Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-26
SOME SCRAPS OF HISTORY.

How Garfield Voted in the House on the
Chin ,se Question-He Expresses Senti-
ments Identical With Those Contained
in the Morey Letter
WASHINGTON, October 2j.-The denial
OF General Garfield touching the genu-
ineness OF the Morey letter, or rather
the two denials, look somewhat strange
in the light oi analysis. The criticism
placed upon the kilograms here is just
this: IL will be observed that in the
first telegram General Garfield says to
Chairman Jewell: 81 will not break
the rule have adopted by making a
public reply TO campaign lies; but au.
thorize YOU 10 denounce the so-called
Morey letter as bold forgery, both in
language and sentiment"
Now, it is as pain as two and two
make four that the National Republican
Committee have been
Proddiug Garfield Ever Since the Lstter
was Made Pubic
10 deny it over hissignature. With that
cautiousness AMI cunning Tor which
Garfield is noted, he declined to public
iy make denial, but authorizes jewell to
make it for him.
Now, what follows? The National
Committee is not satisfied with the dis
claimer and want it made more en-
phatic. Telegram after telegram is sent
to Mentor, and yielding to the pressure,
which is so overwhelming. the second
denial, or the one intended for the pub
lie, is transmitted. This the National
Committee, by means of the Associated
Press, spread broadcast over the land.
Ii is pertinent TO ask, if the Morey
letter is stupid forgery, why General
Garfield did not so stamp it without the
solicitation of the party managers. The
New York Herald offered the columns
OF that paper to General Garfield. lie
maintained dogged silence
Until He Was Forced by the Party
Leaders
To openly make disavowal ; and the fact
that he did not make this emphatic dis.
ayowal of his own tree will Is palpable
upon the reading OF the first telegram,
wherein he saws: ~ will not break the
rule have adopted by making a public
reply to campaign lies.
Ii is quite pertinent to as< what con-
strained General Garfield to send the
second dispatch, after telegraphing
Chairman Jewell rs above quoted? IL
is in order to furnish the public with all
the teleyrams which passed between
Mentor and New York bearing on the
Morey letter.
Now, as to the letter being a forgery
in sentiment, the following from the OIL
fetal records
Will Show to the Contrary.
On the 2S.h Of January. 1879, Just be.
fore the vote was taken in the House oil
Representatives on the passage oil the
bill 10 restrict Chinese immigration, the
following appears in the Congressional
Record, Volume 8, Part /, Forty.tiith
Congress, Second Session:
"The Speaker-The question now IS
on the engrossment and third reading
of the bill as amended.
"Nr. Garfield-l ask unanimous con-
sent. Mr.. Speaker, TO offer an amend
mept-ihat this bill shalt not take effect
un,il due notice has been given TO
China. according To the usages OF Inter
national law, of the termination OF the
treaty against which it IS palpabie and
flat violation.
"The Speaker-That is in the nature
OF debate. -,
"Mr. Garfield My amendment will
be rscsir,tl ur,Lrs this bill is merely for
party capitsL nm
A vote was then taken on the bill and
il was passed-yeas; l55; nays, -.
Mr Garfield Was Present and Dodged
the Vote.
On the - OF February, 1879, the bill
was returned TO the Senate from the
House as amended. The enemies OF the
hin triei TO defeat it by dila,ory mo-
tions such as demanding tedious roll
cali votes on the Senate amendments
and on the motions TO adjourn. MI:
Willis. of Kentucky, who had charge oil
the bill, demanded the previous ques-
ton on concurriug IN the Senate amend.
meuts. The Congressional Hcord
shows the subsequent proceedings as
follows:
. "Mr. White, OF iPennsylvania-l move
tina, the House DO now adjourn.
"Mr. Luttrell-l wish the House to
take notice
Th,,ttisa Republican Who Tries to De-
feat This Bill"
"Nr. White-I am opposed to this
bill, and do not care who knows II.
"Mr. wilson--In the event OF the
proposition to adjourn being voted down,
| desire to call for the reading OF the
sixth article OF the treaty with China, re-
ferred to in the bill"
"Mr. Garfieli-I reserve the right to
call for separate votes on the amend
ments."
Mr.. Garfield, on the direct Vote to lay
the bill on the table. and thus kill it,
Voted "iea."
On the lst of March, when the vote
was taken on the question, "Will the
House, on a reconsideration, pass this
bill, notwitt standing the objections OF
the President" Mr.. Garfield voted
"No."
During the consideration OF the bill in
the House, General Garfield made no
set speech upon the subject, but enough
ia comprehended in the few sentences
he relieved himself Of TO show unmis-
takably where he stood. He said OF this
bill, at is palpable and Hat violation"
oi the Chinese Treaty.
Wherein, then, is the Morey letter
A Forgery In Sentiment
Here isa scrap OF history which serves