The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-01
THE aARrIELD-MoREx LETTER.
Jewell Caught in q Trap.

jewell NAHSAb III Lap.
The Republican press is laboring hard
to prove that the Garfield Mercy letter is
forgery, bat thus far the task has not
succeeded. The last dodge Is a purported
letter from Col. Hart. 10 which he is
reputed TO have said the letter was a
| forgery. This is a trick-no such letter
has ever been written. and tho Republi
can managers know it. On the other
hand the Republicans have got in deeper
| than oyer-hava in fact been caught in an
attempted trade with Hart, in which Mar
shall Jewell, chairman OF the Republican
national committee appears in the role of
ego between" The Tmth has this to
| say of the attempt. which is in special to
the Chicago Times:
New YORK. Oct. 29,-Mr. joseph
| Hart publishes 10 his organ, the Truth.
this morning fac smile copy OF the
following letter written by Marshal Jewell
to Garfield:
NEW YORK, Oot. 26. My DEAR GEN
GARFIELD: / think Truth was deceived
about the Morey letter. They thought it
was genuine. Finding it is not, they
have consulted their lawyer and friend.
and through him offer to come out and
say so plainly. tho only consideration
for it being consideration for
Judge Dittennoefer, their friend and
counsel. By consideration | mean that
you and myself should know and recognize
it as Judge D. s act, and the obligation, if
any. should be from you TO him for it. SO
far as could | have assured them ii a.
yea would SO consider it. 1t is a great
service to-day general 1t Is their propo
sition, and have accepted it.
Yours very truly,
MARSHALL JEWELL
The facts which led to the writing of
this letter are as follows, as the Times
Representative is Informed By relsbls
authority. The truth people devised q
scheme, it seems, to get the chairman OF
the Republican commute 10
A LITTLE TRAP.
lie was invited to visit Truth off, on the
pretenSe that the manager wished to
arrange with him for denunciation of the
MOrey 'et;er by the paper which FIRST
printed it, Mr.. Jewell called at the Office.
aud the following proposition was made:
TiaHt would have all the papers contain
log the letter which were en- route to the
/ Pacific coast destroyed, and also all the
photographic plates which had been sent
all over the country. Truth would an
nouuce that it had become convinced that
the letter was forged, aud apologize for
printing il. The only thing they asked in
return was that Garfield should give some
lucrative position to Judge Dittenhoeter,
who. they represented, had induced them
to make the proposition, and whose serv-
ioes ought to be recognized fhereupon
Mr.. j eweli consented to write the above
letter 10 Nj, Garfield, and the letter was
to remain ID his hands until Truth had
fulfilled its part of the bargain, The per :
son who negotiated with Jewell took the
letter into al adjoining room, ostensibly to
show his partner, but really for the pur-
pose Q!
COPYING IT OFF
by the photograph process tie then
succeeded ia obtaining a perfect fac-simile
of the letter, and when this was accom-
jplished he took the isttef b.ok TO Mr.
Jewell aud told him that the management,
after consultation, had determined not to
enter into the agreement, and negotiations
we're at an end; whereupon Mr.. Jewell
took himself aud his letter back to head
Iauarters, where be undoubtedly ought to
have remained 10 the frs: place. truth s
ing of the oeth inst. 1t had reason to be-
leve that Its edition Of the following
morning would be suppressed through
Republican influence. and it entered into
Iostensible negotiations with Mr.. Jewell
simp ply TO gain time and and save itself.
The above explains the so called retrac
lion which the Republicans try to palm
of as back down from Truth. There is
no backdown, has been none aud won't be
any, and the failure of the Associated
Pross to send tbs full dispatches only
shows more couciusivelY than ever that
the Garfield Morey letter is genuine
Every sentiment in the letter is 10 accord
with Garfield j votes 10 Congress Ga the
Chinese questioo-there is no inharmony
lit is a fall statement Of Garfield 5 views
and further. it is most conclusively
proTen that Philip did 8Qi forge tie letter;
shat Mercy did exist; that the Employers
Union existed. and that is sufficient Il
prove the genuiueuess Of The letter. The
fact OF Jewell trying to .buy a retractior
from the Truth. which first published the
latter, is frcof that the letter sgas genuine
and that the Republicans knew it to be
the object being to bug retractioD before
the trial concluded.
The sentiments in the Morey letter are
such rs Garfield has always held. as bis
votes 10 Congress show, and he nor bis
friends cannot get awav from it.
! Beware OF Frauds
| There are O number of mixed tickets out