The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-19
WOOD ON The STAND
he Tells All About the Attempt to
Blacken Campbell's Character.
Fire Alarm Foraker Was In the Job and
Probably Knew All About the For
gery-Iaaide Political His-
tory Made Public.

Foraker resumed his statement before
the house committee i'm the ballot box
forgery case to-day. On cr~oss-txainina-
ton Foraker said he had been ON friendly
relations with Senator Sherman last sum-
IN r., and i'm fact had never been OH any
other terms with him that he knew OF.
He did not know Senate Sherman was
in his country when he got the forged
paper. He had not mentioned the
paper tn Mckinley or Butterworth.
His relations had always been pleasant
with the former and with the latter mp tn
the time of his 1.-THE witnessc nomination.
The witness had no suspicion AS tn
Woods integrity. Mr.. Grosvenor asked
il the Witness did not think il strange
that after Wood said he had the paper
August Ii he should have baffied the wit
ness So and delayed its production So
long. The witness did not think he was
bafiied and attributed Woods delay To
reluctance to give up the paper. The wit
ness somehow got the impression thai il
was i'm McLean's custody. MIR. Grosvenor
asked il he supposed If Mclean would
willingly give up the paper that would in
jurc Campbell i'm the campaign. The
witness replied that was Woods business.
He had not at the time the slightest doubt
of the genuinencss of Mckinley's
or indeed Of any of the sig
natures. Mr.. Grosvenor asked If
Governor Campbell before the campaign,
had not borne q good reputation. The
witness replied that he did not know him
until he. was nominated. From that mo-
ment he heard no end of stories about
him, and ended by getting "a bad opinion
of him. Grosvenor asked if he was not
surprised to see that Senator Sherman had
signed such g lhe witness replied
I believing Mckinley and Butterworth had
signed il, that he might as we'll believe
an opinion of them as of anybody. Mr..
Grosvenor asked why the witness had not
communicated with some of the persons
taking further steps. He replied that when
he got the paper sherman and Butter
Worth In, w vel, ,, beyond nc c ,ne oesaa w anS
them. He was in the midst of
the campaign, making speeches. As for
have done il he had retained possession
of the paper To make any use Of IL, hut his
had no doubt about il. 1t would seem
rather indelicate to go to - man he be-
lieved guilty and talk about the matter:
He would be expected to deny his guilt; of
course. and then too, before he had got
through with il he had found "a man HAL
papers. The witness had tolI Wood he
did not know what to do with the papers;
The witness said Canph.n had charged
ing To the witness statement
in the bill for somebody, had said that mo-
body but am infamous scoundrel would
make such a statement. The witness
Marietta. where he was To speak that
night and felt himself called upon tn
make AN answer. Thereupon for the first
time and only time in the campaign me re-
ferred to the paper. He said inasinich
as the matter had been made public he
had seen those paper and in his Judgment
Campbell never would deny that sigma
ture. He was satisfied of that. Not only
, "S." but becase Of campbeil's SPEECH.
which read like u very confession of
ssans, RE- saying s%PR ns eo %id mot do as 30 un Mi
he got some other MIR. Gros-
venor asked IL before that time the wit
ness had seen Senator .Sherinan's pub
lished DENIAL, and the witness said prob
ably he had not seen IL.
was sworn and said that he met Wood IN
quest had procured for him a copy of the
/ Campbell of Ohio. Wood was YER.
anxious to find a page who had an auto
one. but the witness finally managed u
. secure for Wood the autographs of stvera
congressman and senator's, ~inciudini
those of B~utterworth, Mckinney and John
Sherman. Wood had told the witness
that he wanted the autographs first to pm
at the foot of photographs and then Il
compare with names ON ~ contract or, "a,
Wood termed i, a land deal: - II.
gave his residence as Cincinnati and hi,
occupation as u mechanical expert. The
chairman handed the witness exhibit A
fore. The witness recognized the docu
ment. He first saw il before election, Ia
p Thought i'm October. He had got til,
heading drawn in General Birney's Office
in this city. The names were written oil
paper i'm Cincinnati by MIR. 4
young man named Davis wrote the line
opposite. the signatures. This work wa
lone i'm the office of Murray. who is
patent solicitor for the ballot box com
pany.
The Chairman-"Are those names wri,
ten here intended to he fac SMILES of tn
Hentlemen's autographs"
The Witness were written at
cordinR to pieces of paper l had secured.
The witness gave "A humoro as account a
his attempts to he appointed smoke in
spector. He had seen Governor Forake
and the latter told him he could get hin
the place IL IL were not pledged Th
governor said lac wanted the witness to a
N little hustling. or a favor for him. Tn
witness asked what he could do, and Fol
aker said there was a little documeu
drawn in Butterworth's Office and h
r wanted the witness to get il and Il
him see II. The witness could nc
imagine what document he meant an
asked him. The governor replied ed
you see what Butterworth is doing for I'll
republican party !" The witness reptile
that he noticed that Butterworth was ac
ing peculiarly and seemed To I've ratis
posing for the Cincinnati Enquirer. I'll
governor had said Butterworth was NAL
n. ing all kinds of tabbing talk. aud said
. Bu~tterworth wanted him put down as iii