Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1880, Page 2

2 YRE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1880—SIXTEEN Pacis. —_— here, but it may be a consolation. to-know that a considerable quantity is sliippéd io St. Louis. ABE Wewirr, writhmg under the censure of Judge Davis for his connection with the j ‘ion of the Morey-Chinese letter, has shed a weak, halting, and whining at- i tempt at defense. He tries to find shelter beiinda verbal technicality,—a mere quibble, and falls back on. Hart, the publisher of Truth, to corroborate some of - his state- ments. He concludes his defense by a pro- Jonged whine that there is a preconcerted attempt to ruin hin and to. disgrace him in { the eycs of the community in which he has lived for fifty years. He should not so com- plain of himse!f and his party associates. The defense, or rather apology, he puts forth would be silly if it were not contemptible. Evmexce has been given by A. P. Me- Donald; a contractor, before the Canadian Pacific Railway Commission that Mr. Onder- donk, a San Francisco contractor, paid $100,009 for obtaining contracts to build two sections of the Canadian Pacific Road throwglt portions of British Columbia, Col. Smith, a Brooklyn contractor, testified a few weeks ago that he paid $100,000 for. his con- tract. The Commission has not yet finished its labors, and wiil come upon sume other developments before it dues. Onderdonk and Smith paid the money to contractors who underbid them, and to some Canadian poli- ticlans, who seem to know something of the policy of addition, division, and silence. -GAMmeTra has come to the corie]usion that the Chamber of Deputies was right Tuesday in refusing to rive precedence to the Govern- ment School bill, and that the Ministers were wrong in pressing the measure, although he advised them to that course. The Repu- buque Francaise, the ex-Dictator’s organ, says that the Magistracy bill is entitled to priority, and that the Chamber of Deputies should urge its passage with all possible haste. A sop is thrown out to Clemenceau and his colleagues by the organ's denuncia- tion of the “clerical insurrection” and by the praise bestowed on those who withstood it. Senator Wave Hampton comes before the public once more. In a letter to the Greenville Daily News, he says that it is im- “portant that the Democratic party-should re- tain its organization. ‘He does not think that the Southern Democrats should desert their Northern brethren at this juncture, and holds the iatter blameless for theirdefeat this time. Wade Hampton, notwithstanding all his foolishness, has more sense than Barnum or Bill Scott, for.he says he regards the Presi- dential election as settled, and thinks the at- tempt to contest it on the fraud issue is revolutionary. He will oppose such a course. - Disrricr-ATrorxeY Briss, having heard that Mr. Abe Hewitt made some remarks de- rogatory to his (Bliss?) character, has retort- ed in a way that Mr. Hewitt must despise. Mr. Bliss charges that Mr. Hewitt shows an utter disregard of truth and decency when he discusses public matters. Mr. Bliss also states that he can produce two reputable wit- nesses to prove that Josn Hart, the publisher of Truth, boasts that he got Hewitt to testify inthe Philp trial,on the threatening him (Hewitt) with publishing letters similar in spirit to the Morey letter. Mr. Hewitt’s lot is not a happy one just now. MARSHALL JEWELL was interviewed by a Tripuse representative at Detroit yester- day. He says that the National Committee will push the prosecution of the concocters and distributers of the forged letter’ to the utmost. He intimated that several Dem- ocrats of prominence would be connected with the forgery and its procurement, ina few days, and that other. explanations and apologies might be needed then. He re- peated that the fraud cry of the Democrats was gotten up for the purpose of diverting attention from the frauds they themselves had committed, ‘ Tue country round Agram, in the Prov- ince of Croatia, Austria, seems,to be the roof of a seething caldron. Shocks of earth- quake continue to be. felt at varying inter- vals, two mud-voleanoes are in eruption, and several hot springs have made their appear- ance, The people of-the district are natur- ally panic-stricken, and some of them have Jost the greater poryon of their property, To the credit of the Austrian Government, it must be said that its representatives are working with all possible energy to relieve the distress and to repair the damage. on. G.C. Garr: a young Eseulapian of Springfield, in this State; was arrested some time ago on a warrant sworn out by Hattie Burgess, charging him with having seduced her, and with having committed an abortion on her afterwards to remove the evidence of their guiity.love. Gaffney was indicted by the Grand Jury, but he will hardly be convicted, for he proposes to marry his victim to-day, and she will hardly Sppear against him after the event. — Youxa Spracue, who was charged by Robert Thompson, his mother’s trustee, with having fired a pistol at him, and with intent to kill, had a hearing at the Wakefield (R.L) Police Court yesterday, and was discharged. His companion, Jerome Green, swore, that they shot off the pistol in play, and that Thompson was fifty yards off when Sprague fired. Thompson must have Jabored under some strange delusion, as. he swore that the youth fired directly at him. : ‘Tr Judges of the Cireuit Court of Cook County met yesterday and appointed Messrs. Henry Waller, Horatio L. Walt, Thomas G. Windes, L. J. J. Nissen, and Amo Voss Masters in Chancery for the’ Cireuit Court. The first wo have held the office forsome tithe. The Jast three are new appointments, and are all Democrats. The three gentlemen: whose places they will take about the Ist of Decem- berareC. M. Hardy, Walter Butler, and George Willard. Tur.match between Col. Finnegan’s stall- jon Santa Claus ‘and Gov. Leland Stan- ford’s mare Elaine came off atSan Francisco yesterday, and was won by Santa Claus after a most exciting contest, during which Yusiderable money was put up. Thesecond -t third heats were. won by Elaine. The _-fse won |the first, fourth, and fifth heats. The best time made by Santa Claus was 2:18. Lieut: KisLtennene, of the” Eleventh In- fantry, and twenty-five men, were fired upon by an ambushed party of Sioux near. the mouth of Musselshell! River on the tth inst. .88 little noise as possible. The Rey. Dr. Riortian, the Chancellor of the Diocese, has 80 informed the’ members of a society de- sttous of indulging in a turnout in honor of the distinguished ecclesiastic. GEN. Orn, commanding the Department of ‘exas, reporis that nine men were killed and { two men wounded and one captured by the Indians since the Ist of Octuber, 18:9, The General complains of a large number of de- sertions from the ranks. He recommends that aJarge force be maintalued on the. Rio Grande to preserve order in that turbulent, robber-infested quarter. Tue Judiciary Committee of the Common Council met yesterday to take into consider- ation the best means of providing for an ad- |. ditional water-supply for the city. .The Com- inittee agreed. to recommend the building of new water-works east of the river and north of Polk street, the works to have a capacity of 18,000,000 gallons daily, and to cost from |, $500,000 to $700,000. Tne annual ineeting of the stockholders of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition was heid yesterday. The Treasurer’s report was submitted, showing that the financial con- dition of the concern is satisfactory. Fron the statement of *he Secretary it appears that 276,163 persons visited the Exhibition durmg the Jast season, and that the admission fees amounted to $63, Josern McConkey, a miner of Leadville, fell through the shaft of the Chrysolite Mine at that place last Tuesday and was killed. Alex. McHardy, a brother miner, descended , to recover the body, and when on the point of having accomplished his purpose he was overcome by the foul gas, fell backward, and was killed,, The brave fellow deserved a better fate. Some days ago it was announced that M. Frere-Qrban, the well-known Liberal states- man of Belgium, and at present Prime Min- ister of that country, had died. It now turns out that there is not a word of truth in the statement, and that the distinguished gentle- man is alive, and would likely engage in kicking the-party who started the rumor of his demise. Srecrat postal arrangements have been made between the United States and France by which, after the Ist of January, packages of merchandise not exceeding twelve ounces in weight, and of dimensions not exceeding twelve inches in length, cight+ inches in width, and four inches in thickness, can be sent from one country to the other through the malls. Warren Srerrarp, a colored man, was hanged at Montgomery, Tes., Friday, after he had made aspeech lamenting his wayward course and ‘exhorting his hearers to take warning by his fate. ife said he was ready: to die, but did not indulge in the usual pre dictions of bliss beyond. A farge crowd of. curious Texans witnessed the taking-off. Hi. A. Expenis, a well-known bookseller: of this city, was nearly suffocated in a Mil- waukee hotel Friday night by escaping gas. It took'three physicians several hours to re- store him to consciousness. He either blew out the gas or turned it on after having shut it off before going to bed. —— : P. K. Barcer, who embezzled $59,000 be- Jonging to his employer, John Jermyer, a coal merchant of Scranton, Pa., was' sen- tenced to eight years and four months in the | Pennsylvania Penitentiary yesterday. Barger | had been in the employment of Mr. Jermyer for several years. se 7 : Grex. McCook recommends Congress to pass a Jaw authorizing the enlistment of 150 young men,—being one for each military Post,—who are qualified to act:as school- masters, and who shall .have the rank and pay of Commissary-Sergeants. é Gen. Report, a Spanish revolutionist,has been arrested at Madrid. The Spanish Gov- erninent has also seized the presses and plant of a Radical paper, and ‘put theprinters and publishers into jail,” For the Lake region cloudy weather and occasional snow, winds from the northwest to southwest, and nearly stationary tempera- ture, are given as the meteorological condi- tions for to-day. NicyoLas GEpALIN, a New York broker, the son of a Danish nobleman, committed suicide at New York yesterday morning. IN_RE TOBACCO SPIT. - To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricago, Nov. 13.—In tho name of several thousand Iudies and gentlemen who daily patronize the Hyde Park trains I wish to rgise 8 howl over a matter which is at once a nuisance anda disgrace. When we board the train which is due at Douglas Station at 8:05"a. m., going north, we find the floor of the cars one big pud- ale of tobacco spit, rendering the couches en- urely untit for occupancy by white men, not to speak of ladies, many of whom ure obliged to travel on this train. This nauseating deluge proceeds from the mouths of about a thousand Jaboring nen who are shipped on the same train every morning. from the city tothe new Pult- man Works, and a trip on this train, after its dirty cargo bas been dumped at Puliman, gives one the general effect of a sen voyage. I would humbly suxzest that the Illinois Cen- tral Ruilroud Cumpany give us a cattle-train to ride te town in, as we should find suct accom- modation much better than riding in cars re- cently used for the trausportation of boys. Darnt¥ Dax. —— REMARKABLE ESCAPE, Special Dispatch to The Cnicago Tribune, Wartertows, Wis., Nov. 13.—Yesterday after- noon Herman Oestrich, of the Town of Water- town, bad one of the ‘most remarkable escapes from death on record. While driving cattle neross the track of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway the west-bound passenge: train came along, and Mr. O. was caught up by the coweatcher und lifted bigh in the air, lund ing ulongside the builer of the engine, where he remained until the train stopped, when it was, discovered he hud’ escaped. with only- slight bruises, no bones being broken. : A BARNEY MACAULEY’S TRROUBLES, “Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 13.—Another at- lncbment was issucd to-day against Barney Macauley at the suit af J. W. McElfatrick, of Louisville, on bis claim for services us archi- tect of Mneaniey's Theatre, Louisville, several years ugo, This time the receivis of the formance were included in the writ, and Vt English, 8. Fletcher, wa Kuchel Macauley were garnisheed. The writ was not served until after -the matings performance, and of course Ma- cauley bad no interest in ‘them. it appearing that nothing coutd be-gathed by this proceed- pe Nelenthat una attorneys consented to a stpunepient of proceedings until cem~ ber term of cours, Sue ee Dare = . PROPOSED“SHIP CANAL. - -, Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicugu Uridune. ov. 13.—An engineering er- None of the command Were injured. Rein- forceinents were sent to the Lieutenant from Fort Keogh, and he went in pursuit of the redskins. Itis feared that some of Sitting- Bull’s band will reinforce the Sioux, c a Tue Marquis de Boishebert, Viscount: de- Lassass, Viscount de Amelot, and M. Cochin, a journalist, were sentenced—the latter to,"a month's, the three others to a fortnightis, imprisonment—yesterday for having ob- structed the Parisian police in executing. the decrees against the religious’ orders. me ‘THERE will beno parade or other display in this cltywhen Archbishop Feehan ar- vives. Ne is averse to anything of the kind, aud will enter the city as privately and with tosurvey the Wabnsh‘Cunal and learn the prac- Ucabltity of making it"’n ehtp canal, finished the surves of the St. Joefecder and the St. Mary's and St. Joseph Rivers aud trivuturies to-day, end find the water-supply is duubly ample ror the cunul west of bere, and that there” will be no trouble to..procure water here and Toledo. “A. very: favorable report aad be made to Congress this winter. : a UNHAPPY: ST. LOUIS, Special Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune. © Sr. Locis, Mo., Nov.13.—Official footings of - 404 enumeration districts, and estimates of for+ ty-five districts, give St, Louis a population of $38,882,—being only 5,000 increase over the Solo- mon census, SE EEDeeneEE FRENCH GOLD. Havre, Nov. 13.—The steamer Silesia, from , sailed hence for New York to-day, Tiny Soodbw iranes igo tate corps which started from. Toledo in September. -. NEW - YORK. Democratic Defamation Ju- dicially Tested -and “Labeled. ‘Judgé Néah Davis’ Opinion _of the Morey’ Letter and Its Authors.” The Evidence of Philp’s Guilt Sufficient to Hold Him to Bail, © And the Grand Jury Must Now Take Its Turn at the Culprit. Hewitt’s Connection with the Raseally Scheme Proper- ly Stigmatized. Hints that Abe is an Old Hand at This Peculiar Business. Hewitt Feebly Attempts to Assume a Virtuously Indignant At- titude. He Only Vouched for the Signa- ture, Not.the Entire Letter. ‘ A Reform Spasm Suddenly Seizes the Decaying Democ- racy. Movement Looking to the Pulling Down of Tammany and Irving: - Halls. AN APPALLING CRIME.: f SUCH IS JUDGE DAVIS’ OPINION OF THE “= PHILP FORGERY, New Yon, Nov. 13.—The fact that Chief- Justice Noah. Davis was to deliver his opin- ‘jon to-day in the ease of Kenward Philp, charged with criminal libel on Gen. Garfield, drew a crowd of spectators this morning to the Supreme Court, in which the decision was to be amounced. Before the Judge took his place on the bench, nearly ali the seats provided for the general public were occupied, and the chairs within the railing .Teserved for members of the Bar and other privileged persons were also filled.’ The press was ‘largely represented, and rows of spectators standing close together fringed + the inclosure already mentioued. 7 The prisoner occupied a seat near his counseL Counsel for Joseph Hart was also The prosecution was ,represented ‘ant District-Attorney Bell, E,W." Stoughton; George Bliss, and Jolin 1. Daven- port. Elihu Root, Joel B. Erhardt, and As- sistant District-Attorney Rollins were among: the other’persons*present. * a ee During the‘déliyery of the opinion the room’ ‘Was yery quiet,“the auditors listening with’ close attention to every word. Amusement was manifested by smiles during some pas- sages portraying. the. utter failure of the nat- .tempts.to show that such person as Henry L. Morey ever had an existence, and, there was a.slight ‘rustle.a3 many of the spectators turned to“look ‘at one another during the comments of the Court’on Mr. Hewitt’s con- nection with the case. cae P 1, [THE OPINION. | Following is the ‘opinion: Cas In this State the liberty of specch and of press are declared, protected, and to some extent re- stricted by the Constitution of the State, and in certain specified’ cases by statute. Under these provisions, during the political canvnss, -every person has aright to speak, write, and. publish his sentimerits and opinions, and to discuss the character, fitness, qualifications, hubits,.opin- ions, defects; merits, or lack of them, of any candidate for office i1i such forth and manner as to him shall seem proper, subject in law only ta responsibility furan abuse of that right, For such dizeussion’ the law sets up no standard of morality, taste, humanity, or decency, but leaves those matters wholly to the censorahip or MORAL SENSE OF THE PEOPLE, . except that when such writings or publications are libelous in thelr character, and are not priv- ileged,the publisher mugt be able, on criminal prosecution, to show to the jury not only that they are true, but that they were published with good motives and for justifiable ends. But these provisos will be searched in vain to find any right.to publish’ as genuine any false or forged letter or instruinent purporting to be the act of huother, although he be a candidate for office. In such case neither the forger nor the publisher of the forgery {s writing or publishing “his sentiments” or opinions within the pro- teetion of. the Constitution, or discussing any: question’-within the range of his mwful rights and privileges. He’is, both ayowedly and in fact, putting forth to the community ng true the writing and act of another, and, if the publication is injurious within the law of libel, he is bound in such, case to know its truth, or to take the consequences of its falsity. In respect tothe forger, and of the publisher with the knowledge “of the forgery, there is simply a cagus omissts in'the Iuw of felony which the consciences of all decent peovle must recognize, and legislation should hasten to supply. Unbap- pily,.under the ‘present condition of the law, such’an act cannot be reached’ except as crim- inal libel, but Lthink {t cannot be doubted that if the contents of such forged letter be: sucb as to expose the alleged writer to censure orin- jury, or public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or such as might reasonably provoke him to a breach of the peace, they will be + CLEARLY LIBELOUS, and the venom of libel is only the more pojson- ous becnuse the forger has put it into the mouth of the party intended to be Injured. If there were no precedent, the common law is elastic enough to cover and redress such public wroug. Iu any view of the guilt ur innocence of the accuscd in this case the question of the forgery of the letter is of vital importance, because, first, if the accused actually wrote the letter and caused it. to be published as genuine, Ubose acts constitute a libel for-which be could ve held to trial; ‘or, secondly, if be did not write -the letter, and cause it-to be published, yet ag he wrote and. furnished to. the newspaper the article entitled “Lying and Sticking to It,” in which, with the knowledge thar Gen. Garfield had denowiuced tho letter as a forgery, he re- asserts its genulness, and declares Gep! Garfield to be a “ liar” for having denounced it, he must be held to answer unless he bas shown that in Tact the letter is. genuine and thatGen. Garfield is, therefore, a liar in having denied it; ‘and also show thut he wrote and published the article calling Aim a liar, * with motives and justifiable ends.” It is settied.that to calla man in public newspapers a Har is libelous, The Judge. here recites facts of the cases and reviews the evidence, and says: * Collating all the facts, which are in no mate- rial part , contradicted or dmpugned, we- are brought to discern with almost THE IOGHEST DEGREE OF CERTAINGY that evidence can attain” that the envelope in which the Morey letter, {§ eaid'to bave been re-" cetved was never mailed, ftamped, sent, and re- ceived through the Post-Office but once; that it was mailed that once: in Washington on some day Inter than thé 15th of February, 18%, and when the steel stamp Was in use; that it was ro-. ; whom he certaini, = ceived in New York and stamped in the récelving department on the 12th or 22d day of“ the same month, a8 thosb'ary the orily dates of which tho tiure “2"* can be the terminal number; that it wag sent to the station and delivered tu'the per- n a name, be- * forin that yond all doubt, was no! ease no erasure would this onvelope bay, since its receipt ana delivery in New York, been tnken and used by some per- son benton’a criminal purpose, who erased thorefrom the name’ of the person to whom it avus originally: addressed and delivered, and every date of the month and day that would clearly show when it was in fact mailed and re- ceived, for the purpose'of putting into it a let- terantedated toa day prior to the nomination of Gen. Garfield, and on which be wits known to “have been in Washington; and that such person ‘wrote or caused to be written thereon the ad- dress, * H. L. Morey, Lynn, Mass.,”” for the pur- pose of decefving.the publisher of the newspaper towbom it'might pe'delivered into the belief ‘that the letter it shoutd inclose was the génuine letter of J, A. Gurtield. Doubtless it was not supposed that tho envelope would be the subject of much serutiny.* The letter itself was the great subject of his thoughts, and the envelopu. be probatly presumed; baving served {ts pur- pose, would fall‘unheedcd into the publisher's waste-basket. ee € All the facts above enumerated, which dis- close so cleurly the, character of this envelope, bear with no leas foree upon_the question, Is the letter a torgory? It is next to impossible that they can be true and the letter de genuine; but they are reinfoteed by othor facts which remove from my imind the last shadow of doubt. There was no ‘such’ person as “John W. Goodall, of L¥nni, ‘Maga.,” by whom the letter which accompunied the Morey letter to Mr. Hart purports to have been written. It is proved most cleurly that no such person as H. L. Morey, us being the person to whom the letter purports to be addressed, ever existed. The experts on both sides agred’ that the Morey letter, both in body and signature, was written by thesame hand,some of fiom declaring therqcan be no doubtabout it. Ay examination of the letter itself seaws this fuct to every person who Is free from obliquity of viston or porversion of judginent, HEWITT, ‘Mr. Hewitt’s convection with this letter, and the transactions that have grown out of it are, to say the. least,<of the most extraordinary character. According to the testimony of Mfr. Hart, when he (Hart) received the letter; the very singular matndr’in which it reached bim aroused his suspicions: ‘ He saw its importance, if genuine, as a weapon of deadly power‘in the hands of Garfield's’ political foes. He was not satisfied to, publish it upon the examination which he anu bis editorial staff could make and therefore took the fetter and envelope to the Democratic National Committee for inspection. He there suw Mr. Hewitt, Sir. Barnum, Mr. Randall, and several* gthera. Mr. Hart showed them te papers, and gnld, in substance, that ho did not want to publish the letter if it wasa forgery, but if genuine he did, and wanted no other paper to get ahead of him in’ its publication. fe ‘says it; was examined by. all the persons ‘named, but Mr. Hewitt made the closest and most careful examination, and spent fully half aii hour in its examination, and thon pronounced the letter, both the body and signature, to'be in THE HANDWRITING OF GEN. GARFIELD. Photographs were then taken for the use of the Nationui Committee, dnd Mr. Hart returned with the letter tolbis ofice, But his mind was not fully satisfied, and eo, late in. the evoning, he sought and found Mr. Hewitt agaiu, and was again assured. Hewitt had examined a large number of Gen. Garfleld’s letters, and said the Morey letter was geauyine, and this was clinched * by impressing Mr, Hart’s mind with the idea that he would have made it out a forgery if he could.’ It 13 not Very surprising that Mr. Hart, with the usual anxiety of newspuper publish-. ers to be abead® of their neighbors, should have published tho letter without further inquiry, but it is astounding that 0 man of known sagucity, of. great experience in busi- ness and 1n publi¢.affairs, and who {s supposed to bave a decent respect for truth and justice,. and who speaks a8 fin expert in reading and. writing, with all, the “suspicious ‘circumstances ‘that attended the reception of the letter; with’ “the envelope and {ts erasures before him; with the city Post-Oifge and station stamps on Its back; with the iéfler marked “ Personal uid Confidential,” and. Addressed to some person tid not know; with that iet- “ter before bith, thd’cdntents of “which, if trae,” would be greatly iffurious, and, if false, would: ido a wrong to bis fiitimate friends as base and wicked as an assasstti’s stab, should have thought: 4: just to press and‘Cause {ts publication without! Urst removing all ddubt as to its character. * Rowever uch“the equitable division may leave tor others, upon Mr. Hewitt must rest THE LARGER Sif{\RE OF THE RESPONSI- ‘of the first publication of the base and shame- ful forgery, and bis’ subsequent relation to the forgery dues not lifta siugle shadow from his conduct. He was a member of the Natipnal Committee. He doiibtless knew the extentand purposes for which itwas taken and used by that Committee, and that it went forth ‘to tho, country with the sanction of his indorsement. He knew beyond question that it met speedily. with an indignant denial of Gen. Garfield, who denounced the letter asa base and stupid: forgery and its sentiments as brutal.” Under our statutes,the utterer of a forged {n- strument, with Kpowledye of its falsity, is placed in the same rank of criminality with the forger. Had the subject of forgery in this case been {nstruments purporting to be, obligations of Gen. Gartield, and he hud publicly declared them to be forgeries, who could thereafter send them forth and cireplate them. throughout the Commonwealth with bis.represention of genu- ineness, without ingurring the penalties of the law? The difference is purely statutory, and in @imoral forum wholly vanishes, | My mind has reached the’ clear convic tion that the so-called Morey letter, in body, signa- ture, and ail its parts, is notin the handwriting of Gen. Garfield, but is ALTOGETHER A FORGERY | ~ perpetrated by some person or body of persons for the purpose of. deceiving.the people and de- frauding them and Gen. Garfield of their yotes. The evidence benriug upon Philp’s guilt.or In- nocence of forgery, is voluminous, and wauld demand careful analysis. Taken in’ connection with other evidenge in the case, it tends to es- tablish a conspiracy to’accoumplish a National crime. The conspiracy points to men in other quarters, and of far higher positions, of whom he may have been the accomplice: or only the dupe and tool, It is better, therefore, that the question of the.actual guilt of forgery. be left to the consideration of. a Jury, before whom addi- tional, and perhaps more decisive, evidence may be brought. It must be the wish of all honorable minds that this caso will leud not only to the discovery and exposure of the guilty, but to the enact- ment Of laws srhich will prevent or severely punish offenders of this character... Whoever may be guilty In this .cuse, right-thinking men everywhere must look upon the actas AN APPALLING CRIME; wholly at war with the safety and sanctity of popular government. Fortunately, no commit- tee, and no body of men, hold in their hands the conscience of.the people, and no party fealty is strong enough to interpret the sentence of con- demnuation which honest men of all parties must pronounce upog such guilt. The men most criminul fn this case may not be reached by the hand of justice, but they will Mad no party willing to bear and stare with them the just measure of infamy and scorn that awaits them. If they have faitcd in their guilty purpose, so thoy will fafl in eecuring the ap- proval even of them for whose success they have done the guilty work. 1t will be small con- solation te know that they have gained by this , 1A FEW USELESS ELECTORAL VOTES, incited an infurinted mob to the. murder of a few unoffending human beings, and caused afew of their own agents'to suffer for perjuries and misdeieanors. ‘The defendant is held to ‘answer upon the charge of criminal libel and must be committed or givo ball for bis appearance to ‘answer any indictment that may be found against him The Court said the bail could remain as al- ready fixéd, $5,000, and ‘the present bonds- men would be accepted. At the suggestion of Mr. Brook, the Court consented to adjourn _the preparation of a new-bond until Monday tmext ab 12m ces oy REWITT. 2: A WEAK REJOINDER- New Yorn, Noy. 18.—Abrani-S- Hewitt makes a reply to the opinion’ of Judge Davis in the Philp case in so far as it relates to himself. - Héwitt says: * abet ‘The Judse! who sits upon the bench is sup- posed to know the evidence which has been given by a witness. Certainly he should exain- ine it before he undertakes to make statements astoits nature and to draw conclusions from it, That Judze Davis bus not performed this duty the following comparison of his statement with my testimony will serve to prove. ‘The passage is quoted from the opinion in which itis made to appear that the Morey Jetter was not published until after Mr. Hart had it examined by Hewitt. 3{r, Hewitt makes this rejoinder: Now, the simple and unanswerable reply to all this statement, the extraordinary comments in which Judge-Davis haa seen fit to indulge, is that the letter hud already beon published in Lrath before 1 had ever seen Mr, Hart ur the orjzinal ietter, or any copy of it. This fact Judge Dyvis must baye known when he penned the above lines, because I had sworn in his pres- encv, and after the cross-examinution by Mr. Stoughton, in which Mr, Bliss intervened to ver- ify the dates, that the interview with Mr. Hurt and the examination of tho letter took place on the 20th of October, after its publication in Truth, and not before. I do not know whether Mr. Hart made a mistake in bis testimony as to the date, but if he did there is no possible justifi- cation for Judge Davis to base a statement on this mistuke fu order to attack from the Bench the character of a citizen after the dante hud been fixed beyond the possibility of all con- troversy. While writing this statement T sent a mes- senger to Mr. Hart to ascertain whether he had ever made any decluraticn at variance with the facta as I have stated them. Mr. Hart replics he never said, testitied, or thought that Mr. Howitt, or any one connected with the National Com- mittee, saw the letter in advance of the pub- Heution of the text of the fetter {n Truth on the 20th of October. Tnever pronounced the body and signature of tho letter to be in the bhand- writing of Gen. Garfield. On the contrary, in the presence of Mr. Hart, and all the gentlemen present, I declured the body of the letter not to bein the bandwriting of Gen, Garfield, but that I believed the signature to be HIS AUTOGRAPH. ‘As to the second interview in the evening, it took place after my speech at Chickering Hall, when I was exhausted, and took no other part in the discussion but to reaftirm my be- lief in the genuinencas of the signature. I did not tell Mr. Hart that I would have made it a forgery if I could, nor has be or any one else testiiled I ever used the expression. To Judge Davis’ assertion that Hewitt “ went on with his associates scattering the forgery broadcast throughout the country,” Hewitt replies: | 25 So far as 1 am concerned, it would, perhaps, bo suficient answor to suy that I never circulated any lithographs .or fac-similes of either kind, .but, in ofder to show with what reckless eager- sness- the charge is made, I state that I um as- sured by the person who did send out the fuc- similes thut only tho first or accurate ones were clreulated, and that the second or amended fac- .similes were ouly published in Truth, .over Which it is not pretended the Committee had any control. I forbenrto make any comment- ‘ary whatever upon tho extraordinary character of the opinion produced by Judge Davis. It ig enough for me to point out that the foundation upon which he hag built up an attack upon my character is false in fact, and with this -demonstration the consequences cun only be damaging to himself. 1 was pre- pared for this attack by the evidontly proar- ranged prel{ininary statement of Mr Stoughtoa in the Times of yesterday, and 1am now forced to believe that there is a concerted scheme to attempt to BREAK ME DOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY ‘where I have lived for fifty years, and to which “Lean more safely trust for just judgment than toa judge of the Supreme Court who forgets that when he becomes a judge he should cease to be a partisan. BLISS PAYS HIS RE- RESPECTS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Nov. 13.—District-Attomey Bliss and Abram S. Hewitt are not on the ‘best of terms. The latter took occasion last night to pass some severe strictures upon the former in regard to the Morey letter, and today Mr. Bliss replied as follows: “Y see that Abram S. Hewitt is reported to have said at the Na- tional Democratic: rooms, last evening, fn -spenking of the perjured witnesses: * For -all I know these disreputable witnesses may “have been produced by Bliss and Daven- port. This is a good specimen of Mr. Tiewitt’s utter disregard of truth and de- eency when he discusses public . matters. He Knows the insinuation he makes is not :true, I should be about as far from the truth if Isaid: ‘¥or all I know Mr. Hewitt may have some character left in public mat- ters.’ There is one statement in connection -with this matter which has not come to the public. Mr. Josh Hart has stated to at least to persons that when he first showed Mr. Hewitt the Morey letter Mh HEWITT WRIGGLED ROUND F jn his chair for a long time atter Mr. Randall and others had declared the letter was signed. by Gen. Gartield, and refused to say it was signed by the latter, and would not do so until Mr, Hart emphatically informed him “that he (Hart) had in his possession at least two letters of his (Hewitt’s), in which he expressed sentiments identical with those in the Morey letter, and that if Mr. Hewitt did not back upthe Morey letter as genuine-he would publish these letters of Hewitt’s, which would not_help the latter’s Congressional canvass. I don’t know that such a conversa- tion ever took place between Hart and Hewitt, but 1 can bisdtice at least two reputable witnesses who say Hart told them it took place, and, if L judge from their re- spective actions in this matter, I should cer- tainly feel bound to believe Hart rather than Thewitt, if it came to a question of veracity between them.” : REFORMING DEMOCRATS. A MOVEMENT FOR TIE PURIFICATION OF » THE PARTY IN THE METROPOLIS. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Nov. 18.-The young men of the Democratic party here, or at least that section of the party which is disgusted with the course of Tannnany and Irving ; alls, and which does not belieye in the “ Bosstsm” whicli has so lung been the curse of New York City, are apparently determined to kick, up a stir even if they achieve no suc- cess... They are now agitating the propriety and ‘the necessity of organizing an entirely new patty, the success of which shall depend upon tsatfection in the now rival factions, and tvhose membership they hope will sooner or ‘later represent the-best' elements of the two halls, There wasa meeting to-day for the purpose of perfecting an organization, and; ag was to be expected, a long discussion ensued_as to the causes that had led to THE LATE DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT. * li was shown that if it--were true that there was colonization of Republican voters, as charged by Tammany and Irving Halls, they neglected to perforin one of the duties which a serious regard for the Interest of the Demo- cratic Electoral ticket required at their hands in preventing the success ,of a fraud -of such a character, and, therefore, there was a _ necessity for a new organization that would better guard the rights of the people. “There was abun- dant evidence,” said one of the speakers, “that negligence and Indifference on the part of both the halls that lay clatm to the propri- etorship of the Demoeraty in this city was the main cause of thedefeat® If, on the other hand,’ the same speaker continued, ‘there was no colonization, there must have-been trading of the Electoral ticket to save the local ticket, and the readiness with which thecharge of trading is believed by large bodies ‘of the Democrats is an additional proof that both Tammany Hall and Irving Hall : HAVE NOT THE CONFIDENCE OF THE DEMO- vie CRATIC VOTERS =. of the City of New York. “We have consid- ered the resolution which suggests that this association shall take .the {nitial steps to organize and enroll the Democratic voters of the City of New York and become tne nucleus for 4 full and: complete representa- tion.”:. So the mecting adopted resolutions at some‘length, and the measure may be con- sidered on the high way to a realization. The program marked ont may be sum- marizedag follows: * Boss” and “machine” } government in all political organiza- tions can be effectually counteracted and in time destroyed only by keeping the source of the organization pure; in allowing an un- fettered expression of the popular will to act upon the central body, and by securing through theinstrumentality of the law a pre- yentive against a fal ation of each ex- and intimidation at primary meetings a felony. In other words, the organization is going to labor to. bring about a reform in pri- mary elections, and hopes toso encroach upon the old-time organizations as to materially wenken their strength and wrest the power from such men as Kelly. TAFFY. To the Western Assoctated Press. New York, Nov. 13,—A meeting of prom- inent Demacrats was held’ to-night to take action in the alleged frauds at the recent election. It was resolved to appuint coin- mittees as follows: On frauds and coercion, to receive and act upon information in regard to frauds and . coercion perpetrated in this city by Repub licans, the Committee to investigate not more than twelve clection districtstin order to thoroughly prepare a case for considera- tion by Congress, and that they inclucte in the investigation the persecution of colored Democrats_by colored Republicans; a com- mittee on Federal intimidation to investigate the doings of Davenport and his men; and a somite on the prevention of frauds in LAYING Low. BUT DOING A GOOD DEAL OF WORK. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Nov. 13.—All the counsel in the Morey case are extremely reticent as to what they propose to do next. Testimony is being collected as rapidly as possible. Under thedeclision of Judge Davisthe Grand Jury can hardly fail to find an indictment against Philp by Tuesday or Wednesday. ‘The case will then be placed on the calendar for an early day. Mr. Hart, as the publisher of Truth, and C. A. Byrne, as its editor, could also be prosecuted. on the charge of criminal libel. ; They can be’ proceeded agaiist It is said either for publishing the forged letter or the editorial which Philp wrote. It was expected that Indictments would be found against them Friday, but it was deemed best by the prosecution to wait until certain other evidence could be obtained. What is deemed more important is to obtain all the evidence possible relating to the effort of certain persons to have James O’Brien, alias Lindsey, and Morey perjure themselves in making false aflida- vits relative to the eenuiness of the Morey letter and the existence of such a personas H. L. Morey. It is known that the ‘Democratic National Comnnittce sent'a confidential agent to Mary land to ‘communicate with Willtam M: Price, the’ Democratic Elector’ who had sent to the National Demoeratic Com- mittee the affidavit of Robert Lindsey to the effect that he knew H. L. Morey. and had seen in his poss¢ n the letter which it was alleged Gen. Garlield wrote to him. This confidential agent of the National Dem- ocratic Committee was “Col.” H. H. Hadley. WEAKENING. THE DEMOCRATIC HUNTERS AFTER FRAUD LOSING THEIR GRIP, | Special Dispatch to The Chtcaoe Tribune. New York, Nov. 13—The matter of frauds seems to be weakening the, more the Democrats investigate them. There was a meeting of the Tammany Hall Fraud Committee to-day, John Kelly being present, and this statement made in a sort of apologetic manner: “Thifrauds iatter is yet in an embryo condition. We have received reports of a general nature from gthe leaders of the various Assembly District organizations, but nothing specific about the frauds, We have, there- fore, returned the papers to them, with a re- quest that they give a detailed statement of frauds by Republicans on eleetion-day. “We ‘dowt want any hearsay evidenee; but: the facts. We want the names of the men who voted illegally. When we obtain the reports again we will submit tnem to the Comnnittee on Organization.” Mr. Kelly looked dis- appointed over the result of the investigation, and the members of thé Com- mittee evidently had no faith that any proof of fraud by the Republicans on election- day would ever be secured. Politicians who heard about the Committee meeting in the evening declarzd that this would be the Jast of the fraud. Amazement was expressed that after the loud-mouthed assertions about fraud made in the Committee on Organization directly after election the investigation should have proved such a failure. z MARSHALL JEWELL. HE PROMISES STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOREY FOR- GERRY, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Derxotr, Mich., Nov. 13.—Marshall Jewell was here to-day looking after a big tinnery heowns. Being interviewed on the Morey letter he said: “ You need not be astonished if you sec some startling developments be- fore long. The National Committee don’t propose to let the matter drop simply because theclection is over. Theprosecution of all the parties concerned will be conducted to the end, and the National Committee will. fur- nish all possible aid. I hope every Demo- erat who had‘anything to do with concocting or publishing that infamous forgery will be in the Penitentiary before we get through with them. I won’t mention naines, but you can guess who they are.” Concerning the frend ery raised by Democrats In New York, he sald it was only to divert attention from themselves. He refused to discuss campaign matters further. His stay here will be sey- eral days. PENSION FUND: FOR THE PRESIDENTIALLY WOUNDED. Spectat Disputcn.to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Nov. 18.—The Times. is press- ing its Presidential pension fund. It will say to-morrow: ‘ Organizations. have been established in various cities for the purpose of assisting the project by providing places where contributions may be sent, and the aim {fs to hava the subscriptions as general 25 possible. The object is one in which partisan polities ought not to be permitted to enter, and partisanship will certainly have nothing to do with the disposition of the fund to be raised. Those who subscribe will be the ones to decide how the money shall be ap- plied. By making the fund a popular or National one, in which the people irre- spective of political affiliations or social cir- cumstances can join, the feeling of personal obligation on the part of the recipients will be obviated, and they will be able, without Joss ot self-respect, to accept what is Intend- ed to ben grateful tribute from their coun- trymen in remembrance of high and distin- guished service: ITEMS, FPAn New York, Nov. 13.—The schedule in the assignment of Christopher’ Risley and Leander.S. Ristey to Morgan J. O’Brien was filed to-day in_ the Court of Common Pleas. Liabilities, $806,765: nominal assets, $6v9,- 050; actual assets, 0,047, —— ALICE OATES’ LAST GRIEVANCE, “Special Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune. “New orceans, La., Nov. 13.—Alloe Ontes, play- ing here for the past week the comeay * Long Branch,” announced to-night ber determination to remain no longer in a combination with Charles It. Gardner, and at tho close of the per- formance at the St. Caaries disbanded her com- pany. She is billed abeud to uppear in Selma, Montgomery, Macon, and Augusta, which en- gagements ure of. Sheullexes that Gardner has taken allthe money und she bus done all the work. —— OBITUARY. : Bostox, Nov. 13.—Carl Heinzen, editor of the Pioneer, a German Radical weekly, died yester- day at his residénce in Boston Aighmnds. Hein- zen wiso published # number of valuable books on political, philosophical, and social subjocta, pression of popular will by making frauds | WASHINGTON. A Swindling Institution for the Ins surance of Negro Babies’ Lives. Gen. Sherman Has No Tatention of Retiring from Active . Duty. Annual Reports of Gens. Pope and Ord—Recommendations Made. A MEAN SWINDLE. AN INSTITUTION FOR THE INSURAN LIVES OF NEGNO Bantza OF TS ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicago Wasmtxatox, D, C.. Nov.18—The Star Prints an exposure of a swindling insurance concern in this District. The following are the outlines: ‘Tho * Washington Savings Society of the Din! trict of Columbia ”* is an Institution organized in this city several years ago, and received a charter under the yeneral incorporation act. The names of the officers as printed on the pass-books ~ which the Company is. - sued to their depositors were John c Wilson Prosident, George 8. Ialloch Sceretary, S. H. Hadley Superintendent, and George W. Balloch, F. F, Aluison, Isaac L. John- son, W. H. H. Jones, and S HL. Hadley Directors, with the olfice at No. 6% ¥F street, ‘The purposes claimed in its orzanization appear to have been to insure the lives of babies, ang togive sick benefits to niothers. Thefr trang. actions in this city seem to have been mostly umong the colored women. The deposits or contribations were required woekly and IN AMOUNTS OF FIVE OR TEN Cesrs,. Passbuok (or certificate as they termed it) No, 4,484 Is now beld by Samuel Brinks (colored), of South Washington. In it is what purports to be a printed ‘infantile contract" between the So- ciety and Marion’ A. Banks, 2 years old, for whom the mother, Marthn Banka, is bound, The contract stutes that if the child dies within three months from the date of the coutract oo. amount will be payable. The table of be: payuble on deatn of the insured, vary, pee lug to age, from SIU to $60, upon condition that the cuntract shall become: " void and all pasments made to the Society ‘be forfeited if the cousidcrations for which aame is grunted bave not been or are not in all respects pefformed, or ie IF THE COILD DOES Nor CoNFORK to and abide by the laws, rules, and regulator of the Society, or if the child passes beyond he limits of the United States or the British Prov- inces in’ North America. ‘The contract in this book is signed S. H. Hadley, Acting President; George S. Balloch, Secretary; and countersigned by. T. 2K. Brown, Agent. Tho payment of five cents per week purparts. to bave commenced July 21, IY, and was kept up to June 7 last, muking altogether $273 paid. Very suon after this Iuat payment tho child of Bunks died, and Sam Banks mude a de- ; niund on the Company for $10, witich be claims: was due as percontruct. He was told. that the Tunds were short, and to cull ia a week's tina, He dif call, and was ayain put off, and after calling frequently and ah GETTING NO SATISFACTION : he asked « white gentleman to sec after his rights. ‘This gentleman went, and, after tinding Gen. Balloch ia tho ottice, pluced the pasadoak with the ‘contrucc before bim, and nsked if he knew anything ubout that, Tne Generut replied that be did not. When reminded that his namo uppeared a8 one of the principal officers he said it was there but not ay Bis consent, and he had nothing to do with the Society. When asked. where Mr. Hadley was, he replied that he bad left here in June last, and no one there was responsible for tho name of bis (Gen. Bak Joch's) sun. Goorge S. Bailoch was then pointed out to bit, and be said bis gon was simply em- ployed as clerk for the concern, and was palda salary, but be had no interest whatever fn it. It isunderstood that Hadley is in New, York at present. colored mun stated to-day that he thought there were 400 or 3 in this district in the same bout with Banks. | 2e THE ARMY. FRONTIER SERVICE. Wasnincton, D. C., Nov. 13.—The annual re- ports of Gens, Pope and Ord are made public to- day. Gen. Pope, commanding the Department of the Missouri, gives a detailed history of the troubles with the Indians in Colorado aud New Mexico, which he states have not yet been wholly settled. “Of the situation in the country, Gen. Pope says: “ With the present military ar Yangements and-provisions of- the ‘agreement With the Utes there will certainly be no trouble this winter." q * He attributes the outbreak of Vigtorio to the determined purpose of the Interior Depart- ment to effect the removal of hia band to the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, and says: “Ido not know the reasons of the Interior Depart- ment for insisting upon the removal; but cer tainly they should be cogent to justify the great trouble and severe losses jocensioned by the attempt to coerce the ramovaL”* One serious trouble with the Indians bas al-. ways been in relation to their food, and Gen. Pope recommends to the Secretary of the In- terior that he forhid Indian Agents to punish of scek to control the actions of Indians by with- holding provisions from them. — * Meee in relation to the attempt of Capt. Paine to colonize in the indiun Territory, Gen. Pope says: “It is certain Cupt. Paine and his follow- ers fully belteve in their right to make such” settlement in the Oklahoma District, and are pals to teat the question In the United Btates ‘ourts.”” Gen. Ord, commanding the Department of Texus, reports nine men killed, two wounded, and ove captured by the Indians since Oct.1, 1si9. The casualties ure three less than the jous year. He reports that the number of ions has increased. The General recom- is that a strong force be maintained on the Rio Grande to preserve order. Gen. M ik recommends that a law be passed by Congress authorizing the enlistinent into the urmy of 140 competent young men (one for exch military post), to be ruted as schoolmasters, with the rank and pay.of Commissary Sergeant. NOTES AND NEWS. GEN. SHERMAN HAS NO INTESTION OF RETI ING. Spectac Dispatch to Ths Chteago Tribune, Wasurxctox, D.C., Nov. 13.—Gen. Sherman has informed friends that he nas no present pur< pose of secking a plice on the retired list. He’ bas not yet reached the legal age for retirement. THERE 1S GREAT SATISFACTION HERE. fmone Republicans éyer the charge of Judre Davis in the Morey cage. The interest is greats est in the severe criticism of Hewitt contained inthe opinion. Private dispatches frout.Né York aay that the investigation will pro with - unahated vigor, and that several atrests maybe expected very shortly. Attention bas been recalled here to-day to the fact that in tha course of the Potter inquiry there was evidenca, which pointed to Barnum ag one of the matipus lators of the forged Sherman letter. > WAS If7A SNUB? ase ‘There is considcrable talc here over the sts nouncement that neither the Admiral nor thé Vice-Admiral of the Navy was invited to att the Inte naval review. rs # NOT A CANDIDATE. . 5 4 ¥x-Senator Dorsey writes as follows from New York: “I observe that the Washington cor- respondents of a large number of papers have stated that Lam # caudidate for the Seoretary~: ship of the United States Senate, should that body be reormnized after the 4th of Marck noxt. This is 2 mistake. I served a8 & member. of tha Senrte for six years and that fact atone, if there were no otber Feasons, would | prevent me _ accepting the subordinate position indicated. But beyon thig, Fam not a Gandidate for that or any other place, and [shall accept none. If the Senate should be reorganize: on the $th uf Murch next, or two years from that time, and a new Secro- tary Is to be chosen, it weems to me that Mr. - George C. Gorbain ougbt to be selected. to Mil the position he occupied for eleven yeara with gyout credit to bimsele and honor to the Benate. if any change takes place. the Senate will hong itself, its history and tryditions’ more than dt, would Bir. Gorbam by restoring him to bis qld pluce. To the Western Associated Pree. 7 =, GOVERNOR-ELECT VOUTER'S RECEPTION. «°° Judge Porter, Goveruor-clect of Indiana, held @ reception to-day in the rooms of the First Controller of the Treasury Department, which had been tastefully decdrated by the ladies em | ployed in the bureaa. -& congratulatory address was delivered by First Controller Lawrence, to which Judgo Por. ter responded. Secretary Sherman and J. Thompson, of the First Controller's office, alsa, made short addresses. and a poein was reat Miss J. £. Wuite, an employé. # vUSTAL AMENDMENT. nis a +A speoial postal arrangement has been eX? ¢cuted with Fnince, increasing from tho Ist of January, Iss]; the limits of weight and dimea-. slous for pucxets or samples of merchandise ex chunged in the mails to Hvelve ounces in welght and tho following dimensions: Twelve incbes indength, efght Inches fo width, and four inches. in depth. TRE SILVER DOLLAR. During the week ended to-day there were } 415,934 standard sliver dollars distributed. Dun ing the corresponding period in 1570 thore w' yandard dollars distributed. | Ae