The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-17
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An incident has Just occurred in tine In
diaRs campaign which ha, greatly diScon-
crited the Republicans, and over Wlci t!t
Democrats are Nety mach animated atti tii-
couragesi. In speech the other ilght MI.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. good o-iui"n II Garfield
the Republicans have been cieetuiiy TepUh-
lishing-btteTiy arraigned the De tsotNer
statesman for his part in the electoral ira ud-
MIR Hendricks said il was peculiarly ctsTep-
uiable Uecause Garfield. alone oi tic visit
inc statesmen" 3" dared To sit as fGFrm3n on
the case which he had pref udEed %i'o the cEi-
dpnce in which he had helped ta doctor lie
further charged that Garfield wfs''e ia NeN
Orleans took charge Of tHc returns from
West Fcicanua parish, and in one OF the
inner rouuS OF P3ckard'S custom house,
manipulated the returns and prepared ailida-
wits and intpToU8tOrieS to make ont a ease.
The fudiana.saiis .f8-ss7-sf, She organ at IFS
party. edited Ivy the chaiIman of the State
ccHtya! cuBWiItrc, neighhor Of Nh Hem
bricks a~Saiied his declaration rs UHsVdrrJnt-
abir and untrue, 0ua said If il could l'e sub
StaUtiatpd Garfield ''WUBla be divr8ced.' -
Thus challenged Ia an issue of veracity,
Mr.. Hendricks warmed to his work. Tho.
not booked 10 spCsE st Indianapolis that
night, he sought and was cEccrlul!y accord
Ch the opportunity and such Il fluying a he
gave Garfield Hu Christian Statesman has re
ceived i'm this year of grace. He cited the
testimony given before the committee invcS-
tiga;iue the electoral fraud. page 10y pare,
and he demonstrated from Gaifcid's own
admissions the truth of the accusation which
hc had made avaiust him First Garfield
Syy0Tc that IN the distribution OF the .tc>ti-
monN relating to- the contested parishes, Il
took West Fciiciuud." Then, Il occnFicd
room ia the c';Stpm hOuS;. in the corner OF
. The nuildng :" this room had 40 dJar into
the hlIl; II communicated with another
room - -'thcrp wJS nobody in the inner room
but niysclf:' +h"re n. Swore that hc eNtm-
inpd the evidence in The case, aS if hr were
a lawyer. and then he says not finding this
I evidence strong enough
II dr1ughted some intcrrGgntorfes 70 draw ont
mo!c tuIly from some OF th" witnesses tn tcsti-
. money which they had -iycl rather ic brici %
some Of tIe intrrru-saforic- which subsequently,
Werc appended Z" ir testimony oi those q Itic-StS-
He admitted that me talked with Geo.
SWaEZer ana fixed up iutcTTog2tOTis.S 10 draw
+ out his evidence, ana $50 Ee did in the case ot
. Amy Mitchell and size answered thcS" inter
rDgdtOTipS to suit, but Iu her testimony hptUT.
the same committee she afterwards herself
slr0re HsGt there tr0s no TRUTH IN he stofcJiaRt
girea an response ia G0ls6ci5'S jRterroG0f0rieS.
In answer 10 "a question p'"puuuted hy cX-
GOV. Cox. Gt ONO, who Is Republican,
+ Amy Mitchell said that every statement con-
t3iu"d i'm the affidavit was false Jhst She
. did not say anything because Sue knew o..
but said ,rt"t they told bes Ia S0s.. Her tcstt
mDny also showed tnat sir iIIt been trained
3 in the custom house tu testify before She
. committee. On BIS way hUuIc Garfield pre-
pared brief IN hpha!f of tie Republican
side OF the case, GB~ad on the pcrjurpd trsti-
mDHy he had iCipCG To tx up. all the time
. knowing, as lie testified, that If nothing bat
/ the face of the returns was 80 lee considered
4 ana II every vote sent uD WIS 30 be treated
As q legal vote, Mr. Tildcu was ahead - ''and
+ If every vote sent up was a legal, and SOmt
more Republican votes were not found, il
, WAS very clear that the state had gone fOl
= Nichols and Iildeu-"
And yet this man who had prcjUdced the
case, who had been a lawyer IN It, who had
helped to fahIicatc it, had the Shameless cf-
/ fruntvry to take a scot in the Jury box and
swear that he would tIy lt fairly And a!tel
he had decided that Ihc electoral commission
50 appointed must 90 hchird the face ot the
returns. ne voted not To 90 behind those
which he knew would Oe found to be rotten
and fraudulent.
Il is $50 wonder that the Indianapolis pa
per which had challenged Hendricks to his
proof failed next morning To publish word
. of it or "A line pf editorial comment on his
speech, which proved t5ariield's disgrace
/ beycnd pcradvcnturp.