New-York tribune., 1880-10-28

| lowing II a copy =:
LYING AND STICKING To IT.
The Republican National Committee yesterday held
a meeting 20 consider the best way o appeasing inc
storm OF Vopuar Indignation tha CART as infamous
Z Chinese On. Labor eft r. has aroused.
G ,rfi~d Jas denounced ~ letter as a forgery.
H aas led and the Republican National Commit
That was the decision at which they arrived yes
terlay.
In this question OF veracity between Garheld's
word aud Gdrtelds letter. tGe peOpe OF the United
States viii know nos 20 decide
They viii not be deceived oy the persistent lying OF
| the Re ubhcan Committee.
Gartieds own words Gar0cids own writing, con-
I'm. Republican candidate or the Presidency. his
desperation. has tred 10 ne himself ou 0i diihcuty
thaj viii swamp hn. The Republican General COM
m.ttge. while curslny MS folly IN ther hearts lt ior
HIM. because his swampng their utter destruction.
Pay no heed voters 10 wu"t is said on one side OF
e. muc rfed- letter as it Is laid before you TO-
dav. .no Judge for yours ,,ves."
annexed cOpy OF said Truth newspaper published
or sad 20 instant marked NJ. L. and also copy
OF sad Irvm vspaper published on said 22d instant
further state that on the 21siday Of October, instant
there appeared iu ne pncip4 newspapers t OF tlt
made by SAID Garfield ~ substance denying tnat be
ever wrote such letter ami declaring II 10 ne
sId paper cal ed Truth referred 10 such denla. and
stated aai 20 had been made NAT on tie ~, IN
25,1 anu 26 nstnnl' the sad paper called Ir" puo-
further at that lave ~ connection with others,
caused bc made ,o the authorship
forged and article and as o. tc use
which mad been malo Of the same by by
newspaper and have ascerlaned that
propuetors and have caused 10 be issued
several han drcd thou an copies o sad paper con an
u- copies OF said rsed letter, aud large number oI
copies OF said paper containing sad article.
further state that after careful ny Sueuou as u
jAe authorship 2i sla l'.sr' cue. an @ ei n 49,
am le. To beleFe' ana o. oeIrF'' anu l"rle,
fora charge tnat said lctter was written and
forged by a person named kenv2:d PI,p' one
OF tue editors OF wrlt-rs lor std news
ptper. and mat having forged said Ter, ila;
h rote caused o. puD.--cd Do said nHpfr called
Truth the sad arlce referring thereto "Ach Is Hr4eH
I..1 .1..ft
the article published Itl-ctLl- upon tle SAID General
Garfield. Us ia se malicious aud wicked libel, and Oh 81
OF the -ald forged ard fraudulent etJr which The SAID
Pnlp knew t. De so forced and iFauGu..n .nt
further state that / have numerous letters,
s,id rerli G3rf .d and rhat am m taf way some
Ierter ana t. comparison win tne hanlwnuug
Of said General Garfield would convince any
VIII Of me sad forged ana fr4uIuc0t letter
further state tAat upon information and belize, tAat
the papers hereto p'Xrd nG ndrhrd D.. H.. l., G,J.
50 puosu,d sand paper ga, ed Irh on the --i ust,
day. ans that the are all n tine handwriting Of the
/ SAID PnLp
or u some of them ine proprietor OF sad IrfH as am
Informed ami De'ev", enter mo M agree
men, with the Democratic National Committee. or
fAa alge numbers of saii forged letter ,nuGd DE cIcu
Of the denial of is autneuactv by .aI
I Garfield, have delivered or entrusted 10 san
iur copc 81 photographed or Ilhographe',
and pur dluce thereof tue sid committee" nave
letter 10 ne circulated I'm various .orins, both in the
That james A. tiIri' d now r cpre-cntat.ve IN Con
crc,s Tor XIX.h District of ono. d -en1ore-crt
10 senate ol the Ualted States rom ,a. sll.e Of
sworn 10 before ne ,hs}
IsIgnedl NOAH DAVIS Ja1gc Supreme Court.
MI Bell called the Justice attention TO the fact
that be had the original manuscript of the beilous
article together WIKI other articles which appeared
in the same newspaper on the same day. and were
in reference TO the same matter, all of which, IL
was alleged, were II the handwriting Of the de-
fendant.
Counsel also read the aililayt5 Of Joseph T. Paine.
A berf F. Southwor;h and d iniel I. Ames three
experts ID haudwr ting who had made compari-
sons OF Inc letter published In Truth with genuine
let ers from General Garfield and with manuscript
written by Php, and testified that the letter pub
lIshcl b. Iraih and alleged to have been written by
General Garfield was d forgery, and was written b5
Philip.
ARGUMENT or COUNSEL.
Mr. Bell as ne concluded the reading. mentioned
that he had also the original Letter from General
Garfield to Marshall jewell dated October 23 1850.
Nlr Brooke asked tor permission to see this and II
was handed to hlm. lie then made Al address for
the defence. IN the course ofwhca he asked Tor the
discbarre of tie defendant on the ground
that the afi layits themselves were insufficient
upon which property to base the warrant is
sued rs AGAINST the prisoner. " The affidavit
of Mr. Bliss" he said, " does DOt contain any -ug-
-estion or assumnion ot kn0wedge ol any material
tact 10 which It reiaies. inns was tht ohlt am
davit sad Mr.. Brooke, with the exception Of those
OF the three experts. upon winch the warrant was
issued and this Objectionable, inasmucA as these
exuerts assumed The latter to be for |
gerry merely from comparing a photo-ltho- |
,r,nh OF n with other original writings Of |
~. 4 faI, DTaID IDTa AZ
insufficient IN any material particular, that they /
failed to show any personal knowledge on the part |
OF the ailant OF the material clIcums ances upOn /
winch the Court was compelled 10 pass III tue first
instance the defendant was entitled TO be dis |
charged.
saw the or glnal letter from General GarhedY
Mr. BTouke-NO. SIT
Justice Davis-l 80 understood.
Vr Rrooke-Wcn Will he counsel on the other |
aide kindly point out where IL states that the
perts saw this original letter OF denial from Gen
eral Garfield ana compared IL Win tue OIl8lna OF |
the alleged forgery
Mr. Bell-Oh no. we have not seen that No one |
has the original OI Jbe atgcu forgery we are |
looking iOr that now -
Nj. Brooke-WeIl. what say these experts Here |
are three experts VINO have brought 10 their |
notice "A autographed copy Of an alleged eAlstlug /
letter which is published IN the columns Ot daily /
newspaper and assert that because they nave been |
shown ~ mar purports 10 be original and genuine
letter of General Garfield, and compared It |
with this photographed copy OF the original, /
which they have not seen. ana that the Two iet- |
entirely N-Atitub III NilbiI--' i'iSA'AD !
the assumption must be that the Writing OF !
the photographed letler II a forgery. submit !
that II these experts 10 be called 20 the stand
sucb testimony would be ruled out. There should !
be something more than the mere suggestion OF |
comparison upon which TO base sucn a charge.
Mr.. Stoughton briefly replied. tie SAID The !
charge AGAINST this person Is tnat he composed and
caused TO be published wicked ana rHlInaI llpei'
and the pr,,of upon these papers IL substantially !
tins: Ii appears before you, upon testimony about
which 1 THINK. there can he no doubt. !
that a certain letter purporting 20 have |
hern written by General Garfield was !
forged tor tie purpose of being published, /
a. n since has Do.n throughout the United States.
II apprars that naVug ioTged that letter and with
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