Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-25
TIE CHINESE LETTER.

The national republican committee on Satur
day issued the following kilograms from G:n.
Garfield, denying tho authenticity CT tho letter
esoribed to him. and addressed TO Il. l. Moriy,
IT Lyon, Mass, 10 January last, 10 favor OF
caesp Chinese labor:
MENTOR, o., o. 90. lSS0.-To Hon. Mar.
shall Jewell and Hon. s. w. Dorsey: viii
not break tie rple l have adopted by making
public reply to c,npaigo lies, but auIhor2,
you 10 denouucs Tho so called Mercy letter cs q
held forgery, both in its language acG sontlncnt.
Until its production [ never heard OF tn, exist
enc, Of the Employers Udion. Ly1r, Mas'.,
ncr Of such p:rSon as ii. IL Morey.
j. A. GARFIELD.
TIE naloaal republican committee also fur
nish the following:
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CoMMlrrEE, NEW YORK. Saturday o.. %.
1880, 8 o. ITO the public The following
dispatch has this moment been fccsi7ed from
Gen. GsG:ld:
"'MENToa o. Oc>. %. lSS0.-To lloa.
Marshall Jewell: Yout telegram Of this even
ing is rec.ivcd Publish ny Ciapatch OF last
evening if ycu ttiuk best. Within the LIS: honr
| the nail has brcugt, re lithcgra phic. c'py Ct
| the forged letter. |. il tho wc1k ct some C m
| sy william who cannot spell nar write Eoglish,
nor initiate ny handwriting. Every honest
aud manly democrat in hmeIcI who ls familiar
with my ha1dSli;iog will dcDouuc, tho forgery
| at once. Put the case in tho hands Of the
ebiest detectives st. Occs aud huot tho Tascais
down. u. q. GARFIELD.
The New York HcrsId Of yesterday says:
| "Mr. Garfield is credited With two letters Ia
refer: pcs to the eIistc attributed to him 10 re-
Istou to The Conservation CT en ployers int2r-
ess; snd when VIC consider how successfully be
| has bella bis pssoa in Tegsld 10 some charges
| MID: 10 IL pr ,dc) this seeua Singular
| fastcy 10 ose epistle he suthor z,S somebody
els, 10 dcIouoce tho labor letter as bod for
gery aud 10 the o:her be wants TO s:Id deleo.
uv,s alter the author. For our part we hope
| the dstecIiV;s may crcl the autfnr. Though
| what could b, done With him? Nothing. per.
hsps; but then 20 each him would establish
| he truth Ct Mr.. GsiG,Id's denial. Dies Mr.
GaI6 10 8 slice syion. however, Iced support?
We trust not.
The Usic, IN. " Observer Of Friday says:
| "Wm. Nash, Of the Reynolds Brothers shoe
factory in this city, vas 10 L7nn in 1878. and
| for ten years before that. lie bad no personal
| scauaiutst G, Win Mercy. but knew lin as other
C.i,pins koew him, By sight on the streets, So
lie representative of the employers who we're
trying 10 break uD the shoemakers' organiza-
ZION, sud saw him daily. Mr.. Nash says that
the rretense that there was GO such man there
sud tba. be had not the position in the employ.
er,' unitn which Garfield assigns him 10 bis
letter il absurd"
1he New York Truth. in which the alleged
Chinese letter originally appeared. gsvs the fol-
lowing direct challenge in its Issue of Saturday
last:
List Gen. Garfield cay over his own signature
or bg affidavit tha: he did not write ths letter,
and Truth will Instantly provo the e1ietenee of
the msu to whom he wrote it, that mans BUSH
ness and character, and Gen. Garde!d's perjury
once again"
AS Gen. GslGsld's dispatch to the chairman
of the republican national committee may be re.
garded as denial of tho authenticity of the let
ter i; is now in order for the Truth to bring for
ward i!s PROOF Of the geuuineness Of tho letter.
GEN. MALONE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Gen. Wm. Maho1r, arrived 10 Philadelphia
sgain Saturday. accompanied by Capt. John s.
Wise aud GIN. V. D. Gsoner. The oil Co of
his visis has pot been developed. Thu Times
of that city qaotes Gap. Malone IS expressing
entire con6deuos 10 the success Of the read
joster Hancock electoral ticket. 10 rcu,d bum.
oels he lhipks the vote viii staud: For read
ulster Hancock electors, 80 600; tupder Han.
cock eectors, 10000; Garfield electors. 40. 900.
Gen. Aahcno is iursher quoted as s,yiug that
the Virginia rescjasters do not blame Geo.
Hancock for The recognition Of the tuDder
cleo oral ticket By the democratic palional con
mities. and that such recognition will pot effect
tho attitude ct The readjustt rs towards Hapctck
in aoy degree. G.n Malone Wss asked
whether there was any truth in the reports
that he vas trading vita the republicans CT had
received oVsrtures from them. He replied:
Mot word Of truth in it. could Dot b;
aprrcaahs ca saah atuhj, &C.. have ta'ksd.
however, Tree! y Hi'h lrJDGept republicans.
snd have not hestaled TO tell them that they
have no oharce to carry Virginia for Garfield