New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-02

confessed periurer. His own Writing cOnNlcVs
Mr.. Barnum of doing this. Mr.. Barnum, in
the third place. is charged with sending TINS
same fellow under the true name he knew HIM
by TO another place to procure false evidence
and the proof of this is even stronger than
that of the last, and is in MIR. Barnums own
handwriting. Mr.. Barnum is charged with pay
ing Hadley for these services, and the tracing
of the money from the chairman OF the Com
mittee to Hadlcy and through him to one OF
the periurcrs who unsuccessfuly attempted to
bolster ND the forgery, IL not to he easily re-
futed. for it is clear and simple testimony.
H. Mr.. Prince is charged with aiding and
abetting Hadlcy, under his assumed name, i'll
faIsifying the records of the KiItland House,
Lynn. Mass; in altering the affidavit of Clara
L. Morey TO make it "A lie in the interests of the
Democracy and in procuring the false testi-
monv of another of the MOreys. Mr.. Prince can
plead that he didn't know but he does moi
do even that He can plead that he simply
acted on the directions by litter OF Mr.. Barnum'
but thus far he has not produced Mr.. Barnums
letter to him.
ILL., Edward B. Dickinson is charged with
guilty knowledge of the existence of the Morcy
forgery before it was published. Iiadiey IS
fine authority for that, and Hadlcy no matter
what others NAV think of him or what he has
been proved or may hereafter be proved to be,
is a witness whom Mr.. Dickinson cannot rcpu-
date. For he wrote of him, November II, two
weeks after the letter was proved forgery,
that he Hadley) had done good work for the
Committee lie is charged with paying money
TO this man for his infamous services at Lynn,
I. atTtrn IL
WAS complete. The money is traced i'll tee-
grams. where the orders also appear.
Now. all this looks serious to everybody Dut
the persons called on by the facts to explain.
The Morey forgery was one OF the meanest OF
politcal blunders and the most lneXcuSaDle oil
crimes; and no man, however remotely con-
nectcd with its execution or publication can
hone to escape deserved opprobrium OF his
fellow-men. IIadley, the actual forger, is
financial, moral and professional wreck. Inc
paper which published the forgery was ruined
by il; its publisher. Hart, swears he Is Il bank
rupt and the editor, Post, who was response
bic for its use by the paper tcStliles that ne
can't pay his debts Now, the men who sug-
gestcd lis execution, paid for It's promulgatIoh
supplied the funds to pay for the perjury Dy
which il was attempted to sustain 1t, and VINO
are openly charged with doing these things, do
moi think the fate which has Oyertaken their
agents so serious that they ought to avert 1t by
even 50 simple a thing As IN explanation OF
their conduct. II won't do to say, Hadlcy
lies" or that Davenport distorts," or that
a." the matter is all dcad and gone issue of four
yeafs a.o.1 There are letters to answer Tor I;
payments of money to be cleared up; and
actions to be explained. IL these are left un-
contradictcd no amount Of defamation Of
Davenport viii suffice. The documents he
produces sustain all the hcarsay testimony that
he gives to complete and round out his very
perfect exposure of this great political crime.
And until he and his facts are specifically re-
Piled to and explained away, mcnof intelligence
win doubt the honesty of the mon who ran the
Democratic campaign Of forgery and viii look
with suspicious eyes on everything they may
do in the present campaign OF SANDER which
obey are conducting.
These men 90 not answer. Why9 1t IS be-
cause they either cannot dare not. Is 1t
possible that they fear there may be something
mare behind all this