, 1876-05-05
THAT "CONSPIRAcY."

lT}Hl ~o"9FIF1Nt
IIAIsrEAD AND RICHARD B,uTH ON TIE "ooN-
ap1RAcY" STORY.
Several Bcoro OF tho 1nnchlno class Of news
papers, odtod BY oftice-Aoldera, or controlled BY
somo Congressman or clique Of reg politloians,
continue publishing falsohoola Of this pattern {:
A Washington correspondent defenda Senator Nor
.o aalns ho charge ulat 1t he ssho inspired The
c!io i!ailro4d, lls says-ana tho statonant IL
than proablo-tAat It waa lMrt Of tho plot organized
y 5'asR %ed s5a sFa, sh 81 r.. qna Ma5s ,
10 create tho Impression tint 1t wns tho work Nor
ton Of courps tho OBJECT Of this would be to tnosnso
os ssGl taoso t candidates killing on the other. -
Ha.stead, Of tho Cincinnati Commercial, reply
Ing 10 this aud ssyeral other versions Of the
same fnlsohood, says:
To have soyct.1 ttmes sta.ad thst sao ehsrse that
there was "plot" OF the nnturo insnuAtcl above
was rntruo. There mover was my plot or arrange.
meat. The arat that we heard Of the ss4 900 story
wnero Il broks out Ths Il WIS communicated from
indianapolis to Chicago. and thsra dsereklited until
rcprcscutations wesu nude 70 ssed Of TIx TIN.
vroo to Isains to ask what the explanation was. Mr
Medl!!, ~ ii well.informed rolltciana know, waa
such relations With Dalne that 1t would hive ecn m
unfrieadIy vet ii la had heard hn Injurious story
about him and h4d not notiaoa hin ot r 1T. noyn-
fd40lo stury. 1Io IL rEntty carly bird. 1ht frat
hruFi tho story from {dianapots. It carn fs0m
aud AdnitoIs,-from man who " lable to brain
foyer the moment 10 that Morton IL not deatned
10 Eo tho uo1t ptoa!dent Of Tho United StAtea.
THE gentleman nero referred TO brought tho
s04 000bond story to thia city, and related Il 10
mora than ono person to our poaitlyo knoNl-
cdge.-En. Ta1nunE.] 1
sultation with uoyntou In this city. Wo Informed
that hs 1ne* loynsnn md comrared notes With him.
@ uo3aton lon darae i !s yss to tho city. liz @ s.s III Ge
for a faw minutes, aud beard that lhcto McEu eon,s
Troublesome matters about Blaine. tho truth fassy
Of which 1t wal Important 10 ascertsn, and that n-
quIry os Bdus WIZ to ha made nnd bs pfopo80d lhAt
the huaucss way would bo to hanu TITO documonts
Acstou-tho most effective method Of developing Ito
truth. Tho fac!littea thus tenrrl vero net sccepted
snd that Ill tleso u. q an eonsptsss5' we a.
Ilaine oco story broke out u Tho indianapolis S<n
te' thst ons Of The propr:etoEs Of tho Cincinnati!
Article aud shoye Il through the Assocased psoaa Tho
onss , IT ~ ss,.asis xasS H. s.ss hs
.sess. NOT 70 be myssrou. re I'D ths speeiaess!oa
brs!a" TINT Alexander ssuds had been tie agent Of
diffusion OF the indianapolis ts!e by the Assocatad
MISREPRESENTATION that may disturb tl1s harmony Of
the lIepahlican Iatty.
Ths Cincinnati 41nts (hlof.on organ) giros
this absurd version OF the caso;
Tbs polnsa Of The charges nsas spEssd out IN the
previous 70 their publication. They we're frcey talked
over In this uee, and the atory to ns To-
toEe te StI4i,st publication, Aad from what We bs.
He1e unqus4toua6ao authority: wsa ~ follows The
Cincinnati Commercial, TuR CnlcAoo TRIBUNE. Tho
Cincinnati Ga,t4s, md the New fosk 3T,6uns were
tVho pledged them II The fa8caattng 1dca Of making
President Of Mr. Dsistow having taiea posseason Of
ths fancy o{ two Ut them hs Commercial aud Gu&t,.
Nera aouglt for relieving he and tbs othee
Two from that coInmistal. aIr. II. V. Doynton. ths
manus4etuler and manager ot Bsatow, Haa to fur.
ulsh tho material fox Tho a1cusn, and produced
The $4,000 story which had hsst cropped ons ia ls72
The Naw York Tribune carefully hpld Oh On Ito
outer ed9e but blr. MedlU, OF TUE CioAuo TRIBUNE,
wa drawn into Tho game aud met Ms. ualstsal aud
Hichard smith, iu coEsuasion With II. Y. noynton, iu
ths city, Corftsponaencc, Of whose natuse could
snd Vi. Disno; and while ths Astsss explanation wa
a full and coneuilys tben ~ now tha EaAsTsa6l and
.Gass asaiteas Of Jumping 1tu sefpls y s,espt y