New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
THE FOSTER-BL1LNE LETTER.

Mr. FOSTER CLAIMS THAT The LETTER Is FrAUDU-
LENT-HE CO.'S TO WASHINGTON TO SEE Mr..
BIAINF-wHAT The NEWARK COURIER SAYS.
4 reporter of The TRIBUNE called on John
Y Foster editor of The AerUk EreniHg Courier last
evening in reference to the letter purporng to nave
been written by him 10 eX-peaker Blaine ana puDlsheu
III yesterday mornings papers. Dir Foster was quite
communicative and lid not hesitate TO answer any qnes
tions propoanded 10 him. lie denied emphatcally that
ho wrote the letter which was published yesterday
He admitted that be did write Mr.. Blaine
letter on the subject that the letter purporng 10
have been written by him grossly distorted lie Is
frequently the habit OF writing Sr Blaine friendly
letters which he suggests points that strike MN az
worthy OF Mr.. Blane's consideration. Al the time ne
wrote the letter in question he did Not attach mch I'M
portlnce TO i-so little, in fact that he did not keep
eopv OF IT, and he was unable to remember exactly mat
he did write In general way, however, ne wrote Mr.
Blaine that Judging President Grants Des Moines
speech it was easy 10 be seen tLat the ffesldeht III
tended to make issue the Catholic school question:
but he dad not write Mr. Blaine that the President was
member Of secret ant-C lthoc organization, aud ad-
wise Mr. Blaine to become member Of the same Mr..
Foster seemed TO be greatly annoyed by the publication
M the letter which, he said, did injustice to Mr. Blaine
and 10 himself.
The conversation between Mr Foster and the reporter
WAS eut short in consequence Of the former starting last
evening for Washington where he goes TO have a consul
tatOn with Mr. Blaine. He expects 10 return loEn' vi
to-tnorrow morning. The following Ia the leader pub
lshed in ast evenings Courier Mr.. Fosters paper:
Several Of the morning papers publish letter as 70
noltral matters, which Is attributed nllnefenly 10
be editor OF Ihe Aerdrk ECentHg Courier and TO the
edtor of The Nslcdrk kreniHg thrOhice Inc letter
anpears 10 have been confidential one addressed 10
speaker Blaine, and sngarly enough II urht printed
in Democratic ew-paper Al Augusta le IL llha az me
xisteuce of the sOcaled anttathOnc Orler Nnlcn inc
democratic Journals have been Tor months uchounclhs
with great bitterness and suggss lhat tLs VIII DC an
mportant element in the next presidential election lhe
erter further saws that Gen. Grant II meDtf OF the
order bat the writer does not give any authority fOr hs
statelnent Ii is suggested 10 the exopeaAer thht II
Noud be good thing for him 10 60 m, but the papers
publishing the letter do not state whether he has taken
Inc adv.ce The Augusta paper should enlgntrh Us on
this point Nor do they venture 10 anfn ha ne nis ever
actually received any letter OF this Sort ana IL vi" prop
AMY pe found that it, existence Was ~ wholly unAho"n
ro m A. IL mast have been 10 the editor Of me AendrS
Ereainq Chronicle. -, , i. Al,
". notice that The Boston Herald, referring to this
matter say. that II the letter s really authentic then
N il evidence there is autCathOuc otdcr Wlthh
fhe R.pubican organization" We do not ourselves
uow of the where In this country OF any
Dote AM athOlic order but IL Is possible, neVerhe-
iess that there may be- such organization IN some re-
mo. Garner of the Union. But that there Is no sucn
order within the Republican organization mere III
E.w-Jersey We can most unqualinedly afhrm Al the
same time there can doubt that Republicans gen
eray ars opposed " the interference ot seeA VI "na