Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1880, Page 2

VUE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1880—SIXTISEN PAGES. 5 H i ‘ : * witnesses to examine who were not present, * whe had not arrlyed, and that Mr. Payne, his showlng that the letter, ff then maRed, as is claimed, could not even have been received in this fity, much less have been stamped here, It svems to he agreed everywhere that this testlnony disposes of the ense, IN COURT. PHOCKEDINGS ATTRE THIATs New Yon, Oct. 20.-~The examination of Kenward Philp, charged with erfintnat libet upon Gen, Gorheld, was resumed before Judgo Noah Davis in the Supreme Court this morning. ‘There was na Inrge crowd of spectators present, ‘The envelope In whielt the Morey letter was contained was handed to Judge Davis, nnd, on motlon of counsel, Nartwis declared purzed of contempt, Assistant Distriet-Attoriey Bell called Al- vert G. Southworth to the stand, Mr South- worth testified that he was an expert fu hand- writhurof tiftuen years’ experieneas he had compared the photographic and the photo- Uthographie copy of te Morey letter with the Rockwell and Jewell telters; he did not think thoy were In the same handwrking; nlso compared the Moryy letter.with exhibits on which the warrant of arrest was obtalned, and found sufticieney of characteristics to enable im to forman opinion that they.were In the same handwriting. . Cross-examined—Witness liad come from Boston on avtelographle requestof Marshall Jewell; expected pay for ils services; made afidavit.at. the request of Messrs. Stoughton, Knox, and Davenport; gave before them a synopsis of what he woul testify tos never saw thd original Morey tetter until this morn- Ing. DID NOT KNOW GEN, GARFIELD. Did not know for whom he will vote, The prosceution nest called William E, Nagann, of “Troy, an expert ino handwrithig, Witness, had exnintned tho Morey letter and the photo nnd the photo-tthographic coples of it, together with, exhibits on whieh the warrants were obtained, and lis opinion was that the person who wrote the exhibits wrote the Morey letter. ‘Ihe Morey letter was evl- dently the wrlting of a person imitating a hand, introdueing, however, stromz charie- teristies of his own; in the exhibit, “SA in the signature of Kenward Philp, “KK” 13 ex- actly sinilar to ‘ik? in “kept, ta the Morey letter, Witness found other similark- fles in’ the letters, He had examined the photo-lithographic coples of exhibllg Nos, t and 2 and the ortginals thereof, the’ Noek- well and fewell letters, and he deelared they were not In the same fandwritinig. CHUSS-EXAMINED HY MR 1001 Reeeivell a telegram from Cen, Je yes- terday to. come here, anil expected to be paid. Did not know Cen, Garield, and was not interested in bin any further than to give him his vole. Witness was then shown by Mr, Stoughton (for the proscention) the en- velope produced tils tnoruing, and was asked if there had been an ernsure on the stamp,and he answered in tho afirmative, Continutng, he sald: “'Thero is an erasure on the stamp In the date of the month, 1 cannot say what the original date was. ‘Tho Sndleutions are that the date and: month have been erased by rubbing on buck of envelope. The stamp dnte! there bears . Indications of evasure, ‘The date andsnouth cannot be de- elphered, "There are “thres stamps on the envelope, in which no dates can bo made ont, all dates steminelf beliig orased.”” Mit, SOUTIWORTIL was thon recalled by Mr, Stoughton. Ho was handed the Morey, onyelope, and, after exatining, testiied: “Pho address on the envelope {4 not in the handwriting of the versou who Wrote the Rockwell and Jowell letters, but closely resembles the wrillng of the person who wrote the exhibits marked AT to “1K? (on whieh the warrants for ar- rest were granteil), ia Allen M. Lvet, 2 newspaper reporter, was next examined by the prosecution, Ife was familiar wilt Philp’s handwriting, Exhiults #A to HK were, witness was of the opin fon, in Philp’s handwriting. © ful seen the photo-lHhograph of the Morey letter, and be- Heved it io be ta Philp’s handwriting; he thought so when he first saw the copy, PHIL! ALWAYS IAD A ICAI OF BPRLEING stich words as “companies” and similar words with, “ys? Instead of “Jes” In the Morey letter tis mistake fs made, At this stage of the ense Mr. Bell satd ho world Ike an adjournment.as he had other Mr, Belly of counsel for the vrosecutlon, having asked for nn adjournment, explained, that he expected a witness fram Lynn, Mnss., other expert witness, was lying sick. and uh ble to attend, : ‘This adjournnant was objected to by Brooke, and Gen, Pryor, for the defense, sald he thought tt was due to his side to allow ium to produce proof of the genuineness of the letter, RUMARKS OF TIE JUDGH. After argument by counsel, Judge Davis sald: “Owlng to the National ‘significance of the case, I feel {timy duty to-sitay exam- ining magistrate, and, although it 13 not usugl fora Justice in the Supreme Court to” so use his authority, it 1s not without prece- (lent. Chief-dustivo Manstiold, ina ease slin- ilo to this,so sat, and committed the de- fendant after evidence was ndinitted. If this lgtter was In fact written by Gen. Gare fled asian expression of the sentient hoy entertalne on the subject of the lotter, It was not only unworthy of lilm, but should con- Hemn him, There is no possile doubt, I think, In the minds of the thinking men In this country that the den with which this letter closes—=that tho treaty with a great Power (so far ag population 14 concerned the Jargest on enrth) should not be abrogated until manufacturing and other corporations are conserved In the question of labor— 2 SIMVLY SIRANS ‘until they aro supplied to thelr sallafaction with the cheap labor of Chinese? Suet sone Umont, uttered by a Prestdential candidate, would, a8 8 muntter of connie, lave a most serlous effet, But, it It be not genulee, and a forgery, every thinking man not only will admit, but will at once entertaln with pleas tre the thought that the forger shoud be promptly aud severely condemned, Now, uuder sich circumstances, 1 feel it to be my duty to sit as an examining magistrate, to Issue my warrant not for the purpose of sub- serving the hiterests uf any party, No ap- vrouch tome fas ever been madeen that subject by any person connected with any party, aul {tia not my intention so tu con uct tls case as to Jeud to any other than perfect ond ubsolute truth, ‘This apulication for- adjournment ts an ordinary one, and would be granted, It ls Ineonfurmity with universal pruetlee, and, besides, on the part of the prosegution extra delays have. been occuntunel by the non-production of tho letter, for which the Court was obliged to postpone hearing, in the first place, sumie- hing more than three hours; and then, bya Tesurt to what must appear (o every one a ptrlut constriction of lunguage, the enyelope Was not forthcoming, aud fve hours more Were consumed, ‘These extra delays caused the Joss of nearly half a doy, ‘Though the eouueel Ju this case oro not blamable for aie, 7 BAM NOT WILDING (TO NE PLACED IN A ¢ - FALSE PUSTtlON, mul L will glve both sides every opportunity to presong thelr evidence, If the prosecution ure uot seady, tho defense can proveed und give way whon the prosecution are roudy, 1 will adjourn the cuse until 3 u'clock, . When the Court reassembled, Gen, Pryor and Mr, Brooke, of counsel for Wie dufensy, mitered, aecompantud by 5 THE MON. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Whose presence gayo rise to a repurt that he Was to take the stand as a witness for the du funse, + Witness Hogan was recalled by Cul, Bliss dor the prosecution, Vut his exumiuation was objected to, on the ground that Bliss was the coniplainant. The objection was overruled, and Hogan testified: “I havo submitted the Morey envelopo to a inferoscople test, and have found erasures, Lalso tind on the stamp o figure *2? was printed, while what L calla figure 1! Js not printed, but isa longiindinal stroke, and fs not set tn the samo feld with the ficure'2’ Abova anda Nttle to the tight of the word ‘Muroy* there ts evidence of two orastres, one word that ft think Is ‘Esq.’ and inthe othar there: fs ne word. The crasute to the left of ‘Esq.’ Is con: thined, and is nearly In Hne with the ine, Thé stamp on the reverse of the envelops shows $ EVIDENCE OF TWO ERASURES within the ring. Under the word Morey?’ there Is evitlenee of an arnstire Just under the letter *y.’ ‘The letters Sor’ are written overanerasire, ‘The word ‘Lynn’ ts write ten below # portion of an erasure, and there {sn Ittle erasure above tho ‘Mnss.' CRUSS-EXAMINED WY MI BROOKE: “Toxanlacd the envelope nt the Vost-Ofllee in presence of Mr. Bliss, Mr. Stqughton, Mr. Gaylord, William Finn, and Mr Knox. dowé know who brought it there,” Judge Dayis—f tntrusted {t to Mr. Bell. Mr. Brooke—1L understond the letter was not to go ont of your Nonoer's control, and Teatt your Honor's attention to tho fret that the letter is notin the samo condition as when we delivered it. Judge Davis—I cut off partot tho edge, ‘The tears In it wero all there, Charies Hofman was then called and testt- Ned ns fullews: : “The photograph of the onyelopa was made under my supervision. T RECEIVED Tr From. Mit. ALT, nnd it Is In the same condition now as when Trecelved it. [noticed no erastres, Lt not leuk for then!” Jobn Vhin testified: * 1 reside In New Jor ney, Inmenitor of the slnerican Jotrnit of Microscopy, and Iave nda ita study tor twenty-five years,, 1 linve been called ost wil a, asanexpert, before, Saw the Morey envelope two hours ago, and have examined it undera microscope, ‘The surface of the paper is disturbed in thany polnts, whieh can ‘be «iseovered by holding ft to the light. At severu! pulnts along and -abovye tho name tho fibres are dle turbed. ‘There {8 an erasure above the word ‘ Morey,’ where had teen evidently the word ‘Esq’ ‘The disturbanee of the fibre is on the outside of the envelope. ‘There isn disturbance on the stamp on tho reverse, but no more than ordinary friction would enuse. Ido not think itan erasure. Tho figure ‘3! seems to have esenped, Before tho ‘2? there uiay have been an extra degree of rubbing. The mleroscope shows that the figure ‘1? alongside the §gure 43" WAS NOY STAMPED, On the face of the envelope 1 saw the word ‘Esa,’ but could not tell what, the other erasttres were. ‘There are some sinall spots of ink, Under tha word ‘ Representatives? there fs an erasure.” . Judge Davis—Can the witness fix Its ml- croscope so that Iean examine the envelope? Witness—Yes, str. » The instrument was thon arranged, and an examination made by the Justice, Mr. Phin was then cross-examined, by Mr. Mowe, Ie was shown the part of the en- velopo with the words, “J. A. Garfield, ML C.” nd the mark of the stamp on ft. On. re- quest; he made nimleroscople Investigation of ft, and testiied: “The mark is stamped. It hus been stamped twee.” - : : HAMES GATOR, General Superintendent of tho City Delivery atthe Post-Ontice, testified: “When a let ter addressed to:fome one In this efty~ar- rives It comes it.n locked apartment. It ts taken out and stamped with 2. recelpting- stamp, which Indientes the hour ‘It was recetved.. The stamp shows tho mouth and day. The stamps have - on them ‘Ree, New York,’ and date. ‘That stamp is put on al letters for city: delivery, and on them only. If tho letter arrived here from Washington, passing Enst, tt would not be treated In any division, ‘Chere are, ning stations In this elty, and all letters intended for a district are sent to thut district and stamped with the station die, Of the stamp on the reverse, of the Morey envelope L recognize a stamp bearing the words, ‘Ree, New York, 7:30.” A figure ‘37 fs In the place where the dato Is; The ttgure on the side of itLdo not think was stampod there. We use the game stamps every day, but change the dates,—tho dates being mnde in rsinglo piece, ‘ho stamp on the Morey letter Indl entes Its receipt in the New Yorle Post-oftice, and, if it was sent from Washington to Lynn, THAT STAMP WOULD Nut BE THEN The heavy ringon the envelope looks Nke one of the stamps used In the elty stations. Tho envelope presents indi¢ations of dis- turbaiees. ‘Cho’ abrasion on the , station: stamp covers where the date would be. 1 have seen many of ‘the stamps on lettors re- eelvod from Washington. Tho digure ‘1? adjoining the figure $2? on the stamp on the reverse of the envelope ts not made by a dies? ‘Thera was'no cross-examination. Henry J. Pearson, oiiltod for the prosceus tion, testiiied: “Tam Assistant Postmuster, and have been such for soven years, For elght years previous { was In the Railway Mail Service on: tho routo ; from Wash- {ngton to New York. Letters: from Wash- ington to Boston aro put it pouches in Washington and sent right through, The pouches are not opened in this elty, {n caso tho mafl is delayed the pouches would be tuken to the New York Post-Office and the package would be removed to other pouches, but tho lotters ‘ WOULD NOT BR STAMPED TEI ‘Thero was no cross-exauination, John Richards, called for the prosecution, teatilied: “Iam General Superintendent of the elty delivery department of the Post-Of- fica. Lave been so for seven years. . Tho letters recelved for elty delivery only are stamped, ‘Tho timo of tho stump is changed overy thirty miiutes and a proot taken of It aud certified ta bo correct before itisused. ‘Tho stamp on tho back of tho Morey letter is the reeelving stamp of our oflice. ‘The datujs not on ft Lhe figure $37 Is the last letter of n double dati, » - CHOSFENAMINED BY GEN. PRYOR: “ Before my engagement tn the Post-Oflce, TL wage partner in the furniture firm of Do Grant & ‘Taylor, 1 leté the firm when the partnership was up, I hava not heard they Kecused me of dishohesty.” J, 1. Stroud, for tho prosecution, testified: “1 am head clerk of tho railway mall services between Washington and Naw York, Th January, 1880, letters from Washington to Lynn, Masa. did not go through the Now York Post-Oftce, except on Sunday worn ing.” “Dhere was no cross-exauination, Assistant Postmaster Pearson, reentled for the prosecution, testified: “The Washington anil that goes through this elty Sunday Inorning goes through in original porches, without belug changed”, There was no eross-exainination, Daniel Ty Ames, recalled for the prosecne Hon, testified: “The handwriting on the Morey envelope closely resembles the ex- hibits whieh are jn Philp's writing.” Court ndjourned until to-morrow, ra THE JUDGE, 118 HONEST EXPRESSION, Bpectat Diepatch ta The chicago Tribune, New Your, Oct 99—Judgo Noah Davis, before whom the Philp libel ls pending, dis+ plays commendable zeal In his efforts ta hay the mutter sifted thoroughly without dela: Jig husiusisted from the outset thatthe Inves> Uxation should not be permitted to tug, and that the’ facts which have been unearthed should be presented with all thelr erushing weight, not that he hag been swayed by -any partisan bing, but, judielally, he hus fully recognized the extent of the erly of which the author of tho letter has heen mullty, and has distinctly stuted that, now that tho In- vestigation ling heun, and there was suMetent grountl for carrying it on, he de- sired that {t should be carried out, and the guilt, if there be any, placed Just where it belonged. That there wasn erlutnal’ libel, aa based on the editorial article. whieh Philp concedes he wrote, aud for which he ts held, and depentent upon the fact that the letter ts f forgery, Which exports say there is, and Gen, Garfield has explicitly established, AUDOL DAVIS RULED from the ontset; and, while he has been as snifed by the Demoeratle press for ‘holding these views in. advance of tho test! mony, he but echoed the suntiments of every honest mat, and at the same time ad- vanced a legal axiom that ts well grounded, The Judge appreciates tho fact that time is valuable as weil, and, while he sits In the ease through courtesy only, he’ desires that It shall bo hastened to ns early an end as possi- ble, Me felt constrained to state from tho Boneh to-day that ho ELE AT TONE 8 DUTY to sit as an exaniuing magistrate on thé case because of Ils National significance, and ho wont on tu‘say that, while Ib was not usual for a dustles of the Supreme Court to so uso his authority, it was not withont precedent, aud quoted ChicfJustlee Mansfeld in a case similar to this, who so ant and committed the defendant after the evidence was adiitted, ADDRESSES. THE SPUNIOUR CHARACTER OF THR sMORRY 1 1 RDLLY PROVEN, New. Your, Oct, %.—The National Ropub- Hiern Committee furnish the following: ‘The provendings to-lay in the examination ot Vhiip, the forger of the Morey lotter, wore cons clusive. Hart, the owner of Truth, under threat. of Imprisonment produced ats envelope In which the letter fs nitewod to have beon contained, It was thon shown by tha prosecution that tho on- velope bas on it uot only tre stampof tho Wrsh- ington Post-Ufllee, but nlso tho. thtnes stamps of the Now ‘York Post-OMice, In these sinmps ‘the dates are, however, erased amt cannot be distinguished. | It Is lint- possible to distinguish in any of thoni tho month | and the insertion of *dany :23"' In the photo-llth= ographie copy in Truth {6 an admitted {nterpoln- tion, . Moreover, it appears that the enyelapo was originally addressed) to some other person and place, but the word © Fisq."' enn still be dis- covered on a ling above tte word “Moros.” It wns shown by tha Assistant Postmaster inthe Now York’ Post-OMice, by Jnmed Gaylor, Superintendent oof tho olty. dellyery,. and. by Mr Richards fn tho fmimedinte charge of that Department, that tho Now York atamp on the envelepo Is pluced upon all fotters recelvod hero: Intonded for delivery to persons in New York City, and that such stamp js never placod upon a lotter merely paasing through this. city; that tho second New York stamp is that which Is placed upon tho letters received ata siberiation in thatelty from thd general Post- Omee fur delivery In: tho district of « the substation. In other words, [t Is absolutely: cormin from the. stampa that the envelope when it pnsset throwwh the mail wag posted: at wishington and addressed to sono. ng in tho olty uf New York.” Moroover, 1t was proved by tuo Assistant Postinaster and bend. clerk of the Railway Mall: serviga that a icttor peatey. in Washington on the day it purports to Avo been posted and addressed! to Lynn, could not MACK any cHECiT ati have pu tho New York Post-Oiice, mich less hv into oon It stamp of that Post-OMve, Nosttes: thts, It was shown “ly the Now York stamp, da ono oof which | igure "82" remalng, that tho fixura wis ‘the Inst ore of the iguros, ahowlng on what day tho en- velope was recelyed in Now York, and that it must hive been rocelved elther on tho sth or Sil of tho sumo undiscernible month., It could not, therefore, when it was in the malt have eontatned the Storey letter, which iy dated Jan. SkL Lt fa therefore absolutely shown by wit heases who euntot be controverted, and whom Lae fonse did not even crossexuiming, that tho Morey letter, haviug been forged, was’ pre= ten to be fnserted In nn old envelope nd- dressed to some one in New York: City, and nut to) Morey, nor any one clio in’ Lynn. The erasure of tho | name of the porson to whom ft was originally nad dressed |s dl ty visible to the mukod oye, und finined! ly precedes the atllt ducipborable wort] -" Key Tho orusures of the dates aro puiettly: pial ee twas, morcover, tealifed hy Mr, Leot, under whont Philp worked for a long tivo, that ft wag bh ontbrined bi to spell companies, *Com- preeleely nt it wus aptiied tn tie Morey etter; that tho fetter was’ in Philp's: writing, atid thant by (Leet) ac stated before he lil heard it suygested that Philp was oven suspected, DIRTY-DOG BANNUM. IN WHAT COUNTRY WILL IN LIVE WIEN, THE CAMPAIGN 18 OVER? The New York Brontag Mall says: “Day before yesterday 8 man enme ta tha Adams Fixpress Company with threo large bundles of the Morey forgery, which Barnum wanted sont Into Connecticut. Mr John Hooy sold his Company was net inthe business of cir culating forgeries, and deetined to ship the vilo Duckiges, Koo Barnuin's man returned and wanted to ship tho puckayes, the contents of which ho doctined to state. Mr. Hoey, of course, could yot refuse, but demnmaded pay In vavance, Rurnum’s man hod none, and went bitte his muster, who guve the money, and x0 xot his only. romutning Senmpalgn document’. gent to the Stato which onduros tho disgrico of hls citizen- ship. Hut we think oven Barnum, if be could have realized tho manly indignation of honest John Hoey and the contompt which tho litter feels for tho former, might manage to getup a Diush of shame. In what country docs Harnuiy expeet to live when the onmpalgn [s over?" INS OPERATIONS AS A PATENT INSID Spectat Dispatch to The Chicava Tribune, y Yous, Oct. 20—Whiie all the unin peachable evidence of blundering forgery Iy shown, ‘the Democratic Committes ‘keep rluht on with their asseverations that the let- ter fa genuine, and have to-night tssued s, a statomont that they have -a letter from .tha.. mythien! © Morey’s mother, stating that sho hod n son of thut name, but has net heard from htuy in wycar or two. . ‘This Committee algo aro LOADING THE WIRES DOWN with. special dispatches to “Western and Southern papers, Every night thelr literary boreau has tts hands full fi manufacturing Demooratls news for readers in all parts of the country, tho substance of which Is direet- ly Inspired by Mr. Barnum. In short, ho is imself the spectal -representative of nearly all the Deniocratle newspapers in tho coun- try, and what ho cannot effeat over the name of Chatrman he hopes to accomplish as an unknown and presumably falr-mdiuded corre: spondent, 3 WITAT OF IT? WATE THE MAN ALD NUT 13 HERE AUK THK Hours TO POV New Yorn, Oot. 29,—Following is tho afltdavit of Clara $, Morey, of Lynn,’ Mass, mother of ILL, Morey: : 1, thg underalgned, Clara 8, Moroy, of tho City. of Lynn, County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachudetts, on oath do depose and say that T bayo lived In Lynn aforesuld from ten to fourteen yoars hiat past, and that my son, Mr. UT. Morey, bas visited me frequently from tne to the until the past. cloven “months, aud that sluco 1 know nothing of hts wherenbouts, Witness my band and seal this 2th duy of October, A, D, 1889, CAMA B, Moury, .* BEN BUTLER © - RUMON THAT BATAN WAS COMING ALSO. Swetal, Dispatch, ta The Chicago Tribune, New Yous, Oct. 20,~Lhore have been very silly sto ries curroyt to tha eifect that Gen, 1, FB. Butler would put ly an appearancd here as *attomey for tho Morey estyte,” ta prove that the noteil lotter was diseovered among {he papers of tho person to whom It is ale leged to have been wrilten, Gen, Butler ts no fool, and ‘thera Is no ,probability thet he will take a step of this kind, Inaspuch as he 1s tno shrowd a lawyer to phico himeelf in such an untavorable position: BIFTHEN YuANRS BEMIND, THY YONOLRY Nov s0 STUPID AS AT FIRST », . GUY WAS AUELOSED, ? New You, Oot, 3,~The Tylbune has the following Philadelplila speclal relutive;te the Chineso letter forgery; Ran 2 “That the Morey lettcr way not go, bungling o forgery us ut tint suppesed, will doubless bo proven by a very important clow which has been iscoverod hero to-duy, The signature tures Out ty be the exact counterpart of the slguature of Gon, Garfeld to a letter written to Gon, Rose- orans in 1805, The lotter was received from tha Truth olfico, evidently by acetdent, and Is at present in tho hands of a citizen of Philutol« phin, Accompany ing It were other letters algncd by Gen, Garfield, tut written by an nmanuensty, They are much worn and have been pasted to- Rether. ‘These lettors wero Aeon by tho Triiune correspondent as well as by & prominent mot ber of tho Phitadelphia Bar, and by a business man of thiselty, It{s quite evident that the Jeltor of 145 was used ns aimodet forthe forgery. and this will account for the discrepancies In style botween tho -present writing of Garicht nnd that In tho foryed letter.” . THE “SUN.” IT CONTINUES TO ASSAIT, HARNUS. New Yonk; Oct. 2.—Tho Sun says, edl- torlally, to-day: Thore is some degree of honoaty duo from nit mon tu all other men, at all thines and under all elreumstances. In reference to the letter the authorship of which fs attributed to dames A, Garilold, there Is some peaullar spoiling. ‘Thus tho plund of company’ is apeited vompanys, {it- Atend of companies. It secs to us that some other misspelling corresponding with this in’ Mr. Garteld’s handwriting ghould be found before nny person ean bo Justitied in eontiniting to clreufate this lettor as his. Gon Garold writes'A great many tottors, and tf that method of spelling is peculiar to hin, hin other specimens can-ensily bo oblalned. Until thoy Aro, the letter muy’ safely bo considered spur. rlous. After peralstently denounelig for four Fears the obtulning of powor by the itepubitcans through means of fraud, we have no desire to fee tL wronchod from thom by forgery, If wo "must oloose botweon honesty and office, wo pre= fer honesty. It, I. MOREY, ONEBAT IGNORANCH REGARDING ITM, A. Tuinunr reporter Inst evening enlled upon Mr, d. W. Freneh, of Lynn, Mnss., who Js stopping at the Palmer House, for the pur- vose of nscertaining what he knew about the shadowy Morey, who is alleged to lave re- celyed the letter bearing the signature of Gen. Garfield, Mr. French’ resides in Lynn, and is a representative of Messrs, Joseph Davis& Co,, one of the wealthi¢st and Inrgest shoo manufacturing firms fn that city, Tho gentloman, by way of: Introduction, statad that It would bo Impossible for him to tell what he knew about Morey, but that it would afford hitn Infinit pleasure to tell the reporter what ho did not know about tho mythical gentleman, Mry French was at homo when tho fraudulent letter appeared, and states that great: Judignation prevailed among the decont people of Lynn. A prd- tracted and thorouzh search was at onco instituted, and every effort - was made to find the. oman ALY. the great shoe manufacturers wero visited, but nosuch man coull be found, The city Ailreatory. contained no sie: name, and carotid search among the city records falted to show that i, 1, Moray Ind ever resited In the ety, Not! content with these ineffectual efforts to tree. the fellow, the diligent and determined friends of. decency nuit fair play went through thy records of denths for several yoars, and. failed to thd that. &, Morey liad dled in thoir town. | Recgtras wang then lind to the revords in the Post-Ollice, with the same result. “Tho mall-carriers were consulted, but none of them had ever heard of the man. Nothing was left undone to bring the man of straw ont Into the full light of day, antl Democrats find Republicang alike pronounced the letter adownright and infamous fraud, i Tho reporter algo found “ Mit, JOUN 8. BARTLETT, of Lynn, who isn guest at the Grand Pacific llotel. Mr, Burtieft ls one of the firm of L, I. Doak & Co,, wholesnla manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes, and one oft the. Tnrgest firms it inns and ha fs now /Preas- uret of the Repubfican Clty Central Conunit- iad Mr, Bartlett corroborated all tat was salt by Mr French in regard fo the search for the matt Morey, and expressed great mdgnation that the cit Haens of Lynn had been brought Into steh questionable prominence In stteh a cowardly and iiftmoas tanner. Ad for the “En bloyers’ Unlon,” the gentleman sald that the: only tino that the inimufacturers of Lynn, had foried_any-organiaation was darinic tho’ strike of 1877, when they had-been called to-, gether to devise ways and menns for thelr, mutual protection, i this combination could not properly be called an organization, né ho constitution or by-laws wero atloptad., As a business-sniin he was deeply Interested, and hes Iuniew "that wo: atch man as JE. 1. Morey was a member of that temporary organization, ‘nor had such nian ever been employed by ft. In tis comnec- tlon Mr. Bartlett sald that there was not now, nor had there ever Leon, a comuuittes or or: ganization authorized to call the maniufact- ters. togethers: Ai. John @. 0B. Adams, Posturaster of Lynn, tolt’ Mre Bartlett lust “Tuesday that the letter could not. have “been recelyed there, In Jamiary last, when the forged eplstla: 1s said to have been forwarded, the authorities of the Lynn Post-Oflice were obliged to alanp alt letters with o.péeuiine stainp, fn which was n request to thecltizensto furnish thelr exact nddresses for the benullt of tha letter-carrlers, aud this stamp doesnot ap pear upon the envelope In which the forgery was Inelosed, and Mr. Adaoins [3 jositlve that no sticlf letter ever passed through the ofilee. Mr, Bartlett says tha effect of tha lotter in Lymn his bugn fo cumont the Repubticans inore firinly fogethior, and to disgust ‘all hon- orable: Donovkats, many of whom liqve de- elated their Intentlon to vote and work with the Ropublignns, “Lhis feeling has sprend to all the surrounding towns and villaes, and he helleves thot 1n one senso of the word the publication hag, benofited - tho Repybiican party not only in his State, but throughout le count ‘Tho fulranindett Domoorats of of Massachusetts do nat propose to remain in A mirty that lowers Itself to the level of wholesale slanderers, s fe : a\fier sumo hours of walling, a reporter succecdad late Inst night In finding at tho’ Palmer Mouse Mr. . “1, TY, RONSON, ‘ who has been for years Identifled with the Lynn factories, Loading off with a ques: ton as to his acqualutinee fn and about Lynn, Mr. Robson sats * “1 hive buen tn buaiiess in Lynn for five yours up to May of the present ‘year, when 1 removed iy business to Boston. Ln, how- over, still a resiiont of Lynn, and am thor oughly identitied with {8 Interests, While there “1 wis ong of the firm of Joraine, Tnealls & Co," ’ : ‘ , “Ihave you any knowledgo of {ult anritee rlous Moréy to whom the forged Gurileld ‘let- ter purported to be written?" au? * Lean say hy the frat pince that this thing has created ‘moro Interpst aud dlscusslon out here than itever didin Lyan, Evory one there—Remiblienns and)” Pemocrats—ac- knowledges the falsity of the whaje charge, Lhave tatked with old tysd-in-the-wool Dem- oernts, and they scout the story ag ridjcu- Tous.” ett og * Dil you aver hear of any inancuaned Dil Marys or. aes “Never, No stich tinmo hing been on the dlrectory for five years past, Wa have thor oughly {nvestigated tie case, nud nlltue lead- Bt gm facturers who would beina position 1 kuow are contident that hy never existod, Mr, Aduing, the | Poxtumster,. tas patel speclal attention -to. the ainatter, and hoe feels confident that no such letter addyessed as the allegedt Morey letter Is adiressod has assed Uough his hands. L have writtun ton Trend since £ lett who would be, sure to know all nen coming from nelehtioring districts, Me writes me thit he knows no such man there, and never Inew any such nian, i bellove that the name Morey must Utve been picked out hecausa there was 0 hameda Lynn! “Did yo know of such an organiza: ton as the Employers’ Union?" : “There never was any Unlon of. the em: ploxors ta Lynn since. may residence there, during the big strike same two years wee the Cnploshra naturally consulted together, We had, U think, four or flve meetings dune ing w perlod of three weeks!" "Was any formal organization formed or nan alopted P Apia di t *Notatany thao during the progress o the strike or sinew. Mrs Shaws tiie Te sled, but no organization was ever elfectad, Yo metn few thes fi the Exchany Ban for consultation, Wo hover. orgnulzed any (inion, and we adopted: wo constitution or rules ta perpetuate the orgunizntion, ‘Che Mectings were purely luformal, and-we never yegulatly adjouried, for when wo finished our'consultation we ‘left. We established after iw thine an oflea’ where there Wis a clerk to -Jouk yfter the | ap pilentions for situations, “for after’ the help? about Lynn found - that the binnifactirers Wary gulag outside, they bee an to return to work, No, there never wus tu Lyan sive L haya flved there, anything approaching an * Employers! Union? except thoag Informal mecthigs we held two years ugo. Y “If thore had been’ such a Union you would huye knawn it?” “Certainly, 1 was about among the dlffer- ssatistins tho Pittsburg public that the Morey wslded. -Bpeethes swore made by ex-Mayor ent shops, and shonkl certainty have not willed co nene of such an organization, More over, ite firm would have been consulted as otie of the partics Interested,” ; “TE stich a nan ax Morey had existed, if he received hls tetters In behalf of the "Em. ployera’ Union,” and if he had recelved sttch n fetter from Gen, Gardeld, would not the employers finve heart of ite « Undonbtedly we shoult. In addition to that, no member, employé, or agent of the Mani fretirera would have written lo Gen, Garticld on that subject... No one thon thought of hin as a candidate for tho Prest- deney. Alls opinion was not at that line worth sanything speelal, and the Chinese question wag no 1 being agitated,” “tf there: had been any burial of sue mat as Morey in Hy nat Sines January or Pel rary, 1880, Would It not be ensy tu establish that Taet from the records? : “ Porfeatly, ons but it cannot bo done, for he never ded, He nover lived. No one ever heard of him before.” . Mr. Robson was shown a copy of an over- Ing 2x4 sheet In whieh thore appears a wenk declaration of the extsteneeof an Employers! Union, signed by ube Charles I, Litehinan, After looklng [hover Mr, Robson sats “This Litehinan. $8 9 well-known Greon- backer and prominent labor man there. He is ceservedly unpopular with his party. When the Convention. inet in Worcester, a8 you may remember, he was ‘yloluntly op posed for President or Vice-President of the Convention beenuse he had gone before tha Committee on Prison Labor and ated there that ho belleved prison Inver would not itt fect the Interests of, the workingmen. That ds the.aame JAtehman that wrote that letter.” “In conclusion, while saying goo by, Mr Robson anid: “Lean on repeat Uhnt oyery inantfacturer in Lynn, whothor Republican or Democrat, knows that this letter must be ant ign forgery.” . |” a A A, BRIEF REMINISCENOE, ' CAPT, WINPPLE, of Turtlo's Dotective Agoncy, ts woll ne- quainted with Phitv, and oxpressed no vory high opluton of him when questioned on the subject by a reporter yesterday, “Th 1804 or 1805," sald the Captain, “while Twas city editor of the Now York Zeratd, Philp was a reportor on that paper, and-was regirited by all who knew him as an une prinelpted aud wholly unrolinblo man. In addition to the work he did on the Herald, Phity was also a weiter of dime novels, and contributed stories to the. second-class sensa- tonal weekly papers, Ie could write very well, but In on. nowspnper sense was’ not very yalunble, as he would sooner at any thine stay in his room and con- ecoct some yarn to palin off upon his cuploy- er then: go out in seareh of ndws. I re- imenber that, ut the the he was under ine, 0 regular ring Was forinod by a uumber of re porters who had thotr. headquarters at the Coroner's office. As few of them would gather tho news of the day and write it out in manifold, giving coples to the rest of tho boys, Of course this systom inade nll the toca! news In the papers oxuetly elike, so thnt. any enterprise thit one paper chose to dis- play was nullified. Acting under Instructions trom Mr. Frederlok Hudson, who was at sthat ting managing editor of the Heri, 1 broke up tho ring, aad in domngso found that . Phiip was at the head of it, as, ag 1 have sald, any unserupulons, designing many, -nuid would na soon forge n chuck As f letter. BAR-ROOM EXPERTS EPEUCISING THE, AMERICAN PRIVILEGE OF ets GIVING AN: OVINION, ' + Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Pirranuna, Pa, Oct. 20.—A large number of people of both parties have visited tho Monongnhela ‘Mouse to-day to‘ examine tha register whereln Gon. Garfield wrote his uname twice on Saturday, April 10 last. ‘The entries ara ay follows: “J. A. Garfield and wife, Ohio; Mra. Eliza Garfield, Ohio; Mra, Washburn, Ohio.” Many persons have com- pared the. writing in tho . rexlstor. with the “facsimile coples of the Chinese letter, and. - all unhesitatingly® + say that the .sigyature to-- the letter is a forgery. ItavNl be noticed that Garfield” was written twlee in the hotel-register, and In nethor case fs the “1 dotted, ‘The capl- tal “G44 fornicd iifferently In both eases, but preserves the general outline.28he “rr? fi Garileld ts formed slike an “§,” outin Washburn t6 is: fully formed or brought out with the pen. This comparison of signatures lotions a ditipld forgery. fy yy "~ “LAST SCENES, Z3 GEN. GRANT. 2 AT HATH, N. Ag Bari, NvY., Oct. 2.—Gen, Grant arrived here from Buffalo by special train nt 2o'clock this afternoon. Ho reviewed a long ‘pro- ession, aud spoke ns follows to 15,000 people in tho parks . cc Ue. $ es LAvits AND GENTLEMEN; It takes. more lyugepower than 1 possess to make such a Inrgo growd.of people hear me, avén within: four walls, Dut out of duore itis simply imposstblo; thoreford, T shall leave you to those who are c+ cuatomed to spoalt out. vf doors, and who will address you upon the {important issues of tho day, Even if f could spenk adas to be heqrd, 1 tako (tI would ba talking to "nn assembly who think ng I dy upon tho lasucs to: bo rottled next Tiealay. Ttbink that Garfeld: and, Arthur would be electad If. tho voting could be confined to this crowd,~ At lenat I shall bopo so, and | « I WOULD BE WILLING TO LEAVE IT TO: You and this suva,tho expense of an cleotion,-'At Ieast, If the ludica wero allowed to. voto L should by willing to abide by tho result, and I hope that our oppouonts will: bo*rechnclled to the defeat that awaits thom next Tucaday. Ast bave to 0 to tho Soldiers’ Home this afternoon, and attond a meating at Elmirn this evening, I will thorefore.thaaik you for the’ cordiallty of your reception ta-day, hoping that 1 muy meot you agnln'and thot wo may all rojolce tygethor next Piosdny. . + 5 rie Be He then visited the State Soldiers’ and Sallors’Hotho, and passed” with- uncovered head before 300 veterans drawn up in tne, whn! grocted “him ‘enthuslastieally, Alt vigitud tho soldiers in hospital, “OCRAPE ON THN BART, AMOKE WINCH TICKTAD OLD BAMMY, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribune. Wasujyaroy, D.C, Oct, 20.—A., dissatis- fled Democrat, on a ‘visit from New York, tells his frleridy hero a bit of family history, dle snys'that, at a meeting of: the State Cen- teat Committee in Now York, held Just after the Indintia elgetlon, at which Mr. ‘Tilden was present, one of the speakers was declare Ing that all the-algns “wore ‘Indicative of n great Domoeratle victory,” iit spito‘of the yassing clouds, When he had elosed another rosé: dnd wali It wad all very wall’ to” talk of victory and tryto damfort ono another with pleasant ‘spocohés, ‘but, turing and bowlig: toward Mr, ‘Tilten, the’ speaker sald he de- sired to call thely attention to one tinpartant fact, numolys. that “thera was ernpe on the bal” At thls Mtr. Tilden Inughed heartily, and with avory evidence of earnest approval of tho declaration, _ ‘ Sy .NEW YORK OITY, JOUN KELLY'S. BOLING , TACTICS COMING ‘ - HOME TO ROOST. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New ‘Yo, Oct, %.—As tho Inst days of the election npproneh, the Intelligent portion of the people of ‘New York: have become aroused” pny the question of the domtuation ottha Kopian Catholic Church In the public selidoly,” Willlani It. Grace, the Deniceratle nominee for Mayor, is 0 Roman Catholle, Ig Repubsfeda opponent, Willlam Dowd, 1 & Protestant.‘ Vis evening; in obedience to a call signet by muny of the leading citizens ot New York, ‘of ‘both polltical parties, w meeting was: held- In ‘Cooper: Instituty to resist tho Cathglic powor 3 ‘repre- sented .by-. Jolin Kelly, Tho mocting was ‘a... harge . one, and full: of enthusiasni, Frederick 1, ‘Talcott, a Ifo long Democyut, anda wealthy citizen, ‘pre- Wickham, o.Demoarrat, the, Rev Dr. 8.1L, ‘Tyng, JF the Tey. Dr, Newnan, and othors, ‘Tho speakers, mulutalied tnt, while ‘tho. Roman Catholics had w-sight to esteblish thelr parochial--sechouls:) wherever they yuna, ee rear as many tie ae ey could obtain money to pay for, f no Fight to tntertere with tao" puulle school system, and anak (hem Koran ‘Cathotle and soctarlun, On this ground 'y-uppealed: to the volers present, Hrespecilye of past party ‘Distrlet,” $10,000;, Charles | M. adltiationyto vote for Mayor on Tuesday: THK REV Willtum Dowd for Thists +- AL OF OLD ISSUES, which have oxelted tha portation of thiselty from thie tmmemorial, Ons of tha most notable things of the campatan In the eity fs the open bult of Tilden’s most trusted ‘and devoted” frends from Grace, ad thelr hole nvowal to support Mr Dowd, Phis bolt wlll extend throughout the etty, and must add largely to the Republican vote. Messrs, Wiekhiam, Wavemeyor & Co, havemeny lows among the active workers of the antl ‘Tammany party, ‘Then theres a large elo. Ment of tha Amerlean Demoeratle members of the Afaiihation Club, who are seeretly at work on behalf of Mr, Dotty: These men feel itis a matter of pullticalitte or death With ‘then, aud are hard at work, and mean. to kill Kelly and Grace {ff possible, ‘These gentlemen argue that to bolt Isa virtue, and nots arinta, and Instance the enso,of Mr. Kolly, who has agatn beenne the lender of the Domogrney, Hobithsliodlng he defented. all, Nobinson Inst CONNECTICUT. THY TARLEF QUESTION, Speelat Mspateh toy The Chicago, Tribune. | “‘Wanrromn, Con,” Oct. 2.—Mr. Aeorge Beach, Democratic candidate for’ Congress In this district, has nn idea that he madon heavy campatgy hit In the publication to-day ofn letter favoring a tarlil for revenue only, Fand alleging ‘that a protective tariff Is tine) necessary on raw mnterinis for the protec: tion of the manitfacturers of the United Stntes. Mr. Beach Is the head of tho firm of Bench & Co,, of this city, Importers of dyo- stuffs, and is nso largely Intarested Ina mill: manufacturing woulen ‘cloths, Tho Hart ford: Courant (Ropubllean), Wisoussing his lelter editorlully to-morrow morning, points out why Mr. Beach ean well afford ‘to bo a freetrader, and’. shows’ that ho spenks for his personal Interests rather than manufacturing itercsts gonorally. Ag an Inportor of dys nnd stuffs, and not a manu facturer, hq naturally prefors free trade in raw materials, and as finanettily ipterested in manufacturing woolen cloths 8 prefers to ect his wool free of duty, which Isnow imposed for the protection of the wool-grow- ers of thio country, andespecially of tha West and South, Tho letter is very: ingenlously “phrased, but the. Republican. papers of the State will promptly stow the fallacies of Its arguments. ‘They could not fall to have rsoinceltectl£ permitted to go uncohtradicted tight on the ove of an election Inn manu- factiring State, whoro political parties are so closely inntched ng they are here. IG MONEY. E ‘Tho only fear’of the Republicans In Con- necticut to-xlny comes from a knowledge that alargo amount of money has.been subseribed by Democrats within the present weel, . ‘The Iarttord Post (Ujewublican) gives a Mst as follows: James E. English, of Now Iaven, Demoeratle candidate for Governor, $25,000; Demoeratte National Committee, “$30,000; George Bonch, candidate for Congress inthis atlstrict, $15,000; Gvored W. Peet, candl- date: for Congress in “tho Fourth Pond, of Jlartford, Democratle candidate for Licuten- aut-Governior, $5,0005 miscellitneotts, 835,000; total $110,000. Such a sum, poured into a close State, will influenca, many yotes, but, the influence and wealth ‘of. Connecticut is very largely In the hands of the Republicans,: and they enn ses the Democratic pool and double ft avery time, ‘ GEN. GEONGE B. WOLELLAN |, ; was In town to-day.as 4 political offset to recent visit, of Gen. ‘Grant, and the Demo- ernts had a State parade to-night 1 honor of his visit. But It was a slim affair, with* been promised, Cotnnareds with the Re- publican State parade’ in’ New davon’ Wednesday night. wher Over « 10,000 man paraded, {t 1s. scarcely. worth mentioning, The Democrats have not been vory vontjius}- mate In .this. section sfyeo. © Lnuinun,clecs lot, . @ ibe a 8 CAUGHT NAPPING. +: 5 HOW THE iy WHat FOR YOUNG st; Sprctal Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune New York, Oct, 20.—Milton® C, \Denit; aif employé in the Interlor Departinent at Wash ington, and n second cousin of Mrs. U.S. Grant, camo home. to. vote ‘for.Gartiold and Arthur, and registered In the Ninth Election District of tho Tenth Assembly District ng a. resident of 60 Second street; -Yosterday. n ‘Tammany Conmmitteemun ‘named: Birming- ham complained ‘to Justice Duffy at tho ‘Tombs that’ Dent, had illegatty? registered), and that.he lives inthe Fourth Assembly District, «A warrant was procured and Dent was arrested to-lay. Ie, was:taken to the ‘Tombs, where. he showed?-that ho: nd {nnocently — rey istered, sAupposing it was hig proper voting’ preelnet. But, tho ‘Tam- many Justics and the ‘Tamtany: counsel were too much for him, and he was.haldl ‘in $500 ball, und locked up becausy he couldn't nt once procure bondsmen, -o expressed his extreme indignation when lnterviewed, “Tot into anest of, Demoernte,” ho salt: “When Leamo from. Washington some of ‘Tammany’s sples got inforninttow that Lavi a relative of the Grant familly, and'this 1g die otltrageous result, ‘ MASSACHUSETTS, oo -& STUUING “ADDNESS: 7 Sptetal Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribuny Bosroy, Oct. °29.--John /M. Forbos, uné‘ot the Electors-at-Large for Mnssnchubetts, sends the following letter. for publication to- MOTOWS | hee TE ee Fe Thaye too.lonz nogioted to respond publtoly to my rellow-ultizens by nceupting tho nomfnit- tion us nn Elector for’ Mussuchysotts, 1 do so iow Jn the hope that i fow words ‘added to my neceptunce at this inte hour, thay reach pomg voters who underrnto tho jmpurtanco of tho elec tion, Atter.thoexperionas wo have had Democrntle Congress and 9 -Sulld: Souths! North. and Wost vhoose to, give back: tha Executive power to those who tried to wreok us, the natural result, will. be that we ought to bury our lito school-houses’ ng useless Jncyme bratices, ind un! ur our insnuy nsyluing for tha poopla whu vommit auch supreme fully, Uutt can concolye of no auch surrender boing pos: sible, Ag Wado Hrinpton sid to his Virginin auditors in regard, to Leo and stonewall Jnek- gon, We Inny well say now, in reference to Lins coin, Strnior, and Andrews ‘Can any one doubt on wh! dp thoy would now vote?" Ihave UNWAYERING CONFIDENCE IN jGEN, GAn- peti i 41D, ‘ not only as tho soldior who shono by the sido of George M1, Thamas un tho bloody told af Chickne muuga, Dut as 4 statesman who has, in sovon- teen yoars -of constant servivo in Congress, dufned: his position clourly on tho right sldvs 0 all, tho groat industrial, political, and ‘financiul queauons which “now divide tha country. 2 would say no disparaging word of Gen, Hane cook. . 1 udinira him as tho splendid corps come manier who always choyed the order of superiors, whether tu the buttte-fuld or under Presidont Andy Johnson, and who tiny ho relied Heo ie ‘ag A nay ne tha Sh iapesie * pliteed 10re ‘the party. whic! 48 .. tory eontroliod bys Kelly, Engltaly and Barnum, at tho North, and Robert 'Coouba and his KueKlux’tohorts at the South, Hut his bost friends look with dismay at his mixod ideas upon that so-called “local issue, . the taritt,” and other questions likely to nrisu. Muy be long continue to serve bis country IN THE MGM RANIC OF MAJOR-GENERAL which he now adorns, : ‘Tho duty of tho hour for the citizon ts to thro such avets far tho Republiont ticket ag shal swall tha the tldnl-wayo now wweoping over fhe land into ‘sue grand dimensions that wt owill break | tho solld sectional ine North and South, and ae Usa CONNt ywithour @ contest, aud. foul Larmony fn ‘the “oomlng art, J look upon Stang na our Dull-ltun, acter ug pathos aga stiuwlnnt airs asuvhock, Tho October cluctions are at least a Gettysburg, Whon wo get ouy Appomattox, naxe Tudsiay, £ hope that the good sense and patriotism of both seutions will trenk the solld line and that tho jeaders of our party will then say, us Grant did attor hig viutory,. “Lat us bayg pone,” 6 that every man, rich or poor, black or white, North or pouthe Is -allowed.a freo voto, an boncet count, and equal rights before tho law, NEW JERSEY, GOOD NEWS .FNOM TUB NEIGHBORING . POWER. tae ta “*-s: « Speciat Dispatch to The Ghtcago Trine.» » New. Yons, Oct. 29.—Qno of the. greate pulitical denionatrations ever runda-in New dursoy, If not the: véry greatest, Was: the tariff parade to-day in, Newark, It wog not only ostoundlug .10 Democrats, biti surprise ‘to’ the Ropubl!cans themsulyas, for nobody ‘would have Wiloyed that Newark could make . such in display on _ any ovcastun, - It was ademenstration such as the Metropolis Steyj£might wake,—a parade six miley long, with frony 19,000 tg 15,000 men in Nne, and hunfeds upoit hundreds. of Wagons pearing representatiye ‘products. of all of Newark’s quntless factorles, It took oT fan at8’ovclock, and): = tho whole of Hasex County to make It, bu when it was got together, « 5 (MADE A Rate that was worth going to see, Pretiy minteh the whole county, It seemed, had termed out, Krom early morning UN tony Mlop noon farmers and thelr famblics wor pour. Ing Inte ‘the elty In wagons and catedages:* and every train was + cbringing hun dreds of men from ..the helghborty lowns and cities, ‘Thore was no Anistaka about what th all: ments Tho peopig Fot Essex Couhty, tho Inofitfactirers, tha merchants, tha’ professfotial mer, tho Works figinen, - Were “hbout- fo * sliow,” hy g grand -tumout, that they were in favor of the _.Republican, tarlit dlovtrlyg and of th blectioh of ‘James A. Cartichd and Chester Ay Arthur. (Garileld and Arthup Mags wero flying” ovotywhord. The dein. stration was real old-line atuix, with aij the: trades" represinted, and a gout tiany trades: that the, old thes knew hothing about, “Perhaps. Ib wag just as well thatit.was .ralning: and. muddy, for what wouht Werhnve done witli all the people if I Ini been a clear day 2! was what everybody In Newark wad saying’ 7 4 oh is THI PIWCESSIOY :, was the grent feature, and was composed of” merchants, manufacturers, Importers, ox. porters, pnd -business-men of all sorts, and was nearly aix mifes tn length, NOTABLY | AMONG THE’? HUSIONS OF] THe ‘ 1 SBARADE, yas a procession: of- geven mutes, attended by grooms, and wearing wilto blankets Inbel. -ed as follows: Barnum’s Indiana Mule, 749 Republican Majority”; “Barnum’s Ohio Mule, 28,000 Repubilenn Biafority’s “Tox. num's Trick Mule, 820"; * Barnum’s Cipher Mulo, Dicd “in 18767; " Barnan’s Chinese Mule, the Last Kiek “Barnunt’s Lyl |. Mule. Lt Wowt Work.’ Barnum’s Nox Mule? Gtyo vit up. Anothor « Inserlptlon was “31. L, Morvy, the second Moses, No one knoweth of his sepulehre unto this ay.”. A large Imitation of n $20 gold wis labuldd Feats ig-the change We wa a WLORIDA. i > MOPEFUL. * Bveetat Diepateh to The Chteago THbune, New Yoni, Oct. 20,—A correspondent of tho Times: telegraphy from Jacksonville, Fin, to-night .that ho made -s trip through middic and western Fiorids for the purposo of ascertaining tha condition of the Ke publican . party. in: those sections, and the probability” of a Republican victory in “this. ‘Stato. ‘in~- the coming election. -Middle Florida ‘has horctofors bben somewhat doubtful, but, from personal observation, he knows. that there are larga Republican gains in: that section, and many e countics which were Demoeratle in, 1877-will glye: Republican majorities in the coming glectign,.."**) i eects iowa.) DAVENPORT: ABLAZE, Spectat Dispatch to The Chtoago Tribune, Davesrour, In, Oct. 204The ‘day and night have beon-devuted to tho cause of: a the Republicans of Daven q Ing towns. At 6 o'clock the Upéra Hoyso:syag filled With un enthusl astic niillence to ‘tsteit speeches by the Mon. Ilram Price and the Hon, John W, Grean, + of -thigs city. » ‘This » ovenine’s display surpagge dl jin:: grandeur any; ‘thing’| the: stato ie of Town! hs: ‘witnessed, ity was magnificently Illus , 2,500 men.tn Huo, as against 10,000 which’ puly: |ianinated fromietid td oud: : Brady,, Second, ‘Third, ‘Fourth, Harrison, and otherthorough-, fares* nloug: the ling of innrch were able -with'éolored Mghta; Over 200 of the princtyal - business houses of ‘the elty made special and unusual progumntidns. The procession formed itha: ne ,of march was about. four’ \:milegs iin. Jength,. There were fy Ino. over 8,000 persons, 2,100 of whom carried torches. ‘hese camg from, Moline; «Rock, islands. yand » Milan, Iil,4*and* from «this. city.’ “Among. thé features of the lino were 200 of the mechan §es of Moline in wagona with. .ngric! Implements and n grand transpargnoy, “ Want No Change, ‘Thd-Beott County Bar of this city, forty-sixciu-snumbor, walked to gothar,* ho, Raw sso ant Litmtnal long were wittiessedl by. 20,000 people.” . : TT bag es semis Fe Spetlat Dispatth to’ The Chledgo’ Tribune, Kronur, In, Ove: 20.4-The streets of Keo kukavore-alive cvitir ponple to-nlght to wite hess the Republean torchiight parade, which proved to ba tho, biggest thing 0 the cau, pal ‘Ouldium zhts and fireworks wero wad after'the patwde, Tho dons M.A. Mu. Cold, Congressman from this (tho First) Congressional district, and the Hon. 2. be Stopndis, of Linn County, spokeat Gibbons’, Onera-House.|. A’ lurga ‘crowd twas presente . BOUTH: OAROLINA. “OTHE NULLDOZERS, Speciat-Dispateh to The Untcago Tribune. Wasiiryaroy, D, Cy Odt.—The Hon Satiuel/T, Poluter, Chief Supervisor. of Elece tions tor theState of South Carolina, has been trymg'te ‘secyre:tho” appointment of Super visors of the yarious countica ‘of that State. The diMleulties which ha mevts gre well litstrnted by tho’ following letfer from the Chairman of tlio Republican. Committee vf Lourens'County 3}! 8 a: : ‘ Lauitens ‘Coont-Howsn,' 9. C.! Oct. 23, 1 Mr. 8.1. Pointer, Chi¢t Superataors Charicaton, Dean Sin: Il received your blanks of not lon.to Suporyiuvra appytnted. Tho fue s are theso; Wo havo no one to serve but youns colored boys, with. faw nen, and to Dewi: couere fir vehean tf thoy dare seo tuto the focided to tr cari airy. ‘plyces; | We have: and do without: tham| Hore, “1, tis County Chairman galled a mags-meuting huro for Gon, Stalbrand, enndidate for Congress dna this district (tho Vhird) The, Red-Snirta! cama: with clubs and Dent and shot the ipeople and ran them all away, Thoy, bent Gen. Stalbrad hhuseil, and would not) let bli xpenk one wort to tho poopie, Thoy kilied ane man, dead on tho Spot, and iknocked ine down. off the stand ns t was about ta introduce the General (Stalbrandy They would busy got Jilin If. it. bud not been fur ono or two white mon who guarded him to thet o'ulock p. nm. train, hey ald. everything to bl they could but: kill him. It looked’ like war. novor auw the like herptofore In my Ife, Weal intended to inako our county. ‘tloket when tht peor je were In town, bit tha Tncetliys was force, ly broken up... 1 dp..not know bow yn got ahot, butone only was killed dead. ‘Therd were tired twonty or thirty shots, or m6 ‘our will writo Gon, Stulbrand, he’ with tell yeu ist whut wes fgne to hin.) Ag 1 was besten iuway from him, Edo not know ‘what was done Any othor fuoté wantod Lewlll glve you thent: So sto cniddt have any, Buperyisors. We have not cue white Republiovs iu the county, Yours truly, Ps. funn, 1 9 ANUTHEIC W a Speciat Dispatch to The Chi fumes ‘Wasnin a Cay Seth Hepub+ Hoan Congre: nl Commelttes has: ra tlon from South Carolina of nmost ll plot to disfranelitae Ropullican vot At. the same tine provide nn excise 1 gacapa tho pennitles‘preseribed by the lv bearing-upon the subjuct, ‘Che Conmisslon ers of Election, wha are, in every Repibile- au county, exclusively Democrais noted for partiaan fervor, end | ht ewanselonens, authorized to nppaine Uh Managers of [Eleee ton in thelr geveral conntics, Walle tho statins preseribe penaltjes for refusiug of neglecting to nppolut Managers, there 1s 10 law for mbking: the appolitnients, and tho scheme bs fo delay qppoliting them: unttl iG wan bow elalmed.s to be too late to ML. the “vitcuncles ~ oceastoned "by | the refusals to: serve. Aw all those appolnted to Republfean precincts are in structed-to refuge, no election cay be held at sued pits: i Guordatown County every manager refused to quallfy, and the Cou tlssioners. positively” rots oto nppolut ethers fee Mec ays in o nina yeb been:n: nt r this county, 2 tnerstantag ay at file bemuvectie. head: quarters that voling will be prevented. -- + NORTH CANOLINAY ||), ,A NECIS{ON IN THE PERRY CASE. ,- -> vec, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune | Wasnixatoy, D, 0, Pe. 99.—Tude’ Care ter decided to-day tat he ‘woult reewldd tho requisition of (the Governor, of North Caroling for Perry, the -culbred Republican. Tho'eytlence ta slaw that thyeats. bad’ bout uttered: agalnat: life ‘of Porry and thal fears aro entertained hy hin tbat, Lf surren- dered, ho will lie siipreudered to destructor, was not permitted to come fn vader es procaeiings, but opportunity will be oilers Noy,'S ty provu thesoussortions, us au applls cation for a writ qf habens corpus hos been Tnade ‘on’ behalf of Perry, and he ins bie granted bail uutil thatday, )Perry’s friewds + &