, 1876-04-14
THE STORIES ABOUT MR. DLAINE.

TEE bIuRtEB AH0UI mls. ULA4hEs
It is not strange, perhaps, that AIr. BLAINE,
as formidable aspirant for the Presidency,
should be tho horo Of a good many stories 10 |
his disadvantage. Tho social scandal was
disposed Of in THE I'n1DuNn OF yesterday |
fully and finally, md should now bo dropped |
out Of tho reckoning. As to the other wo
will giyo tho two versions that have como to
us, ono apparently from tho cluster Of satel-
litcs that revolyo around tho presence Of hlr.
| MORTON, mud tho other from Democratic
SOURCES. Tho Democrats, VIC have rcason to
believe, hnvo designed to withhold their ver-
sion for uso in case Mr.. BLAINE should To-
ceiyo tho nomination, md thon explode 1t
with view to his defeat. Wo take tho lib
crty Of giving 1t before tho Cincinnati nomi-
| nation, as we think TINT, In any event, its
| publication ct this timo will bottor sarvo tho
public interest than lator in tho day. It
| should bo kept vol in mind that ono version
comos from 1lr. B1AraE's political opponents,
md that tho other is alleged to como from
| the friends of ono Of liH contestants for tho
Cincinnati nomination. bfr. BLAME is there
fore entitled to o full suspension Of popular
| Judgment until he shall hive had m oppor-
t1nity to mike an explicit statement. An
additional reason for this is tho general de-
nial mado by b1r. BLAINE aa soon Us the
stories woro made public.
j. Tie Democratic Vtrsion.-1t begins with
Mr. BLA1sE's ilrst term Of tho Speakcrship.
During that ti1no tho land-grant of tho
Little Rock i Fort Smith Railroad lapsed
1t was extended by Congress, and tho original
restriction as to tho price Of the land was
stricken out. After tho extension Of tho
gnnt, tho Stato Of Arkansas issued large
a,nonnt Of Ssate-aid bonds for tho benefit Of
tho road. The charge Is taat Mr. BLAINE
became bondholdor Of the road ut the end
Of that session the statement Ia that ho be-
came possessed Of $4,000 Of tho Little
Rock L. Fort Smith Railroad bonds. Tho
story goes that Mr.. BLAINE parted with ono-
and that, when tho ruad defaulted on its
interest, ho hnd to talto them back aud that
he afterwards transferred them, directly or
, Indirectly, first to MoR1os BL1ss l. Co., md
, then to Ton Scorr, President Of tho Union
: raci1o 1sailroad Comdany, for $G4 600. The
, following is copy Of the order on the books
: of tho Railroad Company for tho payment oi
t tho money:
Ordered, That ton1oN, bliss h Co. be authorized
to draw tho Treasurer Of thl1 Company tor td
psyatie forty days from data aud hold collatert
securlty for ths Company seysuty-nvs ,snd.gran
! honda OF tho Little Rock Eort Smith Railroad q
+ Il ,oop each.
i The Inference which the Democrats draw
|. from their own statement Of tho case is TIM
o DLA1Nr enjoyed tho benefit OF tho $G4, 900
Il TLoy also cite q sequel to the story III con
| L. x+t, ft,o& o$k
n Rock T. Fort Smith Hailroad had dofaultod
(. and tho Legislature hnd passed law Eequir
l.. ing tho State Treasurer to tako possession 0
r, tho road, tho DA1Tzn Government came il
B. and WIS anxioua for Congressional recogni
!. ton; that tho Boston agant Of tho road the'
y. communicated To tho BAXTER Goyernn1en
r, tLat o majority OF tho Now England delega
st tion In Congress would support BAXTER
l. his Legislature would repeal the law direct
I, ing tho Stato Treasurer TO take the road, an
d. 90 1elcase It, This was done. Tho fact ttla
10 BLAINE sided with DAxrrn is cited - q COT
q tlrmation Of tho preceding story.
ii 2. Tia Alleged Morto7. NTaon.-Tho We
ID sion Of this reported transaction first prin
a cd in thu indianapolis Sentinel, and said
10 emanate from Mr.. MonroNa friends, Is SOM
IL what difIoront It IL said that Mr. HAnn1so.
CO q Director Of the Union Pacific Compan,
q whose appointment was secured by sonatt
er MOTION, came across the order quoted aboy
w md introduced resolution calling for
al. committee to investigate this payment Of $G4
Of coo; and that Mr. NoI11ss, tho Secretary
,c. the Board Of Directors, went to Mr, HAnn1st
he and said 10 him "You must withdraw th
in resolution. An investigation will Involve III
10, BLA1aH and defeat his recollection to Co
rer grcss. Ile got tho money" Theroupon Il
kes resolution was Withdrawn. Wo have a!
[th heard an addendu1n To the story which is n
.he ,nzluded in tho statement made by the Stn
ith mel Itis to tho effect that AIr. JAMES
In WILSON, Of Iowa, an er.membor OF Oongft
les and Government Director Of the Union
- olao Railroad Company, overheard this sta
ur. mont and afterwards repeated 1t to i
nah B1AnB, and that hlr. BLAINE explained
lsir him that ha Ind simply sold sone Of hs