The Ottawa free trader., 1880-09-11
HENDRICKS INDIGNANT.

political campaign occurred on Monday even
ing at INDIANAPOLIS. A few weeks ago, 1t Will
be remembered, Ex-Governor Hendricks, in
speech at Marion, Ind, among other things
said that "The nomination of Garfield means
the endorsement and approval in the most
positive and offensive manner, OF the great
presidential fraud of 1861" That Garfield
In 1876 had gone TO New Orleans to help his
party make up a case and afterwards in Wash
lngton got himself placed upon the electoral
commission to make the fraud he had helped
to consoct in New Orleans effective, &c. The
personal organ at Indianapolis of John g.
New, chairman of the Republican State Com
mttee of Indiana, took exception to this state
ment of Gov. Hendricks and pronounced 1t un.
true, adding that " If this can be substantated
Gen. Garfield would be dlsgraced. Unless
! Mr. Hendricks can substantiate the charge, he
| is disgraced." And Mr. News personal or
gan Uhe J0UyndD then published letter from
| j. A. Jcwett, who was counsel and chairman
of the committee on evidence before the retur.
ming board in New Orleans in which he says: ::
II am in a position to state that the charge ai-
tecung Gen. Garfield Is entirely false. Gar
field and his associates conducted themselves
in Louisiana with rare discretion. For exam,
pie, Gen. Garfield never met me III Loulsi.
ana
Such n challenge to Gov. Hendricks, in "A
case where he was SO thoroughly posted and
knew the solid groundwork of facts he stood
upon, was one of course not to be dsrcgardcd,
and on Monday evening, on the occasion Of a.
meeting in the democratic wigwam at Indian
apoiis. he made it hls business to pay his rc
spccts to John G. New and his personal organ.
Happily the wigwam was filled to Overtlowlng
and though the meeting had been called to
hear another orator, the unexpected appear
ance of Mr. Hendricks was greeted with the
utmost enthusiasm. He then announced the
object of his unexpected appearance before
them, and stated, by way Of preliminary, that
a copy of his speech would be handed to the
JouruaL and if that paper did not publish ii
John c. New would prove himself to be an
unfair man and bad neighbor. The tclc- !
graph report of hls speech then proceeds;
Gov. Hendricks then reiterated the charge
in his Marion speech and read at length the
testimony of Mr.. Jewctt, Gen. Garfield, Eliza
Mitchell, and others as given before the con-
gressiona committee, to substantlate his asser |
tions. Jewctt testified that he kept away pur-
posely from the visiting statesmen because he
did not want to know too much OF what was
going on. That is the reason he and Garfield |
never met in Louisiana. Gen. Garfield In his
own testimony, states that he lodged III the |
custom house, having an inner room, The outer
being used by clerks; that he talked with wit
nesscs, white and black; that he read over
their ailidavits, and where they did not come
within the rules adopted by the returning
board he suggested interrogatorcs 10 be put
to them that would make them SO conform.
Garfield was in New Orleans eighteen days, |
engaged in this business. AS result, West
FeCana parish was thrown out and the re-
suit Of the election reversed, for Garfield swere
hat on the returns as received Tilden seemed |
to be ahead When Garfield returned to Wash |
ington he received a dispatch: "lhe work is
DONE" alluding to the success OF the republl' |
can scheme to overturn the election. The
work OF fraud and perjury had been done and
the elected officers were cheated out OF their |
places but in the eternal providence OF d
righteous God, no man who was engaged In
the infamous work could ever be elected by
the American people to the place once oc.
cupied by Washington. Gov Hendricks spoke
for an hour and a half, ant democrats are par
ticularly enthusiastic over the opportunity |
afforded him by the journal to make a great
thing out of Garfields double relation to the
electoral count The Journal was sent proof
sheets of the speech from Mr.. Hendrickss
stenographers, but of course they declined to
publish it.
If after that the reeking pitch of the great
fraud don't stick to Garfields skirts, no human
evidence can ever be made strong enough to
convict any other felon of crime.
Later dispatches from Indiana say that the
republican managers now regret the attack up.
on Gov Hendricks. Up to Monday evening
everything indicated that he would not take
very active part in the canvass but now that
his ,re has been aroused, 1t is expected that he
will work with all the energy at his command
until the polls are closed. The effect of this
will be to soldify and encourage his party.