Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-29

WHY PHILIP WAS CHARGED WITH LIBEL ONLY.
New YoRK, October 2Sth.-Philp could
not be arrested for forgery. because the Chi
nese letter intended to be attributed to Gar
field was in fact signed g Gdifeld." The
substitution of the letter 81 > tor "r was
evidently intended to save its resl author
from the penalty of forgery by teehnicality;
hence the arrest for libel in the editorial ar
ticle presenting the fac smile and charging
Garfield with falsehood in denying the au-
thorship. The refusal of the accused or his
employers to produce in Court the pretended
original, and Harris consequent committal
for contempt, give coup de grace to this
desperate attempt to delude the people. The
reaction against Barnum and his party be-
cause of it goes on. Respectable Democrats
by the hundred. expressing their indignant
modification and regret at the exposure, are
hocking to Garfield's standard.
j. W. SIMoNToN.
CONCLUSIVE PROOFS OF THE FORGERY.
New YORK, October 2Sth-The following
summary OF the proofs are conclusive of
the Chinese letter forgery: First, it is not
at all like Garfeld's present handwriting,
though the signature is said to simulate his
hand in 1867, when he wrote a letter to Gen
eral Rosecrans, from which, according to one
story, the forged signature was copied. No
genuine Garfield signature during the last five
years can be produced similar to that. Sec
ond, Garfield emphatically repudiates the let
ter and its sentiments, and stands by the
anti Chinese paragraph in his letter of accep.
ance. Third, the wealthlest shoe manufact-
urers of Lynn make affidavit that there was
no Employers Union in 1880, or for two
years prior to that time; that Morey was and
Is utterly unknown there, and no respectable
authority for his existence has been produced
to this hour Fourth, the postal canceliug
stamp on the simulated envelope was not in
use in January. 1880, and said envelope,
while presented as perfect fac smile, also
fails to bear another stamp, which was then
IN use at Lynn notifying parties to furnish
their exact address for the benefit of the let
ter carriers. J. w. SMoNToN.
THE SOLID MEN OF NEW YORK GRAND DEMON
sTRATIoY.
NEW York, October 2Sth.-One of the
grandest meetings of the campaign was held
this afternoon at the junction of Wall, Bread
and Nassau streets under the auspices Of the
bankers, brokers, produce-dealers and dry
goods trade. Nearly 10000 people were
present, including the solid men Of the city.
The buildings in the neighborhood displayed
the national colors, ard there were several
professions from the dry goods district and
from the Produce and Stock Exchanges. Sec
retasies Sherman and SchuTz sent letters of
regret. jackson S. Schultz presided Colonel
Ingersoll made an address, reviewing the
principles OF both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. In 1860, ne said, the Demo-
cratic party appealed to force, and now it ap-
pealed to fraud. 1t then appealed to the
sword now it appealed to the pen. It was
treason then it is forgery now. He advocated
the preservation of an honest ballot, and said
the Democratic party could not be depended
on for that. Unless we had an honest ballot
| the days Of the Republican party were num-
bered, and the only way to retain it was to
keep the Democratic party out of Office. He
| advocated free speech, and said there never
was free speech in New York until the Re-
publican party came into power. Touching
on the subject of State sovereigney, he said
that it was never appealed to except some
body wanted to do wrong. He hated it, be-
cause it fostered State pride. The Democratic
party first used the sovereignty of States to
carry on slavery, and afterwards for seces-
sion. Referring to the tariff question, he said
Hancock knew nothing about it, and there
fore knew nothing about the wants of the
country. We believe, said the speaker, in
the tariff, because it gives skilled labor good
pay; because it built up towns and cities !;
because it made the country self-supporting !;
and finally, because the Democratic party did
uOb DcllcNc Ill Iuc OcilOCfdtiC party WAS
gone. It had appealed to crime, and deliber-
ate and infamous forgery had been commit
ted. That forgery had been upheld
by some of the leaders of the Democrats,
and defended by men calling themselves re-
specialize. Every honest man in the city of
New York ought to leave such party, and
every honest man ought to refuse to be made
party to such crime. This forgery made
doubly sure the election of James a. Gar
field. The people of the North believed in
honest dealing, free speech, an honest ballot
| forgery and SANDER and the people had made
up their minds to give to General Garfield
vindication of which every American might
be proud. The speaker wound up with a
/ glowing eulogy of the characters of Generals
! Garfield and Arthur, and the meeting ad
| journed.
| GENERAL GRANT AT BUFFALO.
| BUFFALO, October 2Sth.-General Grant
| presided at great mass meeting to-day.
! The applause which greeted the appearance
of the General was long and deafening
Stepping to the front of the platform, the
applause and cheers were renewed, and per-
sisted in for many minutes, despite the at
| tempts of General Grant and the Chairman
to stop it. Finally he spoke few words
amidst the confusion, predicting that the
| Government would pass from the domination
of the rebel Brigadiers, and that this fall
would see Republican victory from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, comprising all the
Northern States, and that we will have a
| different organization to contend with in the
next election from what we have now. We
will have an organization then to contend
with which will be divided into two parties,
and not by two sections of country, and we
will then have free ballot and an honest
ballot, which the people of this country are
determined to have, and if the South persists
in a solid South, they will be met by solid
North.
Conkling then spoke. There was g1and
torchlight procession in the evening.
NEAL DOW ALL RIGHT.
CHICAGO, October 2Sth. = The Tribune's
| Augusta special says; Neal Dow was inter
viewed to-day He declared that ne in
tended to vote for Garfield, fully realizing that
one of the two leading candidates for Presi-
dency must be chosen. He says he was
never more stalwart Republican than now
that to put a Prohibition ticket in the field
would simply aid Hancock, whose election he
would regard as an overwhelming disaster to
the business prosperity now everywhere
| developing throughout the country. In the
opinion of General Dow, every Republican
in the State, who felt dissatisfied in any de-
gree with Governor Davis, will support Gar
field, working and voting for him. He judges
that vote for the Prohibitory Presidential
Electors in Maine in this election would be
only to aid the enemies OF prohibition. 1t
would really, in his judgment, be disloyalty
to the Prohibitionists to run ticket for the
benefit of Hancock or the solid South Demo-
Gratis.
PLAIN SOLID SOUTH TALK.
| New YORK, October 2Sth-A recent issue
of the Meriden miss. Mercury contains the
! following extracts: "Make no more cowardly
concessions that secession was revolution and
! folly: no more self accusations of having
committed treason. The people of the North
refuse TO believe us and affect to believe. if
we could control the Government to any ex-
tent, to such extent we would impair it.
! Then let us cease to concern ourselves about
| the national credit. neither upholding nor
pulling it down so, if it can stand without
our active concern about it, let it stand, and
welcome, and if it can't, let it fall and be
damned. Discourage the idea that position
in the Federal Government is higher than IN
the State Government. Elevate the State
pride until one feels it more honorable to be
Mississippian than a citizen of the United
States"
EFFORT TO CARRY coNNEcTIouT-rHE SACK
OPENED.
CHICAGO, October 2Sth.-A Hartford
special says: Facts ascertained to-day in