Ellsworth American., 1872-10-17
miscellaneous. q
A Square Denial.

Mr. Blaine spoke AZ Cleveland, Ohio.
ia.t nigh. aid ia the course Of Iii, re-
lnaIk> made the following reply To the
IitbWHs : last accusation:
am charged no oni, a, Rcprc.ent-
auVc in Cungrr,, but a. Speaker OF
the House with having received - ,gIn. !
Ulel ot stock ol the Eastern division of
The Pacific Railroad Co, Tor ga, service,
iu procuring the passage OF the origi al
Pacific railroad bin ol 1862. The Tri6-
pHr glVc- the date OF the act in the SAM.
article ia which it makes the charsr. uoi
--cm.ng to notice Ia hi blind dr~ir.. Ia
a>-4il mc that It wa- simply conviriiu.,
i'-rli 81 lal-choOd aud Iull,. Nm
= gentlemen, please observe that ia Is6..
when this act Wa passed. had moi
lAkcu mN seat ia Congress: bad not
ue,u rltaicd tu Congress; indeed had
ne, uron rVch nominated Tor tnugrrss
Nu.u lhc act a. which tie Is1br.i,
rciel- became l-.w | was a mcntar.. 81
the MAiuc legislature and speaker III
ihc lower House. | bad no nor, tn ,io
with rnu-rc- ,iouai legislation than Tie
li-u " .rlcu- and tuc tide waiter. nu the
kcuacbc- river; aui Vet the NrW l.rA
is,hHt, asserts and repeat thai tut
nuA -tfstcc- and influence Ia Cpu.gr.,
a iho tInc Wa- a member nl the Maine
legislature. | received ncaIi, Ss.rst
go iu stock ui -r'ai railroad corpora.
Nnu. Aud NOW. gentle ncn. 4 wrrr
d. -tsr bcrc. after demonstrating. the MT
l,r absnr,ii ) ui This charge. the T'r,bua,
Wnu.l r,iun out cnoil, aud -av th.t
~l"4h.t Blaine had not drn'ci it, Lct
il- 'i.yn ti,uN IL in tit. presence ui thl-
Va-t a~>ctnnia-y. aud den, IL ia the most
emphatic manner. Neither Ia l-63. ar
Ia any sub>equnt wear did ever receive
"r own. directly or indirectly. "a sing
dollar al >iuck in the eastern division OF
the Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY
nor did ever receive dollar directly
ul ildirccily from the sale oi aus stock
of ihe company.
IL short. gentlemen, stamp the
whole story ~ not only false on its face
bui absurd and ridiculous. B,a do
uui cNp--t e. make a denial that will
.4fi>t Are TrsbuHc. \ few week. since,
wAvu tUc story was star cd that t>rcrr-
Tag, Il iufNeli. Wee President taiiax.
~.aIfur Wilson. Nr Garfield. Mr. Dawes
and my >ell, and others ha4 been bribad
lbs ute-cuI> 81 stock IN the Credit VI =
bIiivr. Published a card that had new
Il. received. directly oT indirectly.
through mN~eli or through auuth5r. a
single dollar of stock in the Credit Mo-
biiicr. Tue New York TTibttRc pro-
nounccd thi~ denial cva-iyc and un-Ati--
Factory, aud said that did not deny
lhai had received dividend, or profit
'hrIelrom. ANY candid man could see.
| think. that my card was intended To
be exhaustive aud 10 exclude all sap
positions at ownership. Let me ,av
now. however. that noi.only did never
own share in the Credit Mobilicr. hut
never received penny thcrclrom iu
any manner o. shape whatever. But
this mania for bearing false witness
against your ncishbor ha. seized Mr..
/ Greeley. a. well a. the New YORK T'tI-
JUne: Tor observe that ia a recent
speech ia Pennsylvania he state. that
more than $4,000 had been expended
Z ia Maine in the purchase oil vote, at the
I recent election. Now in the very nature
of things 1t would be impossible for Mr..
I Greeley TO know TINT this was true: bat
/ kn, that IL Is absolutely untrue.
I am Chairman of the State Commit
/ tee, and on INV order every dollar oi
/ the Funds ol that committee WA, Dis
| bursed and from first TO lat We did
/ have, ia all, the control ot but hitle
more than sl2 .O0O: and further assert
/ that every dollar OF this amount was
expended, either in the payment OF
/ speakers or distribution OF document,
and papers, or the bringing home OF
absent yoteis. These accounts OF The
State Committee are kept with rigid
eXactness and the eatire committee OF
/ sixteen men will testify TO the truth oil
what state. | arraign Mr.. Greeley
therefore, a. "A >landerer of the Republl-
can- OF Maine-a party oi a. gal liant
and true men a. ever cast AN unpurchas-
cd aud uupurchasable vote