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LANCASTER DAILY iK'iELWGENOER THURSDAY OCTOBER 28. 1880
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THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 28, 1880.
That Chinese Letter.
We publish te-day a facsimile of the
Chinese letter of Mr. Garfield, which
that gentleman pronounces te be a for
gery, but which the' original publishers,
the editors of Truth, declare te be genu
ine. While there seemed te be a reason
able degree of uncertainty as te which
party was telling the truth we have for
borne te print the faa-aintik of the letter ;
but being ourselves entirely unwilling te
take Mr. Garfield's word for anything,
from the abundant experience we have
had of its werthlessiiess in his emergen
cies, we are induced by the evidence of
its genuineness te accept this letter as
true; knowing furthermore that if it
should in fact net be of his composition
we de him no injustice in attributing te
him the sentiments it contains, which he
new pronounces te be brutal, but which
he has under ether circumstances during
his congressional service affirmed sub
stantially. We de net expect Republicans gener
ally te be as ready as we are te believe
this letter te be genuine ; since they
naturally have mere confidence in their
candidate's words, and are possessed of
an inclination te believe them which it
would require stronger evidence te coun
tervail than it is in human power te afford
in the plainest ease. There is in this case,
we admit, some little room for Mr. Gar
field's adherents te cherish a doubt of his
having written the letter : but in our
judgment the evidence wry strongly sus
tains its genuineness.
The signature has been pronounced te
be that of Mr. Garfield by men of dis
tinction and honor, in whose judgment
and fairness we have entire confidence
aud who have carefully compared it with
his undoubted autograph. Te us this
one item of evidence overbalances Mr.
Garfield's denial.
Ill support of this testimony we have
the opinion of Mr. K. II. Rauch, well
known here, anil a distinguished expert,
who gives his decided opinion, after crit
ical examination, that the letter was
written by Mr. Garfield. Twe ether ex
perts give the same testimony after simi
lar examination.
Te us, though pretending no skill in
determining handwriting, the signature
in dispute resembles very closely the ac
knowledged signature of Mr. Garfield ;
and the far-simile we publish te-day will
enable these of our readers who have
ever seen Mr. Garfield's handwriting te
j.udge of the genuineness of this speci
men. We have Garfield's admitted au
tograph at our office, and will be glad te
show it te anyone who desires te make
the comparison for himself.
The evidence which is relied upon te
show this letter te be a forger,- is net
satisfactory. Taking away Mr. Gar
field's own declaration, we have left the
statement of the postmaster at Wash
ington, whence the letter was mailed,
that no such stamp as the one upon it
was in us eat that posteflicc at the date
when this letter was mailed. This evi
dence is completely disposed of by the
production of many letters mailed at the
same time and having the same post
mark. Again, it is objected te the letter that
the word " cempaiiys"' is misspelled,
and it is argued that an educated gentle
man and statesman like Mr. Garfield,
would be very unlikely te misspell. A
very weak inference, indeed, and in this
ease destroyed by his letters containing
worse errors of the kind, which have
new been published. In one of them he
spells pedigree " pedidree."' very dis
tinctly. Great reliance is placed en the declara
tion that no such man as II. L. Merey
lived at Lynn. It does seem that he was
net generally known there, as some of
the residents of the place declare
that they did net knew him. Others,
however, remember him, and certificates
are published from Jehn Tope Ilednett,
president of the United Laber League of
America, aud William II. Grace, chief
central organizer, dated at their head
quarters in Brooklyn, that II. L. Merey
was the president of the Employers'
Union, of Lynn, and that it was an or
ganization of beet and shoe manufactur
ers te import Chinese coolie labor into
Massachusetts. It is said that Merey
lived outside of Lynn but that city was
his posteilice address
But it seems te us that this difficulty
which has been found in identifying
Merey is evidence in favor of the genu
ineness of this let ter instead of against it.
Surely anyone who undertook te forge
this letter did it with intent te influence
the pending election; he therefore an
ticipated that it would be disputed
and vigilantly inquired into. Would
he net then have taken the obvious
precaution te provide himself with a
recipient of the letter who would be
ready te come forward with his declara
tion that he had taken it out of the post pest
office 'J or, if he preferred te have a dead
man get it, se that no such perjury
would be required, would he net have se
lected a well-known dead mau.er at least
one sufficiently well-known te the com
munity in which lie lived te make it im
possible for any one there te deny that
he ever existed ? It seems te us that any
one who would undertake a forgery of
this kind and endanger the value of his
work by selecting a man whose existence
it was possible te question would have
been a very stupid man, indeed, and
one very unlikely te concoct such an idea
as the forgery of this letter.
The Republican district attorney of
Hew Yerk claims that Kenward Thilp,
one of the writers in Teulh, forged this
letter and makes an affidavit upon which
he is anested for libel. lie was afraid
that he could net make out the forgery
and se joins with it a charge of libel ;
and his misgiving seems te have been
justified, since itisen the charge of libel
that Phllp is held.
We trust that the case will be vigor
ously pressed, but the fact that it has
been begun is net the slightest evidence
that it is well feuuded. The Republi
can political managers could net possibly
avoid starting a criminal prosecution
without throwing up the sponge altogether.
What It Shews.
Judge Davis, of Xew Yerk, holds that
publishing a declaration that Gen. Gar
field is a liar, in denying that the Chinese
letter was written by him, a malicious
1 libel is perpetrated if that denial is true.
And en this doctrine he held Kenward
Philp te answer for charging Garfield
with lying en the affidavit of Geerge
Bliss that it was a false charge.
Whether tliat is geed law may be ques
tioned, but if it i3 the Republican man
agers have an elegant opportunity te put
all the Democratic editors in the coun
try te jail if they can only prove that Mr.
Garfield is a " truthful Jeems," for we
have nearly all expressed the most pro
found doubt of it.
And mere than that, we have actually
charged him in the most explicit way
with perjury.
Xew the question that comes up te us
is whether Mr. Garfield and his friends
would net manifest their indignation
somewhat mere vehemently and right
eously at a charge of perjury than at one
of simple lying : for perjury is lying and
swearing te it, and is considered a geed
deal mere heinous crime both in law and
in morals. It does strike us that a man
who sits quietly under a charge of swear
ing falsely aud flies into a rage ever one
of speaking falsely certainly admits the
perjury anyway. And his friends de it
for him when they behave in a similar
way. Fer they show that they don't
like te be accused of lying and are ready
te punch the head of the man who
charges and can't prove it. Therefore
they would be as aggressive against the
man who charged their candidate with
perjury if they had an doubt at all that
he could prove it.
Consequently this prosecution of Ken
ward rhilp for calling Garfield a liar
shows one thing at any-rate ; and that is
that if there is any hope among the Re
publican managers that the Chinese let
ter cannot be fastened en Garfield by
positive proof, they have none at all that
he cannot be proven te have perjured him
self in swearing that he never received
that Credit Mebilier stock ; and if that
is admitted it is enough, for who wants
a perjurer for president V
Mu. Gaktikm) says it cannot be his
letter because he never spells " compa
nies" with a " y.' But in his letter te
II. II. Hartley, of August 1:2, 1SS0, he
says : ' In response te jour letter of
August 10th I send some documents
which I think anmccrs your inquiries.
Won't you please read them carefully
and let-me have your opinion in regard
te their merits in answering the charges
made against me.''
I'm Li is arrested en a charge of ' ma
licious libel " because Truth said Gar
field lied and the Republican national
committee stuck te it. Xew it will be
in order for somebody te arrest all the
Democratic publishers apd half the Re
publican editors in the country who have
at one time or another charged Garfield
with lying.
The newspapers who pronounced the
Beltzhoover letter genuine as seen as a
facsimile of it was published are the
loudest new te proclaim the Garfield let
ter a forgery, though its signature is
much closer that of Garfield, which
they publish as genuine, than the Beltz-hoever-Curriden
signature was te a
genuine signature of Beltzhoover.
It is becoming evident that the only
way for anybody te secure the $-5,000 re
ward offered for the author of Garfield's
Chinese letter is for somebody te arrest
James A.
PFRSONAL.
Jehn SiiKruimn, a farmer near Peoria,
III., has faithfully kept a vow made in 1860
net te cut his hair or shave until the clcc.
tieu of a Democratic president. His whis
kers reach almost te his waist and his hair
is kept in braids.
At the MiddlcUven meeting, en Tues
day, Senater Bavaud " incidentally allud
ed te the great presidential contest be
tween Themas Jeffersen and Aaren Burr,
which was settled by the act of his grand
father, James A. Bayard, who voted for
Themas Jeffersen.'
Bishop D. S. 1)ac.i:tt, of the Metho
dist church, died at Richmond last night
at half-pat 10 o'clock. Although he had
been at the point of death several times
during the past few mouths, his condition
of late had been mere favorable and his
sudden demise was a great surprise,
The Philadelphia Times pronounces Mr.
David MuMullen, Democratic candidate
for district attorney in this county, "a
gentleman of the highest character, of
creditable abilities aud one who, as district
attorney, would knew no party interests,
and his election is new demanded by every
consideration of justice te the honest
Republicans of the Old Guard."
New Yerk Herald: "Secretary Sher
man made an invidious comparison the
ether evening when he taunted Hancock
with having been educated at West Point
'at the public expense,' while Garfield had
te earn his living as a mule-whacker en
the towpath. Hancock is net the only
gentleman alive who was educated at
West Point 'at the public expense.' A
very celebrated personage, new hurrying
through the Apache land, was also edu
cated at West Point. His name is Snrcit-
MAN."
Saka Bkkxuakdt, the famous French
actress reached New Yerk yesterday, and
the papers gush frightfully ever her. A
hundred artists went down te the ship te
meet her and as they stepped upon the
deck, the baud struck up " The Rolls go a
Ringing for Sarah." The Times gusher
tells us that the Bernhardt, did net wholly
come up te her reputed point of attention.
"This is indubitably attributable te the
costume she were, which was the very
quintessence of chic. But her personality
fully comes up te its reputation of strange
ness. She is of medium stature, inclined
perhaps te shortness. Her forehead, which
is naturally quite low, becomes totally in
visible under the fluffy and disorderly coif
fure. The hair itself is neither reddish
nor bright golden, as described by some
persons, but a warm blonde, aud of se
healthful a hue that a dye is net even sug
gested. Her features are extremely fine
and are net even remotely indicative efher
Semitic origin. Her cheek bones arc rather
high and her eyes, which are stee! blue,
are when her face is in repose prone te'
dreaminess, bat as seen as her face be
comes animated sparkle electrically, ner
mouth is large but pretty, and her teeth
are fine, although the upper ones are per
haps tee long. Tne most striking pait of
her face is her complexion, which is of a
transparent and warm paleness. Her bear
ing is graceful and unaffected aud wholly
free from the staginccs which many actress
are forever bent upon parading in public."
MINOR TOPICS.
The Republicans seem detei mined te
carry Delaware. Twe of their negrees
waylaid and tried te kill a Democratic in
spector in Wilmington, en Tuesday night.
But five days temain of the canvass.
Democrats of the city, of the county, of
the state, that means work, work, work.
Werk in season aud out of season. Tell
your friend and neighbors that the
welfare of the country demands
the success of the Democratic
ticket in this contest, and prove it te them
for the proofs are en every hand aud
glorious victory will crown your labor in
next Tuesday's battle of the ballets.
Suppose that en the ineruing of the last
day of the battle of Gettysburg the citi
zens of Pennsvlyauia had been teld: "In
seventeen years' time, and during a month
in which General Longstreet will be travel
ing in Europe as a niinisterpIenipeteniary
appointed by a Republican administration,
the leaders of the Republic in patty, includ
ing an cx-prcsident, will be traveling at
home for the purpose of denouncing Gen
eral Hancock as a sympathizer with 'rebel
claims' and otherwise unworthy of the con
fidence of his country !'
Mil. J. A. ScitANTOX, editor of the
Scranton Republican, who is the Republi
can candidate for Congress in the Twelfth
district of this state, new represented by
Mr. Hendriek B. Wright, has been pros
trated by illness, which bi ought his cam
paign en the stump te a sudden termina
tion. Scranton is one of the irrepressible
kind, however, who won't be lied about
behind hi back, and some mean-principled
opponent having circulated the story
that Scranton staid in the house because he
found it impossible te answer the slcgeham
mer arguments of Connelly and Wright
who, by the way, are both Democrats aud
both have an idea they can occupy the
same seat in Congress Mr. Scranton has
pcrctratcd a political mastcf-stiekc by
getting his physician te tell the sturdy
voters of Lackawanna that the cause of
Mr. Scranton's untimely withdrawal from
the active canvass is a sere knee, and that
anybody who says he is afraid of Con
nelly or Wright, or both of them put to
gether, is a no such a thing, or words te
that effect. A sere knee is net a very dig
nified possession for a congressional as
piraut, but doubtless Scranton thinks it
will de tlie business for him.
The Democratic candidacy of Mr.
Rebert A. Packer is making things ex
tremely lively for the Republicans of the
Fifteenth congressional district of this
state. Already they are beginning te
howl about the malign influence of Beb's
"bar'l," and are urging the faithful te
come up te the scratch, or a district usu
ally geed for 2,000 Republican majority
will find itself represented in the councils
of the nation by as thorough-going a
Democrat as can be feaud iu this bread
commonwealth. The fact is that if Mr.
Packer is elected at all it will be because
he is one of the most popular men among
his neighbors, and a public-spirited and
enterprising citizen. He is at present in
Europe and was absent from this country
when the nomination was given him. His
brother Harry, another chip off the old
block, is managing the canvass with sig
nal ability. The Fifteenth is CDinpesed
of the counties of Bradford, Susque
hanna, Wayne and Wyoming. It is
strongly Republican, and is at present
represented by Mr. Edward Overton. The
Republican candidate, who iu this contest
is te oppose his party prestige te Mr
Packer's persona! popularity, is Mr. .bid
win. One of the most notable of recent dra
matic successes is Mr. Steele Mackaye's
play of " Hazel Kirkc," new running at
the Madisen Square theatre, .New Yerk.
The piece was produced here last Decem
ber tinder the name of " An Iren Will,"
its presentation being deferred at Mr.
Mackaye's theatre en account of the cx cx
tensive improvements there that have
made it the handsemccst place of amuse
ment in New Yerk. It started en its New
Yerk run immediately after the comple
tion of the Madisen square structure, the
name of the piece having been changed
te ' Hazel Kirke," but the cast remaining
the same as produced it in this city.
Since that opening night the success of the
play has been marked and continuous.
It has run without intermission and is still
high iu popular estimation. A few nights
since witnessed its 250th consecutive per
formance at Madisen Square theatre,
thereby surpassing any like event
iu previous dramatic annals in
this country. The management of
the theatre signalized the occasion by
issuing a handsome illustrated pregramme,
which is a model of typographical and
artistic taste. Within its pages are coin cein
prised a synopsis of the plot and leading
incidents of the play, a history of its
popular success, and a dozen or mere ex
cellent illustrations consisting of portraits
of the principal members of the cast aud
representations of many of the most strik
ing incidents. Mr. Mackaye aud his col
leagues showed a thorough appreciation
of the public favor that has rewarded
their efforts by distributing gratis this
beautiful souvenir among the audience
present upon the occasion of the 250th
performance of the play.
Tilings Are Changing.
ew Yerk Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
There are many thoughtful persons, and
close observers of events, outside of the
regular party lines, who begin te think
the election, after all, will be very close,
aud that it will be one or two of the small
er states Flerida or Delaware, or Nevada,
for example that will have te finally de
cide it.
Rebert Reed, a brakeman en the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
railroad had his feet caught in n " fro""
in the President street yard, in Baltimore,
yesterday, and was fatally injured by a
train backing down upon him.
Colombia's Favorite Orator.
Fer the IsTKLUOBxcxn.
Hen. Chris. Kauffman, in his grand ora
tion upon the tariff, informed his audience
that "nine-tenths of the business men are
Republicans." If Mr. Kauffman meant te
have it understood in a general sense, he
publi&hcd what is false ; if he intended it as
having only a local significance, he varied
from the truth. But supposing, for the
sake of argument, we admit the correct
ness of the statement as regards our imme
diate neighborhood, I should like te knew
whether it would net have been better for
our people that eight-ninths of the nine
tcuths referred te, had never shown their
faces among us. The invasion of a town
by a number of speculators, without capi
tal, save brass, seldom works for the geed
of the community. We knew that by
experience, and if the memory of Mr.
Kauffman should net be defective he can
call te mind many cases in which
impecunious adventurers have fleeced
their confiding dupes in aud about
our own town. The number of Republi
can bankrupts has been very great since
1870, and if nothing better can be done per
haps Mr. Kauffman. in his next speech,
will explain why. The Republican party
has been in power during this time, but its
festering power seems te have lain dormant
Or is that power only a myth after all?
Mr.Kauffman has a high opinion of his ora
torical powers, aud anueuueed in his speech
that he had talked with some of his la
borers upon politics, slyly hinting that his
powers of persuasion were something net
te be poeh-pooh'd away, assuring the au
uiencc at the same time that he intended
te icpcatthc "'dose" upon the peer fellows
employed by him. I wish he would take
off his coat, roll up his sleeves aud keep
at it until after the election. If that
will net euro even the most radically in
clined of them of Garficldism their case
must be hopeless. B.
Columbia, Oct. 28, 1880.
Mr. Davis's Response.
New Era.
. But we will show hew Mr. Davis can
employ this delay te his own advantage if
lie is reallv the innocent and injured man
he would make the public believe. His
statement is deficient in that it gives afii
davits of some parties mentioned iu the
record of his transactions as we intimated
yesterday he might de but makes no at
tempt te give the statements of the repu
table attorneys who had and some of
whom still have charge of the particular
claims arising out of his professional
misceuduct in tuc particular cases re
ferred te. We suggest, therefore, that
he get affidavits from ex-Treasurer Henry
S. Eberly, in the tavern license cases ;
from Hen. Thes. E. Franklin and Walter
M. Franklin, esq., iu whose law office the
claim of Miss Hess was placed for collec
tion after suit had been brought against
Mr. Davis before Alderman Wiley by J. Hay
Brown, esq., her former counsel, by which
lie collected 50, which he promptly paid
ever te his client ; an affidavit from Alder
man Wiley as te the conditions of compro
mise en which that suit was withdrawn
might aid in elucidating this extraordinary
case. As Mr. Stott's death is pleaded, an
affidavit from Samuel 11. Reynolds, esq.,
who went with Mr. Davis te indude the
keeper of a New Yerk gambling house
te restore the money of his client he had
lest in gambling, aud succeeded in doing
se, would wonderfully strengthen Mr.
Davis's defense. Mr. Reynolds knows all
the facts, even mere than have been print
ed. Then, an affidavit from E. K. Martin,
esq., who collected the Huusberger claim
from Mr. Davis, and another from Mr.
Reynolds, from whom Mr. Davis borrowed
the money te pay it by transferring a fee
which had already been collected, would
be right te the point. Affidavits from Mr.
Swift, attorney for Abrain Eberly in the
Suavely case, and one from Mr. Eberly him
self, might unwind sonic of the compli
cations of that very "complicated case."'
And as Mr. Davis pleads the death of Mr.
Brenner, in the Herr & Brenner cases, an
affidavit, or even a written statement from
Chas. Dcnucs, esq., in whose hands both
these claims have been placed for collection
and who is familiar with the facts, would
go far towards satisfying an incredulous
public of Mr. Davis'siunecencc. The word
of any of these reputable attorneys will be
accepted by the A'hc Era and the public as
conclusive of the truth or falsity of the in
dictment we have drawn against Mr. Davis.
And, hail we room te-day, wc could make
several ether suggestions equally impor
tant te Mr. Davis in making out his claim
te the confidence and the votes of the
honest Republicans of Lancaster county.
We will print his statement, with the affi
davits embodied, te-morrow, and shall
only b-j tee happy te include iu that state
ment the affidavits of the very respectable
lawyers above named, and of several
ethers who might be named as having
knowledge of important facts bearing upon
the professional record of Themas J.
Davis.
And it strikes us, just here, that a can
didate for public prosecutor who is asking
the confidence of the public ought te be
able te get the endorsement of nearly all
his professional associates, if he he is com
petent morally and professionally te fill
the office.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Iu Jersey City, while a Democratic
precession was passing along Pacific
avenue a horse car ran ever and cut off the
head of Jehn Boyd, a boy nine years old
The driver, Peter Kerrigan, was arrested.
At Delphes. Ohie, Ella Salinde. einlit
years old, who was left in charge of two
younger children, fell into the lire wliile
attempting te put en fuel, and was found
burned te a erisp by her parents en her
return.
A municipal election in Baltimore for
members of the lirst branch of the city
council resulted in the election of eighteen
Democrats, one Republican and one
tie. The tie occurred in the Sixth ward,
where each of the candidates received
1,022 votes. The aggregate Democratic
majority was 8,137.
Jehn T. Jenes, a former empleye of the
Daily Witness and a traveling preacher and
tract distributor, attempted suicide in
New Yerk. He shot himself three times
in the head, and was found in bed appar
ently dead. At the hospital he revived,
and it was ascertained that the bullets
which were of small calibre, had net in
flicted fatal wounds. Religious mania is
the cause attributed for the act.
About a month age Dr. P. II. Talbott, a
prominent citizen of Maryville, Me., and
the editor of a Greenback paper published
at that place, was shot through a window
of his residence and killed while he was re
tiring for the night. On Tuesday his son
Albert was arrested en the charge cf com
mitting the murder, and Mrs. Talbott, the
doctor's widow, and Edward Talbott,
another son, and a hired man named
Wcth, were also arrested as accomplices.
The "Utuich efUrapeb" Murder.
Herbert Gould, Jeseph Beltz and Jehn
Martin, three of the railroad trackmen
convicted of involuntary manslaughter,
because of their connection with "the
bunch of grapes" murder cf Rebert Bry
son, at Agnew station, were called up for
sentence yesterday before Judge Kirk
patrick. The juries had recommended
them te the extreme mercy of the court.
The judge stated that he considered them
technically guilty under the law rather
than actually guilty of a crime, and that a
delegation of some of the best citizens in
the neighborhood of Agnew station had
called upon him and testified te the priso
ners' uniform geed reputation for peace.
He thou imposed upon each a sentence te
pay a fine of six cents and costs, and te
undergo a term of three months' imprison-1
raent in the county jail.
MOREY.
HIS IDENTITY ESTABLISHED.
The Man te Whom Gartield Wrete the
Chi-
nese Letter.
The Democratic national committee has
issued the following :
Bostex. Mass., October 27. Te E. B.
Discksen, 133 Fifth Avenue : The follow
ing original affidavit is in my possession
and will come with me :
We, the undersigned shoe manufac
turers of the city of Lynn, county of Essex
commonwealth of Massachusetts, en oath
depose and say that during the labor trou
bles existing in Lynn, in the years 1877
and 1878 an Employer's Union
was formed for the purpose of re
sisting the demands of the Crispin or
ganization and procuring cheap labor in
our factories. The association had a place
ier meetings several el which were held.
We discussed the situation fullyand formed
plans as te what had best be done te
protect its interest. The undersigned
were members of said organization and
knew that it existed and was in active op
eration and embraced nearly every ether
large manufacturer iu Lynn, among ethers
Keen Bres., Benjamin F. Spinney & Ce
Jereme Ingalls & Ce., Zeebier Bres.,
Francis W. Breed, Jeseph Dervis & Ce.,
and Jehn Shaw, second & Bre., all Repub
licans. Jehn Shaw, second, was president
thereof and Alfred A. Mower was secre
tary. The meeting was held iu the First
national bank building, Lynn, Massa
chusetts, at the corner of Exchange and
Bread streets.
(Signed)
F. B. Mewek,
James Puelan,
Alfred A. Mewek, (of Mower Bres.)
Maiitix V. B. Mewek.
Commemcealth of Jims., Essex, ss.
Lynx, October 20, 1880. Personally
appear before me, en the above date, F.
B. Slower. James Phclan, Alfred A. Mow
er and Martin V. B. Mower, all of said
Lynn, and each of whom is te ine person
ally known, and made oath that the above
affidavit by them subscribed is true.
(Signed)
Jeseph F. Hannax,
Justice of the peace.
Certificate of court of record under seal
attached. The signers arc the wealthiest
manufacturers of Lynn.
Alse the following, sworn te by Edgar
E. Maun, of Lawrence, Mass. Meeting the
agent in Salem, in March, 1878, who ap
proached him ni the sidewalk near the
court house and wanted him te aid in pro
curing mechanics in the shoe making line
and gave me a card bearing the name, as
follews: "II. L. Merey, Lynn, Mass."
Mann's address is 208 Broadway, Law
rence, Mass., te whom he' wishes me te
send the laborers.
P. S. Positive proof in my hands of II.
L. Merey having lived here and in ether
Massachusetts towns. One from his
mother.
(Signed) O. 31. Wilsen.
CARFIELD
CONVICTED
HAND.
BY HIS OWN
Head lllx Chinese Letter and Compare It
With the Facsimile.
This issue of the Ixtelligexceii con
tains nfac simile of the letter written by
J. A. Garfield te H. L. Merey, of the Em
ployers' Union, Lynn, Mass., favoring the
employment of Chinese laborers. Its au
thenticity is vouched for by a large num
ber of experts who have compared it with
numerous specimens of 3Ir. Garfield's
writing. The letter reads as fellows, as
will be seen by comparison with the fac
simile published en this page :
Personal and confidential.
Heuse of Repkeskntatinek,
Wasiiixgtex, Jan. 23, 1880.
5
Deak Sin : leurs in relation te
the
Chinese problem came duly te baud.
I take it that the question of empleyes
is only a question of private and corporate
economy, and individuals or companies
have the right te buy labor where they can
get it cheapest.
We have a treaty with the Chinese gov
ernment which should be religiously kept
until its previsions arc abrogated by the
action of the general government, and I
am net prepared te say that it should be
abrogated until our great manufacturing
and corporate interests arc conserved in the
matter of labor.
Very tiuly yours,
J. A. GARFIELD.
II. L. Merey,
Employers Union, Lynn, Mas.
THAT CfllaKSb LKTTKK.
.it r. r:
II. Kauch, the Pennsylvania Huml-
HTMins j-.xiicrt, 1'renuunces the
"Urutal" Letter the Let
ter or Garfieltl
HlinsL-ir.
New Yerk World.
A letter was published iu the World the
ether day from Mr. E. II. Rauch, of
Mauch Chunk, P.i., upon Garfield's Chi
nese letter. Mr. Rauch has ha;l an exper
ience of many years as a haudwritiug ex
pert in the courts of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland and the District of Col
umbia. He has been engaged in a number
of very important cases such as the
"Whitakcr will case" in Philadelphia,
the "Oliver-Cameren, case" in Washing
ton, the congressional inquiry iu regard te
the anonymous letter known as the " Fin-
Icy-bpmger letter" and many cases of
mere or less importance throughout East
ern and Central Pennsylvania. He was
led te the study of chirography many years
age, and has since made that study a spec
ialty by reason of his ability, which seem
ed intuitive, te simulate any handwriting
te a remarKauie degree el pcrlcctien. The
study of different handwritings came later
naturally enough from this proclivity. Mr.
Rauch has new supplemented his former
icttcr with the following, which was writ
ten after a careful examination of the
photograph of the Chinese letter :
Te the Editor el the World.
Sin: I have carefully examined the pho
tograph of the original Chinese letter
signed James A. Garfield. I have com
pared it with the photo-lithograph of his
letter of denial, and also with another let
ter said te be his without question. The dis
similarities between these three arc quite
natural, such as occur in almost any man's
handwriting, aud arc caused by writing
under different circumstances, such as dif
ference of pen, ink, paper, physical con
dition, or whether written leisurely or
quickly. The thrce documents referred te
I would take te be the handwriting of one
person under any circumstances. The un
conscious characteristics are the same
throughout in all the papers, including the
signatures.
1 have been specially careful in examin
ing the photograph as taken from the orig
inal Chinese Icttcr in question te discover
any evidence of pause, constraint or unnat
ural writing, aud I read it ever for this
purpose with a strong magnifying glass,
and I pronounce the letter from beginning
te end perfectly regular, free, natural and
consistent with itself. Were it a simula
tion or unnatural writing I am satisfied the
evidence could be found somewhere
en' its face. I knew of no man
living who could manufacture a
letter of the same length, in simu
lation of the hand of another, te the degree
of regularity, uniformity and perfection
shown in this one. I am net prepared te
pronounce anything impossible, but,
speaking for myself, I am sure I could net
execute a perfect simulation of such a let
ter in the handwriting of James A. Gar
field, unless I had the exact copy, the
same subject matter, before me, and I de
net believe that any person can de it te
such degree of perfection. Therefore, if
this particular letter is a forgery, as al
leged by Mr. Garfield, I am confident that
the forger must have had just such a
writing, by the hand of James A. Garfield
before him te copy from.
I am very confident also that if this sub
ject has been examined by such experts as
Professer Ames, of New Yerk, Themas
May Pierce, of Philadelphia, or any ethers
who have undoubted skill and regard for
their reputation, they will fully concur in
what I have said.
E. H. Rauch,
Mauch Chunk, Pa.
GAKHELD'S HANDWRITING.
Mera Expert Testimony.
One of the most distinguished experts in
New Yerk makes the following affidavit,
after a comparison of the Garfield Chiuese
letter with ether of bis writings :
" Yeu ask me te compare the signature
en the three cards and the signature pre
sented te Truth by the Hen. Jehn ex,
with the signature te the Merey letter.
"In all these signatures there are many
distinguishing features. Take, for in
instancc, the crossings of the hair lines
with the body of the letter J. They are as
identical as they can be, considering that
we de net expect them te be all exactly
alike. New, take the latter part of the a'.
They all compare perfectly and also agree
with the letter r in the slope of the latter
or finishing part.
"The same beautiful capital G makes its
appearance ; the same identical and point
ed and finishing stroke is there. The 's
are the same, especially in the finisning
part, which is always in the same curve or
finishing slant. The same is there. The
is but a repetition of the latter part of
the a and the rin all the signatures. The
forms of the t aud the I agree perfectly in
their loops. The d of the signature te the
letter and the Fex signature are identical,
while in all the signatures before me there
is the same wide separation of the last
bedymark from the first part of the letter
already alluded te.
"In conclusion, taking the signatures en
the three cards, and the one presented by
Mr. Fex te be genuine, I must and de
pronounce the body aud signature of the
Merey letter te be also the genuine letter
and signature of J. A. Garfield.
" Yours respectfully,
Geerge Stimfsex, Jr.
"I have made, read ever and hereby swear
te the truth in every respect of the forego
ing deposition and report.
" Geokee Stimpson, Jr.
"Sworn te before me this 23th day of Oc
teber, 1880.
L. F. Pest, Notary Public.
N. Y. City and Ce.
Was H.'L. Merey a Myth?
The Republicans assert, te impeach the
authenticity of the Chinese letter, that Hn
ry L. 3Iereyjnevcr lived at Lynn. He did
net live within the town of Lynn, but he
did live a short distance out of the town,
and received his mail at the Lyun pest
office. In proof of his identity Truth pub
lishes the follewing:
Headquarters Umitkd Laber Leaedk )
or America, 359 Fcltex Strict,
Brooklyn, Oct. 20, 1880. )
Editor Truth :
In reply te your inquiry as te what kind
of an organization is the Employers'
Union, of Lynn, Mass., we beg leave te
state that it is an organization of beet and
shoe manufacturers, established after the
Burlingame treaty in 18GS, te import
Chincse coelio labor into Massachusetts,
aud employ it in the manufacture of beets
and shoes, te replace the thousands of
American workingmen at their business.
The first importation of these Chinese were
taken Seuth Adam?, Mass., and there
employed at shoe-making, and hundreds of
American workingmen discharged by this
same Employers' Union, of which the late
H. L. Merey was the president, and sub
scribed largely te replace American work
men by Chincse laborers.
Jehx Pepe Hedxett,
President United Laber League of America.
Willi m H. Grace,
Chief Central Organizer United States.
Anether witness is found in the person
of F. W. Fleet, employed in the shoe
manufactory of A. J. Jehnsen, at Roches
ter, who in an interview in the Rochester
Daily Union and Advertiser of October 25,
1880 says :
"There was a man by the name of II. L.
Merey in Lynn. He was net boss or em
ployer but washircd by them. The fore
men of the various shops went out of town
aud sent in 'scabs' te occupy the places
of the union men. This man Merey, act
ing in his position, divided these men
around among the various shops. The
denial of the Titnes te the contrary not
withstanding, it is a certainty I that there
was a man named Merey and that lie was
hired by the bes3 shoemakers of Lynn te
work against the empleyes aud te endeavor
te break up the Crispin organization."
STATE ITEMS.
Jonas Follweiler, son of Jehn F. Foll Fell
wciler, of Jacksonville, Lehigh county,
broke his back by falling a height of twelve
feet. He was employed en a farm.
Stanley Woodward, Democratic candi
date for judge in Luzerne, having been
charged by the Republicans with trading
off ether candidates of his party, comes
out squarely and denounces the Lie with
a big L.
David Jehn Evans, aged six, was killed
en the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie read. He
had been told by his mother, who is a
washerwoman, te stay in the house and
watch his little sister. The children stroll
ed away and became separated, and while
walking upon the trestle of the P. & L. E.
read, opposite the Standard nut works, in
search of his sister, the boy was struck by
a passenger train, thrown te the ground
and cut te pieces.
An Organ Hedging-.
Philadelphia North American, Rep.
"Advice te people who arc about te bet
en the election. Don't."
"General Hauceck's personal popularity
will count for a great deal m Pennsylva
nia, and wc should net be surprised if he
polled a rauch larger vote in the interior
than is generally anticipated. It is within
the range of possibility that the Democrats
will come te Philadelphia with a majori
ty." Toe Thin.
Philadelphia TiniCH.
The arrest of one of the editors of
Truth for the alleged forgery of a postal
stamp, is one of the common acts of fran
tic politicians en the eve of an election.
It is simply party madness outstripping
itself, and it is a false assumption that the
public mind can be impressed by such
tomfoolery. - It will simply dignify Truth
and make thousands read and believe it
who did net read or believe it before, and
every citizen possessing common sense will
knew in advance that there can be no con
viction for the alleged offense.
Mr. Evans Wants te Discuss,
Jehn Evans, Greenback candidate for
Legislature, has written the following let
ter, but says he has received no reply :
Te the Democratic and Republican Legislative
Candidates:
Gentlemen : Being nominated by the
Nationals of this city for State Legisla
ture, and requested te invite discussion of
the platforms of our respective parties, I
therefore challenge you te meet me nightly
for the purpose, from new until election
day, all arrangements te be made by a
joint committee of three from each party,
the committee en our part te consist of
R. J. Housten, Zuriel Swope and Win. S.
Kautz. An early reply will oblige,
Yours respectfully.
Jenx Evaxs,
515 AVest James Street.
Lancaster, Oct. 10, 1880.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BUKOLAKY AND KOBBISRY.
A Large Sate Itluurn te riecea anil Kebbeit
The Bailtlln Shuttered.
The office or Lecher & Sen's tannery, 333
Seuth Prince street, was entered by burg
lars last night, who bored a hole into the
fire-proof safe, charged it with powder,
blew the safe into fragments and robbed
it of all the money it contained the
amount being only about $10 in silver.
The explosion was distinctly heard by
many persons living in the neighborhood,
but the cause of it was net ascertained un
til about- G o'clock this meruing, when
Hiram Bushong, the engineer of the tan
nery, went te open the office. He was
amazed at the wreck which met his
gaze. The front deer of the office was
crushed te pieces and the upper panels
blewr. into the street. Every pane of glass
in the three front windows were shattered
into thousands of fragments. The safe, eue
efFarrel; Ce's make, about three feet
m height, was blown te pieces. The deer
of the safe was blown entirely off and
hurled against the end of a long heavy
table, used for displaying leather. The
table was crushed and thrown entirely
across the room, the top of the safe was
blown off and thrown into another corner
of the repm. Every rivet in the sides and
back of the safe was broken off and the
firo-proef packing or cement between the
inner and outer surface of the safe was
broken into hundreds of fragments, and
all around the room the chairs and ether
furniture were broken. Neither the walls
nor the ceiling of the building appear te
be much injured, the bursting open of the
windows and deer having given sufficient
vent te carry off the pent-up power of the
explosive. The books and papers in the
safe were a geed deal singed by the fire
and weie covered by particles of the shat
tered cement.
Frem the uuncccssarily heavy charge of
powder used and from the rather bungling
manner in which the safe was bored, it is
thought the thieves were net professionals
An examination of fragments of the safe
shows that the top of it had iuxn bercil
through with a brace aud bit, which bad
befcn stolen for the purpose from Jeseph
Wolfs blacksmith shop, 415 Seuth Prince
Street, the thieves having left the tools be
hind them, after robbing the safe. The
hele was bored just inside of the inner sur
face of the deer of the safe, passing first
through the boiler-iron with which the
safe was clad, then through several inches
of filling, which leeks like Portland
cement, and finally through the inner sur
face of the site, which was of sheet iron.
Through this hole the powder or ether ex
plosive was introduced into the Kite, and
probably ignited with a fuse.
It is net known where the men conceal
ed themselves during the explosion. Mr.
Lecher thinks they went into the cellar,
though a large trap deer in the ulfice lloer,
but this would appear te be a very unsafe
retreat, as the lloer miht have been blown
into the cellar, inasmuch as the
trap-deer itself was shattered by the force
of the explosion. It appears te be mera
probable that the thieves after lighting the
match sought a place of safety ou the out
side, where they could await the explosion
and watch for an opportunity of re-cutcr-intr
the building.
The money stolen from the safe was con
taincd iu a small iron box, and this box
the thieves carried off with them, and no
trace of it or of them has yet lccn discov
ered. Theic w;is about 8G0U worth of line
leather in a large box in the office, but no
attempt was made te steal any of it.
It seems almost incredible that se tcrri tcrri
ble an explosion could have occurred in a
ncighborhe.Hl se densely populated without
having attracted the special attention of
some of the neighbors, but although sev
eral heard it no one seems te have thought
worth while te inquire the cause.
ANMJAL INSPECTION.
The IVsiiwyitaiiiu ICallruitil
OnlciuK Pax
Through.
This morning, shortly after 11 o'clock,
the gentlemen who are making the annual
inspection of the Pennsylvania railroad
passed through this city. The inspection
began en Tuesday morning at Pittsburgh.
The party reached Harrisburg last night
and started from tliat. city this morning.
There are four trains, each one being com
posed of an cngiec, two or mere passen
ger ears and an open observation
car, which is in front of the engine.
One of the trains had attached te
it the ear containing the indicator
which is ued in testing the tracks. Each
train is in charge of a regular passenger
conductor, who titles en the top
of the observation car. Among
the gentlemen en beard the train were :
General Superintendent Chas. E. Pugh,
General Manager Frank Thomsen, Super
intendent of Pittsburgh Division Rebert
Pitcairn, Superintendent of Harrisburg
Division S. M. Prevest, Superintendent of
Philadelphia Division Win. F. Leckard,
Jas. McCrea, B. Seule, Heward Frv, Lee
Lloyd, F. W. Jacksen, Thes. V. Eby,
Wm.;A. Baldwin, Gee. C. Wilkins. There
are ever 100 iii the party.
Engine Ne. 030, which is used by Super
intendent Pugh, is probably the most com
plete engine en the Pennsylvania railroad.
Evcrvthinir about it is as bright a:t a new
dollar, even the horse-shoe that stands
ever the reflector te threw light en the
steam gauge. The cabin is as clean and
tidy as a parlor. There arc two signal
bells attached te the reef of the cabin,
se that whether the engine is in
front or the rear of the train signals
can be conveyed te the engineer.
It has an electric signal attached,
se that the officers occupying a scat above
the pilot by touching a knob at their side
can instantly convey te the engineer the
signal te step, slew up,or of danger. Often
this locomotive has te be brought into
requisition en very short notice, en which
occasion a pipe is attached te the
engine which is connected with
one of the large stationary boilers in
the shops, and steam is thus conveyed te
the engine, and a sufficient quantity is
placed theiein in twenty minute:; te move
it. Thus she can be taken out of the round
house before the steam can be gotten up
by the usual process, and with cold water
in her boiler. There are four of this class
of engines ; weight, 00,00) pounds, with
four feet dtiving wheels. Engine 930 has
made the fastest schedule time between
New Yerk and Philadelphia, thus show
ing that site is as geed en a run as she is
neat aud handsome. Mr. Lucien Atkin
son manipulates the throttle of this ele
gant piece of mechanism.
Kales of Ileal Estate.
On Tuesday evening B. F. Rewe sold
for the executers of Jehn Tomlinson, de
ceased, .1 acres and .11 perches of land,
situated iu Lancaster city en the Cones Cenes
toga and Big Spring turnpike, te Robt. A.
Evans for $27.25.
Ycstcrrlay the same auctioneer sold for
Hen. Jehn Strohm, administrator and
trustee te sell for the heirs of JehnBassler,
deceased, 23 acres of chestnut sprout laud
in Providence township, as fellows :
Ne. 1. Containing . acres, te Jehn
Pierce at $10 per acre.
Ne. 2. Five acres, te Geerge Witmcr for
$55.50 per acre.
Ne 3. Five acies, te Martin Eshleman
for $."i0..r)0 per acre.
Ne. 4. Five acres te Abraham llarninh
for $e2 per acre.
Ne. 5. Three and enu-h.lf aere, t
Elam Bleacher for $5G per acre.
Six .shares Conestoga and Big Spring
turnpike company, te Dr-.Them,!- Ell
maker for 10.73 per share.