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Show THE CIPIIERS. Mayor Cooper nnd Xephew I'vllou belure Hie Comuiiitee -o lirl AUuches to t'ucle Sum iii y. New York, 5. After the conclusion conclu-sion of Wted's testimony this evening, even-ing, Mayor Cooper entered the room aod requested permission to be examined. The evidence of Mr. Weed in connection with the mention men-tion ot Mr. Cooper's name waa read to him. It was in substance a conversation con-versation which Weed had with Pelton in Baltimore, in which Peltou s.iid he expected money, some ?S0,-Q00, ?S0,-Q00, for South Carolina, to be seDt him by Edward Cooper, Mr. Cooper said : I Baw Pelton the evening before he went to Baltimore, Balti-more, in Governor Tiklen'a house, He wna atout going to the train and aaid he was going to Baltimore to meet Weed, and others, and he said he might want to telegraph, and to send him some money. The next day I received n telegram from Pelton, asking me for $60,000 or $SO,000. I waa astonished and went at once to Tilden's hotiBO and he said Pelton must be telegraphed to return at ! ouce. I never was authorized to send Pelton any money nor did I intend to do eo. Tiki en was also eurprised ftt Pelton's dispatch. Here Cooper submitted a statement of the expenditures of the national democratic committee, ol which he was treasurer. The total amount expended ex-pended was $15,340, from tho day of tho election up to tbe prctent. It was made up of incidental and necessary neces-sary expenses incurred. "I cannot i!y whether Tilden knew where Pellen was goiog. tie eeemed angry and impatient when he heard Pelton had gone to Baltimore, and cm hearing of the dispatch said Peltjn ehould h3 ordered home immediately." imme-diately." His impression of Pelton's dispatch v.as the fame as mine that he waa :iegotiatiog to purchase :m electoral vote. I never knew of Tilden Til-den making any attempt to purchase electoral vot;s. I never knew of any proposition to use any money iu Florida. I do not kuow the cipher ustd between Weed and Peltou. I believe Tiidetj, Hewitt, Peltou and otLeis hud to do with sending ceullo men to Florida, South Carolina and Lonisiaua, to lOLik after the returning boa rd . By Mr. Hiscock Do you think Peltun took on himself tbe responsibility responsi-bility of trying to purchase the Florida returning board, or an electoral vote, nrjd although confidential with Mr. Tilden, the eminent domains of corruption cor-ruption were touched, he kept all that becret from Mr. Tilden? A. From what I have Been published I should think so. I cannot account for Pel-ton Pel-ton telegraphing me for so largo a sum ot money. It astonished mo very much, hut I do not think I called the attention of other members mem-bers of the democratic committee to his action. He was not an officer , of the committee, although be took ! a very active active part in its work. I was satisfied tho moment I spoke to filden about Pelton's didpitch.be was not aware ol Pelton's negotiations. That Mr. Weed should be in Baltimore Balti-more wilh Pelton mado a strong im p essioa on my mind. I lbmk I mentioned tue fact to TilJen. I know nothing about the money (or Oregon, wueihsr it was furnished, where it came from, or where it went to. I thrneht Pelton's action in tele graphing me tor eucb a largo amount wa.i preposterous. I had no eiu'h amount of money to &?g away or hnd. I did not tell Tilden of the matter with the ide i that he would raise the niouey, aud even il he concluded con-cluded toraiseit.I would not he a party to sending it to Florida. '1 lu te was no eflort made to sever Tclion's connection wiu the national democratic demo-cratic committee alter his action. By Reed Why was no action taken to remove Pelton after he was caught in this action? The question was objected to by Springer. Cooper replied Well, as he was not an officer oi the naUomii committee, com-mittee, they could lake no action in the matter; and, secondly, as Pelti n could pet no monev esct?ot throuch myself as treasurer or Tilden, it seemed there was no d in'-r of 1 is doing much with u?, anl fo the mnlltr waa dropped. Ti'd-n r i rl n ttlt'iiraph wire into hn hoiw during the election. ITW' ivr. it wa i : tirtly local, and only comtniinica'.i tl with the headquarters in Liberty fircet nod in the ETeretl :u o-- No We-tirn Uuiou dispatch - c ni.e i-vrr ttiiit wire. After some further q u.-tioii-. Cnj,-trV Cnj,-trV examination was ro-tir-lir-.l The committee thin jj urr.tJ until to-morrow. It w:is drcidtd to svihp.en.i Governor C't i;ihr'ai:i. New Yrrk, 6. Colonel IVitcn waa, to-day, be fere the cor;rc$ cmimit tee investigating t:ie ciptier d;s-pi'c'.:e-. tn'Mr. Can yrti remember arvy id t.. i.:iiesw;t:i rou corps ponied, or have you destroyed tne cipher key? Answer I have, and I cannot now remember the names o any persocs with whom I conferred Alt telegrams sent by Weed Wrre b my instructions addressed to Have meyer, who at once sent them to me. Alter this fhey were presented to to commiitpp at tbe Everett bouse. Q Woo opened these di-pulchiv in your absence? A. Tbe Nitioua! demt cratic committee. The chairman called attention to i lirpa'eh c'a'rd T.ilUhas-e, Novembei Ifi, and sinr-d in the translator "Marble." Tiie diepatch stated that the canvasring ho.rd may and w;l L'urge ihe coun'y retu ns, and our 'irsi move wiil be to require of the "oard ot ihrt'e Btate ollieers, onebein n abie democrat, immediate action. Colonel Pelton I might m well (tale here I cannot remember any thine about th-so dispatches There is do question thu the Tnbune d'.s-patcliea d'.s-patcliea et near to the pint yet they ire iu:icciirate I alwaB understood Woo ey and Fox wer ; oce aod th !-am person. Give ma a little more 'a'jtuce, aud I will testily fully. 1'hrt wimfss did not rc-mcmber whiter or not ho used tje word Dtiiinark as his signature M r Sptn t;i r, of the commit tee, said -c Vt-r ill di? patches Iruru Florida, sigt.ed "Max," seut by Coyle, iu rr-fererce to money matter'?, were un-explained un-explained by a memorandum of ex-OHtie ex-OHtie of the democraiic uatioua! committee. submitted by M.iyor CtiOfer. Witness said he hail thti idea that the returning bji;rd proposition-, even il nut eunied out, we.uld result, it assented to, in a delay which would bo favorable to the democratic party. He had made no arrangements arrange-ments for raiding money, but intended eventually lo lay the matter before the democi a tic national committee aud let it decide. In the meanwhile he thought it beet to c immit members mem-bers of the returning b;tard to the propositions in the matter. He acted who:ly on his own responsibility, without consultation with auy one. He held no authority to act for the democratic national committee in the matter. PBEsS COMMENTS. Tue most effective witcess before the Potter sub cDmmittee sitting here is "Doni retuemner." The know-nothing know-nothing is agaiu uppermost to-day. He ean't remembsr whom ha had correspondence with, which led him to send Smith Weed to South Carolina, to try to purchase tbe returning board. Weed, yesterday, also alwya failed in memory just at tbe crucial poiut, but the substantial accuracy ol the Tribune's cipher ex-1 ex-1 posurea is not denied. The only ' question now at issue is whether Tilden prompted or encouraged the corrupt negotiations. Hoviitt and Cooper honestly think be did not, bscausc he repudiated themaBSOOu as they were in communication with him about them. The theory of the other eide, however, iB that Tilden did trust Peltou, and through him Weed and Marble, but repudiated their work only when their imprudence im-prudence brought the matter to bis attention, in the presence of third parlies, Weed asserts that the South Carolina board withheld the decision for two days, wailing to hear whether the cash was to be had lo complete their purchase, and decided tbe state for Hayes as soon us informed that the negotiations had failed. The Tribune squelches this thus: The fact is the board did not hold on to the returns for an hour, but it was enjoined by ihe state supremo court, controlled by democrats, demo-crats, aud was prevented from declaring declar-ing li.e result which the court knew would he for Hayes. Its sudden and Heal :iction aud adjournment on the 22J of November was timed, as every body know, in o:der tu escape the lawle.-s interference of Judce Moses. It is noteworthy that notwithstanding tlie asserted repudiation, on high mural grounds, of the South Carolina boa id purchase and Pelton's indignant indig-nant recall from Baltimore, where he went to complete tbe negotiation, Weed proceeded farther south and utterly disregarded IMden'a asserted rebuke by entering into new cipher correspondence with Pelton about getting get-ting Louisiana ai d Florida, It was subsequent to tho Baltimore jury that the evidence shows Pelton still acting us Tilden's trusted unofficial mau-ager mau-ager ot the c.iunl in the disputed states ai.d that he repealed in South Caro lina on a smaller stale, and iu Oregon and fL-rida; also the etlorts lo SlIIu-ence SlIIu-ence tbe ree-ull by tlie use ot money in the same form as the ciphers show. The scapegoat deteuao is uGt thought to be prospering. Chicago, 0. Tribune1 a Washington: Washing-ton: Ilia understood that the republican republi-can members of the cipher sub-corn miltee iu New York intend to have summoned as a witness Joseph L. Hance, formerly private secretary of Tilien when the latter wa3 governor, aud now iu tho etlice ot tho stale treasurer of New York. Tnia gentleman gentle-man is supposed to have had access to all ol Tilden's private dispatches, and for thai reasan is an important witness if ho will tell what he knows. |