New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-16

bamres tbeIein nv which The doeahenS W"s w" ',s
80 assume the form o, Z m, ,erx'iew with person
statement OF prefecture" h''''"
az" Mr. iiadley admits that after the changes We,"
~, his ar, final draft of the dodger he wrote
shauo iinal DRAFT OF the Mercy letter hut az hmos
Sa claims that he never knew what heoaihp W ~
theyeafter save that II was 10 Nafueu 'o tuo W
me-" Somnittee and subsequently, appeared III
J,yfb rewritten upon sheet oil paper oe'rlhs s,o
letter head OF the House oil kepioSei"tNvs mn NM
IIadevs admission is doubtless true but u Is UNI
ouest,onally untrue that he did not write le eltei
an the shane in which il finally appeared have lhe
statement of friend of Hadlels, TO whom nc al'
mittcd The fact that his hand had penned the letter
can produce gentleman-a mem DER Oh 'ne o''' 20
this city-whO was asked by the most mI H ~
The har-to allow himself to be introduced 10 iau
lev who was described to him az being very . 10
markable man and the writer OF the MoreH le'' Nv
The gentleman referred TO was hnaIy va Hidley
Hadlevs confdant to lladley's office. where iau.oS
was pointed out TO him as the writer OF inc
SO much for the authorship OF the iet,er' !" ~
gard TO its publication MI Davenport Writes
FACTS OF THE PUBLICATION.
n, T,o0a.r tbe 9th of October Truth printed at
the head of its columns the following donoie-eaoeu
announcement; ,r,r, ,
sTonorrows Truth will produce positive evidence over
his own signature that James A GarheldH ID"
pronounced advocate Of Chinese
cheap labor"
This notice fell fat Inorning paper In the CITY
referring thereto ON the following day. ,o NJ IA
Nm Seade ~ former Democratic member of Con
gress from the city of New-fork. called at run run
office for the purpose of seeing Mr. r. I. hancock,
the managing editor of that journal and personal
friend of Meades While there, Mr.. Hart, the pub
fisher Of truth expressed desire TO have tpe nle
bers of the Democratic National committee see tho
letter and requested Mr. Meade to see some one
connected with the Committee, aud arrange an honr
when ne Hart could show them the letter MI
Meade agreed 10 endcavor to bring about the inter
view desired, and, leaving Truth ONCE, went 10 tne
Office of Mayor Edward Cooper IN the City iiaIlI
,caI 4 p
John Tracy. to go with him to ser MT Barnnm
Their visit resulted in request from Mr Barhnm
to MIR Bradley b. Snalley, the Vermont member oil
the Committee to see Mr.. Hart lhls MT SnIsliey
did aud Mr. Hart informed him OF the character o.
the letter in his possession. but decned eHhlolIhe
it, until after its publication on the toOihg noin-
ing when he said. he would be pleased to have an
interview with the Committee and show It's MEM
bers the original letter. =, -
lev y Smallcy called again upon MI Hart az that
interview, he was permitted TO see the oflglnal ese
I'm facsimile for wide distribution. Mr. hart re-,
sponded to this suggestion. by saying mat ne wo1id
not allow il to be printed or circulated untll IL
had first been examined by members 81 tne ! Qn r
Inittee and others familiar with General Garfield 5
handwriting, when, # they pronounce ,no eI Me-
Smalley then stated that lac had called Tor the pur
pose of saying that the Committee was prepared 10
receive Mr. Hart and to examine the letter where
upon il was taken by Mr.. Hart to the rooms oi the
Tbere we're present nj the time Of The letter being
shawn AT the Democratic headquarters about
o'cl"ck in he afternoon of the 10Th of Octoher-
MIR. William II. Barnnm Mr. A3ram levitt UT
Samuel Z Randall. MIR Orestes Cleveland, Mr.. I'd
ward Cooper and others most. " not hlol those 70
whom it was then shown, declared with much
promptness that the letter was absolutely genu
Inc" 49,.
In view Of the facts as they are now known, the
scene ~ the Democratic committee rnonis on thlS
Exhibition dav. must have been most interesting
and the inuuirt can hut naturally arse ~ the NINA
Of the rea1pt. whether the members of the Tom
pilre aud such others as were present, did not
OF old IuUk ~ PHiH ullfl 2
Tho etbihitinn having finally closed, MI Hart
was takrn lev Nj sinallr, to EafuhYs where the
iettnt waa photographed Preparations were then
made fnf TIA appearance ~ run ~ fds'mts ,..
immediately Huup the appearance ~ the lritrt
thn ihHHnpfatio National Committee through Hs
oha. fnah seui the following dispatch w. 10 t"h,
iy sal the samr waH ptihirI ~ mlhY 81 ll9 i"' ,
ihg Democratic journals on the morning bl lhnis
Nrv-yoaR, Oetober go, 1850.
The following Is published Ia frHt tbs mothins me
bitter q authentic ms ~" Hs"era ua'geds h"mH''","g
bens. Is worse tesH "s.less sIp". ss' Inc HenH"
can h0l0Nuess aud hypocrisy on Tue lanul Iu,s l"n
laharng mans interest aud Ia favor OF The Employers
Union advising them to employ w SIf GISG II BH%SuA
Here followed printed copy Of the Morey letter.
It appears, thfefOre:
First--That before the MOrey letter was received
by IfHtA, prominent Democrats and thelr allles anu
ConfedeIates had knowledge of the existence OF inc
Seo5nd-That following its receipt by Truth ,promi-
tnlttee and Others-hasened to pronounce II " an
solutey genuine and to declare 1t to be III General
Garheds handwriting -.
There yet remains to be presented another tact
showing the action of the Committee with respect
to the Morey letter On the day of It's hrst appear
ance. in tyne, IN Trth-OctOber ~ tue MoIcY
letter was telegraphed throughout the country.
Among the Democratic journals which received u
was he BOston Globe. Immediately upon lts re-
cent and before printing it that paper he
Globe took the exceedingly fair and unusual course
of sending telegram TO the NatlOnal comm tiro,
asking if the letter could he relied upon as beng
genuine To this the Secretary. or Acting secretary,
TeplIed that there could be doubt IF IT. anthem
ficltv" Tbereupon he Globe printed the teIe
graphed copy OF the MOrey letter IN It's late evening
editions. In the meantime, however, III had ais
patched representative to Lynn Dy the hlst tIaIn'
with direct to ascertain the facts respecting tne
existence Of the " Employers Cnlon Inc result
of the injuries made established the tact that no
such organization existed; that during the laOOr
fronbles m the winter of 1878. there had been an
attempt blythe boot and shoe manufacturers OF Lynn
TO establish labor bureau, through whlch they
might obtain. from other cities and towns IN New
England wOrkmen TO take the place OF the
strikers; that It was mere ~ temporary ahalr and
that none OF those engaged IN the eit0rt had ever
known or heard Of any Henry l.. Morey, nor had
several other prominent Lynn people OF whom IN
quires were made. These facts were al once tee
graphed, late IN the evening OF the same DAY ne
tOth-to Mr. William H. Barnum, who replied the
Same night in the following remarkable dispatch:
NEw-YoRK October 90 1880
whether the man to whom it the Morey letter. Is sd-
dressed alive dead the important question being as
speaSer Randall recognizes the signature aud M Abr0
81 Ue,rif I'm a public meeting al Chckering Hall to
night declared that by comparison with letters IN his
possession, the signature Is IN ne hand,Grt"g o, NJ.
GarfSd. WILLIAM H. b-kNVN'
On Friday, October %. appeared the fac-simile
of both letter and envelope aud the CONSEQUENT ex
posure of the errors IN photography. All who were
really familiar with General Gtrfield's handwriting
were at once sat SIZED of the fact that both IN body
md signature the letter forgery.
On Saturday October %, 1880 Mr.. Bradley Is.
Smalley, of the Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Committee gave Mr. David n. Carvalho u
photographers a letter to Mr.. Hart, of Truth. The