Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Another pemoerntlc Lie Exposed.


On the 21st Mr.. Barnum, Chairman
of the National Democratic Committee,
published an address to the public in
which he charged that the National Re-
publican Committee and Marshall
Jewell, its Chairman, were engaged in
an attempt TO colonize Florida in the
interest of the Republican Electoral
ticket, and to substantate the charge
published certain kilograms which had
fallen into the hands Of his Committee
through the bunder of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company.
He also announced that he pro-
posed to have the kilograms
autographed and given general circula-
tion. This last proposition DIR. Green,
the President Of the Telegraph Com
pany, promptly sat down upon, and de-
manded that the dispatches so sent by
mistake be Immediately returned, and
Mr. Barnum was compelled to give them
up, saying that he was satisfied If Mr..
Jewell admitted the genuineness Of the
kilograms. On the 22d Mr.. Jewell
clapped his extinguisher over Mr.. Bar
mum and showed that he had in this, as
well as in the Garfield Chinese-letter
case and in numberless other instances,
like General Hancock, his leader, gone
off half-cocked.
The following is Mr.. Jewelrs COM
munication to the public;
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERs,
New YORK, Oct p.
Yesterday, Mr. Barnum, Chairman
of the National Democratic Committee,
issued an address to the public, in
which he publishes two kilograms sent
by himself to Florida.
The following are the facts: On the
8th of October, verbal Information was
received at the Republican National
| Headquarters that two or three hundred
men were going out from this city on
one of Maliory's steamers bound for
Florida, on the strength of which infor-
nation the following telegram was sent
to f. w. Wicker, Collector at Key
| West, Fla, warning him that the men
| in question were believed to be Demo-
cratic repeaters:
[Telegram.l
"Ew YORK, Octobers.
! To F. W. Wicker, Key West, Fla:
! Mallory steamer Of last week had two or
| three hundred wOrkmen for some railroad.
! Looks to US Us though they were sent to Key
! West to vote. MARSHALL JEWELL.
On the 11th day of October letter
was received at these Headquarters oi
which the following is q copy:
CUsToM-HoUsE, NEW YORK,
COLLECTOR's OFFICE, October IL.
! Dear Sir: have just received the inclosed
! memo. from perfectly reliable person. You
remember my telling you the other night tlat
would try to get at the facts. r., r,.--
To Hon. Marshar Jewell, Chairman National
| Committee
The following is the memorandum
inclosed:
Memorandum
City of Dallas, $50; state of Texas, 100; Colo
RADIO, 100. Men on dock instructed to say
nothing about it. Denied in Office at the docl
that any had gone.
The substance of the information con
tanned in the letter and memorandum
was then telegraphed to Mr.. Wicker, a.
follows:
New YORK, October l2.
| To F. W. Wicker, Collector, Key West Fla:
City of Dallas took 80; State of Texas, 100
| Colorado, 100, for Key West. Men on dock in
| structed to say nothing about it.
MARSHALL JEWELL.
1t was believed at these Headquarter,
that the Democrats were sending these
men to Florida as repeaters, and actor
was taken to prevent the Democrat!
from reaping any benefit from thu
scheme.
The telegram to Mr., Noyes, a copy
of which is given below, related solely
to the payment of expenses of Messrs
Noyes and Collender, two Republican
speakers in Florida. Tue telegram wa
as follows:
NEW YORK, October 12.
To CHARLES ]. MOVES, Jacksonville, Fla;
| | telegraphcd yesterday. | will provide a
requested. Two hundred each for COllende
MARSHALL JEWELL.
The telegrams to Florida related sole
ly to the fact that we had the imforma
ton above given, viz: That the Demo
Gratis were exporting men to Southern
Florida for some purpose, and from tn
past history of that party it wa
fair to assume that they wer
sending them there for the pun
pose of committing election frauds
and we notified our friends in the tele
grams which have found their way int
the hands of the Chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee by tn
usual Democratic methods, and whic
have been paraded as evidence of in
tended frauds upon the part of Repub
licans. | submit these facts to the pub
lie, and am willing to abide by the de
cision of all fair-minded men.
MARSHALL JEWELL Chairman.