The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
THE BETRAYAL.


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The conspiracy uniolds.
James A. Garfield's treachery in TN
Chicago Convention comes to light
The man who blackened his heart b,
swearing TO lie, comes to the from
again with the crime of treachery link
ed to his record of bribery.
Treachery, deceit, hypocrisy-ihes'
form the sin for which there IL no for
giyeness.
John Sherman was Il candidate fol
the nomination of the Presidency. Ill
went into Ohio, his own State, II
search of delegates to support hi
cause in. the Chicago Convention
John Sherman found J. A. Garfield
and asked him if he was candidate
for the nomination. j. A. GARFIELD
said "No." John Sherman asked
him to undertake his cause, but ht
added, off you are a candidate | wan
to look for some one else. EX-GoV
Young will act for me-"
J A. Garfield gave John Sherman
his word of honor that he was not, MOI
would he be candidate. That John
Sherman had stood aside for him
when he, Garfield, wanted Senatorial
honors, and that he, Garfield, would
stand aside when John Sherman
wanted Presidential honors.
J. A. Garfield and Gov. "Charlie"
Foster of Ohio, began at once, weeks
before the convention, to plot against
the man whom they had sworn to
support.
Garfield sought an interview with u
friend in Washington and to him adj
mitted that he did not want to go to
Chicago for John Sherman as he had
agreed to do. He expected some time
to be candidate himself, and if John
Sherman obtained the nomination, it
would stand in his way four or eight
years ahead.
His Washington friend advised him
to come to Chicago ilF order that he
might be on the ground himself in
case an event should arise. }. A.
Garfield came.
The first move had been made. The
second followed, namely, the disband-
ment of the Sherman committee. The
third followed upon this, namely, the
keeping away from Chicago the per-
sonal friends of John Sherman by
"Charlie" Foster, who plotted with
J. A. Garfield.
ASIA. Garfield was leaving Wash
ington for Chicago, he told a friend
that he stood as good show for the
nomination as any one after Grant.
The delegations began to arrive in
Chicago. Some of Sherman's friends
aver that they never could find j.. A.
Garfield and Charlie Foster when they
wanted conference. They hunted
in couples. The two threw cold water
on every project which Shcrman's
friends suggested.
One night Gov. Young, of Ohio,
bolted into the room of j. A. Garfield
and "Charlie" Foster at the Grand
Pacific. j. A. Garfield was in bed.
"Charlien Foster was preparing for
bed. Young was white with indigna-
ton, and going to the bedside of J. A.
Carried, he asked in storm, "What
is this | hear about you selling out?"
]. A. Garfield protested innocence.
Foster feigned ignorance;
both were cool about it, and Young
said:
Well, you are not so id mad
about tia I'd be if had been charged
with such Il tnlng."
These facts have been furnished the
and if there is any doubt
now about Il damning conspiracy,
the following additional points on the
same, furnished the COurier-JOurnal
by its Washington correspondent, will
forever remove such doubt from hon
est minds
The Sherman men began to watch
the pair more closely, and came to the
conclusion that all Garfied's perform
ances, even his speech putting Sher-
man in nomination, were part and
parcel of game to direct attention of
the convention to himself as a proper
They believe now that the
applause which greeted his every en-
trance into the hall was pre-arranged
and was begun by clique. AS
to his nomination speech, one
of the leaders of the Sherman
said it had as much
of Garfield of as Sherman in it.
1t was like the lawyers speech in the
pig case-the owner of the pig feeling
called upon to remark, after listening
an hour OF 50 to generalities Hadn't
you better say something about the
pig ?"
Another piece of evidence which
convinces many men that the story of
treachery is not a "silly lie,"
Is this : On Monday afternoon, the
first day on which the Convention
voted the Sherman men arranged,
through ex-Gov. Dennison, of Ohio,
that Massachusetts should cast its
vote for Sherman that afternoon. To
heir surprise, however, the vote did not
come. Sherman telegraphed "Why
lOes not Massachusetts Gomez" and
his friends going to inquire the reason,
iOund that Foster had taken upon
himself, without consultation with
Dennison or any Sherman man, to
Dennison's directions.
On this evidence is based the, belief
hat Garfield betrayed his friend. Is
more needed?