New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-19

the last hour the mail brought me the Photographic copy
of the forged letter II is the work OF some clumsy
villain cannot spell write English or Initiate 10y
Handwriting Every honest and manly Democrat in
America who is familiar with my handwriting VIII de-
nounce forgery sight Put the case in the hands
OF abest detectives at once and hunt the rascal down.
J. A. GARFIELD.
Mr. Hewitt was the next man heard from.
In a speech at Rochester, on Monday even
ing, October %, he said:
| thought | knew General Garhelds views on the
Chinese question but in examination OF that oIiInal
letter found my knowledge confirmed nave coa'-
rarcd its signature with Garieds signature to three
other letters IN my possession and believe 1t to have
been writ en by the hand that pcnned The oticrs'
First OF all, Garfield rs the WORK 0; clumsy VII
lam. Here Is an exact Photographic copy OF that
letter The body o. that letter never
thought was hi- irs the Signature. II the
detect the track 81 the VILLAIN, - Carrie a
vscd IA do. think they bad better 20 stfalgh I'd
Mentor lie isn't manly enough. Won Zee, 10 come OUT
and deny the commences Of the siatur", nut Only %
the letter itself says that every honest mocrat
VIII deuounce tins forgery. But how ana he "thaN'
when asked to denounce a wrong act OF bis own lie
did b. { DO II.
This was promptly reproduced i'll The u Or'd
on Wednesday, October -, and WAS accom-
panied by an interview with Nj. Hewitt, III
Thch he said the 70 hester report of his re-
marks was correct, and added, when he was
asked about General Garfcld's explicit denial:
Whii difference does tlit masrl Wnen a man cp-
poses his testimony to circumstance o. which BELIEF
founded his character must "vcrbaance the force oi
the crcums tanccs II he 10 be believed Here have
three ndisputably genuine signatures OF General Gar
fields; her evidence says that the fourth signature
was made by the band, t. nothing of the cor
roDofaon found General Garfc,d's record as to
tho NJ he letter tD belief IL
the mere word OF General Glrhold-d IN wh0m /
EAoio there is 40 truth. / kHoU By more man he
puLlic has IN mind Gen raj GuIed's word rs against
;nl signature will have be reinforced by he arrest
OF somebody and al. conviction iorgcr before shall
be con ,inccd that am wrong my belief
These statements Of Mr.. Hewitt were the
only props which kept the forgery from sink
ing for nearly week. There were few
feeble attempts on the part of me " ora To
collect evidence of experts" and others, but
they were TOO silly to he taken into account.
1t should be noted that no attention whatever
was paid by Democratic journals to the efforts
made by 1ruh to sustain the forgery. The
Committee had taken the letter for their own
and were circulating and defending it ~ their
own. On the Vciy day that Mr.. Hewitt de-
ciarcd that nothing but thc arrest and cOnvic-
ton of the forgcr would convince HIM that he
was wrong, phlp was arrested. The arrest
was announced On Thursday morning. October
-. On tie evening Of that day, Mr.. Hewitt
came to the rescue again, and in a speech IN
1ainmahy Hail said
II ! hai NOT sand what DID say would have been
untrue 20 my convictions. NOW General Garfield bias
succeeded, otter week. Ia making denial H. sad
the letter brutal. and / ilu6 How Is Pee hunt
M the furgcrf he has had .rte ed = man whom
not know, ana for what Tor libel IN saying that
NJ cara d - lar. Now II ever, man VINO calls him
ili was g. be arrested there would be bat few OF
eit H. now appeals to every manly Democrat &, de-
nouncc nc forgery, while Nat Il Is for ~ only
on bis unsupported denial. Ny personal. relations with
MI Garfield were Away pir..l II. i- attractive
man and never saw Do. superior $50 point = intellect,
but he has NOT The courage % h.- c'uycu-at
This, ike all the other statement, of M
Hewitt, va, published the next morning ID
the Democratic newspapers, and was tole-
sr.ph.d all over thc ,ouu'Iy as the only Offset
of the arrest of Pmlp and Tho damaging dis
closures which each day, court proceeding
were making. On Friday evening there w.-
Il final Democratic rally at Terrace Garden.
That Wa. the day on which Sir. Hart had cs-
capped imprisonment for cOntrmp, or court by
producing the original letter and Us envelope
The tcii-ialr post otiir, muh- ON ihr envelope
and the cIa-uIc, had been di-coy. red, aud the
fact of the forgery WAS established b.
youd dispute. Something desperate had
ID be douc 10 OH GO tL,. Tie next
morning wa, the ,rucd Quo for TIA,
conSpirttor-. The 100000 copies Of the
paper containing the forged letter which
1rsM psoudly announced bad been sent to
the Pacific Coast by the Democratic Commit
- -
day. Mr. Bunum did IN, Part Of the task by
sending ont this ~ ouudiu. lie to all the indie
pendent and Democratic editors Of the coun-
rs
Tho Garfield letter is not forgery Mr. Joseph llart
pubsnc~ u Truh was LoDoraJiy discharged ts mora
ig by tie Ecpublrlu CiIcfus' ol The General Torn
Il the supreme Cour, ~ New YORK m" Hon Noah
DAVIS wuMtM H. BAE>rM Chairman.
Mr. Hewitt attended tho Terrace Garden
meeting, and WAS too hoaIsc 10 be able to
speak BIT the moment was 700 critical to
allow his words on the Garfield Islander 10 be
lost, aud they were printed in The Woid of
Saturday morning as Il part of his "mtcndcd
address, What he said was:
But wheeler the rtor bc genuine not II cannot be
denied that continents and declarations IN fun
accordance win the yOcs oi General Garfield. and the
course al the republican parry on ho CHINESE question
By tins course they have planted thcmSeVcs upon The
ground Of favor to Chinese emigration. They cannot
escape this position by any new declarations at this
ate day IN hostility to n.
This was the end. The campaign was prac-
tically finished. Mr.. Blrnum's dispatch WAS
a worthy pinnacle for such "a tower OF SANDER.
His dispatch reached the Pacific coast stimuli
tancously with the ac-simile of the forged
letter, and in all probability saved California
and Nevada for Hancock. 1t could not be
contradicted until Monday, and everybody
knows that lie with forty-eight hours the
start cannot be overtaken in "a many days.
We submit the evidence without arplmcnt