Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1879 — Page 7

BUYING VOTES FOR TILDEN.

Below are given a few gems from the Democratic Cipher Telegrams oaptured and translated l>y Tub Tribune. IN FLORIDA. l ° 3 -' Talla., 2. Colonel Pklton, No. 15 Grammy Park, N. Y.: Certificate required to Moses decision have London hour for Bolivia of just and Edinburgh at Moselle hand a any over glasgow franoe rac'd. russia of (Use Key 7?) [93. Translation.] Taixa., Dec. 2. Colonel Pelton, 15 Gramercy Park: .. Have just received a proposition to hand over at auy hour required Tilden decision of Board and certificate of Governor for $200,000. Marble. tt:- •—zi; [96.1 £ „ Nf.w-York, Dec. 3. • Manton Marble, Tallahassee, Fla.: . . Warsaw here. Bolivia Brazil. (No sig.) [9O. Translation.) New-York, Deo. 3. Manton Marble, Tallahassee, Fla.: ' * . . - - Dispatch here. Proposition too high.(T) (No, Gramercy Park had reasons not known to Mr. Marble for considering his “ Bolivia decidedly “ Brazil.” For on the preceding day the following had come from Mr. Woolley: Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. Ist, ’76. Henry Havemkyeh, 15 West 17 th-st., N. Y.: Sixteen fetch may make thirteen, forty of half of a twelve eleven ten. Can you say two in nine immediately if twenty. „ * ox * [BS. Translation.] Tallahabseb, Dec. 1. H. Havemeyer, 15 West 17 thrst., N. Y.: Board fetch may make necessary expense of halt of a hundred thousand dollars. Can yon say will deposit in bank immediately if agreed! Whatever significance may be given to the word “fetch.” which Mr. Havemeyer failed on a former occasion to understand, there can be very little doubt as to the meaning of the proposal. And the reply of Gramercy Park was: [B7.] 2:25 p. m. New-York, 1 Dec. C. W. Woolley, Talla., Fla.: Twenty one nineteen two ten twenty cannot however seven before twenty four thirty seven nineteen reply forty six. . .. u[B7. Translation.] New-York, Dec. 1. C. W. Woolley, Tallahassee. F'la.: Telegram received. Will deposit dollars agreed; (you) cannot, however, draw before vote member received. Reply promptly. 1100.] - Talla., Fla., 3. Colonel Pelton, 15 Gramercy Park, N. Y.: Preventing Moses best Bolivia pr from Glasgow vote London documents uuitedEochester state half giving lone word dropped] concurrence electors his oast beuig court either of in received of action for Havana. INo sig-1 (Use Key No. 10.) • 1100. Translation.] Tallahassee, Dec. 4. < Colonel W. T. Pklton, No. 15 Gramercy Park: Proposition received either giving vote of lone ?] Republican of Board, or his concurrence m Court action preventing elector’s vote from being cast*' for hail hundred best United States documents. (For $50,000 in U. 8. notes.) Marble. - - [lO5 J Talla., Fla., 4. Henry Havemeyer, 15 West 17ih-sl., N. ¥.: Half twelve mav less thirty eleven winning ten additional seven for give lieutenant aixteeu Russia. Fox. [Translation.] Tallahasse, Dee. 4. Henry Havemeyer, 15 West 17ih-sl., N, Y. May Winning [i. e., Woolley] give hundred thousand dollars less half for Tilden additional Board member? Lieutenant. Woolley. There is uot much room to doubt what either of these propositions means. “ Hundred thousand dollnrs less half,” means exactly the same as “ ball hundred best United States documents.” New-York, Dcc v 4, ’6. Manton Marble : . Lima should important in once be concert council and better if trust you thero very no Warsaw can Fox done time him divided act only Bolivia with and consult here. [Nosig.] (Use Key No. 9.) [lO9 Translation.] • i - * Dec. 4. Manton Marble, Tallahassee, Fla. Telegram here. Proposition accepted if done only once. Better consult with Woolley and act in concert. You can trust him. Time very important and there should be no divided counsels. [No sig.] Here, then, was the authority so anxiously awaited. Here was t]io authority implied, but not received in the dispatch to Woolley. “ If done only once,” because Woolley and Marble had sent the same proposition, and Gramercy Park did not want to pay twice for the same vote / Sent, hours ago, in that unintelligible dispatch which Marble had tortured all his keys in trying to read, because four words had dopped out of it in transmission, viz.: then very no Warsaw ]telegram”]. Here was the order to buy one Presidency of these United States for “ half hundred best United States documents.” And the desired vote ? The conspirators rushed out— and it was too late. The following dispatches tell the !tW ‘ [loo.] Talla., Flam 4. Henry Havemeyer. No. 15 West llth-sh, N. ¥.: Saturday William if power joined forty further twenty have Charles necessary bo Jane you late ton sixteen will with aud six twenty 100 to agaiust Secured five from advise appoar. Fox. (Use Key No. 10.) - , , , [ lOC. 1 ranslation. 1 Dec. 4. H. Havemeyer. New-York : Power seemed too late. Twenty-flvo ten appear to have joined with board against contract from Saturday. Will be prompt and ail vise you further if necessary. Jane Charles William. Woolley. [lll.| j Talla., Dec. 5,’76. Colonel Pklton, 15 Gramercy Park, N. Y.h Proposition failed. Finished yesterday afternoon responsibility (as) “Moses.” Last night Woolley found me aud said be had nothing, which I knew already. Tell Tilden to saddle Blackstone. Marble. One secret yet remains: Had the conspirators reason for their hope ? They can tell, if anybody w*!l now believe them. Mr. Woolley’s dispatch, nearly unintelligible, seems to imply a belief on their part that Attorney-General Cooke, wtio voted with the Republican members of the Board, to throw out Dctiiocratie fraudulent returns from Key West, has been influenced by “ dollars.” The on© thing certain is that the “ dollars ” were ready to make Samuel J. Tilden President, but the vote wus not. Perhaps they came too late. But if, in the secret purpose of any trusted and sworn member of that Board of three, upon whose uctiou depended the • fate of forty millions of people, there lurked a thought of troaohery and crime, the God of Nations saved this laud from ruin and dishonor, lor His lightnings refused, until it was too late, to bear intelligibly the shameful order to consummate the

crime, and held their secret until the danger had passed. He who gave to llapoor black in the dim FiVerglades of Florida the power to defend his rights by his vote; Ho who suffered Democratic fiends to hunt down black Republicans in Georgia and South Carolina until the very name of Democrat had become a terror to the colored men of adjoining States; He who inspired the newly oniranchised citizen to stand like a rock for justice, for equal rights and the honor of the Natiou, when proud white oitizens .by the thousands wavered, voted blindly, or sold themselves; He also turned to foolishness all the schemes of Gramercy Park, and all the money of Wall-st. The secret cipher rnoant nothing when four words were gone. It came at last in full; the buyer stood ready and the money was thore, but the vote was not delivered, and the Natiou escaped disgrace.

IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

The following gems are from the mass of telegrams which passed between No. 15 Gramercy Park and Mr. Tl]den’s agents in South Carolina: „ JCOLUMBIA, Nov. 16. Henry Havemeyer, No. 15 West 17 th-st, N. Y. Now bring safe river thing stuff river Warsaw man would as all Copenhagen to have on Warsaw for Schuylkill though Rochester Schuylkill receiving nver the looks at Danube work reooived now Condon regular make him audit the certificates with I March depend of on other in Baltimore will would but officers not meet think at could party morning that stakes to-night Thames have, and which but they agreed Moselle majority is set report I exact a consulting of will and assented the London is are with and status Warsawed aqswer Warsaw to spare me go definite you no Africa but to to-night and soon can France late to-day see will and me to Portugal its for Chicago withdraw. s. (Use Key IX four times.) [Translation.] Telegram received. Looks now as though the tiling would work at 75,000 dollars, for all seven votes. Have safe man to bring stuff on receiving telegram, in morning. Think now I will meet him with party at Baltimore. Could not make it depend on March, but would on regular certificates of Board and other officers. The exact status is that two of Board have agreed and are consulting with the third, which is a majority and will report tonight- They set stakes and I assented but can withdraw. Portugal telegraphed mo to-day to spare no cost. It’s late for me to go to Florida but will see and telegraph you to-night. Answer me soon and definitely. After a good deal of telegraphing came the following announcement of success: Columbia. Nov. 18. Henry Havemeyer. 15 West 17th-st, X. Y.: Have Rhine river as is of follows Edinburgh river Mississippi been of Rhine Copenhagen river Rhine Syracuse parcel to secured. Danube Potomac river sent to Chicago London Ldinburgh he river of Danube Rochester (riven notes he of to America up Danubeßdinbur|gh us he npon and land and Petersburg; Rhine all Lima parties of Amsterdam to of or Udinburnh Glasgow Rhine Russia’s secure shall to-night packs every unless the try should friends Warsaw you to countermanding; thing; being; receive without the me from by and Thames to sent inscription be (given the for intimidation K and Clod’s fear it ofßavarla friends and their I on don an<l sake plan Copenhagen in of watching; curelul let and Africa Petersburg; here three are of can whether night and Prance it have done Warsaw or be to Copenhagen decided .Sunday will go ready this safe Haltimore reach he once in you do at Africa if W. [Translation.] Majority of Hoard have been secured ! Post is (*O,OOO. to be sent, as follows: One parcel- of 05,000 dollars, one of 10,000, and one of 5,000; all to he five hundred or one thousand bills; notes to he deposited as parties accept, and (given up npon vote of land of Hampton [l, e- state of South Carolina,] being- given to Tildeu’s friends. The three pucks should he sent without inscription, and to-night, unless yon receive telegram from me countermanding. Shall try to secure everything by the plan of deposit. The IVlends of Chamberlain and Bavaria [?] are here in force, and I tear their money and careful watching and intimidation of Hoard. For Clod’s sake, letit go if yon con. Be safe in Florida or Africa [?1. Do this at once and have cash ready to reach Haltimore Sunday night. Telegraph decidedly whether it will be done. W. The South Carolina sohemo at last fell to the ground because the one part necessary to give validity to all the rest was not obtained. The four votes necessary In the State Senate could not be bought; the eventful day came; the Republican Senate stood firm, and the votes of the seven electors were duly cast on the 6th of December for Hayes aud Wheeler.

IN OREGON. The plot of the Democratic managers in Oregon ■was to create a Tildcn Electoral College aftor the election, by causing Governor Grover to issue a certiiioate to one Democrat (Cronin) who had not boen elected, in the place of one of the Republican electors, who was said to be ineligible. Cronin was then to develop himself into a full Electoral College by “ filling vacancies ” m hisown body, and was to cast the single vote which Mr. Tildeu needed in order to become President. But for the success of this plan ''it was necessary that one of the two Republican electors who held regular certificates should be bribed to recognize and act with Cronin. To secure this, one J. N. II Patrick was sent to Oregon. He corresponded with Colonel Pelton by means of a “ Dictionary Cipher.” The book used was a little “ Household English Dictionary.” published by T. Nelson & Sons, London, and the ciphor was translated by turning back four pages. Here are a few of the Oregon ciphor telegrams, with their translations: , Portland, Nov. 28. To W. T. Pelton, \ow-Tork: By vizier association innocuous to negligence ounniug minutely previously readmit doltish to purchase afar act with cunuing afar sacristy unWeighed afar pointer tigress cuttle superannuated syllabus dilatormess misapprehension contraband Eouutze bisculous top usher epiniferous. Answer. J. N. H. Patrick. I fully indorse this. J ames K. Kelly. "t Translation.! Certificate will be issued to one Democrat. Must purchase Itcpublican doctor to rteoynize and act with Democrat and seoi«&rvote and prevent trouble. Deposition thousand doll art'; my credit Kountze Brothers, 12 Wall-st. Answer, .d J. N. H. Patrick. I fully indorse this. James K. Kelly. Peltou answered Mr. Patrick’s dispatches at once. As for the bribe, be did not wish to pay in advance; but otherwise tho proposal met with his entile approval:

[o.] N. Y., Nov. 29. 2b J. N. H. Patrick, Portland: Moral hasty sideral vizier gobble cramp by bemistio welcome licentiate musketeer compassion neglectful recoverable hothouse live innovator brackish association dine afar idolater session hemistio mitre. [Translation. | No. How soon will Governor dicide certificate? If you make obligation contingent on result in March it can be done, and incrcmable slightly if neotssary. Patrick, in the meantime, sent the following answer to Colonel Pelton’s inquiry, and reiterated his demand for cash in advance: [B.l _ _ „ „ Portland, Nov. 30. 2b W.T. Pelton, No. 15 Gramercy Park, Gabble achromatic reject wagglo refrangible vizier innocuous by tit swing a sacerdotal readmit sympathize hemistic by innocuous taster hepatical cunning cacique afar extancy uninvited thus crimps action of gabble negligence doltisb minutely association o’er taster purchase cunning taster sacrist license graduation drive sympathy disunite neif readmit operatic march jaundiced excitable sympathy syllabus vizier subservient eyeservice syllabus nor readmft doltish minutely proposal medicine brazen licentiate excitable compassion retaliation ridicule. Kelly and Bellinger vizier act cipher snscitate minutely act prayerbook. [Translation.] Governor all right without reward. Will issno certificate Tuesday. This a secret. Republicans tnreateu, if certificate issued, to ignore Democratic claim and fill vacancy, thus defeat action of Governor. One elector must be paid to recognize Democrat to secure metjoiity. Have employed three [lawyers] -Editor only Republican paper as one lawyer; fee $3,000. Will take $5,000 for Republican elector. Must raise money; can’t make fee contingent. Sail Saturday. Kelly and Bellinger will act. Cipher them. Must act promptly. Governor Grover promptly confirmed the statement of Mr. Patrick by his notorious cipher dispatch to Mr. Tilden: _ _ T I’ortland, Or., Dec. 1. 2o Samuel J. Tilden. 15 Gramercy Park, New-York: Heed scantiness cramp emerge peroration hothouse survivor browze of pia mater doltish hothouse exactness of survivor highest cunning doltish afar galvanic survivor by accordingly negleotful merciless of senator mcongruent coalesce. Gabble. [Translation.] I shall decide every point in the case of post office elector in favor of the highest Democratic elector, and grant the certificate accordingly on morning of 6th instant. Confidential. Governor. But still Pelton held the purse half-shut, because Governor Tilden—as Mr. Marble truly remarks—- “ would not raffle for the Presidency,” though he was willing to pay a reasonable price, “incremable slightly,” if the obligation could be made contingent on the result in March : Then there was a good deal more cipher telegraphing about the much needed SB,OOO. We make a few selections. San Francisco, Dec. 5. Received Salem, 6th. 10 a. m. To Messrs. Ladd & Bute: The funds from New-York will be deposited yonr credit here to-morrow when bank opens. I know it Act accordingly. \V r . C. Griswold. This message did not reach Salem till the morning of the meeting of an electoral college, when it was probably too late. On the morning of the 6th, the deposit seems to have been at last arranged: 128.] New-York, Dec. 6. Received Salem 6th, 2:40 p. m. To Ladd & Bush : Unable to find Charles Dimon at his office. We hold certified check payable to your order, for SB,OOO on Bank of North America subject to your instructions. Martin & Runyou, 40 Wall-st. |29.] 2b Lapp & Bush, Salem : Martin & Runyon have deposited medicine dollars for your account Charles Dimon.

J3o.] San Francisco, Dec. 6. To Ladd & Bush, Salem : Deposited $7,380 to your hank. 6. This amount was the equivalent in gold of the SB,OOO currency. It was supposed that everything was now fixed, so that the “ programme” could “ be carried out,” and the “ coparceners ” telegraphed to Mr. Kelly, as wo may well imagine, in some excitement. The first diswteh is doubtless from Mr. Patrick: [42.] San Francisco, Dec. 6. To J. K. Kelly, Salem: Survivor doctrinal cattlod merciless justification mortal sulphury pointer vomitive unhorse welkin demilt. [Translation.] The eight deposited morning. Let no technicality prevent winning. Use your discretion, And we risk little in assuming that the following unsigned cipher is from tho estimable Colonel Pelton, who rose betimes that with the sun he might bis course of dnty run : , New-York, Dec. 6—8:35 a. m. To James K. KELIy: Inmost welkiti lorimer buzzard swain minutely association moral mathematics achromatic carpeted neglectful welcome peerage moral rackreut neglectful alb exaggeration rationale flatulent sympathy simpleton sounetteer aggregate profound. [Translation.] ' Is your matter certaint There must be no mistake. All depends on you. Place no reliance on any favorable report from three Southern States. Answer quick. It is not our part to tell again at present the melancholy end of all these completing*. How the scheme fell through at the very last moment, all in consequenco of tho money not being in hand until it was too lata, has been written before. Colonel PelJon disappears from the correspondence with the following lachrymose dispatch: [32.] > New-York. Dec. 8. To J. K. Kelly, Salem: Summons decisive taster redoubted survivor taster ostiary sursohd joy innovator aggregate. (Forwarded from Salem. [Translation.] Telegraph Dimon to return tho —— to party that left it. Auswer.

Every candidate on the Democratic ticket in Kentucky is an ex-Coufederate. and a Bourbou editor in Louisville heads a report of the convention with those exultant words: “‘Onto Richmond’— that seemed to be the motto of the convention—a solid plialaux of ex-Confedcrates “Dominated to fill State offices.” Sketches are given by the same editor of tlie different candidates, and of one of them he says: ‘IOn one occasion when ho was accused of being an ex-F<»dcral soldier, lie immediately deInounced the rumor as malicious and false.” That “Okblona idiot” seems to have plenty ol sympathetic brethren in all parts of the South.

MY CHILD'S QUESTION. From TK* Xerw-Tork THbms. " Papa: what made yon go to war ?” Said Jennie, climbing from a chair Upon my lap; “ what aid yon for ?” And then she hugged me liko a bear. “’Cause if you hadn’t gone you see You’d have two legs to canter mo.” " Why, ohild, I went because "—and than 1 stopped to think. Of course I Imm f I’d often told her brother Ben When the reoital thrilled me throng*. And still she urged, “ What did yonioH Papa, what made yon go to wart” I looked abroad. The blacks were fraa But voiceless, voteless, filled with M Slaves of their masters seemed to bo As much as twenty years ago. She said, “And what did Unole Dorr Get killed in front of Richmond for I* A rifle-club went wheeling by; I saw the murdered Chisolm’s ghost; I heard the Hamburg martyrs’ cry— The rebel yell—the vaunting boast; I saw the wounds of patriot dead: “ What mado you go r my Jennie said. •* Mv dear,” I said—but nothing more, For, glancing through the Senate waßfc The rebel generals had the floor. And ruled the Nation’s council halls! “ Papa.” she urged, " why did yon go ?” “ My child,” I said, “ I do not Know.”

HE WOULDN'T CONDONE.

He sat in a horse-car and howled for four bloc kg that he had been robbed of his watch. He was an old person and seemed to he Very much exercised about it; at one time he Btepped ont on the platform bareheaded and held up hie right hand and swore he wouldn’t condone it. Several yonnger persons who got on the car with him assisted in’ making a great row abont the robbery; one of them talked splearnedly abont it that the passengers couldn’t: quite make out whether he was expatiating on the outrage or describing the old gentleman as an escaped gyasoutus ; they all agreed, however, that it was what they called a “dam“shame,” and that it never should be condoned. Then a policeman came in, and the old person charged an Ohio gentleman in the car with the theft. The young fellows who bad been fumbling round tfie stranger supported the eharge, and they all went off to the station-honse together. “ Who are these parties ? and what’s all this row “ about ?” said the magistrate. “ Well, this ’ere old ’an,” said the offioer, “is “‘Sammy the Reformer’; he used to be in with “ Tweed, Sweeny and that gang. Yon may remem- ‘‘ her, some ten years ago, we came near polling )• him in with Tweed in the Seymour-Hoffioum job, ' hut he got off on an alibi; said he was only a “ dummy in it. He’s been on Hie Reform lay for a “ year or two, and claims to be connected with the “Societyfor the Suppression of Vice,though the “ company he keeps don’t look much like it.” “ Who are the rest of these fellows?” “Well, they are ail Tweed’s old pals. This ’ere “ high-shouldered fellow with loose chin always “ used to testify to Tweed’s good character when “ the old man got in trouble. The black-whiskered ' “ fellow lives up the river. He used to help the old “man in the Albany business. The other fellow is “ a kind of a nevy or something to the old party “There.” “ And the other?” “ Oh. he’s a stranger. Never saw him before. Ha “ says he’s an Ohio man. He’s the man those fal- “ lows charge with stealing Sammy’s watch.” Then Sammy said: “ I don’t care anything abont “ the watch, but 1 do want to have stealing stopped “ and thieves shown np. Don’t ask me to condone “ it, for 1 won’t do it.” Upon examination the watch whioh Sammy cl aimed to have lost was found to have the Ohio man's name on it; and so many passengers testified to seeing the young fellows crowding the Ohio man mid trying to pick his pockets, that two of than confessed it, but said they thought it was Sammy’s watch, and they wanted to get it and restore it to him. And the higb-sbonlaered man, who it apKid was making signs to the other felloWs, said ought it was Sammy’s watch, too; bat he bad no idea of getting it back in that way. He only made signs to the nevy where the waten was, and how carelessly the Ohio man was carrying it, as a sort of danger signal. Nevy said he understood the signal to mean ,r go for it.” and he went. “ Then it seems,’* said the magistrate, “that this “ was only an ‘ inchoate offence ’ attempted by “ these noisy witnesses in the interest of the person “ who claims to have been robbed. Was this done “ with your connivance, Samuel?” ::: “Not at all, I assure you, Judge. Never dreamed of “ it; never saw any signs pass between these “ young men; and when I did see them disapproved “of them. I had no idea my nevy would do any sneh “ thing, for I’ve told him I did not like it, and when “ he was caught once or twice before. 1 have shown “ considerable impatience. He did very wrong. His “ only exenso was that he thought the gentleman “ hail my watch, which is the fact.” “ Well, then, as this gentleman very plainly haa “ his own watch, and the attempt to steal it by “Sammy’s pals—or, as the high-shonlderedcalls “ them, * coparceners’—was only an inohoateoffence, “ we’ll dismiss the case.” “ Couldn’t you find, Judge.” said Sammy, softly, “that as tlie boys failed to steal thewatoh, the “ Ohio man must have stolen it ? That seems to be a “ reasonable theory.” “ We never do business here in that way.” ** What! Never ?” “ Well, hardly ever.” “ Then,” said Sammy, “ I desire on this interest- “ ing occasion to assert my entire belief, before God “ and my emintry, that he’s got my watch.” And he “stepped down, remarking that be would never “condone it. A Kentucky journalist met him on the steps and whispered to him confidentially as they walked away together: “If you only keep that a-going the “ pulilic ’ll have to give you a watch to get rid of “you.” _

j* Indiana Democrats say it is folly for Thnrman to hope for either place on the ticket in 1880, because Ohio is hopelessly Republican. This is a fact, but it is a curious time for Democrats to ho mentiouiug it, for if tho party loses Ohio this Fall it is pretty sure*o lose everything next year. ... -Senator Butler thinks his Southern associate* ought to have allowed the Northern Democrats to conditct this electiou law tight all by themselves, for it was their fight. He is right about its being a Northern light. It is nothing more nor less tbau a squabble for a stuffed ballot-box m New-Vork City, that reform might have lull course and ho glorified. The country is perceptibly agitated with a sort of epidemic of disgust with the Democratic party* Even Democrats suffer from it.