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Show the I'on : It 1WCSTIGA-iio.. 1WCSTIGA-iio.. N.-iv Y. rk, 8. Tiiden eai:i be had reci ivtd no t-pecial in 'urmaton ro-yardii; ro-yardii; tie expenses of leal proceed-iL'i proceed-iL'i in tiie disputed sciitNr?rn states; supped ihe ualiunal committee at-U'uj.j at-U'uj.j to these thing?; h.uJ buen to (oiiiB extent a patron of iVlton. He thought tho better wtiy than to investigate in-vestigate the relations with the na-tiuiial na-tiuiial C'immi'.tKe w.-s to 6trp such trantfact'oi 3. Hi- tdouilt ttiit such a course wuiilJ havn b,;e.i butter for F'ond;i. ihiin it-ha w.n d'lnn ibere. Hiv::j.'k (,' j,?c!ed m tbo latter part ol tiiH anwtr, ar.d Hun'on saiJ be thount tuat w Ilh-i ount lo be allowed to answer tuby, Uiscock thoiht eu nlo, b-it witne-is should not j.;0 out ot th;i way toaltick oilier per-oiis. Tilden u-wd that whn a certain parly ae-t up a high (standard of morality, mor-ality, he propria od lo itnal) ze that standard aud s.:e if tlivy lived up lj it tbemselve. Cul. Pellon thrught it excusable to fight fire with fire and adopt tho tactics ( 1 the enemy. Pel-ton's Pel-ton's act was an inchoue otluse; acta on tho other side were .consummated and gave the presidency to a man uol elected. Hed:dnot altempt lo ex cuseCol. Pel ton, the hitler did not act up to hia own standard of morality. Hiscock asked what evideuco hu ba l that any votes or certificates wore bought by tue republicans? Tilden eaid this evidence was beforo be-foro the commit tte in the testimony ol McLiu. liiscock Ujvernor Tilden, are you enfrtiy clt-ur luat McLiu was influenced influ-enced in his action by a hope of reward? re-ward? A. f swear ho by my beat recollection. 1 believe 1 shall be just to every one iu this examination, and shall protect myaidt fully without going into matters connected with my lamily relations. Hisi'ock Had you any information at that time that the returning boards ot Cuulii Carolina and Florida were tor salt? Give the name of the gentleman gen-tleman who told you. A. -I cannot give the nam's of any man. I Btate it in evidence that w;uld convict anyone. any-one. It appeared in the papers. Hiscock We will now go back to the time 1'eltoo visited B-tltimore. I 1 ask you again to give ma any evidenco evi-denco you have .that those boards were being corrupted by the repub-( repub-( licans. 1 limit you up to tbe lime of j the fiual action of these boards. A. I have no evidence up to that time. What I learned was from tne subeo quent invcsUgal ion. Tildeu's attention was directed to dispatch No. 31: "TailaliHSsee, November Novem-ber 22. Cul. Pellon, 15 Gnimmerey Park. Wooley asks me to say, let forces be got together immediately in readiness tor contingencies cither here or Louisinna. Why do you not answer? (Signed) Marble." Tilden I do not understand what the dispatch means. Do not know that any large sum of money waa raised by the democrats in New York alter tho election for political pur poses, except when iho national committee waa iu debt. Hiscock directed attention to telegram tele-gram No. 1-1, from New York, addressed ad-dressed to Smith Weed at Columbia, and Bigued "Denmark," in which occurs the sentence: "Try and malte one portion payable after votes are oast, and another portion after final result, Tilden said Pelton dii uot consult him in the matter and he did not know that Pelton was in communication communica-tion with Weed and others iu the south. Tilden closed by stating, "These telegrams never, with my knowledge, came to my bouse." As Tilden waa leaving, (he chairman, chair-man, Hnntoo, remarked, facetiously, "Well, as the returning boards wero for Bale, perhap3 it is fail to conclude that tho successful party were the purchasers." (Laughter.) Reed, quickly I object to that remark re-mark of tho chairman, and ask its withdrawal. Chairman Is it not a logical conclusion con-clusion from the premises? But without waiting for an answer he withdrew the remark. E. L. Parns then took the stand, but the only point developed was that his telegrams, although addnsscd tr Tilden, were interded for the national commiltee. Tilden may have opened them, but the purpose W3e that they1 should at once ba submitted to t'je commiltee. Gecrge W. Smith, private secretary secre-tary ol Governor Tilden, was the next witness and was questioned concerning concern-ing telegram 39, addressed by Marble to the governor of Oregon, requesting him to refrain frcm issuing a cer tificate lo an elector. Q Do you remember it, or anything any-thing about it? A. I cio not. Q. I suppose this ia ub ut the an-Bwer an-Bwer you intend to y ie to all those other telegrams. A. I have no recollection re-collection of any telegrams al all. (Lugbter.) Q Wns Governor Tilden in Albany Al-bany between November 20:b ond DecemberGih? A. I cannot recol lee1. Q. Now, be sure. A. I have, as I have a lready said, no recollecliou of Any of these telegrams. Q. Do you remember telecrams signed "Marquette?"' A. Yes, I do, they were iu cipher. I was out of town while a number of them were received. They were opened by one of the directors. Q. Did the directors intercept your telegrams? A. My private telegrams were uot opened, but the cipher ones were. HiBCOck That is all; wc are much obliged to you for your information. The committee went into executive session; decided lo examine no more witnesses, and lelt in the evening for Wasbingtcn. I |