The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-13
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE
IIs Connection With the MOrey
Letter Fraud.
The Matter of Election Frauds.
sIobberlng Over Each Other.


New York, I2.-The executive COM
u1ittee of the democratic national COM
mittee had q private meeting tonight
which was not over until nesrly mid
night. Tho members present we're Bar
hum, Prince, Hewitt, VIM. NJ. Arm
strong, Ohio; and VIM. L. Scott, Penn
sylvaniE; Hiram Atkinton, chairman OF
the democratic state committee of Yer
mont acted as proxy for Bradley B.
Smslley, Of Vermont; Charles j. Canda,
treasurer of the national committee as
proxy for Alvsn w. Sulloway; and
VIM @. Whitney, corporation counsel
of this city. as proxy for Outerbridge
Horsey, OF Maryland. BArnum presided.
The committee issued the following
address:
In response to inquiries the national
democratic committee makes the follow
ing statement in reference t. the So
called Morey Letter: First, neither the
committee nor any subcommittee thereof
has ever taken any action in reference 10
the letter; second, that it was first called
to the attention Of the chairman of the
COMMITTEES on the night before its publi-
cation in the Truth, on the Doth OF Oc-
tober; third, that the chairman thereupon
requested Smalley, member Of the COM
mittee, to exa nlne the letter, but permits
sion to do so was refused at the Office of
the Truth; fourth, that no mem Der Of the
committee ever saw the letter or any
copy or portion thereof until after its
publication; or was in any wise connected
therein or gave any advice in references
thereto; fifth, that Hart publishe. Of the
Truth, brought the originsl letter to the
headquarters, No. 1873 Fifth Avenue, on
:he afternoon Of the Goth Of October,
where it was seen for the first
time by any member of the
committee, and wss then examined
by several members of the committee
and other persons not embers. All of
those who were familiar with the hand
writing of General Garfield came to the
conclusion that the Letter wss genuine;
sixth, the committee decided to purchase
reasonable number of electrotype plates
Of fac smile which had already been
prepared by the Truth; seventh, that
no denial having come from General
Garfield of the authenticity Vt the letter,
Notwithstanding the Geographic demand
of the New York Herald, and very
sharp leader in that paper, the commit
tee decided to give out the electrotype
plates, which was accordingly done. The
prOpriety Of this action was net doubted
by the committee IS the letter seemed to
be in harmony with Gen. Garfeld's visws
upon the subject covered by the letter
gathered from the publh. records of I'M
doubted genuiness; eighth, that the first
complete denial was not published until
four days after the original publication
in the Truth, and to thi- denial, unsup-
ported by any other evidence, the COM
miitee, IN view Of General Garfeld;s
connection with other scandals, at
tached no weight; ninth, that therefore
when the evidence was offered 10 show
that Morey was real person and not q
myth. the committee cal ed for its pro-
duction as they were bound to do in order
TO arrive st the truth; tenth, that if the
letter has been forged, any fraud COM
mitted 10 reference thereto, or any false
evidence has been given, it has
been done without the knowledge
or privil &c of the committee, or
any member thereof; finally, the COM
mittee approves Of all honest measures
to punish any and all persons who have
committed any violation of the law, and
have no interest in this matter but 10 ar
rive at the very truth of the affair. That |
LuclC euO0lO Do OOuDt he 10 the dulQenIl- |
city of the letter is largely due to the |
failure cfths prosecution to put Gen. Gar |
field on the stand. By order of the COM
mittee.
(Signedl VIM. II. BARNUM,
Chairman.
Frederick o. PRINCE, Secretary.
The following resolutions, offered by |
Scott and seconded by Armstrong, were |
passed:
Whereas, Allegations of fraud in the
various states, and especially in the State
IF New York, hsVe been brought to the
notice of this committee,
RESOLVED, That the committee has no
Jurisdiction oyer local violation Of tia
election laws, but recommends the sew
raj democratic committees of the states
where these frauds have been committed
o investigate them with a view to the
exposure of violations Of the law and
heir prompt and just punishment. In
citation to the duties Of courts or Con-
.reEs in the premises, this committee is
Ot and cannot be charged with any ad-
'iIory powers.
A resolution was also passed rendering
hanks TO the committee, 10 w. Ii. Ba'-
UNI, chairman, 20 tie advisory commit
ee, and TO the officers OF the committee
Dr. the efficient and faithful manner in
'hlch they performed their respective