Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-14
Mr. Hewttt's Reply to J.doe Davss.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Abram s. Hewitt
makes a reply to the opinion of Judge Davis
| Id the Philip ease, in 80 far as it relates &c
himself. Mr.Hewitt says:"The Judge who sits
upon the bench is supposed to know the eyi-
dence which has been given by q witness.
Certainly he should examine it before he nm
dertakes to make statements as to it's nature
and to draw conclusions from it. That
Judge Davis has not performed this duty the
following comparison of his statement of the
testimony will serve to prove" THE pas-
sage is quoted from the opinion in which it
is made to appear that the Morey letter was
not published until Mr.. Hubbard had il ex-
amined by Mr.. Hewitt MIR. Hew-
lit makes this rejoinder. Snow
the simple and unanswerable reply to
all this statement and the extraordinary
comments in which Judge Davis has seen fiji
to indulge, is that the letter had already been
published In Truth before had ever seen
MIR. Hart or the original letter, or any COPY
of 1t. This fact Judge Davis must have
known when he penned the above lines, be-
cause had sworn in his presence, and after
cross-examination by Mr.. Stougnton, in
which Ma. Bliss intervened to verify the
dates, that the interview with MIR. Hart and
examination of the letter took place on the
10Th of October, after Its publication in
Truth and not before. / do not know whether
Mr.. Hart made a mistake in his testimony
as to the date, but, if he did, there is no
possible justification for Judge Davis to base
structure on this mistake in order to
attack from the bench the character
of citizen, after the date had
been fixed beyond the possibility
OF all controversy. Wkile writing this
statement sent messenger to Mr.. Hart to
ascertain whether he had ever made any de-
claration at variance with the facts as have
stated them. Mr.. Hart replies that he never
said, testified or thought that Mr.. Hewitt or
anyone connected with the national committee
saw the letter in advance of the pmblicstion
of the text of the letter in the Truth on the
2Oth OF October. l never pronounced the
body and signature of the letter to be in the
handwriting of Gen. Garfield. On the con-
trary, in presence of Mr. Hart and all the
gentlemen present, declared the body of
the letter not to be in the handwriting of
Gen. Garfield, but that I believed the sig
nature to be his autograph.
AS to the second interview in the evening,
it took place after my speech at Chickering
hall, when 1 was exhausted and took no
other part IN the discussion but to reaffirm
my belief IN the genuineness of the sigma
ture. l did not tell Mr.. Hart that I would
have made it forgery if could, nor has he
or anyone else testified ever xsed the ex-
preston"
70 Judge Davis assertion that Hewitt
event on with his associates scattering the
forgery broadcast throughout the country"
Hewitt replies: $50 far as am concerned
it would, perhaps, be sufficient answer to
say that never circulated sny Autographs or
fac siailes of either kind, but, in order to
show with what reckless eagerness the
charge Is made, [ state that am assured BY
the person who did send out the fac SMILES
that only the first or accurate ones were cir.
culated, and that second or amended fac
Smiles were only published in the Truth,
over which 1t is not pretended the commit
tee had any control.
81 forbear to make any comments what
ever upon the extraordinary character of the
opinion produced by Judge Davis. It is
enough for one to point out that the foun-
dation upon which ne has built up an attack
upon my character is false in fact, and with
this demonstration the consequences can
only be damaging to himself. I was prepar-
ed for this attack by the evidently prearrang-
ed preliminary statement of Mr.. Stoughton
in ths Times Of yesterday, and am now
forced to believe that there is concerted
scheme to attempt to break me down in this
community, where I have lived for Gfty
years, and to which I can more safely truss
for just Judgment than to judge of the su-
preme court who forgets that when he be-
comes judge he should cease to be q par
tisan."