The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-04
gnItttea1.
BUYING THB PRESIDENCY.
Marshall Jewell in Behalf Of Garfield
Offers the Publisher Of Truth"
a ''COlSldGTatiOn" for a Re-
traction,
The Affidavit of the Publisher Es-
tablishing the Fact.
Special 10 the Plain Dealer.

Special 10 the Plain Dealer.
New York, October 3O.-The following
affidavit and letter fully expose the
shameless attempt of Marshall Jewell,
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, to suppress the genuineness
of the Garfield Chinese letter and dem
onstrates it's genuineness more thor
oughly than could have been done in
any other way. The lithograph fac
simile copy of Jewell's letter exposing
this shameless scheme to buy the Presi-
dency is published in this mornings
Truth and New York STAR
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND - AFFIDAVIT OF
JOSEPH HART, THE PUBLISHER OF TRUTH
HOW JOHNNY I. DAvENPORT's PLOT TO
SUPPRESS THE DANtNING PROOF OF GAR
FIELDS GUILT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COM
BATTED.
Whatever J. I. Davenport and George
Bliss pretend to think about the genu-
ineness of the Chinese labor letter, it is
clear enough that Jewell, the chairman
of the Republican national committee,
did not believe it was forgery, notwith-
standing Gen. Garfeld's denial When
he thought he had perfected bargain
with Truth to suppress its proofs of the
authenticity of the letter-he knew that
their proofs were to appear on Wednes-
day unless suppressed by mob violence;
and he therefore wrote to Gen. Garfield
on Tuesday, as appears by the accompa-
nying fac 8imile letter: at will be
great service to-day, General"
The following affidavit explains the
letter:
City and County of NeW York, SS
Joseph Hart, Of the city and county of
New York, being duly sworn, deposes
and says That he resides in the city
of New York and is the publisher of the
newspaper called Truth; that he received
information that it was the intention of
the Republican party of the city of New
York, with the aid and assistance of the
notorious John 1. Davenport and the
marshals of his own choosing, to destroy
the property of deponent, consisting of
presses and fac SimiieS of the proofs Of the
genuineness of the Garfield Chinese let
ter that this was to have been done on
Monday eveng, October 25th, 1880, but
by disagreement in their own camp the
raid was postponed until the Tuesday
evening following. When this positive
information came to the publisher of
Truth he looked about him for ways and
means to protect his property and the
honor and integrity Of the gentlemen
who were pledged to prove the Garfield
Chinese cheap labor letter not forgery
but fact. Determined at all hazards to
do so the publisher placed himself in
communication with pretended friend,
but faithful Republican, by the name
of Abram A. ]. Dittenhoefer, who had
asserted to the deponent that the letter
was forgery with the thorough knowl-
edge that when doing so he was i'm
peaching the honor of personal friends.
He urged this deponent to make for
himself the greatest record that any man
could possess by declaring that that the
letter was forgery. This came from a
friend and counsel, not friend alone Of
the deponent but the friend of another
attache of the paper in whom he has pro-
fessed to have for years the most i'm
pliCit confidence and as to whose word
a doubt never arose in his mind and who
repeatedly assured him that the Gar
field Chinese cheap labor letter was
genuine, and with this knowledge in his
possession of the truth of the statement
he still urged this deponent to say it
was forgery. When this deponent be-
came fully convinced of the fact that all
the means at the command of the
Republican party, all the machinery of
the District Attorneys office, the Mar
shals and Commissioner Davenport and
treachery, were to be used against him,
he felt in justice to himself that he must
protect his interests and even though he
adopted the same trick and device and
resOrted to the same means they had
adopted. Deponent recognized that the
situation demanded war to the knife,
AN eye for an eye, a tooth for TOOTH
He sent for this friend, who, upon his
arrival, informed him that the Republi-
cans intended to arrest one Of the at
taches of the Truth Office known as
Kenward Philip. Deponent said:
rs that really so, is it posiliveT
He replied, Tt is; Davenport has the
proof
why, said deponent, it is impossible
for any proofs to exist except that the
letter is genuine
oh, WE'LL sa d he, they are going to
swear to it. Garfeld's denial is conclu
sive and you are foolish ifyou don't save
YOURSELF
1t occurred to the deponent then and
there that he would save himself and he
proceeded in the following manner to do
so:
What will they giveyou, Judge?' said
the deponent, 'ifyou GOULD influence me
to come out and say that we have been
deceivedp Fire flashed in his eyes,
will they give you what you have so
long sought continued the deponent,
the United States District Attorney
ship?
He said: Il think they will
Deponent said: "Place yourself in
communication with them anu leC lne
know the result"
In the course of two hours from that
time the Judge returned and said he had
secured what to him was satisfactory
that he would receive the appointment
from General Garfield, and he stated fur
ther that the Hon. Marshall Jewell de-
sired to see the deponent.
Having accomplished the first part o.
his determination to save himself anc
prove the Garfield Chinese cheap labor
letter genuine, deponent permitted him
self to be drawn into an interview with
Hon. Marshall Jewell, which took place
at the office of Judge Dittenhoefer at five
o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, DC
tober 26th, 1880, the day upon which tho
raid upon Truth WAS to have been made
to prevent the publication on the follow