The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-02

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At the conclusion OF MIR. MulliRan's exami-
nation, Mr.. Blaine took the stand and made
the following statement under oath:
MR.. BLAINE's STATEMENT.
Thi. witness Opened his statement this morning by
detailing eoc facts In regard to thu possession him
Sera fa'si% Sd Sas nS S
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sur,o cs :sss .s, gs ou;e soS. and found
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s% s.S tnwsnyh,s n r.s and M adre.. 1s him :.
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sidat van; 20 com. g my house because be ddn,
wi 70 eSayer.e w,s me here IN any way about the
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ps that he aa o nss ropS or a nS
hs. ihey bors upon The subject o. isaon. but
when nu%ssr Of year. had been @ gong 's on o.
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years ne .a. Tor q eonsidsrs6ie period ss.scisisa
sas W auiiis.n vas g. seaSssn...i iiSe CLERK,
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or no did c ss . ur. S
ye.tersNy. when discovered 1 thought, vsry great
, s,s; ia many things TO ny private ousas:s
matters until could have a little conversation with
ns e ess.p.s
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The eommi!',s "a: ssiournsa a. Judge Ls"rencss
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Vim some Iiussnce % wa ;nSr yCa arc fss aoi
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nsnaed them back 70 him The coaver.stiop then pc
sS@los my.sii d ne room. After l!sis vSiis sr.
overhssd vas taking win Nc Aitins and ''Sn. Nr.
Usher for afew minutss and then started up TO Mr.
lea There talked with NJ. Nullissn for some time.
hour Out the form that he gives the Interview about Ut
NY %y Offering him consul hlp and about my being
ins q me Kind occurred. 1talEed as calmly as an
YOU'D ike to see IN. letter s%ous nose I aan,rd
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which you hns bears on this matter
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n s .ss, s' 'r-nsPrs S 10 NJ; ~ e1s%ins to-day
gSSEc e mold '.S,s levers for a..
sIamin.iion vl you give them me then ~ lie saidi
,,S "So Il anybody ,D.n, @ my motives !os pronounecd
ils p.psr.. ,6sI puo.a ihe.e is,tsfs pssid: % you
no9sns % maze me- sscs you gd IN ~ lst X, rh1Ie
said We'll II snrbody did he should publish them"
now HE oor POSSESSION OF THKx.
The sS. e %ae s BANDED Ss 1907 % s sS@s % S
,hown reluctance; and, as have stated remarked,
vSoa inc ns any sa
II and had no des Of dong inyhing Else bS. bsaSiss
,nrm back until he .aoouassd hi. purpose and deter
.S %SnS q i%DsieS o. vs!.siy soyla pub
ise.e are .ts4s that relate .s Or's,e 'sms
that I have NO more connection or relation 6ip
eisry tomnlttee than tae man in the moon, ard It
Sss 'Sa 'f9SS ssa sa s my R
& I'M, yoq ring the , bell for servant snd !s MIN 10
ami very ,oon Mr. liner came up. aud We had little
.essss eCrs H r.ps.
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would Jake charge the ttsrs Sst they we're rlshs s
any id ~ S e s @ne out n n "a
sn.s 10 his suSs Ss. i9. iss
saw saw a, 4 snyoo1y sogla provoke hun un,o sraih oy
asElns eriilcisms upon everybody. / found that my
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'9c' %Ss' AIst n sns Rasss n
.et,9n oI.lsd Mr. A..lns from the oysl room, for
to o. ihe% which I. iieSm.tSsa snlch ''s Is
any man mall '.is my PrIyse .poaasnss and Soi
option Tor bis own % 20 or oe sS Sisa a. ns eScs Or
reotlon." We went down staIs, and he repeItrd and
reanirnied his statement with very great emphasIa
aad said, VERY good. wii retain the letter."
WHY KEPT THE LErrERs
when went home sent for two frteIa- one q mem.
Der OF the Houe OF Representatives and the other
before themthese letters winch " would disgrace me
Tor hfe' and " send my children borrowing the
grave. ana deprive me OF political honors" and all
thAt. sA, down ana read every one OF them Just In
the order In which they were marked and numbered
E,s py Mullissn gan, Smssli then sale 20 these ssp
best Counsel that can nSa n' In the city 'eq oa
Washington tomorrow (tbat Is today) and | will
BE- guided entirely oy them IN the action shall taks
those letters should De IN duty bound 10 delyrr-f
they Intimate 10 me that there anything the let
terh which bears remotely otherwne upon the
subject OF TINS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. letter shall
vertd but shall walt be guided by thelr opinion
as 20 wnat ought TO do In the premises As 10 the
houie and take any package from my ne, OF cor.
respondencc for the last nve yeArs and put II here
~ evidence In This Investigation. Many Of rela
TO business transactions wnch No.
aud whch DO not want revived not that there IL any
thing In them which 10, IN any degree embarrassing
have read them over freely TO those fenos and
say Nill cad tem over freely To those unse
There IL nothlLg In those letters which shan have
calon " blush over. The result IL that postponed
my aclon unit could have this conference 1n regard
culary e1asperatng 90 me that Is that in the month
OF Sepembe 1872, Mr. Fisher aud l. after very long
and IN Tie man, very pleasant business relations
tending back TO period when WAS very young nHn
had hnal setll leent IN which exchanged receipts
IN full. think the precise date Sept 2i. 1879 II
then ssid That All tiers either SIDE, and all
papers and scraps Of papers, shOult he given up
suppOsed they ~ere given These letters mad been