Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-11-02

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lous and desperate bargains to
which the Radical leaders have
lately resorted, sufficiently indi-
cate their own opinion of the can.
vass. We have avoided vain boast
Ing and unfounded campaign SEN
sstions and are working steadily
with confidence for success In the
obliteratiOn OF the fraud of 1876 by
electing Hancock and English.
send you these full and authorize.
tive statements in order that the
true state of the canvass at this
hour may be known to you in de-
tail, and that none OF your readers
may have any excuse for cre6iting
Republican lies. The Radical
campaign ia reduced to one of brag
and bluster. The Republican
headquarters have practically been
removed into the pool.rooms and
ridiculous stories about sham bets
are industriously circulated as gen.
unine. Offers to wager are quietly
taken up by cool heads who have
no objection to enriching them.
selves at the expense of the Repub-
lican corruption fund. You will
probably receive reports of enor-
nous bets ut odds on the Republi.
can candidates. You may safely
set them down as spurious.
The effect of the publication OF
Marshall JEWELS corrupt contract
to buy the Presidency by suppress.
ing the tanning proof of the genu-
ineness of Garfield's infamous Chi.
nese labor letter is utter demorali.
cation among the Republican
managers and press and the
cue Is now to divert
attention from the subject.
The Philip case was adjourned last
night in consequence OF the renew.
ed indisposition of Judge Davis
When Philip was about to be taken
to the stand and testify to his in
nocencs of the existence of the Gar
field 0hinefe letter until after its
publication in Truth, the defense
positively proved that the hand
writing of the Garfield letter was
not Philips and possessed none oil
the peculiarities or characteristics
of his handwriting. The evidence
on this head was overwhelming,
comprising the testimony of the
editors of the Brooklyn Eagle and
other papers for which Philip wrote
and was corroborated by the exhi.
bition of large number of manu-.
scripts in Philips handwriting.
Several of the witnesses on this
head were Republicans and testified
as strongly as did Henry Fenter,
who said: 81 have edited thou.
"sands of pages of Philips manu-.
"script, and, with a full apprecia.
"tion of the solemnity Of the oath
81 have taken, I declare before
"God that 1 do not believe that
"this letter was written by Philip.
II am Republican, belong to the
Irregular Organization and intend
".tO vote for Gen. Garfield"
The Infamous character of Mo-
Dermott, the witness upon whose
testimony the whole case for tho
prosecution rests, was fully proven,
SIX gentlemen of the highest repu-
tatiOn swearing that his character
was go bad that they would not be-
lieve him under oath. Several
witnesses proved the connection of
Morey with the Employers Union.
The defense put in evidence q large
number of letters received In
Brooklyn from Washington bear.
ing the New York City stamp,
which the prosecution had claimed
was never placed upon letters re-
ceived in New York for distribu-
ton to other points. Geo. Tillson,
of Brooklyn, and other experts,
testified to their belief that the
Chinese letter was in Garfield's
handwriting. Tomorrow the de-.
Tense will show just how and where
Truth got possession OF the letter.
Hon. Abram s. Hewitt published
in to days Sun card reiterating
his belief in the genuinenesso of Gen.
Garfield's signature to the Chinese
letter and explaining In detail how
he arrived at his conclusion by
comparison Of many writings Of
Garfield in his possession. On the
subject of the error in spelling in
the letter (companys being written
for companie.) he quotes from a
letter written to him by Garfield
in which "pedIgree" ia spelled
Such mistakes are
with men writing hastily
and not for publication, but are ex.
tremely rare with reporters writ.
Ing for the press, who would prob
ably lose their places in conse-
quence of such errors. In the
manuscript written by Philip, ex-
hibited in court last night, there
were several hundred instances of
plural words ending in lies" not
one of which was misspelled. The
counsel for the defense called atten-
ton to the fact that the supposition
that such a mistake would be made
by Philip, in committing q careful
and deliberate forgery, was in it.
self absurd.
Next to the Philip case
he sensation Of the day is
The publication of startling rev.
slatiOns about the De Golyer
oribe, showing by sworn testimony
The secret history of Garfield's con-
nection with the paving contract.
The principal proof is embraced in
.he affidavit of Albert B. Kirkland,
recently u bank examiner of
he State of New York, who ne
sotiated the contract for DE Golyer
and McLelland with Geo. Shep.
pard, and was the principal agent
n getting the three million Dis
riot OF Columbia appropriation
passed through Congress in 1872.
Kirkland swears that he agreed to
Day $4,000 to Parsons and to give
5000 to Garfield to get the appro-
Driation passed; that Garfield went
o Gov. Sheppard's house June I'd,
1872 In company with Parsons, and
the matter,and that when
hey were leaving Eheppard's
louise, Shepnard aaid to GArfiald