony Wood
stated. in answer % a direct question b7
NJ Mason. ths' er-GovsrnO- Foraker
ku-v the paper v1s a forgery WOOD
shea wanted - % more sxpliri. n as
answer He asked Chairman Mason Sc
hs meant ths- Co-s-Do- ForsS-'
rad entered i-to a c0nsot-7-7 vi'h
hlm 70 procure the paper
ard on ~,-e vinz zszs-ivs answer
said - .0'd - c0vs-no- -. ne sis
rasu-rs vorf net stand Governor
Fo-.ks- IA ro- srow tha. - witness
raf sa-r-ai 80 a. tograph slips. ths
Govarnc~ lad ro. ASKED wh-'bs- ths
oa7sr vas f-~rsrr. he id rot knor
rse+h-- sca Governor var ed hfm C
,c-uuft forgery
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