The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-09-18

We call special attention Of our readers
to the speech Of Gov. Hendricks, Of Iudi-
ana, delivered al indianapolis on the 9th
instant, published On the fIst page Of this
issue. Il is . great speech, and must have
q wOndsrhal influence in this campaign,
for il has been widely circulated IN the
West and North.
In a speech at Marion, Indiana, Gov.
Hendricks charged that Gen. Garfield oc-
cupied = double relation 10 the fraud Of
1867, in that he fnt went to Louisiana
and assisted il turning the vote that was
cast for Tildsn and Hendricks ever to
Hayes and Wheeler, and afterwards sat
upon The Electoral ConmissiOs, not to deal
fairly vitA lAs question and weigh the law
saa Asss according 10 M oath Of once,
but TO vote every time 10 sliacA the fraud
be had assisted in psEpstniing. For this
speech be was aAAaeAsd By the IndianapO-
lis Jonn.ak On the night Of the day the
l0arnA1 charged him with falsshood po-
lilisal meeting was held at Indianapolis,
and be appeared there to vindicats himself
and to sustain the charges he made against
Gen. Garfield. Gov. Hendricks pFefaeed
his remarks BY saying ''If ! dOn't this
evening substantiate every material charge,
I win ask no man to vote against james
A. Garfield" The Governor then pro-
Ceeded 10 show Gar6eld's connection with
the fraud which placed Hayes 10 the pres
idency and gave the defeated aud repudi-
ated Republican party four years ofpOwsr
they we're not entitled to. 0ut Of the
mouth Of Garfield did he suhstantiate his
charges From his sworn testimony he
proved that upon the face Of the returns
Garfield believed that Tilden aud Hen
bricks had carried Louisiana. From his
sworn testimony he proved that Garfield,
in an inner room Of the New Orleans Gus
tom House, received the papers relating
to the election in West Felicians Parish,
aud there examined them. From his
sworn testimony he proved that Garfield,
after reading those papers, sent for wit
nessss from West Feliciana Parish, aud
siagly, with no one but themselves present,
examined them as TO the election there,
and when their stories we're not what he de-
sired, framed interosatories to draw out
such evidence as he wanted, which inter
rogatories and answers, iB some cases, vent
as 'oihcialr evidences before the Stats Re-
turning Board. From his sworn testimo-
ny he proved that Garfield, after finishing
his lAbors Is one Of the visiting states
men, prepared brief On The Louisiana
election and presented IL to Gen. U. s.
Grant, at that time President Of the United
States, and who afterward called around
Washington considerable portion Of the
regular army. From the evidence Of one
Of the witnesses whom Garfield examined
10 the Custom House, b, proved that she
said that the whole story she told Garfield
in that inner room, was entirely and abso-
lutely false. From the Congressional Re-
cord he proved that Garfield opposed the
passage of the bill creating the Electoral
Commission, because the Commission would !
have power to examine into the acts Of the
Returning Boards, and as a member of |
the commission, after the bill creating il
had passed, maintained that no examina-
ton could be made, and so voted an the |
time. Thus, out Of his own mouth, Gov.
Hendricks eonsic,s Gen. Garfield Of as.
sisting in overtarniBg the vote ef Lcuisi.
ana, and thus defsaadirg the people Of
the whole equity out oftheir duly elected
president, and of double dealing and per-
jury while member Of the Electoral Com
mission.
We commend this speech to al Of our
readers, but especially to the citizens of
Carroll county, many Of whom have heard
Gov. Hendricks on the stump, and have
a high regard for his ability and lofty
character.