WASHINGTON, D. C., _Jan. 15, '77_.
"HON. S. J. TILDEN.
"SIR,--I have in my possession a telegram sent to Z.
Chandler, chrm. Repn. com., by O. C. Babcock, dated Chicago, Dec.
4/76.
"I consider it not only very valuable, but the _key_ to the
editorials and political arguments on the 'electoral count'
which has filled the columns of the _National Republican_, the
administration organ, for the past month.
"Respectfully Yours,
"FRANK CROCKER,
"617 6th St., N. W."