The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-09-16

''Now did Garfield "come up to the |
scratch" and meet his accusers a.? |
Not much. He crawfshed, and |
never would, or never did meet any
of his accusers, and sneaked out OF
it by saying that he had no time to
attend to the matter. In that cam
paign Garfeld's majority was cut
down from $4,000 to $500, which
the Nea0s calls a verdict Of "nOt
guilty
The Gazette, inits blind and hasty
zeal to convict Gen. Garfield, for
gets that in its big anti-Garfeld sup
plement of week before last, it print
ed the following reply of Gen. Gar
field to Mr.. Dickinson's letter:
Columbus, O., Sept. I6, 1874
81. r. DICKINSON,
Painesville, Ohio.
DEAR Sm:-Your note Of the 18th
inst, inclosing your printed circular
of the same date, came to hand on
the evening Of the 14th, as I was
leaving home. In answer I have to
say that the Republican Congress
sional Committee of the 18th Dis
trict have made appointments for
one and all the counties Of the Dis
trict-beginning at Warren on Sat
urday, Sept. 18th. A list Of these
appointments viii be published in a
day or two. 1t any Of these meet
ings I shall take pleasure jg1 G1Sl0er-
ing any questions in reference TO nay
public services.
Very respectfully,
J. A. GARFIELD.
The supplement then gives an
account of a meeting held at Paines-
vile Oct. 9Th, 1874, at which Gen
eral Garfield spoke. It says:
He protracted his address to an
unusual length, going over o large
field of national politics very elabO-
rately, and then considered the
charges made against him at con-
siderable length with great bitter
ness. When he had finished his
speech he folded his arms and said
he a0aS ready to G'lSlOer G1ly cues
tjOns j,e relation to his public service.
Then followed some questions in
regard to the Credit Mobilier stock,
which Judge Tuttle put to Mr.. Gar
field, with the answers Of the latter.
It is not necessary to give the whole
colloquy between them, but one or
two questions and answers will show
the drift of the whole;
Tuttle-Did you not state in the
Gazette that you were shown q list
of subscribers containing several
members of Congress, and did you
not afterwards state before the Com
mittee that you had no knowledge
of any member of Congress having
taken any stock?
Garfeld-I think I haze a7lSager-
ed that to the satisfaction Of the aas-
dieacs. (Applause). The list shown
by Mr.. Train did not amount to any
thing, as he gave up the attempt to
get subscriptions to this stock.
Tuttle-Why, then, did you men.
ton this fact in your Gazette state
ment?
Gar6eld-The gentleman ought
to be able to comprehend my an
swer. think be is the only man
who does not. The transactions Of
Train and Ames were entirely sepa-
rate and distinct. {APPlauso)
Tuttle-I would like an answer
to my question. When you issued
your pamphlet to explain away the
finding of the Committee against
you, why did you, while pretending
to state the finding, omit the essen
tial part of it?
Garfield am willing to answer
all the questions the gentleman may
see fit to ask, bat don't desire to
detain these people here at this late
hour. IhGye Ga18a0ered the question
so that nen of ordinary cOnlpTsheT-
sion aOOltLd be able to understand It.
I am not responsible for the gentle
mans want Of brains.
The supplement proceeds
"Here Mr.. Horace Steele inter
rupted Judge Tuttle, who was pro-
pounding another question, by pro-
posing three cheers for Garfield,
which were given with great spirit
Every careful and candid reader
will see from the above, that Mr..
Garfield did meet his sccuseFs, Of
whom Judge Tuttle was spokesman,
and answer their questions, if not to
their satisfaction, at least to the en-
tire satisfaction of the audience, who
showed their confidence in Mr.. Gar
field by giving him three cheers. In
the face of all this, the Gazette has
the hardihood to say that Gen. Gar
field "erawfshed, and 'neVer would,
OF never did, meet his socusers! J!
The Gazette further says, that Sin
that campaign Garfeld's majority
was cut down from $4,000 to $500"
This is a slight inaccuracy "a .te'O
thousand onlgO in figures, on the
part of the Gazette. The Tribune
Almanac (Which is recognized as re-
liable authority gives Garfeld's ma
iority in 1872 at 1895, and in 1874 j