The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-14
BAD FOR BLAINE.
suppressins Portions Of the Letters Captured
from Muiiignu.

From The Boston Herald
The fact that Mr.. Blaine has permitted
no one to see the letters which he purioined
from Muiligan, and the efforts made by him TO
Assoctated Press on the 9th OF June bv pretend
Ing to read all the documents, when he only
picion that he h q no parallel in connertion with
tins histor, OF Congressional investi cations.
Since Mr.. Muliigan's return from Washington
he has declared without hesitation that Blame,
In hts ATTEMPTED viDdication before the House
on the 9th inst. when he read what purported to
be the letters, had kept back some Of them, but
he has declined to go into particulars, for the
reason that he was under obligations to return
to Washington and testify further upon the sub
Jeot. and should do 80 when called upon. In
accordance with thie arrangement, Mr.. uli9an
left Boston ON Sunday evening, and will no
doubt be In attendance upon the committee on
Tuesday. when, we have no doubt. from the
facts In our possession, that IL will appear from
his testimony that several Of the most i'm
pOrtsnt letters In the package were not read I;
and that to make up the number called for by
the hulligaD Memorandum, MIR. Blaine inter
polated copies OF other letters from his cor
respondence with Fisher OF less consequence
than those suppressed.
MIR. Mulligan Is n very methodical person. He
is not siven To looseness of statement, and In
relation to all business matters he has the repu-
as TO details. When he made the list of The
documents that he took from Warren Fisher 3
safe, with Mr.. Fishers consent, to verify his
statements, II need he, Uefore the committee, he
was NO doubt aa careful rs he would have been
IN prepaI Ing an Invoice Of goods for the Custom
pains and penalties which the law imposes for
any VIBRATIONS from tins exact truth.
Among he letters called for by Mr.. Mulligan's
memora'dum was one bearing date OF July 70,
1859, Referring 10 the same subject the one Of
June 20; 1869, IN which Blaine said he should be
no dead head In the enterprise, and see various
channels IN which can be useful" In place II
II, Mr.. Blaine read letter bearing date at Au-
Rusta. Me, July 2, 1862 which WAS not upon Null
Zig ms memorandum At all, aud, Of course not
In the package, aud which IL of no importance.
Ar. Mullsans memorandum called for the pro-
IL tlt n nT IaIf 4.
package and nun Oerel &. dated October "a, 1871,
from Warren Fisher. Jr., Ia blaine, urging a set
tlement oil Northern Pacihc account, anu " hich
would have SIZED light upon these transactions.
This letter uds not read. MIR. Baine's explanation
In REGARD TO i Mas as follows, 40 appears by the
words: mir. Blsine-rhere was no such letter
In the pa ckaee. he letter he speaks of seems
to have been letter from Mr.. Fisher to MYSELF
There was no such letter in the package. aud tue
numbers lie gives do not call for 1t. There are
nlteen letters here and three pieces OF paper |;
~ any rate, mat was not letter from me-"
Not five minute before this remark was N ade
Just A. the clerk was preparing to read tue Null
llgan memorandum, which WAS sent up to his
desk By request OF MIR. Glover Of missouri, Dir.
blaine mad rrmaTktd-and here we CODY again
from the Congressional Record: ~ have now
read these niteen letters-the whole of them.
Inc House aud the country know all there Is IN
them. lney are Dated aud tneS all correspond
precisely with NulliRans memorandum. which
have here. keen THIS mem orandum as a pro-
lection To myself, for II IL very valuable, show
lng tho Identity Of the letters IN every respect"
Inc reader Will notice the adroitness Of the eva
sion, At any rate, that W - not a letter Il ON
me-" Mr.. Mulligan had not said that IL wac, but
II was omitted, and its place supplied 10y an
other which was not on the Muligan memo
randum SO US TO make the tally correct. This
was dated ut Augusta, july D. 1872. In intro
dncing 1t Mr.. BlAine made quite a flourish, re-
marking as lie produced Il, The witness Mul-
lRAn said there WAS nothing In this about the
IA lhc hallrodd.' This was done, no doubt, to
discredit Auligan, but the facts appear to be
that the letter was not IN Mulligan's menoran-
gum, and, OF course, was not IN the package.
Another letter read by Blaine was dated AprIl
IL, 1877. Mullig us nemordudum indie ties its
contents a follows " Admits tue S64.OOO sale,
bonds. aud paid tue money oven In As hours to
Name parties When the Clerk Of the House
read this, Blame "hlu fed" IL Oh with the fol-
lowing remark, which We copy from the Congress
soIiW Record I" here is not n word said ABOUT
Il la the ictter. Upon referring o tue letter W
nnd hat Mulllgans memorandum diI most truly
indicate It's contents, for there Is this sentence,
IL good, plain pint, in the second paragraph.
We quote II exactly: I" The sale Of bonds whlon
you spoke OF NV making, ana which YOU seem
10 have thought were tor my own benefit were
entirely otherwise. did not have the money in
~ possession Is hours, bat paiu II over directly
IN the parties whom trled, by every means ia
NY power, To protect from loss, 1t Is thus dis
uncty shown, by his own letter. that he did sell
the bonds, that he dld nave the money (llthougn
lie did not keep II long, aud Yet he had the
brazen audAcity TO tell the House, TO whom he
Wa ac ud'lN reading it, that II uOes not refer TO
the very thlngs which all can see aud hear are
lis man TOPIC.