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Norfolk
SUPPLEMENT TO
tiii NEWS
Neb
Q Whnt was thnt convocation you
had with tho secretary of state after
It was all over wltn
A My step ton died then there was
two Jobs of masonry 1 vent to able for
one of them and they pionrrsod It to
me
J Who did
A Wake Edtnlbten and tho whole
outfit
Who weie the whole outfit
A Ma let
J Who was Maiet
A The pilvute bcetotuiy of the gov
crnor
Q How did Maiet come to pionrise
you that place
A They promised to tio Uielr In
fluence to get me the position
Q Did Maiet know unj thing about
what Mm had been doing in the unit 7
A Yes sir
Did he ever say anything to ou
about It
A No In marking the ballots ho
only said to be enieful dont let them
eateh jou
Q When did he snv tint
A While the work was going on
Q How did ou know what be
meant
A 1 saw him In Edinlstens olllee
Q Was be there while the work
was going on
A No sir
Q 111 he ever say anything or did
you hear nnybodv say unj thing while
the work was going on
A I got some pencils to mark up
the ImllotR with from him and he
shnrjiened up a little one
Q What vves the little one made
for
A To put in my fingers so when I
made a cioss it couldnt be distinguish
ed
Q About how long was this pencil
Mnret made for voir
A A little over half nn inch
Q How did you use It
A Between those two fingers
Q That is between the index finger
and tho one next to it
A Yes sir
Q Tho pencil was easily concealed
there
A Yes sir
Q How did you learn how to hoi 1
It
A I made one and when I got in a
hurry I told him to mako one
Q You didnt make the first one
A Yes sir
Q And he made the second one
A Yes sir
MARET WAS ON HAND
Q When Maiet made the sceon I
pencil for ou did you say anything
to him about what you wanted it for
A Yes sir he saw me use it
Q Where
A Where we were working
Q What were you doing
A Woiking for the second count
Q What weie you doing
A Counting the ballots
Q And mniking ballots
A I was
Q And was Mnret in there when
you were mat king the ballots
A Yes sir
STOLE EIGHT THOUSAND VOTES
Q Now have vou any way Mr
Simons by which jou can tell or ap
proximately iell the number of ballots
befoie the governors commission and
befoie tho legislative commission took
hold of them were changed
A 1 should judge about seven or
eight thousand 1 lints
Q And this incieise of votes was
all made fiom tho lemarking ballots
and some substituting ballots
A I judge theie was seven or
eight thousand ballots marked
Q Did you use any of the ballots
that had not been marked at all by
the voters I mean
A Yes Ur
Q What would you do with them
A Mark a cioss on them
Q Then theie weie but two ways
If I understand you that you inci eased
Hie ballots irr favor of the amendment
or three ways rather by marking twi
yesca to overcome one no anil by
using blank ballots and by taking out
ballots that were against tho amend
ment
A No I didnt take any out
Q Then there were only two ways
yotr inereased tho vote in favor of tho
amendment
A Some of tho ballots had two
maths on at the top and ono at the
bottom against tho amendment nnd
we wottld pirt two for it we would
mark the blanks if it had a cross at
tho head for all tho amendments or
against it wo put one at tho top and
ono beow
Q You mean where jou changed
ono for the intendment yotr make a
crobs at tho top and then make an
other down at the bottom nitd by those
two marks you would ineieaso the bal
lots
A Yes sir
SCHEME HATCHED AT HOLCOMIVS
Q Mr Simons didnt jou have u
conversation with Mr Holcomb at ono
time about this matter
A No I never had a conversation
with him tho thing started In his
house
Q At his home
A Yes sir
Q Who was theio
A Maret Dahlman KdnrlMcn and
I forget who else
Q You woro theie
A No I wnsnt thero
Q How did you know thebo men
wcio all there
A 1 was told so by a party that was
there
Q Who vvere you told by
A I dont know whether It wns
Dahlman or Kdniibten hut as I was
Informed by a paity that was theio
they decided to give this charge to Ed
misten and ho was to see to it
Q That is all hoai ay you don t
know anything about It of your own
personal knowledge
A Those- that was there told mo
Q Edmistcn ou bij told you that
A I wouldnt say whether it was
Edniibtcn or Dahlnian
q Would jou bo positive It was
cither one of them
A Yes sir
J Then one or the other of thos
men told jou of the nuoiing at the
homo of the gov enrol
A Yes sir
POUTER PROVIDED CUSTODIAN
Who put tho custodian in charge
of these ballots
A Porter
Was that tho man that let jou
In after the ballots
A Yes sir
Who IKrd that with htm
A Ednilstin
Q Did jou heai Edmlston when he
was doing it
A No sir
- How do jou know
A When be stalled for the list
package of ballots he said 1 will go In
and see Kelsev
J Where lb Kelsey
A Ho Is chief Janitor of the Stale
house
Do you remember talking with
me last winter dm lug the legislature
about this mattei
A Yes sir
What was It jou told me theie
In relation to jour going Into the ox
Gov omens ollhe and telling him about
doing this and he mi hi dont stay and
talk to me here I dont want to hear
it here
GOT HOLCOMR TO HELP
A We wci working on Fremont In
Dodge county We had the Dodge
county ballots on our table and 1 took
the first waid and put on the second
and the second on the third and count
ed them and we had more ballots than
voteis and 1 was afraid of nn investi
gation and I went In and told the lov
er nor to hold the commission back un
til after 1 got back to the ballots for a
few minutes so 1 could bttaigbteu them
out
Q That was during the first count
during jour manipulation of the bal
lots
A BOLD PLOT UINCOVLRLD
KEARNEY Neb Or t IS Spe
clal Why did Mum llojle resign
chairmanship of the deuioetnth con
gressional committee foi the Sixth
dlstilcf That is tho question that
has been ficnueiitly of late propound
ed bv the Uee but no fuslonlst of
the district has tushed Irrto print with
the explanation sought
It will bo roiuoinboitel that when
the populists and demounts met in
two conventions Home weeks bIiho at
Lexington to nominate a candidate
foi tongic s to llil thrfuuiiu in the
Sixth dlstiltt tientid bv the death of
tho late W L Medio list winter la
Omaha the effort n of tho fusion ititi
spliatois to senile a ciuiibiuatlnu nit
on a joint candidate slipped a og As
a lesiilt wo candidates weie placed
in nomination The dctmuiatH pre
sented M O Haiiingtoti of Ninth
Platte and Hie populists put up Wil
liam Neville of the same place At
the time both putties vvuo obduiate
and consldeiable blltoi feeling was
ciigcudciod by the unavailing conten
tion
No sooner was the lesult of the con
ventions heialded bioadcast than the
lender s of the fusion nun bine who
conveniently find lodgement lit both
pintles ami manage to nit as bell
wetheis to the nelghboiij herds of
confiding voteis began to clamor for
the withdrawal of lluiiinglon 1or a
time Hairiiigtou and his ft lends put
on a deteimlned limit piotested that
the deinoeials were entitled to the
nomination and that ho would cer
tainly mako the nice lhls apparont
lv dnuntleas determination of Har
rington to hold to tlic uiiniiiiatlou lc
inained unshaken until tho gatheilug
of the fusion clans latei at Omaha for
the tiiaiigular state onventiou when
it went out with a suddenness akin
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A No sir it was dining tho legis
lative bocond lecount
Q -Did jou toll tho Governor at that
time the diflkrlty you had got rrrto
A Yes sir 1 told him I bad made
mistake that wt had more ballots than
voters and I didnt want an investiga
tion
Q What reply did ho make
A Ho said 1 am boiry jou told me
about thnt 1 nldnt want to know any
thing about this
Q What else did lie say
A That is all I lemembor
J Did he say ho would hold the
commission bU
A He didnt say he would
Q Ho did do it
A Y s sir
Q You had time enough
A Yes sii I fixed the mattei
Q How long did it take jou to fix
the mutter
A It onlv Uok long enonh to tnlo
up tin en packages und put a pint of
them in difiorent envelopes When tho
committee went to work tho legislative
proposition was so they didnt wo anj
thlng anjvvay
Q -1 will ask you whether at any
time vou have stated what you heio
testified to other than your testimony
hero given and tho published account
in tho paper-
A Well 1 have in a private conver
sation
Q To vvli m
A Oh I made it to Hedlund and
William Lcso
Q When did yon tell Hedlund
A I dont know that I told him hu
knew theio vvs work bolin done
Q Was that after It was all done
A Yes sir
Morris V Tyler Yale 1870 presi
dent of tho Southern New England
Telephone company arrd professor of
general jurisprudence In the univers
ity has been elected Measurer of Yalo
Mr place of Mr Krununi whose resig
nation takes effect January 1 next
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to that which marks the extinction of
illi electric light tickled by a biokon
Ireult
Of touise Colonel Ilryan was In
Omaha at that time and fiom his
loom in a hotel was directing the op
erations of the three conventions
through his lieutenants in each much
ns one would marshal the pawrrs up
on the boards In a tlnce coineicd
orre sided garrro of chess
Noon of the day of the conventions
before they had been called to order
baw a rush of Sixth dlbtrict fusion
htatobinen towaid Uijans room
Among them was M C Harrington
and It wub given out that the low
in the Sixth dlbtrict was about to bo
stiaighteiied out Just what oenn
led Irr that loom dining the secici
conclave that followed may nevei be
definitely known to thoso not actually
present but judging troin events
that immediately followed a plan was
agreed on thit contemplated the
electiotr of a populist to cotrgiess
trom the Sixtli district by the aid ot
deception and perjnrj the conspiia
tors being moved to tills sacrifice bj
the consldeiation and under Mantling
among themselves thnt
After 1900 theie will bo no neces
sity of n third party and by our many
sacrifices we will win over nearly
all tho populists to our party
it is not meiely suimised that this
was the moving consideration that
prompted the participants Mr that
meeting It is absolutely known that
Mr Huriington came out of tho meet
ing imbued with that conviction as
it appears in his correspondence sub
sequently had wit li Juan Hoyle the
chairman of his erngiesbional com
mittee Whether Haiilngtoifbiiddeii
ly conceived this Idea or Imbibed it
from Mryarr is not Mated but some
thing new must have been picsented
to him during that meeting by his
doughty leader which piompted hlu
to lelirrciuthh his nomination ns tint
Is tho reason ho assigns to the chair
man of his committee for giving lrp
his fight It must have been liijan
who suggested to him that bin wlth
diavval would wipe out the tlilnl pntj
bv winning the populists ovei to the
dt HUM i at v
It was also itudoitbtedh In piutt
nine of tho plans adopted at tint
meeting that llaiiiiigton at ome
placed hiinsoilr In coiiespoudonce
with Mum llojle hall niiiii of his
foumilttic In oidei to lustlfv bis
wllhiliawil Ills lcttois to Movie uf
foul an Insight Into those plans whit h
can led on nothing less than down
light peiiuiv In one of Until Ik
wiltes to llnvle a suggestion that
must bo of Intense Intoiost to the hon
est follow oi of the populist cause
uatuolv that Wo must in i pi tin
Inevitable I bo futuie of demon niv
In Hie Sixth dletiltt depends lnmlv
upon tho uuiiihci wo tun iluiu fiom
populist lauks llicic will bo but two
pal ties and the li lutein of the iletnti
tiatlt piitv now will be the icingnl7
ed leadois then Submit giaiofullj
oven thourli we have to sliolch a
point to do so
What llaiilugtoii mo ml bv Ibis In
vitation to stiotih a point Is the
ait at which Mum ltojle balked It
meant simplv that llovlo should make
a swoin ccitilliato to the etlei t that
the convention which had noiiilnted
Haiiingtoti had bj icsoltttlou iiuthoi
led the ongtosslonal lomrrrlttee to
till any mantles that might oicui on
tho ticket With the lottoi Haiitngton
sent a coitllUate teadv ptepaied oven
nnibodjlng therein what purported to
be the resolution adopted foi the lllliiig
of vacancies The reason Mr lloyio
balked was that n silt li icsolutlott was
evei passed by that onventiou and
ho was not leady to peijuio himr elf
oven foi Miyans sake That was the
rock upon which the ink of fusion
onspliacy split for some time until a
s
mv liilrnllous to wlthdiaw fiom the
liie foi idilgKsii llicic Is no otbel
solution of the matin It is the oulv
logbal thing to do It will not hint
the domoctatlc paitv of this dlstilil
on the onliary It will slioiigthon us
foi all time to ome Aftei llttltl there
will be no neu nil foi a tlilnl pntU
and b oiii rnaiiv tan lilies we will
win ovei iieai Iv all bo populists to oiii
paitv I will piepno a oiinniiin allon
to the lougiossloiial Otiiuilttcc of the
Sixth dlstibl toilav making foimal
w Ithdiawal and pond a opv of same lo
vou I ho aiiitii v ought to In lllh d
at onto by tin ball man and imiclurv
bv plating the name of William No
lllo at tbo hi ad of the ileniot uitli
Hi ki I Tbo balinuni of ovoiv oiintv
contial oiuiniltoo In the Sixth illslilu
bus written uiglng pioiupl in linn a
above Indicated oxi opting Daw mi
Olllltv It would bo disastrous to wait
illiv loilgel
Please give nie voiii nnswei an soon
ii vou ioioIvo nllliial notice of mv
wllbdiawal Mi Neal nenelinv Is
absint In Vliglula and I am aullioi
led to act foi him and din sign miv
paper neioKsinv lire piocediiio next
will bo lo file vvllh seeielarv of state
a loniiiioul substituting lire name of
William Neville bv vlitue ot autboiltv
vented III the oongl esslouul i oinniltteo
Thin have all agreed lo It exiepllng
Di lluhei or Lexington Youis veij
lospci tfullv
M C HARRINGTON
On Octobei I unothei file simile of
vvlib b Is hot ow lib given and a loitlli
oalo foi mod to sign and swear lo wan
seemed fiom Mi llaitlngloii
WIIA I TIIKY ASKED IIOME TO
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Slate of Nobiaska Sixth Congressional
Dlstiltt ss
We heiobv itltlfv Hurt ill a delegate
i onventiou held on the ISth duv of
August ISii at Lexington Daw sou
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Iloylo finding that bis sciuples bad
made him distasteful to some of his
former associates resigned
Tills is the simple story of facts re
vealed in the correspondence of its
par tic ipants the original lelteis ot
which are tepioduced in the public
statement of Juan Hoyle as follows
JUAN DOYLES ADDRESS
Tho cilme for fusion Mi Hoyle ex
poses the fraudulent scheme to place
the name of Neville on the ballot Cor
respondence that passed petweon Hojln
and Hnriingtoir
To the Denioeiats of tho Sixth Con-
giessioiial District
I dohiio to state to vou my lecent
action as chair man of your committee
I bad the honor to pieside as yout
c hall man at the convention at Lexing
ton Wo nominated Hon M C IItr
lington We made evny etfoit ro have
him atceptcd by the populist conven
tion evetr offered to join them in con
vention with our 1117 delegates while
they had 208 and abide bv t ho icsult
They tinned us down with scorn de
manding that the only thing we could
do was to take Mr Hanlngton off I
was elected chairman of the congres
sional district committee Soon after
the convention Mr Harrington with
drew although jiit J pet v ions to this
he issued a notice that he would make
the iace I leceivlng my notice by tele
graph He afterward wlthdiew Soon
after that 1 received the following let
ter enclosed the appended certlllcat3
for me to mill e nlndavit to which I de
clined to do on the gi minds that tho
convention at Lexington had not au
thotl7od the committee to place any
name on the ticket
HARRINGTON S HIVE AWAY
LETTER
NORTH PLATTE Neb Sept 27
18ft9
JlAN HOYLE ChaMman Kearney
Neb
Dear Sir I trust by this time that
jou are reconciled arrd tatlsflrd with
s7
L
ing In nomination a candidate for
congressman foi the Sixtli congres
sional distiitt which c onventiou was
composed of voteis representing the
lornonatie party a political party
which at the last clistiou polled moi
than I pei cent of Hie entlie vote
cast in this cuiigiossloual illstiict tin
following resolution was adopted
Resolved Ilj the democ latlc pny
of the Sixth Coirgrofhionnl distiict of
Nebraska Mi convention assembled
Hi it the cougicsMoiial lommlttoo con
sisting of tile chaiiiiiuu of the count j
mitral committoci oi the hcvoial
couulicM in this dlstiltt be and thej
lie hcieby oinpoveiod and aulhoiled
to till an j vacant los which may occin
on I lie ticket named by us heio to
div
Wo fuithei ceitifj tliat a vataiitv
has occin i oil by the icslgnatiou and
wit hill aw al ot M C Hairiiigtou as a
candidate lot congress arid we fui
thei ceitifv that tho said coiiiinitli e
was oigiinictl by the election of Mian
llojle of Keainey Iluftalo county
Nob its t hall man ami piosiiliug olll
cci and W II McNeal of North
Platte Lincoln county Nob as sec te
tany and that said committee heiibj
names and nominates William Ne
ville of Ninth Platte Lincoln count v
Ned ns the legular candidate icpie
sentlng the paity above named foi
the ofilco of congressman for the Sixth
Congiessional district of Nebraska
Chairman
Secretary
State of Nebraska lluffalo County ss
I Juan Hojle of Kearney lluffalo
county Nob do solernnlj swear that
I was duly elected chairman of tho
democratic congiessional committee
of the Sixth congressional district of
Nebraska and thit tho nbovo certifi
cate and the statements therein are
true to tho best of my knowledge and
boHrf
Subscribed in my presence and
sworn to before me this clay of
18I0
State of Nebraska Lincoln county ss
I W U McNtal of North Platte
Lincoln inunlv Nob do noleinnly
bvmiii that I wan duly elected secre
tilt v of Hie ileniot iiillo c oilgiessloillil
ilMilcl of NoluiiHka and Dial the
above ccitllhatcft and the statements
thoieln ate true to the bent of my
knowledge ami belief
Stilu ct Ihcd In
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til pieneiice and
me Ibis - day of
MR RHYMES REPLY
KEARNEY Nob Oil 5 IMTI
Dent Sli I had oxpet ted to visit
Ninth Platte and nee vou Ml pel mill I
leielMil join lot let lllld OIK lotiod if
lldavltit vvllh h vou soul foi mo to sign
also lologiani fiom Mi Mi Noal Of
limine I lolibl nut xigti ho iilllilnvlls
an the i ouv i ntloii did mil pass tin v
icstiltitloii iiutlioi llug Ihc i omiiiltti
In plin o miv name on the lb kit in
i into vou should withdraw While I
am gioalh disappointed In youi wild
diawiil I it allo full v thai you hu
oulv voiiihoII lo toiniiilt nn to join
boil IiiIoiokI In thin uiallei
I nclllici lolv upon any piomlvi
thai weie tiiudc fin the inline bv Hu
pnpullstn inn do I bellovu anything
that in iiiinic in lioiioiable can be
ixpuliil fiom thein I have no njiii
pathv whatiMi foi the sotalbsl tleiu
in nits who have fin joiiiii boon trad
lug wllh Huso pitiplo and each join
using the inuiiiient Dial thin would
he the last veal wo would bo cllled
upon In do II
When It i OIII ll to ntieti lllllg Hie
pointing ami making a lab e oath I
must dot lino to do It even when
uiMd b mv f l lends oi b I lib tefoi m
iiiovoiiioiiI so i ailed
I believe I lint i should have boon
intloisod b the populbils but I believe
vou would have won w bethel eudoised
bv Ik iii oi riot
I ntlt ndeit tbo last i invention an a
iloiiional ami I am poiMtlly willing
ir tho doiiioi nits wish another onvon
t Ion tailed lo loiiotiiliialo In join plate
to tall the name II Iho i nmmllteii will
llitlli alii Its di idle on the silbjoi t
I am soirv Mi linn liigton that jou
illtl not mako the line and am also
ten i V to be obliged to dot Hue to do
what you appiionllj wish mo lo do I
do not iindoistinil of corn so bow it Is
In human nature foi jou to nlntoiclj
lit slio this as If vou will take winning
bv what I siy theio Is nothing in the
future tor jou to expect by being a
pnily lo bin trade bid ween a few dein
oi rut h and populists no mattei what
thclt piorosslons iiiuj bo
1 will bo vet glad to Inin fiom you
fin I lict in this mattoi ami If 1 can Mi
iinj wiiv soivo jou will bo glad to do
to Youth voij tiulv JUAN HOYLE
As will bo xeun I olloieil in this leltei
to call logethei a convention where
the ileniot nits would have I he privilege
or deciding who should o mimed on
the th hot I lot chid no loply lo this
bill in attention was tilleil to u iill
made bj All McNeill senetiiy of tin
t oiiililitteo loi lis Monilaj to be In Id
In Nolth Platte I i solved no notice
b mail oi vslie as to thin i ommlltce
nit ting but I went lo Ninth Platte to
look aMel the lllteii Mh of till dniiio
iiits ol tbo dibit lit Mi Mi Noal anil
llljsidl weie the oulj peisoilH pioseilt
Al 5 ot link aftei waiting all Hay foi
some one of the committee to appeal
we issued a notice to Hie tlemonats of
the dlbtiltt ami sent the same to the
Woild lloiiilil and Hoc sajing that tho
demon its senile vote as they pleased
committee vvis not iulioilcl to act
iis none were pn soul At l oclock p
in a Mi MvEvov ippeand car the
si one i ml wanted to tlilm that be was
the t oliilllltli e mil w inn d me to dill
the meeting to ijldei I dec lined to do
so as Hie coiiiiultlic iiiiinbeis thiity
mil be was onlj OIK llilltletll of tho
lllllllliei I biw I wis vi i dlstlistolill
to lil tn hi told him I would icstgn
which I did placing mv loslgiiiition in
the bands ol Mi MiNeil to be handed
Mi whin the eomiiilitio would moot
Mi Evov has pi n id a ee it lib ate on llio
at the stale hou i plu lag the name of
Mi Novllb is oiii candidate This s
eonl n j to law and to the usage of
th tletuni nitii paitj loi one man lo
assume to In i hall man and omrrrltli e
1 he paitv I continued bj the major -It
j I piotesl against it ami It we inn
to have a piitj Mi the Sixth distiict
now is the time to ismmI oiiiscIvch
Hi Mi Evov liinl a few leitein fiom
meiiibeis of the committee advising
Nevilles name In placed on the ticket
tbioiub the omiiiltti e but In almost
owij use they weie mi ii who hail le
eched nominations in the counties on
the so t albd fusion ticket foi coroner
or some other olllee antl wanted Ne
ville M help them through Mr Ne
ville I sic bv a notice in the World
Ed till denies the writing of a letter
showing him as advocating expansion
but sajs his biothei wiote it but I am
midline el lij Mr Minor and Mr Har
rington of North Platte that they
heard Neville Mr a speeeh a short tlnio
hinco dee lino himself in favor of
Mi Mi Evoj sajs a man may
change bib mind ais lb due but ho
may change It again at Washington it
lie should bo elected
Our convention at Lexington was
with few i i options a loprosontntlvo
hotly of link iiblncl denioeiats the ex
ception bilna few couit reporter s and
thoM iot ivlng paji Irom pop judges
and at the state house Let us bo dem
ounts and not lccognle this fraud and
Id the g at lemon it Lincoln and
Omaha undn stand that heieaftei they
iiiu t make us acciunintcd with their
trades befoie we tall oiii convention
and have to Havel hundreds of miles
to fulfill our duty to the paity and
when we do nominate a c lean hon
orable gentleman as oiii candidate not
be m tiered by those out ot our paity
as well as some irr It to take him off
our ticket
Relieving I am acting In harmony
with the wishes of all honest honor
able democrats in the Sixtli distiict I
will make tho contest of this placing
Mr Nevilles name on the domocratio
ticket and hopethnt irr the future wo
will be permitted to act without tho
inter for errco of any other parties out
side our llbtiict In our votes on elec
tion clay let us shuck coin or vote for
Mi Hanlngton although he Is not on
our ticket so ab to show our loyalty
to the democratic paity Mr McNeal
our secretin j Informed trie that there
was no iceoiil vvhatovci of a resolution
having been passed to placo tho nnmo
orr the ticket although he had every
other record of every motion and ie
bolutlon passed Respectfully
JUAN HOYLR
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