New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-23
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
A DAY OF CONVENTIONS.

.ovyvvrloNs IN -FOUR sTATKs-JUsrIcE swAfNE
ox GENERAL GARFIELD-woRK OF THE ma
r1oSN REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
,..t;ce Swayne, OF the United states
r.,,rome Court has stated that he never gave
on;nion condemning General Garheid'
,,n, on the contrary. has the highest
sonadence in his integrity. Democratic State
Conventions were held yesterday In Missouri,
Ohio and Vermont, at which candidates were
animated for State Offices; in California
a Greenback State Convention nominated
~ond;dates for Congress. Large numbers OF
letters are received constantly at the
headouartcrs of the Republican Com
,,;ttee in this city. Among the visitors
,,ostorday was B. II. Hinsdale, presi-
dont of Hiram College. Many cam
,oicn documents are being prepared.
These include the letters of acceptance of the
candidates, brief biographies of them, and the
recent speech of Carl Sehurz.
.uJsTICE sWAYNE ON GENERAL GARFIELD.
THE JUDGES CONFIDENCE IN THE REPUBLICAN CAN
prDATE-Hg DECLARES THAT HE NEVER REN-
pERED AN OPINION CoNDEMNING GENERAL GAR
TIrLD-THE STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT LIE
PURE AND SIMPLE.
trRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
SHARON SPRINGS, July 21.-On Monday, July
10 The Ne4r- York WOrld published a special dis
match from Washington, announcing that IN 1919
Justice Swayne of the United States supreme
Court rendered an opinion In the case of Chitten-
den against Mcclellan and Others in which he de-
clared that General Garfield guilty of sale OF
official influence in connection with the De Golyer
contract The World dispatch said that the case in
which this opinion rendered was tried IN COOK
County Ill., in May. 1875, and was decided on ap-
peal in October 1879. in the United States Supreme
Court and the following paragraph is stated to De
the words of Justice Swayne;
1.-THE agreement with General Garfield. a member oi
Congress pay him $1,000 contingent fee for pro-
curing contract which itself MADE to del end upon
Could o1iy come from a committee OF which he was
cIaiTman-was sale OF official influence, which no vel
can cover against the planest principles OF punc poi
lev No selloratiaw while holding high office has
right TO put himself in position OF temptation, ana
under prefenco OF making q legal argument exert
hs official influence upon public officers dependent upen
his future acton Certainly the courts ol la lusOe w1 b
such iGfuence."
Justice Swayne is now here at Sharon Springs.
and he has Just given the following explicit and ab
solute denial to the above campaign he He says
$50 far as am concerned there is an entire MIS-
statement. | never wrote word OF what is az
tributed to me with quotation marks. never knew
ANYTHING of the facts of the matter charged against
General Garfield, and it was certainly never in any
shape before the Supreme Court. had, therefore
neither occasion opportunity TO express any
judicial opinion upon the subject. 1t is not stated
where any case in which General Garfield was con
cerned is reported. My confident impression is tha
Inever heard of such a case before. General Gar
field is personal friend of nine, and have the
highest confidence in his integrity. The statements
in The WOrld are an entire fabrication and without
particle of truth to sustain them"
In order tnat there might be no possible mistake
in reporting his words, Justice Swayne himself
wrote ont the above denial.