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Show THAT GRANT LETTER. Another Witness Who Relieves it is Not Genuine. New York, May 24. General Busscy, assistant as-sistant secretary under Tracy, is in the city. Speaking of the alleged Grant letter to Conkling he said he had excellent reasons for declaring the letter a forgery. He was In New Orleans in ISn) when Urant returned from his trip around the world and was with him a greal deal for ten days. He encouraged the efforts looking to the choice of delegates favorable to his nomination saying that his experience as president, and his travels in the old worl.l inr.de him feel desirous of another term in the White house in order that he might be enabled to carry out certain plans w hich he had in mind. In all the conversations conver-sations he never uttered a word that would harmonize with the sentiment contained in this letter. His visit to New Orleans was in 1S80, just a month before the letter supposed sup-posed to have been written. |