Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
DEMOCRA TIO ROORBACRiS.
A Bundle Of Dem Ocrauc Lie. Exploded

THE TRUTH ABOUT CERTAIN DISPATCHES TO
FLoRDA-ADDREssEs AND PLAIN ExpLANA-
TIoNs PROM CHAIRMAN JEwELL-THE AL
LEGGED LETTER OF GEN. GARFIELD ON THE
CHINESE LABOR QUESTION CLEARLY PROVED A
FoRGERY-AN APPEAL TO THE MANLINEss
AND BRAVERY OF SOUTHERN VOTERS
On Friday of last week w. II. Barnum,
chairman OF the national Democratic commit.
tee, published flaming pronunciamento, an
nouncng as a startling and reprehensible fact
that dispatches from Marshall Jewell, chair
man of the national Republican committee,
had come into his hands, showing that "re-
peaters" were being shipped by the Republi-
cans TO Florida, in order to carry that State
by corrupt means. These dispatches, the
proclamation said, were found among lot Of
dispatches returned by the Western Union
Telegraph Company to the Democratic COM
mittee as vouchers for the business Of the
previous week. They were as follows:
October l2 1880
10 hon. Charles j. Noges, care ~ II. Jcnktns, Jr.,
Jacksonville, Fid.,-
Itelegraphed yesterday. will provide as request
ed 200 each for Calender and yourself as compeusa.
ton. MARSHALL JEWELL
October -, 1880
70 r. ". wicker, Collector, Key West, Fla.,-
City Of Dallas took l5O, city Of Texas lOO Colorado
100 for Key West. Men on dock instructed to say
nothing about ii. MLRsHALL JEwELL
The numerals $50, 100 and 100 in the last
telegram, Mr. Barnum said meant so many
men. In reply TO this accusation, which was
sent broadcast over the country, Mr.. Jewell
on Saturday published the following explana-
ton:
" Mr. Barnum chairman of the national
Democratic committee, has issued an address
to the public, in which he publishes two tele.
grams sent by me to Florida. The following
are the exact facts On October sth verbal
information was received at the Republican
national headquarters that 200 or 800 men
were going out from this city on one of Nal.
lory's steamers bound for Florida. On the
strength of that information. the following
telegram was sent to f. W. Wicker, collector
at Key West, Fla, warning him that the men
in question were supposed TO be Democratic
repeaters;
NEW YoRx, OCT. s, 1880,
10 T. ". Wnter, Collector, Key Ue.t, Fid.,-
Mallory steamer Of last week had 200 or 800 work
men for some railroad. Loohs to me as though they
were sent to Key West to vote
Marshall JEwELL.
"On October lth u letter was received at
these headquarters, of which the following is
copy
Custom HOUSE,, NEW VoRK, CoLLEcToR's orRIcE,l
oct IL, 1880.
Dear Sir: have Just received the enclosed memo
raHdum from perfectly Trustworthy person. You
remember my telling you the other night that would
try to get at the facts. Yours in haste,
TREIcHFL.
To Hon. Marshdll JcirsH
This was the memorandum:
CITY Of Dallas, l5O; State of Texas, 100; Colorado,
100. Men dock instructed to say nothing about it,
Denied in Office at dock that any had gone.
The substance of the information con-
tanned in the letter and memorandum was then
telegraphed to Mr.. Wicker as follows:
NEw YoaK, Oct l2, 1850.
TO ,. ". wicker Collector, Key West, Fla.,-
City Of Dallas took $780, State Of TeIAs IOO Colorado
l0O for Key West Men dock instructed to say
nothing about it. MARSHALL JEwELL
1T was believed at these headquarters that
the Democrats were sending these men to
Florida as repeaters, and action was taken to
prevent them from reaping any benefit from
the scheme. The telegram to Mr. Noyes re.
lated solely to the payment of the expenses
of Messrs. Noyes and Calender, two Repub-
lcan speakers now in Florida. 1t was as fol-
lows
TO Charles D. Noyes care n II. 'cHkins, Jr., jack
S0hrile, Rid,-
ItelegrsphOd yesterday. will provide, as request
ed $500 each for Calender and yourself as compensa-
tion. MARSHALL JEWELL
The kilograms related solely to the mat
tiers just referred to, namely, that the Demo
Gratis were exporting men to southern Florida
for some purpose, and from the history of
that party it was fair for US to assume that
they were sending them there to commit cleo
ton frauds. So We informed our friends by
the telegrams which have found their way in
to the hands Of the chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee by the usual Demo-
cratic methods, and which have been paraded
as evidence of intended frauds on the part of
the Republicans. l submit these facts, and
am willing to abide by the decision of all
fair-minded men. MARSHALL JEWELL.
The agents of the Mallory line of steamers
state that these men were immigrants, just
arrived in the country, who were sent South
to work on the Savannah, Florida & Western
railroad, now being built
Officers of the Western Union telegraph
company expressed great indignation at the
publication by the national Democratic COM
mittee Of kilograms which had come into its
| possession by mistake. DIR. Norvin Green,
president of the company, who is himself a
Democrat, declared that the dispatches should
have been returned at once by the committee.
He sent to Senator Bamum, chairman of the
national Democratic committee letter in
which he demanded the immediate return of
the original dispatches, and requested that
the proposed lithographic copies should be
suppressed. Chairman Barnum replied to
the demand of President Green that he would
return the original dispatches, but would
make what use he pleased of the lithographic
copies.
! GEN. GARFIELD's PRETENDED LETTER ON THE
CHINESE LABOR QUEsTIoN-IT Is PROVED
FORGERY.
The national Republican committee issued
the following address last Saturday;
To the Puddle
Our unscrupulous political adversAries have
spread broadcast a letter purporting to have
been written by our candidate for the presi-
denoy, Gen. j. A. Garfield, TO one III. l.. Mo
rey of Lynn, Mass, under date of Jan. 23,
| 1880.
We are fully authorized to denounoe it as a
bold forgery, both in its language and senti-
ment. Until its publication, Gen. Garfield
had never heard of such person as ii. l..
AIorey, and was not aware of the existence of
such an institution as the Employers Union
of Lynn, Mass, with which Morey was said
to be connected.
The letter is one of the most fragrant lies
which has ever been concocted by a desperate
party upon the eve of defeat.
We call upon the fair-minded and truth
loving voters of this country TO make the
overthrow of the Democratic party 30 sweep