Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-11
DEFENsE OF eARF1E1D.

SRERMAN'S DEFENSE OF GARFIELD
Mr.. John Sherman, by virtue of the suc
cess Of the Republican conspiracy of 1871
at present secretary of the treasury, has ap
peared in the role as the apologist for ani
defender of James A. Garfield for the par
he took in the consummation of that CON.
spiracy. In speech at Richmond, Indiana
on Tuesday evening, he rushed forward, and
in frenzied words denied the truth of the
charges made by Gov. Hendricks against Mr..
Garfield. He denies, III the first place, that
the returns made by the returning board OF
Louisiana were false or fraudulent, and while
admitting that majority of the votes east
indicated the election of the Tilden electors,
he reiterates the old statement that the re-
turning board, in pursuance of the plain pro-
visions of the law of Louisiana, did reject
from the election returns those from parishes
and districts that were controlled by fraud
and violence, and in doing SO did their plain
duty, in strict accordance with the law.
The Congressional investigation of 1878
clearly proved, to the satisfaction of every
person not implicated in the fraud, or bene-
ficiaries of it, that the parishes rejected were
not controlled by fraud or violence, but
were rejected on perjured testimony simply
for the reason that the majority in each of
them was in favor of the Democratic cleo
tors. 1t was further proved that the pro-
ourements of the afidavits upon which the
charge of intimidation was said to be sus-
tained-many of them downright forgeries
and the remainder deliberately perjuries-
James Garfield and John Sherman were act
ual agents. This fact is sufficient to dis.
qualify both from holding any Office within
the gift of the people.
Mr.. Sherman proceeded to say that Gen.
Garfield did nothing at New Orleans but
what he (Sherman) did, and other Republi-
cans, whose honor would scarcely be ques-
toned by Gov. Hendricks. 1t is probable
that Mr.. Sherman speaks truly. ALI the Re-
publican visiting statesmen to Louisiana are
in the same boat. They went there with the
deliberate intention of stealing the State,
and they we're determined to use every means
possible to accomplish their purpose, wheth-
er it was bribery, perjury or forgery. ALI
of these desperate and despicable means
were employed. Men were induced, by
promises of emolument, to swear falsely as
to the manner of conducting the election,
and by the same means the returning board
was induced to throw out enough votes to
change the result and defeat the expressed
will Of the people. Garfield, no doubt, did
precisely what Sherman did in this dirty and
dishonest business. One is as deep in the
mud as the other is in the mire, and both
are SO besmirched with filth that they have
no longer any claim to the consideration of
honest men.
To the denial that improper means we're
employed to influence the returning officers
of Louisiana it is only necessary to point to
the fact that every one of them has, ever
since the Inauguration of Mr.. Hayes, been
enjoying lucrative Offices, most of them
sinecures, under the federal government.
ALI those who committed perjury for the
benefit of the Republican party have also
been remember, and are having their re-
Ward. Ordinary rascals, however, have
usually had honor enough to pay them the
brides promised out of their own pockets.
Even Washburn, the champion bribe-g liver
of the Northwest, was honest enough 10 do
this. But the Hayes Sherman Garfield gang
did nothing of the sort. They pastured
their leprous crowd upon the public do.
main, and compelled the people to pay the
prices of the crimes they had committed.
Mr.. Sherman's defense of Garfield amounts
simply to the assertion that if one is ras-
cal the other is also. Everybody will be
willing to admit the proposition, for their
is not the slightest question but both are
implicated in the most brazen piece OF
scoundrelism that ever disgraced civilized
country.