Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-29
GARFIELD IS GUILTY.
the LETTER PROVED TO Be
HIS.
Johnny Davenport. the Federal SUI
pervisor, Tries to Seize It.

Especial to 9. f.. Daily Examiner
NEW York, October 26.-Garield's dis
claimer, published here this morning
only serves to strengthen the case against
him as the author Of the infamous Chinese
cheap-labor letter to Morey. A compare
son of the photographic reproduction of the
Chinese letter and the letter of denial
shows the same Characteristic handwriting
in both, with evidence Of constraint and
awkward attempts to disguise these char
acteristics in the letter of disclaimer. The
signature in the present letter terminates
with q flourish, which is not found in any
of the large number of undisputed sigma
lures of Garfield with which the Chinese
letter has been compared. This demon
strates an attempt on Garfeld's part to
make his handwriting appear different
from that shown in the photographic copy
before him. In the signature of the Chi
nese letter the dot which should be over
the letter i in Garfield is misplaced and
put on the other side Of the I, over the +.
The same popularity appears several times
III thA5 QAbCldlutI. 1u0 kCuCIh nj CucCb VI Q
comparison of the two is that the Chinese
letter was written naturally off-hand and
running, as a business man would be apt
to write, while the disclaimer is written
with great care and an evident desire to
alter and conceal all peculiarities but the
attempt to do this has only made more
evident the fact of the identity of the hand
writing in the two documents. For instance,
in writing the letter G in his name in the
disclaimer, Garfield commenced to make
the upstroke to connect with the letter q,
as is his usual custom, but stopped in his
anxiety to disguise his hand. In the Her
aid Autograph there is a t~ell-tale altera-
ton in the last sentence. As originally
written the sentence read, "anyone who is
familiar with my handwriting will in
stantly see that it is spurious"
In the documents, as published, the
words 'the letter" are crowded in over the
word sit" in the evident desire to avoid
the statement that his handwriting, like
everything else about him, is spurious. 1t
seems probable that this alteration was
not made by Garfield, but subsequently by
some one who discovered the joke in the
original. Preserve the photographic copies
of the Chinese cheap labor letter; place it
side by side with the photographic dis
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Garfield's own denial has fixed his guilt.
The Truth of this morning reports an at
tempt of John l. Davenport and his safe
lites to get possession Of the original Of
the Chinese letter. This attempt was
foiled by the cleverness of the editors of
the Truth, and is an indication Of the
desperation of the Republicans in this
matter. Garfield's denial was not spon-
taneous; it was absolutely extorted from
him by the Republican National Commit
tee. When the Autograph of the Chinese
letter was published here, Gov. Smith was
dispatched in hot haste to Mentor. He
from there yesterday morning,
bringing with him Garfeld's reply. The
attempts to break down the damning evil
dence of his handwriting in the Chinese
letter having completely failed, it only
to consider the weak attempt of
q letter couldn't have been written by Gar
field to Morey. They claim that Morey did
not live in Lynn, and that there was no
Union. There will be pub
lished tomorrow a letter from the execu-
tor of Morey's estate, a letter from a Re-
publican President of the Employers
Union and other corporations, evidence
completely breaks down the Repub-
defense. The publication of the Chi
nese letter has served to call attention to
record in Congress on this sub
ject, which should damn him in the eyes
Of American w~orkingmen, even if he had
never said or written a word about it more
than is embraced in the Congressional
Record.