The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17

plment IN Cambria county by re-
ducing Cofroth's majority TO $50.
II has now been clearly proved
before the Court in the city Of New
York. that the Morcy [Chinesc) let
ter, alleged to have been written by
James \. Garfield, and the cjrcula-
ton of which in California and Ne
vada lost him those States, is a for
gerry. More than this, it is admitted
by two Of the witnesses, who have
since made confession, that they
were bribcd to swear falsely in the
attempt to iasten the letter upon Gen
eral Garfield, and worse yet, the
forgery and the procurement of the
perjury is being traced directly
home to the Democratic managers
of the late National campaign.
Ofall the 9retchod, miserable al
tcmpts, which the Democratic party
have made from time to time to
steal from the people the honest
fruits ofthc ballot-box. this Is the
most shocking. Cool. deliberate
forgery, perjury, and subornation
of perjury, are the monstrous crimes
that are traced home, by aid of the
courts, to the leaders of the Demo
cratic party. The end is not yet
The trial Of these pcrjurers will
probably lead to further develop.
ments, and We hope for the arrest
and punishment Of the scoundrelly
instigator of those dreadful crimes
In the following article the New
York Times tcrsely sums up the
case 50 far rs developed:
1t is wretehed aud miserable
story which the two false Witnesses
of the Democratic National Com
mittee have to tell of their oonncc-
ton with the business Of the fraudu-
lent Morcy letter. $. S. Morey, and
the man with many aliases, now
known az O'Brien, appear to be
poor creatures who have been used
by the men who are guilty Of sui
.ornation Of perjury, and who were
ready 10 stoop to any mtamy in
order to compass their ends. Hay-
ing forged a letter, purporting to
have been written by Gen. Garfield
to one ii. J.. Morev, IT was found
necessary TO prove the existence OF
the person to whom the letter vas
addressed, or, failing III this, TO IN
vent such q person. Pushed to the
wall, the desperate conspirators in
the Democratic National Committee
and their coadjutors in the office OF
the newspaper which first publish
ed the forged letter, boldly decided
toprodUce false witnesses whoweuiG
swear that they had known the II.
l. Morey for whom detectives and
lawyers had vainly sought. Two
men willing to penurc themselves
were found.
The ease Of the first Of these. :. <.
Morey, as he represents it in his
confession, Is a pitiablc one. He
was brought hither from Lawrence,
Mass, and be tcstifcs that II. l..
Morey to whom the forged letter was
addressed was his uncle, that lac was
a real person, and that he knew him
to be the man to whom the so-callcd
Chinese letter was written. This
man now confcsses that ne never
knew such 4 man as II. l.. Morey.
and that he swQre falsly when he
testified that he did know him. The
miserable man attempts to excuse
his perjury by the statement that he
was in needy circumstances, not
able to work a great deal more than
three or four days in n week. and
going some times six or seven weeks
without work" He dwells at length
on his abject poverty, and says
The inducements they held ont to
me were that this thing would be
closed ont after the election, and
that had no need to fearanythine. "
Under these circumstances, in great
need, and in the power of the keep
er of a place of low resort. to whom
he had become indebted, the false
came to New York. He
was taken possession Of by agents
of the National Democratic Com
nittee and of the newspaper in
which the forged letter was printed.
Such was the anxiety of the former
that he was kept at the head quar-
ters of the National Democratic Com
mittee a part of the time, at least.
OF the members of the committee
who had charge of him, the pcriurer
recalls one-B. z. SmaIley. And
when the poor wretch had dCue his
york he was paid $50 in . check
draws OF the Park National Bank. I
in behalf Of the De.3ocratic Nation
Al Committee, this psyme.: being
siaae at the National Democratic
in this city. This Is
he end Of the frst ~ fhe two false
witnesses suborned % establish
he assertion that such q person a,
II. L. Morey ever existed, and that
he was the person to whom the Chi
leSe letter was sent.
On the morning Of November ,
election day, Mr. ". IL. BaYaum
,aused to be printed in the Deme-
,ratic newspapers an affidavit pur-
porting to be made by one Robert
of Cumberland, Nd, to
.he effect that the atiiant knew II.
l. Me.ey, and that Morev had
shown him the sc-called Chinese
etter, or a copy of it. a witness
came to New York.