New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28

you have read II would like TO ask you
some questions about il.
Q.-Have you anything In that tes-
timony to correct or amend2 A Sim
! ply this: | can't say that Mr.. Barnes
had been chosen chairman at that time.
But every one recognized that he had
come back into dominance Into the Re-
publican party.
Q.-That answers my question. Have
you anything TO correct or to change
In your testimony with regard TO the
occurrences Mt the Lincoln dinner as
you have testified TO them on pages
425, 426 and 427? A.-No, excepting
as | have indicated IT,
Q.-With reference to the question,
and he was chairman when you saw
him Ale was chairman when
| saw him.
Q-You can please state what passed
between you. Now ! ask you II you
have anything to change. correct or
modify in respect to the remainder Of
the testimony? Al am not sure
about the official position as leader OF
been, | may have said; not that you
are In an official position as leader"
but that you are the leader Of the Re-
publican party"
Q.-With that exception, have you
anything further to modify or change?
A.-Nothing.
MistOOk Lincoln for Weed Letter.
Q.-Now you testified 81 honestly
hoped he would succeed in his leader
ship. That II he would act toward the
Republican party Of our day In the
spirit shown by Thurlow Weed In that
Ahrabap Ttncalp apd tho
Abraham Lincoln Republican, | believe
that We could all support him." Now,
what letter did you refer to? A.-The
letter which have been shown, which
| think had from Mr.. Barnes himself,
but of that am not sure. But know
II had shown Mr.. Barnes and had had
possession Of II, and had been reading
II to several people.
Q.-Had you had possession Of II be-
fore II was shown to MIR. BarnesI A.
That do not know.
O.-Had you had possession Of It be-
fore Mr.. Barnes handed II to you? A.
cannot say whether Mr.. Barnes hand
ed IL TO me or whether | was given II
by some one as having been In the pos
session Of Mr.. Barnes.
Q.-Is IL not a fact that Mr.. Barnes
handed that letter to a gentleman who
was sitting near you and that you
reached over and said 81 would like to
see that" and took the letter. Alt
the dinner?
O.-Yes. Al think | had seen q
copy of il before, because think had
been showing the copy around think
| had shown a copy of that letter to the
editors of the Outlook.
Q.-And that was the letter from
Thurlow Weed TO Abraham Lincoln
A.-To Abraham Lincoln.
Q.-Can you tell from whom you got
the letter from Weed to Lincoln! A
cannot.
| Q-Have you go. copy Of the letter
! from Weed to Lincoln? Al have not.
/ Q-I now show you Photographic
copy - Add | say from Mr.. Weed
to Mr.. Lincoln?
Q.-Yes, all through. Alt may
have been letter from Mr.. Lincoln TO
Mr.. Weed referring to Mr.. Weeds let
ter.
Q.-Then you correct your testimony
in respect to that? Al will correct
my testimony and say that the letter
may have been from Abraham Lincoln
to Thurlow Weed, and not from Thur
low Weed to Abraham Lincoln. | no
tice now Il was from Abraham Lincoln
TO Thurlow Weed.
Q-Would you look and see whether
this is q Photographic copy Of letter
from Abraham Lincoln TO Thurlow
Weed and not letter from Thurlow
Weed 10 Abraham Lincoln? A
think this is the letter | had In view,
! think that Is the letter from Abra
ham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed about
Weeds letter to Abraham Lincoln.
Q.-And that is the letter which
elected your expression? Al think
that is the letter which elected my ex-
preston.
Hoped Barnes Would Be Weed.
Q@"That you hoped that Mr.. Barnes
would be Thurlow Weed and not G
Thomas c. Platt?" A.-And not 6
Thomas C. Plat.
/ Q.-And you made that expression
notwithstanding your relations with
! Mr.. Platt and the correspondence be
tween you and Mr.. Plat, which has
been brought out in this trial? A.
| Notwithstanding that.
Q.-I will read you this letter.:
Executive Mansion.
Washington. March Is. 1868.
Thurlow Weed. Esq.
Ny Dear Sir: Every one writes q
complaint. thank YOU for yours. on my
letter Of notification speech
Colonel. intcrrupting): THAT is, my
little notification speech p
Con my little notification speech
and on the recent inaugural address.
expect letter 10 wear Al eI
pect the latter"
Q.-Msybe you can help me reat
that? Al can.
Or expect the latter 70 wear ss
well as. perhaps better than, anything
ever produced, but believe IL Is moi
imme diately popular. Men are not fat
! difference of purpose between the Al
mighty and them. To deny II, how
ever, in this case is to deny that there
Is a God during the world. This is the
truth which | thought needed 20 bt
told, and as whatever Of humiliation
there is in it falls more directly or
myself I thought others might AFFORD
for me to tell II. Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN"
Odd you not the next day give
out a copy Of that to the newspapers
Al do not know; | dare say so.
Q.-Have you any recollection
whether you gave Il to the newspaper:
and said that you have been asked e
incorporate il in your speech, but have
received it too late, and now, neverthe.
less, gave it TO the newspapers? A..
cannot tell the circum stances under
which ! said il but if that was so, il
said it must have received il be
fore the dinner.
Q.-When you said you hoped Mr.
Barnes would be Thurlow Weed in
stead Of a Thomas c. Plat what was
his reply? An effect that ne would
have TO handle things his own way
| could not give you the words.
Q.-Were not the words this: Thai
he was afraid he would have to be
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