New-York tribune., 1880-06-28
GARFIELD md CREDIT 1o8ILIER.
SOME DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.


JntrrrD rrin Pre,dzgt Hnsdae q Hiram college In
CrrcspoHderee Of me Cincinnati Enquirer tDeTll
What was the feeling lii this vicinity
Thsp VIA they made tho charges against Garfield about
was rtrungi Republican, and ought 20 give 10000 70
900 majority when the Republican voters are arOnsrd.
distinctly understood among his constituents.
That would have excited them had It not
ira1mcd everybody IN all the districts of this STATE
ngIInst every COnsTe.snan conscntmg TO IT, They arc
pain pc Iplr here, aud eaid Tint lie was thief, and
that rv"rybody thief that took u. mad speech
the Disciples meeting house. On the other sde of the
Lcycr deserved c imput1ion they were making II h 3
claracier I SAID was IN Washington Guy when the
salary gab. sO-raled. put on the Appropriation b
and Garfield walked up and down with me N one oi tie
corridors. ANA toll me about II he sa d: liinsdae.
have Dut iifrcu minutes 10 decide whether shall
III ~ add tn s,lry rlnc or si.u arAin. a H. and vim
Il n measure 0n wlcn NV iudgmcn' Is set But lhey
have put II ~ the bll, ad " vc Disagree on the bill The
wIola appropriation WORK fuls on winch we have
worked long. Taking ,hc least VI two evils, think
will consent ~ the l passing"
Bui Won can rnderstnnd the depth OF feeling when
tell yon nt people around tnis llte town And MI
Hinsdne tnlrrans these vie ABOUT Mr.. Garfield, he
ought not to have expressed them President az the
Cu.Icge here. bee that institution Is Intimately
uecicd with hl' namo and sayings that /; Va" oe IT,
jurrd bv that speech"
- D!d his vote drop down very much :"
Oh. YES the Rt tpubllcan majority ell 10 One-hRlf
H. would take step for time To meet the dssat
isfactlon but he finally wrote out 10 me- The district
unless come out and IT," lie then returned
among us q1eily ana began to make sic'ches But ne
tOuk nOice Of the ISLANDERS against him. except
IN one place. the old town OF Warren. where be Gad
nuuDer of ag ed frends There he did make personal
statement, ard there were couple o: pamphlets
published hOme OF them In Warren did not
mean to cUAe hear hIm They thought
eve ythlmg Of Garnelds charactrr in this region Ills
strength had m lain IN the lmprcRnabilty Of his por-
sOna interRI1ty. But lromou motive another thoy
did to the meeting ana the contact with him. his
countpnnnce, his spcrch. his dgurd senslbihty, were
upon them They went away, saying, we can't afford
b. give up James A. Garfield yet And therefore, With
out making personal appeal or having any political
machinery his reappearance In the DISTRICT and the I'm
preston he and women, toO carried him along
and he was sent back 10 Congress-"
Has he survived al these lmputan0nsf
Yes YOU hear more OF them. There s an under
standing every side that he Is best lifted represent
us This district. well tho whole State passed upOu
his character when they elected Lin by aoclmnntOn
the Senate"
Had he not many opponents who wanted bis scat In
COnEress Z"
Lots of them But every one OF them. seeing there
was chance moved out OF the district 10 Cleveland
He ia strong every where this district to-day the
state long he keeps his character clean his ability
will take him 10 any height"