The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-19

"duleu NidIlih' we went % dinner fo.
gether, and our conversation thar a..
was very pleasant. and we engages \.
actively In the campaign as befor, IL
Withrow never said or did ANYTHING .,
INDICATE that he thought ne had been ,e
properly approached, and ! do not heliova
ne did think so. He expressed his an.
probation TO MS Of what Mr.. Delaney ana
myself had done. and said that wo vo-a
the only men TN the district thar bad dom.
anything for him. I desire 90 saw tho, 4.
there was anything unwiso or harmful b,
anything that passed between Mr. vri,s
row and myself. 30 was wholly ,r,,
thorized by Mr.. Martin or any one r.,-.
senting him. During the entire camnsi-.
! had no conversation with Mr. Nra.,l,
and never. directly or Indirectly 55 p
have any information from him MAJ ,
was authorized I'm HIS behalf 90 approa.b
Mr.. Wlthrow or any one else. I had ssv.
eral letters from him, but no never ina.
mated that 7 should DO anything for ~,
and everything 1 did was done whole
upon my own authority.
Mr.. Mushbach. What is the f0p-5,n,,
OF your belief that n Mr.. Wifbrov. ,
not opposed 10 Mr.. Martin that voY conf.
get certain money from Nr MARITIME
friends?
Mr.. Moore: I am glad you asked fbs,
question. The impression prevailed i- or-
section that Mr.. Withr0w was ~, arn
Martin / had never asked ttr
about the matter. There were .on q, ,t.
district and elsewhere who were i-q,.
entail men. and who had talked D., -,
about Mr.. Withrow's being aa1lns, No
Martin. and they were Indifferent ,, ID.
campaign. They had given Afr. Wifb-,v
and the general ticket tho aid thcr ear.
orally did. and I thought that NJ 4 COMA
assure them that Mr. Nithrou was ra,
against Mr.. Martin. 7 could ger fnam q,
make a private contribution fo 0I- "a.
penses, and that was my SOL. ana or',
object. Mr.. Withrow. 7 ann satisfied mI7.
understood a part of the conversation Dr..
tween us: but I ann still satisfied tf4f bs
did not believe 10 was am improper Offer
TO him, because We continued t1 ho ne
intimate as ever. / continued to work fo-
him. and he expressed himself as being
very grateful for my efforts. And NAV
add that. just before the CONVEYING of tfs
Assembly. when an article appeared M
the Times I'm regard 90 tho improper usa
OF funds I'm the State. Mr.. Nlthr0w asked
me II / had seen that article. 7 told Dim
that l had. He said 10 mo: "Moore. yol
know that the election in our section r8s
clean from beginning 10 end. that nothing
improper was done here. or anything
that savored Of fraud. and I think ve
ought TO clear our skirts and show that
nothing Of the kind was done here"
In the Local Paper.
I was a contributor 10 our local paper.
and he suggested that We make am e,r.1-
nation through that local paper and
asked me how we ought 10 prepare b.
/ told him 10 write such an article as Do
thought proper. and we would put it r
as an editorial. He did write an article
in which he deplored this state Of affairs
and said that the election was clean n
that section. on the following Tuesl1r
came 10 me and said: "T see thar no
has taken water, and we hal ht-
ter let this matter drop for the present.
and I withdrew the article.
Mr.. Nicol: How much did you say could
be raised2
Mr.. Moore: I did not mention any sum-
7 did not get n dollar. Everything ] spent
out Of my pocket. and SOM th.H,s
not paid for yet.
Mr. Cooke: You say that the general
impression was that Mr.. Withr1w was
Mr.. Martin?
Mr.. Moore: Yes. sir.
Mr.. Cooke: DO you know whether ary
money was sent by the Executive Come
mittee to that district
Mr.. Moore: I think n ~ had been sent
would have known something about H.
Mr.. Cooke: Then you think that no
money was sent 10 that sectlon2
Mr.. Moore: Yes. sir. and. as "a matter
fact I don't know that any demaaf
was made on the committee.
Mr.. Nicol: II the conference with Nr
Withrow had been satisfactory. would
you have tried 90 raise the money
Mr.. Moore. If / could have gone t0 some
men l knew We're Mr.. Martins friends
and said, You are mistaken about Nr
Withrow: he Is not pledged 0r uHflrorI-
bic 10 Mr.. Martin" but under the cr-
cumstances / made no effort
Mr.. Nicol: Whatever you dil. you di
as a friend OF Mr.. Martins. and n1t no
his suggestion?
Mr.. Moore: l did IL as n friend N fhe
Democratic party. because. while Nr
Withrow was %sanguine and confident NJ
election, did not know that De was going
10 be elected, and Mr.. Delaney and mf-
self would have done all We could t0 ee't
him If We had known he was sworn 10
against ms. When we asked Nr.
Withrow whether he could consider hr
"hAA NAh AAAfAlN-f MfiA NNlM MiNN Do N'
we could raise some money. we thought
aid him. he said that he knew o. was
intention OF MIR. Martin and DIS
to defeat him. We remarked that
Z Il had been the purpose OF Mr. Martin
10 defeat him. he would have made 10
light before the nominating convention,
and we could have defeated him. because.
While there are three counties Boo the is-
riot, 10 control Allegheny county would
)e 10 control the nomination. and u Ne
had wanted 10 defeat Mr.. Wlthr0w we
Gould have done 10.
Mr.. Nicol: Are you a lawyer by pro-
f%essiOn, Mr.. Moore?
Mr.. Moore: Yes. sir: and by practice
~baughter) / desire 10 say that 7 arb
'atlsled that II was never the intenr1
n Mr.. WithrOw 20 mlscOnstrIe my worf
" do me any harm In the Statement
/ am satisfied that he Is pcrfefy
onscientious IN every statement p
makes. our relations to-day are Just -
as they ever were.
Mr.. Delaney.
Mr.. John r.. Delaney then took ne
tand.
SIR. Nlcol: DO you know the subject o.
inyestigationl
MIR. Delaney. Yes. sir.
Mr.. Nicol: WIN You please state al
'ou know in regard 10 this patter?
Mr.. Delaney: What / know is almost
.ntirely in confederation Of what hr.
has just said. Al October court IN
ar county. which was a month ana
ONE days before the election. and not q
seek or ten days. as MIR. Wlthrow stated
lr. Moore came 10 me and said. John.
Is the campaign progressing
aid: Nothing Is being d0n al all We
ant get a cent, and unless we can 81,
money ! am afraid that we VII
)se the county" My impression was ina
Relnhardt had applied 20 me
Committee for financial all u %
OF know positively that he I'D. but my