The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-29
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| HI. william II. Lfttle. ona a. II. -
aeeD a the ecripcs Assoeist;o" y
Newspaper, whjck unhliches af~.
noon nsvs1epsss IN nstroit. ~ Cisve,ss5 s.:ss
Bu0alo, st. Louis and Cinc{nnafi- ~
waiting his home in 81. Clair ~ ~.
he eelb . stnngo story ahout m ~.
rey Letter, which, - al newspaper rod
80 Will rememhef, was sprung unoa
sleetson: Il committed % a: ,(f. Ssst;s' G:sSesd
positively, over his own signature. n
nvof of cheap Chinese lahor: IA creef-
"a great excjteano0t throaRhouf ~
country IN consequence. A papee In
New York called 1sskh puhllGfoa : -
slmtIe of the letter, and all Oa16el1ia
Trends made haste = peunounoe e :
forgery. TIE suppooed forxeF was A.
feoeeo, and II Wa generally undefotood
" the country finally that the le1ter
was indeed . bold fraud, althouGh e
was never % declared By Nr. 0eT6eld
over hts own signature.
M. Little, In oo0vefsation at the time
q his Wait, threw good deal az light
upon the incidents relating 70 the dam
aging letter that tsanspired at 0ar6eld's
bone. Throughout the campaign Nr.
Little was manager Of tho Cleveland
Fe's'1 PScse, one of the ecripps news-
pePefs, and that paper made . speciality
Of the news from 0arne)d's home &
Mentor. The paper kept reporters there
continually, and every available scrap
Of news was picked Up and forwarded.
When the Aorey letter came out Nr.
GARFIELD, skiing for : pssisive denial nj q q
its genuinsnese. Inst9ad Of sendine It
Mr.. Garfield telegraphed . desire 1of an
interview. Mr.. L,ttle cent . reporter,
who was by Mr.. Garfield requested to
p0blish denial Of the genuineDesD Of
the letter, but to request that Mr.. Gar
field w00d write letter 70 that effect,
Nh. Garfield refused to acoede.
4 COUNCIL At MENTOR.
The next day Stanley Matthew and
one or two other prominent friends of
Mr.. Garfield passed through Cleveland
On the way the way to Mentor. Mr..
Little, being certain that their mission
related to the Aorey letter, selected one
Of his reporter, who wae known at The
low those gentlemen there, and, with
out revealing his identity . reporter,
= discover, II possible, the incidents Il
their visit.
The reporter, in pursuit Of this object,
entered Garlleld's parloF not long after
the visiting state0nen. II b proper to
explain that the house Wa 0pen to the
public almost without restriction. Peo-
pie came and went with - little core
m0ny - they weuld 90 into one Of oor
city Offices during business hours.
The gentlemen were busily engaged,
- was expected, discussing the 4orey
litter. Stanley Matthews urged Mr..
Garfield to write . letter positively de-
nyipg Il. Mr.. Garfield declined, and
rave his reasons frankly.
He said, in substance, that he was not
in . position to deny It positively. He
had come in, he said, the morning the
letter was purp0rted to have been writ
ten. and after being several days from
home. and Just after his election to the
sen atorship. He found large number
OF letters requiring his attention and,
assisted by his secretary, proceeded 70
reply to them. The work was done -
rapidly as they could do it. The secre-
tsry's wri ing, Mr.. Garfield said, W:
10 much like his own that he could
scarcely tell them apart. Therefore, It
n,ixht be possible that In the hurry and
excitement Of the time he had either
written or dictated the famous letter:
At anv rate. he was not sure enough
that he had not, to venture upon . posi-
tive denial that his friends sought 70
have him make. -,
There was great deal more than this
in the interview, aud the reporter had
II ali down in his mind, when MI. Gar
fIeld turned and saw the stxanger pres
Walking up to him he asked his
name and business, which the reporter
promptly made known.
Nr. Garfield then gave him to under-
sisnd that what he had heard was .
strictlv private conversation, not to De
n.,hlished under any circumstances. A.
fsr = 10od deal Of discussion the reporter
LETT. and, returning to Cleveland, Ialo
the rpDort before Mr.. Little, but at the
same time said he did not wish 10 nave
it published.
An OBSTINATE REPORTER.
"Have YOU given any promise tnat u
shall not be published:"' asked hr' LII
- 'rhe reporter said there had been no
d;ra..t nr;,mise to that effect, but aiter
r,hat lad l,een said he did not ieel IKE
rublishing the article.
::But." said Mr.. Little, you wete
.ent there under pay from this paper = =
~ the report just ~ you dld get II. !"
Relonrs to the paper and not 20 you;
The X porter insisted that u c0ulo TO-
h. ,.,hiis[,ed. and taking the nlanusc!lPt