, 1876-04-25

charge having thus enoctuslly disposcd Of 1t,
tho charge itself reappeafa
to this effect! viz. J, that certein draft was ne.
eotiAtcl At tho bouao Of Morton, D'iAs l.
ca. n 1871, through. Thonas A., Scott.
then proaidont OF tho Union Pacific Hallway
$4,000 ot tho bonds Of tho 1.ittlo Rock d Fort
Brntth Railroad Company woro pledged as col
lateral, that the Union Pacific Company paid
tho draft and took up tt'o collateral that thcc
furnished, Or sold, Of il somo no, way ~ conveyed Or
trAuaforred 10 Thomas 4. Scott these Little ltook
d Fort Smith bonds vllcl, had beon used AZ COL
iateraii that tue honda In roality had bc-
anssa .sssn to Of mo- ns =, ep re 5ena = ssa gas
ecsng. I endoayor 10 staso tho Charge in Its
boldest form and in al1 tss pllaHos, dcatrc boro
and now TO doclaro thai all and ovory part Of this
story that CONNECTS my name with y ID absouto.
" untrue. without ono particle Of foundation In
fact and without tittle OF evidence to substan-
tisto it. I novor hsd any transaction OF ANY
kind With Thomas a. Scott concerning bonds Of
sae Little nock Fort Smith loud. o. bonds Of
any other railroad. OF any business in any way
connected with railroads, directly or Indirectly,
Immediately or remotely. nover hsd my busi-
ness transaction whatever with tho Union Pa
ei,o ha'toad comany; Of my q ts o,ee5s Or
maunor received from that Company, directly or
indirectly,
a a1aoLn DOLLAR IN MONEY, OR s1ocKs, OF
hoNbst
transaction rcfcrrod to. I nevcr 40 mucl az hoard
Of It until nearly Two yeata after its alleged
o,,rtonqe, when 1t Was TALKED Of Mt tho tino Of
tho Credit Mob4her investigation Of 1873.
hut, whIo my denial may DO conclusive. I
elloul greatly regret to DO compelled to leavo
tl.o matter tl.ose. am Fortunately aEIo to Hna-
tain my own declarattcn by tho most conclusive
cyiuonce tho casa .dn'1ts of or human tessi-
mony can. supply, II nny porson or
pcFao"1, m ,hcua a"'" charues. @ Iaa !. NJ m,,at so bo
tho otlcers OF ihe uhlon rAclno Nalloea cona.
pany. accordingly haofeanoa hoto 70 Ine
!reh!uont q .nss Hen,.sna,l 9aa, VIZ ~
Organization. bcliovc. and who has o moro
therourh acfluaiutance with fts business trnneac-
tonh, nsoohot5i 5, ;dn1 as Fly osn,3a a', ~. a.nis,n
ai 'tsni9 ond Inv" no,lIino to be- sai1 viii road
tho lottprB IN ther proper order. 1hoy hoed no
comment.
BLAINE TO PRESIDENT n1Llox:
rss.dieas " Cn.on Il Paetae % %Raiscoa@DsAa aln: Yop
have douhtlo.s obser4o' the scandal now in csculs-
bon honds Il oi sho Lo Roek Fort snh lsaiIros Il.
lcRsu to Asyo bceu purchased By your Company In
1s7i. It 4 due 10 mc think TINT some statement N
psny. par ~ Ve.y respectfully, JIG. DL41sE.
ov,,c. ~ -ur 1tsIon p4r1r1o n.,Yno.n Nrw
v ~ Gf TIE oHu gor Gn,! raare ;i,h,aa.
ion-DkAn SIN: nAyo your favor Of tho iath Inst.
and in reply desire to say that have this day writ
leu Col Thomas a. Bcott, who WA President Of tho
Union nssiao Railroad oomrsns y .. .e te d o. the
tfausastion Telerfsd 70. ,eSt, o. Meea I srnn oo.o
( nops II xn, mss'g WV res'sctfuy. - ~ f' '
II" ''1' way gipsxr DILLON. President,
OFFICE us1oH PACIFIC RAtnoAp. New Yonk,
April Is. 1s76-cpl. Thomas a. Scott Phaadsiphtd77
pEAn Bin: Tho press Of tho country are making Al,
s ae ,,t p1 ho uon
!he Moa, @ snt ~ 10 of sisio. or tiat ino sysa
~ ao ~ tsso fsea re,a v" Ind that ho fnowI-
papy and T sith YOURSELF T5e.o .saeeFs Of tho Com
both 10 Ar Blaine and 10 the unai. s1s tn!,.
rant them, aud think that statement TO tao gast
ds e TO yo To- aS snx ,uc IL M
1a1s oss en-, "a IT, snbicc VerJ rcsnectfSIIT
4''" ~" ~ '1' s1pNsY DILLON, lresidcnt.
scor7's 1ErrEn.
OFFICE oy TIE Ux1ox PACIFIC RAILROAD NEW
YonK, April ~, ie7e.-The Hon. James @. 1iaint
Wash1ny'on-DEAR Hin hs ausisea foa ao!ao days