The Hartford herald., 1880-09-29

HENDRICKS ON GARFIELD.
IuIi Report Of the speech that has
Attracted the whole t0uOtry.
Mr. t:arficId's Unfortunate Connection
with the Prcstd entail Theft.

Nr. GaracId'- Unfortunate Cannee'i""
Win the Prcstsi enttRI Theft.
The following is the full text of Hon.
Thomas \. Hendricks speech at IN
dianapolis on Monday evening:
My FELLOW -CTTIZENS:- | ate
my breakfast this morning | had no
thought of addressing my fcllow-Demo-
crats and other citizens of the city Ot
indianapolis this evening But on read
ing the indianapolis J0"rHH ! found
that the proprietor of that paper had
called my personal veracity in question.
have nothing to say to the subordi-
nate writer of that paper; | choose to
hold the proprietor of that paper re-
sponsibl" Tor what appears in il. What
] shall say tonight will he mainly in
reply to that article. shall expect the
owner of that paper, with whom ! am
on personally good terms, to be the gen
tleman tomorrow morning to see To il
that this reply is as fully reported in
that paper for his readers rs his calum-
ny of this morning was. Applause.
! shall see that IA copy of my remarks,
which | submit To you, is presented to
that paper for publication. ! now chal-
icngc, before the citizens of this great
city who support that paper, that il
shall appear. Applause. a month
nearly ago made II speech at Marion,
in this State, and in the course of that
speech | spoke of the very questionable
connection James..A Garfield, the can
didate of the Republican party, had
with the great Presidential fraud of
lS76-7. ! spoke of his connection as
one double in its character and worse
than that of any other man now living.
spoke of him in connection with the
preparation of the case at New Orleans
for his party, and in connection with
the fraudulent examination of il at
Washington; and on that double re-
spect | considered him more responsible
for the great outrage upon the Ameri-
can ballot than any other living man.
[ Applause. May | call your attention
very briefly to the article rs it appeared
in the Journal:
"AIr. Hendricks, in his opening speech
of the campaign at Marion, used the
following language IN referring to his
Then follows an abstract
of my speech that | made: "This is II
specific charge OF corruption against
Gen. Garfield. Assuming, to begin
with, that the election of Hayes was
fraudulent, an assumption which, as Il
lawyer, Mr.. Hendricks must know is
not only unwarrantable, but false; he
than Gen. Garfield had more to
do with it than any other man. Pro-
ceeding TO specify, Mr.. Hendricks as
serts that Gen. Garfield went to New
Orleans rs II partisan, without author
ily of law rs if any law were neces-
Sary to authorize "a man To go To New
Orleans, and that while there he took
charge of the returns from West Fe-
liciana parish, and, i'm one of the inner
rooms of Packard's clIstOm-hollse,' ma
nipulated the returns, and prepared aili-
davits and interrOgatOries to make out
"a ease. If this could bc substantiated,
Gen. Garfield would he disgraced. IN
less Mr.. Hendricks can substantiate the
charge, he is disgraced. He offered no
proof of the charge in his Marion
speech, and has offered none since. He
cannot produce any. The charge is un-
supported by any evidence worthy of
belief. On this point We call attention
to the following letter, which we have
just received from ID. J. Nj. a. Jewett,
of New Orleans, now of White
Oaks, \. H."
If | don't this evening substantiate
every material charge | will ask no
man tO vote against James n. Garfield.
Applause. Every single charge, the
substance of every charge, | will make
good la the intelligence of this great
audience tonight, and you shall he the
ury, and if | do, then the JOHInH has J
'aid in advance that
GARFIELD Is DIsGRACED.
Applause. What did ! say, gentle |
nan? | said that Garfield went to |
New Orleans Immediately after the
Election four years ago; that he partici-
)ated in manipulating the evidence |
md preparing the case for the return
ng board, and that upon the evidence |
which he and Others thus prepared, the /
board made Il return against /
he men that Were elected for the men
hat were not elected--that is the |
harge. | wish to dispose of one wit |
less that the JO,arm introduces first,
md i will not occupy much of your
ime in that task. His name is ID. J.
VI. y. Jewett. He writes letter from
Iew Mexico. My speech was made
lere in the central part of Indiana II
,OOd while ago, and 10 response is
made upon any of these questions by
he Journal until now, and il is sug-
.ested upon this letter of Jewett's, writ
Ell from some place in New Mexico. /
sn't it remarkable that Jewett i'm New |
Mexico is the only man that can throw |
light upon this transaction, which took |
,lace in the presence of the nation of
5,OOO,WO of the people? Where are
he other visitors of the Republican
,arty that went down and helped Gar
ield to do that terrible work of iniquity |
It New Orleans? a dozen of them |
vent down and they were closely unit
ii in all their business. The Journal
ays that l produced no evidence to
support the charge. Oh! you had bet
er read that speech again. In that /
speech 1 gave the document and the
Dage OF the document where
OWN OATH CONVICTED |
Of every charge made against him. |
Applause. First, a little while about |
his witness. | beg your pardon, he is |
not heard of for the first time; lac was |
lown in New Orleans, and 1t seems |
hat that was the place where Republi- |
rans of his sort did congregate. This
witness says that "Gen. Garfield and
his associates conducted themselves in
| louisiana with rare discretion. For
example, Gen. Garfield and myself
never met in Louisiana. IL is mani
fest that had he desired to exert any
influence in the preparation of the Re-
publican ease he would have sought,
first of all, my own private
Office" | don't know about that.
don't know whether he would have
sought him or not; but in that letter
you will observe that Jewett undertakes
To say in sentiment and substance that
Garfield did not call upon him while
down there. That | would not qucs-
ton, but ! will read you, gentlemen,
from this mans own testimony before
the committee of Congress. This same
man that the Journal cites as authority
in this case gave his evidence before the