New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-23
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Chairman VIM. III. Barnum, OF Jne DelnO-
cratic National Committee, is getting des-
pcrate. On Wednesday lie telegrapbed to
the press of the country, in state OF great ex-
element. letter pu1porting to have been
written by General Garfield on the Chinese
question, which he said "should have the
widest circulation among all classes, "a IL
"unmasks the Republican rOttenncss and hyp0c-
"risy on the labor question, through their CHEZ
@Garfield's death warrant his nefaIi0us letter
advocating an extended Chinese immgra-
ation" The "nefariOus letter was so OBJ
yiously forgery as hardly to need reputation,
but General Garfield at once pronounced it
forgery, ana the denial went to the country
with tie fabrication, though Democratic news
pauers eagerly published the lie and sup
pressed the denial Investigation has shown
that the letter was not only false but weak
and foolish invention, with nothing to stand on ;
one of those ridiculous forgeries that do harm
only to theiI authors
On Thursday, Mr. Barnum rushed into print
with another sensation in the shape OF two
telecrams from Governor Jewell to Republicans
in Florida, the first OF which was promise OF
5000 for campaign expenses III that State, ana
the second warning to look out for 800 men
who had been sent down there from TINS
city. and were suspected OF being Demo
cratic repeaters. Both were sent openly,
without any cOncealmcnt or use OF cipher, but
Mr.. BaInum Jumps up and down and charges
that Republicans were preparing to repeat IN
the State of Florida the infamy then about to
- he contaminated in the State of Indiana" 1t
seems like n gigantic joke for VIM. III. Barnum
70 be issuing proclamations of this soft charg-
ing Marshall Jewell with attempting to intro
duce repeaters into Florida. No one who
knows anything of the two men, of their char
acters, regulations, and antecedents, can read
it without a smile. If anybody was to put out
a proclamation of this kind why didn't MIR.
Barnum get some one else to do IT Doesn't
he know what his own reputation isl And
doesn't he know, too, that whatever else may
he said of Marshall jewell no one will believe
him guilty of any such undetermined and in
famous performance a. he charges him with
Nh. Jewell and Mr. Barnnm are both Connec-
ticdt men, The former has Deen several times
elected Governor of his own State, and IN the
most holly contested campaigns has never been
charged with dshOnOrablt practices. Mr.. Bar
nun has been repeatedly elected to Congress
from that State, and never without the most
unblushing corruption. His name is syno-
nym for bribery In the Stat, and his own PAL
tisans do not pretend to deny that he has done
more to corrupt and degrade the politics of
Fairfield and Lichield Counties than any other
twenty men. Thess are notorious facts: And
vet Mr.. BarDm has the brazen efirOntery to
issue over his own name charge OF cheating
against Governor Jewell. He ought to have
remembered what the Convention thar lately
nominated him for Congress said of lIinI-th;lt he
is too well known" to try any such game as
this. MI Barnum is not only getting excited /;
he grows 10 be ridiculous.