, 1880-07-23
PRESIDENTIAL.
Complete Refutation Of the
Alleged Opinion of JUS
tice Swayne,
Which Unprincipled Demo.
cratic Newspapers Have
Circulated,
Claiming that Tt Reflected Strong
ly upon Gen. Garileld's
Honor.
No Such Opinion Was Ever
Delivered in the Su-
preme Court.
Tho Entire Accusation Clnrnctcr-
lied by MIR. Sliellabnrger
rs q Fa1sehood.
Gen. Garfield's Connection with
the Mullfgan-Bowles Case
Set Right.
Virginia Democrats Greatly Alarmed
Over the Situation In That
Tho Entire Accusation Cllarnctcr-
lied by MIR. Sliellabnrger
rs q Fa1sehoo0.
Virginia Democrats Greatly Alarmed
Over the Situation In That
State.
tTHE SWAYNE "OPINION.o
4 DIBnEPurADEE LIE FURTHER NAILED.

uI5'tEFuFABLk LIE FURTHER NAiLEU'
-, Special o'pdseA 70 7hs cafeaao 4teunt' 90
WA81t1SdIoN, d. e., July &-Ihe dclib-
erate manufacturing II tor he new iofk
a pretended opinion rendered BY Justice
Swnvne of tia Snnremo f,ourt. rot,ecttnv
,yi,I; ~rcot sov.r,, y nron f.oH Gorf,aii in % tho
-, VII ssa.t ossetty upon WI aatns'u s ~ ulo
utable performances Of the kind yet brought
IN thu not,co NJ tha n,,h1fr IN nnv no1,ticn1
oomnoton Tba nrttcIc iii nnt nriv,noto
,.,' ~ ,s,t'..am o,srosnSort rs uS - t,,o
World, but was manufactured for it by MI
irregular correspondent LII bolsterinR tho
case up, the statoulen was made TINT tic Dir
cisions Of 1879 were not yet III print. This
was pnrt of the sllrewt attempt to deceive.
M ~ ma T Democratin m noner % mt Il when its mn.
tnehtieity WIS questioned: Iheso cases were
tried In Cook County, Illinois, In. May, 1876,
md were decided on appeal In October, l37D,
In tba ITnited States sunrono Court.
=, tnh uAeloaoN "ns th-to.ihp III.
In tho newspapers OF tie time but, having
been rendered 30 late as October last, tho
volume of the Supreme Court reports Gull
nK ~ nas not ". 1eom printed, my
C4httel'aen ease lhontiohea no9er ca'no up 70
the Supreme Court There was no case OF
Burke ". Childs Mt tho October term OF 1879.
rae part attributed iS l, to Justice swasae Is m
H"..aes ~. 4'ois ~, o!.el ~ 1A-ocnt1eot Dov~
litt1e nleu Ill INC Chittcndeh case. Even
tl!is .was garblcd by ulo fabrtcator
Of tho article BY leaving out Il
snr Of Doohttes, ~. Hp npon 4s'h Gariie!d rs q
I'LL .aatl1M. ; ~ % a.o av !ht
tnis express,om IN Il would Ut onco @ show Nv that &
VT viii ssy Jpssice ea' of e sprSae coft
Finally, tho WllNlG history OF the Eh1tt6nQBn
ease, mid tho full toxt OF that part OF D00-
fnctrS ptyHr as nrnted re eG IN tn Y
ton Posl, md siuWetl piatniy enough thpt
tic part i bich it Is now
as Justice swayne's was not Its, but portion
at M tic Doala!s bsiet WIc' thS matter was
itrst prind N,1, Ttth 50 ns aeta te ldea 9f
IT,, 0 "t,d ,t,n,,t 49,, e nt ~
sa eas' to e q as %t at IL Tas no
nDoys s1 oy 1S dssTad assaon ae % a fz anSS peSa t
% ii tho last yoiatno Of Supreme @ CO Court H Heports:
who!e ,t th[nE ~ was $ Simply disreput3sl9le 4 anq
oydenco ef ts ttssr s
prepared Tor campatgn material is found In
the fact that after Il has been generally dis.
e ciroulaF sbnn M ~ i,a IL i hoa
III cn9 oI"H natcI ~ tau uce'l p1!Hten
mn Icle!aM5us NJ. Mc1Ht'1auit, VI ult Con
Gre3si1nal tepublcAn Gotnhllttee, Wrot4 to
the Hon. Samuc! ShollabarEGrt requesting
him to examine the matter. Tho following
letter gives
r,1r. ,,pa,,,r ou I'm a,,v,..,.,orr,, -,
4u@ 1aAooAA oF % mas. s~lEit4AoAi1Aass ~ In
.- vkslldATioN.
W4s.nl1Tg9Eoa, II 81 D; G.. Ja!y G;.EThe Hon. Ed
Of tho 2lsf inst. !nclosinR slip giving what,
New York tPofAt protesting to quito from an
opinion Of Juattoo Bwayne III Il caso dcc!dpd ID
lb7p, lit the Supreme Court OF tho United states,
on appoal to TINT Court from tho decision OF Il
Court held In Cook County, Illinois md decided In
May, 1915. Thia newspaper slip sAyy, after say-
Ing that the kald appealed case was decided in
Ootnber, ls7p, !n tho Supreme Court: "Thp Su-
promo Courts opinion WIS delivered In tho cuao
Ut Nurke ". Chf3ds, tho caso Of ChIttcttlon Vi.
Mcclellan bolux submitted on tho argument
md hric{a fled In tho former suit. .tuetico
Swayno says [then foI,ws LII quotation marks
what purports 70 be lfteral quotation from
1lnme Con. Garfield ~ having sold bis offiutaI
influence uylior ooltrlact whiotl was against
thu plniueet principles Of public polley,] Your
noto il fl9ht In sAylnE us It does that tho
IF0t1d disp1teh Il of oourea a Ue JudgG
e1auinod tho ,s..oords and reports Of
# tr,o thse 1,,d~" suavnn ncvsr dni,2yo-os ~
any opjnion In which tho jIpguaEo uttrlbutcj to
him ID this quotation occurs, but thore novor
W. ,aa fass ,a r. In1 H. c 1Sa o r. sv os ~
Ctellan oontraet was Involved, Or whero don.