Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-10-30
DEMOCRATIC FORGERY.
Repeating the Morey Letter Dodge of 1 IS,

DEMOCRATIC FORGERY.
Repeating the Morey Letter Dodge Of 1880.
The following communication was
published in the Detroit Evening News
of the 22d:
To the Editor Of the Evening News.
Four years ago, after the Republican
victories in Ohio and Indiana rendered
1t certain that Garfield would carry every
northern state unless the evident pref
erences Of the people could be thwarted
by fraud, the Democratic National COM
mlttee employed scOundrel to forge the
Morey letter and circulated it broadcast
in facsimile form. Immediately after
the publication OF the letter it was de-
nounced as forgery by Gen. Garfield.
1t was proved that the alleged Henry L.
MOrey was a myth. and in addition to
the intrinsic evidence of clumsy spuri-
BUSINESS in the letter itself, it was clearly
shown that it was manufactured to or
der for base and disgracefnl partisan
purposes. Yet in the face Of these facts
the Hon. Vim. III. Barnum, chairman
of the Democratic National committee,
circulated it all over the country and
braZenly pronounced it genuine, though
none knew better than he that it was
fabrication. The Detroit Free Press,
whose editors knew, as former Office emf
ployees can testify, that it was forgery,
dishonesty paraded it in It's columns
and lyingly indOrsed it as genuine. OF
conrse after the election the forgery was
admitted, and some of the seOundrels
whom the Democratic National commit
tee suborned to perjury Ia connection
with the transaction were sent to pris-
OH.
Now. when the result of the Ohio elec-
ton again surely f0retells Republican
triumph, the Democratic National COM
mittee Qhe same Vim. H. Barnum chair
mani have once more reserted to forgery
to sustain their dishOnOred ticket, and
the Detroit Free Press on Oct. 10 exact
ly four years from the day the MOrey let
ter FIRST appeared in the New York TRUTH
published over the signature of Don, Nj.
Dickinson, the Michigan member of that
National committee, what purpOrts to be
a fac smile of the heading of the edi-
tOrial columns of the Kennebec Journal,
dated August IL, 1856, flying over the
name of James G. Blaine, as one of the
editors, the Fillmore ticket and the
Kn0w-KnOthing motto, PUT none but
VII SudIu!
Mr.. Dickinson. to prejudice foreign
born voters against Mr.. Blaine, accom-
panies this alleged fac smile (Which he
says has been furnished" him) with
some very dismal attempts at wit, and
cites it as proof of the falsity of Mr..
Blaines speech at Flint, in which he de-
clared that he had never been connected
with the KnOw-KnOthing organization,
&c I'M NJ cd
Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency, but on
the contrary had been a member of the
convention which nomi.
mated Fremont. whose elactiOn he, in the
columns of the Ksnnebec Journal, zeal
Ouslv advocated. l am in receipt of the
following telegram. which is self ex-
planatOry:
AUGUSTA, Me-. Oct. 81, 1884.
James H. Stone.
Kennebec Journal in 1856 supported
John C. Fremont for President and VIM.
L. Dayton for Vice President. as its files
shows and we can testify. The forgery
has been denounced by Blaine in pub.
lie speech and also in the columns of the
Kennebec journal and other papers.
SPRAGUE & Sons,
Publishers Kennsbec Journal.
man of prominence and reputation liv-
ing in Augusta, also telegraphs me as
follows:
1t is an utter falshOod in every phrase
and form. Offer to bet the man five to
)ne-any amOuRt-that the Kennebec
Journal never had any such heading.
Take him for any amount.
Mr.. Dickinson says he has "been fur
lished" this fac similie-presumably
rom the headquarters of the committee
If which he is member. No one who
Knows MIR. Dickinson can believe that he
lad anything to do with the preparation
If such scOundrelly forgery, but can
nan enjoying his social and profession
Il position afford to stand sponsor for |
he shameful fraud by associating his |
lame Herewith? Even If he published |
t in perfect good faith, can he escape |
for issuing il to the world
without having positive evidence that 1t
vas genuine?
JAMES II. STONE.
WINE WInC NVORLD.