Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-22

greatest possible sincerity, that we d
not believe Mr.. Blaine is guilty.
HAGER's STATEMENT.
New York SUM-
5 The more the alleged bond transac
ton Of Brother Blaine is discussed in th,
newspapers, the more mysterious doe
the affair az pear; and articles put forth
as satisfactory explanations only serve
10 render the whole business more in,
comprehensive TO the average under
p standing. For instance, a statement
l from James n. Hager, of Richmond,
Mslne, Is published, to the effect that 81
The recommendation OF Mr. Blaine he
puTchased-he does not say from whom
-PrefeTTed stock and gold bonds Of the
Little Rock End Fort Smith railroad ol
tue nominal value OF about thirteen
tnoEsahd dollars, for which he paid ten
VCusand. He made the trade IN the
tall OF 1889, aud got the bonds in June,
1879. The Easteyg7 Argus hsd previous
ly suggested that the land bonds taken
by the Union Pacific railroad company
might be portion of the Little Rock
and Fort Smith railroad bonds which
Brother Blaine Twas compelled TO take
back from Hon. AusOn 2. Morrill,, Mr.,
Hager, Of RichmOnJ, AMI othes,n and
MF. Hager Ia his 5tstement says that
ne got the money he paid for
Ihese bends from Brother B aine in
washington IN 1872. But he says thew
We're not land bonds but gold bonds, ard
! toat ne did not get them until June, in
1870, SO they could not have been The
ones hypothecsted with Morton, Bliss &
Co But il is a curious coincidence that
10 June, 1870, the Little Rock and Fort
Smith company Issued five million dol
lars OF land bonds at the same time that
! 1t issued three million five hundred
hundred thousand dollars in gold bonds.
Bother Blaine told a Chicago neWs-
paper correspondent thatthe story about
his receiving sixty-four thousand I,.,JIsrs
1of the bonds was arrauget az q meeting
OF BrlstnW's frieccI9s Ia Chicago, at
Hhir3 JOE pIediIl, Deacon Richard
omltti, Murat Hslstesd, and others were
, present; bet Mr.. Hslstesd and MIR, Me-
| dill explicitly deny the truth of the
! charge, the former gentleman saying
that the story probably has its founda-
! ton in the fact that the editors named
nave oeen IN possession Of particulars,
believed to bs authentic, about Mr..
Blaine's fsilroad business, that In the
present temper of the public mind
might prejudice bis interests as
Presidential candidate, and have
in friendly manner sought, but failed,
TO obtain satisfactory explanations
Again, correspondent OF the Boston
Herald says that the records OF one Of
the Arkansas courts show that the Little !
Rock and Fort Smith railToad company |
still owe Brother Blaine twenty. five |
thousand dollars for money loaned bV |
himi but gentleman now in this citv. |
who has valid claim against the same |
company, and therefore an interest i'm
its standing, says that as late as last |
summer he made thorough exarnins- |
ton OF the liabilities et tia company.
and at that time there was no claim of
Bisine's anorg them. The matter is
certainly very much mixed, and the
friends Of the great politician from
Maine must feel that his prospects will
be seriously affected unless the business
is very promptly made entirely clear.
WHAT AN OLD LETTER REVEALS.
New York dispatch to Boston Herald.I
Officers Of the Kansas Pacific railroad
here cay that in the course of a suit in
Kansas, brought against their road bv
Joseph b. Stewart, formerly of Wash
lngton, the said Stewart produced and
hled, IS part OF the evidence, letter to
John u. Perry, president Of tho road,
notifying him OF a distribution of Ger.
tain construction bonds of that road
made at time when Stewart was en-
gagged ia helping pass through congress
that section Of sue amepded Pacific
raliroad scsy oy which the government
NOR sgsge was subordinsted to the COM
pany's mortgage. This letter, dated
some time in 1858, was an appeal from
Stewart to Perry Tor compromise and
settlement of his claims for services rem
dered to the company by him. The let.
ter went on to state to Perry that he was
still under obligation to deliver to Thos.
e wing, jr., ten bonds; Blaine, fifteen
bonds; CT. Sherman, twenty bonds; II.
g. Fant, four bonds; J. P. Usher, five
bonds, and some others for small |
The first name Of Blaine was
left blank, and there was nothing to
show that Blaine received the bonds.
The court, however, ordered John
d. Perry to produce the original let
ter that appears in the record ofthe court,
showing that the payment Of fifteen
bonds wRs made to James Blaine, the
blank left by Stewart, when he filed
his letter, being thus filed up when the
complete letter was HleO. NO PROOF
was taken in reference to these Blaine
bOnds, but 8 stipulation was filed Ia
which it was agreed by both parties that
John E. Blaine was the holder OF fifteen
bonds, and that he was tie holder OF
them ia 1854. John Z. BlSine is the
brother of James G. Blaine.
The following is that part Of the letter
Of Stewart TO Perry:
New YORK, April %, 1868.
John d. Perry, President K. P. R. R.:
DEAR EIR-In compliance with your
request, will state thst the total claim
Dn me for any portions Of the Union Pa
eific railroad, eastern division, cOnstruC-
ion bonds are as follows: