, 1876-04-26
MR.. BLAINE'5 EXPLANATION,

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Mr.. BLA1NE'5 EXPLANATION.
The personal statement mado by tho Hon.
JAMES g. BLAINE in rop1y to recent chargcs
will DO accepted by the public as o satisfao-
tory yindication Of his personal and official
integrity so for as 1t was affected by tho caso
ho considered. Tho charge, or rather the ill.,
situation circulated by 1lonroNs friends, was
that 31r. BLAINE had corruptly accepted
number Of bonds of tho Fort Smith j. Little
Rock Railroad, for which ho gnve no other
consideration than his Congressional voto
and influence for some bill. Tho Charge Ind
never been very distinctly formulated. There
was no protcnso On tho part Of anybody Of
direct personal knowledge Of a transfer Of
these bonds to Mr. BLAINE rs g1atuity. It
was, ut best Nh Inference from certain cir
cumBtanccs and statements. It was known
TINT Mr. BLAINE was the possossor OF some
Of these bonds. Then it came out that Mr..
HAnn1soH, OF indianapolis, n k1onroN man,
and Government Director of the Union Pa-
ciflc, had discovered on tho books of the
company payment Of $G4,o0o to Mon
TON, Bliss + Co. for $4,000 Of the
Fort Smith l. Litto Rock bonds, which
were comparatively worthless. A1r. HAn-
hlaoa says 'nae ne laoseu d" an'eSsi-
CATION OF this transaction by tho Hoard Of
Directors, but was induced to withdraw his
resolution by E. II. Robins, Treasurer of
the Union Paci1o Rnilroad Company, who
said BLAINE had got tha money. 3fr. JAMES
=. WILSON, " lown' ano.nef uoSefhnaont ~
Dlfoctor o1 UNION faclao' ii stno' upoa hsat-
ing tho REMARK 10 he'o repeateo II 10
BLAINE, and also 10 haVo subsequently re-
ported BLAINE as saying lnas no hao Sola
these honu5 1or o TREND Ii'ls Was TUG OASIS
for the lntmation tnat Mr. blame hau Ia
tho tirst placo received fors smith LNue
ROCK bonds aa efatnlty ZOE ass'sung, as
speaker OF tho House. IN inc extension OF q
lind grant which hno lapsos'' ana IN Tue next
place Of having unloaaea taese eonds'
through tho agency OF Col. 1i1oaAS a. SCOTT
upon tho Union faelno company
IN his feply 10 thsS 'na'nuhtlon ar. blaine
chose TO ignore tho ssasomohsa attrio"tea 10
alessrs. HARRISON, WILSON, anu i'oIINs'
since tho letter which he produces from tho
laas-named does not fetof 10 the remark he
mado 10 III AAhh1SoH. Tue 1easou lor 'nla
is probably TINT mono OF these Statements
came directly from taese gentlemen, anu alr.
BLAINE Aaa no personal Rnowleage tnat 'ney
had made tho remarks attributed TO then.
But no took up the grnVa.nen OF the enafgo.
and denied fully and explicitly that no had
over received dollar IN bonds or other 60
curitles from the Fort smith d Little hock
railroad as gratuity' or that he had eVar
sold any nonds TO ool. SCOTT or 70 NORTON
btlss q Co.. or to tue Union paoiho Company
This Is in contzaVontaon OF tha explanation
which Dir. BLAINE was saiu 10 nave mado TO
A1r. JAMES L. WILSON, Dir. BLAINE austa'ns
his statement OF tho case by letters from
SIDNEY DILLON. now Frealdoh. OF tue Union
Pacific, =. Il. Hott1as, treasurer OF
that Company, ool. scott, formerly ffesl-
dons OF Union facaho' anu Mossf8' Moh7os'
bL1ss q Co., osoxers' Ill OF whom deny very
explicitly TINT they nave haa' olther 1of thon'
solves Or tho Company they represent, any
dealings with Mr' blaine, or TINT ha received,
directly or lna1feosly, any penens from Inc
| I.L1ss l. Go. for tho Fort Smith J. Little Rock
bonds. In addition to these contirmatory