Show I L NEW NEWS N OF 0 F YESTERDAY NEW LIGHT ON A FAMOUS POLITICAL FORGERY lly 1 J 1 K g Edward Edwarda Th This daily series or of anecdotes and nd incidents that threw thew nw new n Mu no inter i iro IA 1 ly IN lIght on en Cao famous evet and nd P nf or tt h iut J Js b during ro 1 nearly yea ef ehte Ird snore or I i state s th ef t the try s lear I HSi tM the Civil v IntS oU J or Cr r It I I Ia th free Iron f rem Mr l Edwarde R a and ana CIvi either wr WI Tn 1 is or r In is pert part It t New New Nw N of y from lher the mi whim hl n read the ti he r from equally tt Iro soured our mn me II who p of the nu JI sort ort rt ef of American can hi 1 11 In atte Save e a value all al th their tr own Ow 1 17 m It I was waa w In JM that the tM name of Grey drover Greyer er first became a a lr b m one lS Ott throughout the t country In tint year he b wa was elected loed governor of New N NewYork York Tork over Charles Charlee l J Folger by a plu plurality of nearly two hundred bundre thousand Two T years later he was wA his hla d phenomenal elective lov victory directly pee from fm h his fist t which was due du In no small email measure mr to t the fa fg famous f moos mu forged foe telegram of IMS Ji 10 That Tt telegram cropped up when this the th Republican State convention contention was waa gath cath gathering ering rt to t select Its It gubernatorial candi candidates candidate dates date dt A desperate duplat struggle tre was waa W under underway underway way to secure lure control of the tM convention through Its I It organisation by the h State St committee The friends friend of President Arthur wets were 11 basking his hI Secretary of f the Treasury Tuut Mr FV iger 1 for tor the nom nomination At the tb height of the battle Stephen V French a personal friend of the president appeared before the H Hta state ta committee com mitt holding a telegraphic proxy prosy which entitled hIm to servo serve re In m place of William H it J Robertson Rbt collect collector oler or o p of o this the Ut port of New York Thie Tl proxy determined the th control of the he convention and ond am aul tired the nomination of Iler Rut Folger had not been n nominated many nJ hours hun before bo collector was 11 out with a statement denouncing as a a ft forgery the th proxy presented by Mr Trench Preach J Instantly the tb telegram ta m became beeam Mm a powerful mail Issue 1 In ID the campaign help hep I tog mr materially 1111 to t defeat deet And Andes An I M es for fer French Jh though he b dented denied forg for If ln It I he ho became bm known far fr and ad wide as Proxy PS French he lie be became b became came nn outcast almost almot and at lost lat died dIe practically unknown Now nearly nely years year after aC th the he forged forg telegram t gl which helped to great It ent events was wa I 1 am amable amable In able to offer orr some nome hitherto unpublished evidence In support of Ur Yr French Frenchs J nc that ap lie h did not forge torge fore the th telegram that he lie was wan made to suffer My Iy authority In Iii I General Ger HoW S Carroll arroll who was wan wl candidate for In n IM 1 10 and at Is la today tny the heAd bend IMd of ono esse 01 nf of the tb Wg big I Interests of New NewYork NewYork York harbor Mr French and I J had bd connecting rn room In the lintel hotel at t which we were stopping for fee fO the tb convention said d Gen General soil eral CrU We w were r warm w personal friends friMM and a we sat 11 up quite quie late lt the lIt evening before bor the th convention met mt chatting with politicIans nod I 1 think It ItU was U about bt 2 I In the th morning whit when we went wet to bed b The Te H situation tUon tun wa was then Ihn all 11 In tn time the th i stir tr Ir Nobody could tell how the convention would be b or nr organised At 10 IC l the Ih next morning there th e came me m a nerle rl of or Very verv loud knocks knock upon unon Mr Freni Frenchs V leer They Th awaken awakened ed rd 4 me mc m for fr the In d nor nr between our nul m mII wan Wa II I In Ano a as I f 1 okel k 1 nt lt rev rv I tl 11 1 it t I ll ne r J 11 harl i ard MI I mu French Jc growling sleepily be n had bee b disturbed Hut But tb 11 j I shouted over the he transom trAm al t u it s I gram Im for you Yo Mr Frend Is i tel AJ arose opened the door pene dor an nd t f k tt he a aI Iem I b beard hIm tear 0 ter tt tl nd I an instant late later h herU II ft a excited hil 1 very which e sounded of if r urT Ilk like k n 1 Ill be damned b Then he n in In lug Into Inlo my room rm Hero U i I J I whit you vou would 1 look He lie handed banded me m the th tel ram rend read d that he h hail had hd been an auth V T I Robertson nobert b to act aI a I as l I hi In the th state committee tl Th rh telegram was waa WC signed 1111 If 1 j ft Rh noo ert on jion onAs o As A we 11 stood there di ul i r Il telegram the th only thing thit hat I n no ur U 1 to us u wee was that Judge n i getting ready to resume num n 11 I Uon tion with the tho Arthur it and that this was wall hi hIs Wl wi or r f 1 It Te We never naves doubted doubt the Ihl fn TA i f rIM rIMo of itt o the telegram which Fren Frent li i iatter after atter ne breakfast to 10 various r rII nu I i 1 Id and afterwards afterward ITC tre nt ni nith n the th state alai committee a ate bin hii hi Out i 4 t tto I Ito to act t for Mr Robertson Tin rn n iv iva i ift 1 a ft 1 who AW nw It II who nh d l ut oil 10 t I t I i authenticity When hn the tue th word rd did n iTi th i p r telegram had ha been forged fn 1 J r 1 11 i iwas i iwa Iwa wa was wa thunderstruck It I wll wIS 11 no one n ne will wil ben tI believe w i t 9 T did not put up the th Job Joh m K i i 1 ito to tn me m adding i make a martyr marl f r me m l 1 i nh with wih M i 1 den ii I t j Z tl ii I few fw veers ear ar arun I t i i S Srun run un Per II I I m of or hU hiss hI ni i n v 1 I kni km I S S t i i never sent 1 1 Vm lf II tl r gram Put nut wh atin ho Ild 1 ably bly remain In for ii i I tery tr of nl American nl |