Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-19

exposure OF winch VIII forever DI;lSt the
hopes of n certain candidate for the Iresl-
dencv. 1t is this: An entry appears in
the minutes Of the Executive Committee
Of the board Of Directors Of the Mon
Pacific Railroad Company Of Dec. 1G.
1871. showing that $4,000 Of the com
panys money found its way into the hands
Of some person who had no rioht to it. At
a meeting of the Board Of Directors in
been Il member of the board for number
Of years, through the influence Of Senator
Morton. int oduce ! u resolution calling |
for Il committee to investigate the matter
and report who received the large sum OF
IN 'ney and al the circumstances attend
inc It's disbursement.
No sooner had this been done than Mr. |
Rollins. the Secretary of the board, quietly |
went to MIR Harrison and said, you must
Withdraw that resolution An invcStiga- |
ton will involve Mr.. Blaine, and defeat !
his reelection. He got the money" The
resolution was withdrawn. These facts |
are known to Mr.. Wilson Of Iowa. who
wa, present 1T the time the resolution was
introduced and withdrawn. rs a member
OF the Beard of Directors. 1t is proper to
sly Il lot OF worthless Arkansas railroad
b nd> We're deposited rs collateral security
for this money. Nobody will be more sur
prlsrd 1T the appearance Of this article
than Mr. Harrison
The story appearing just before the
South Carolina and Virginia Conventions
was believed by many to have been given
out by Senator Morton', frien Is for the
purpose Of hindcring any more Blaine del
! 1, I,.jn
Mr. Harrison. who we understand is re-
publican, on being interviewed was I'M
communicative bat expressed Il willing
ness to tell anything he knew to IN invcs-
tigltng committee.
| Another version Of the affair wa, that
it was a scheme Of independent editors
who proposed to spring the story on Blaine
just before the Cincinnati Convention and
that the 5 ntusel nun got hold of it and
published it prematurely. As to thi, Mr.
Medlll of the Chicago TriJune makes the
/ following statement:
" 1t i true Wa, invited to Cincinnati
about Il month ago to read some state
m"nls quietly circulated in Democratic
]
| Bltlncs alleged cunncl ton with some,
Union Pacific Railroad bonds. 1t was said
the Democrats We're holding back this
scandal to explode il at the time of the
Cincinnati Convent on. OF after it in case
Blaine was nominated. The Whole charge.
ts far rs my Informant had learned, was
related i'll the presence of four gentlemen.
1t was agreed that Blaine should be conf
! al Of
tn" scandal. Any other course would be-
wrong. Richard Smith con. entcd to Law
the whole matter before Mr. Blaine in a
private letter. He did % nearly Il month
ago. If Mr.. Blaine has answered. his letter
| have not heard o. it. lfany correspond
encc has passed between Mr. Blaine and
myself IN regard to the forrnoinr matte +
Alr. Blaine l. at liberty 20 make il bubble "
Mr.. Blaine says the story is untounled
AMI sensational. On the ~ of March h.
wrote to L friend in Michigan, who had
written him II regard 10 it, saving that it
had been irre-pon,ibly circulated lor some
time. and whenever it came ont squarcly
rs 4 charge il would be net; closing by
advising his friend to dismiss all ANXIETY
for him. Mr.. Blaine HOW gives to the
public the two following letters:
Ill.,. NEW YoEA. Arrlle. 10.
tia, t AK Amt d1h "a a', 1 ' t. your gnlry We BE- M
passed through our boo X ia ft [o W.
known or supposed to have any interest any kind
Moi:I"S BLISS x Go.
Also the following:
OFFICE VSIoS rAcIflc EuLhoA2 coMr>ss..
Hos, J. q. B!,4SF. Wa>hin-ton j. G: %
i' Tat That have Fi7 to ynT II t Leak '
iiar'14 C"inpany 7Inre Arrl! hi and have
lat Durln2 that entire PERI the present TIM,
' by W. TIM S nn iT 'f' WIFI E.i " any W. way %'
q tsr',t'd IL any manner whatever make tins STATE
Very re,Tteft" nt"'' S'' il E"I ' >.
1t is reported that the ex-speaker doe
not propose TO call for Il committee of in
= vc>tigati"n. Us it would be conducted b,
democrats who would have an interest il
. prolon@ing it till it would affect the Gin
clnnati Convention
Meantime there is a r'umor t At Mr.
Blame once gave this explanation of III.
affair: That he had Il friend vho had So
900 If Arkansas railroad bonds, and In.
: friend wanted Blaine to sci! them, w!:c!
he did IN New York. for Gl,oUo, nm,
handed the money over to the owner Of it
One lla9cr Of Maine, says he once DOUGH
for $4,000, some Of the Arkansas bond
because Blaine recommended them, ant
that on his afterwards telling Blaine it wa
4 bad trade, the latter took them off Lii
hands
That is about the amount of the sc:tn,,
: and answers to date. MI Blaine ma,
!. have delt honestly in the Arkansas bonds
Ohcy We're on Il roll which had Il Ian,
. grant that was renewed about 1869. an,
are now worthless) and in other railroad
bonds. And he can tell the whole stor,
himself in half the time it takes linn +,
look up the record Of a southern rebt
:, whom he wants to put down.
The trouble about the proposed mctho,
of waiting till the thin. alleged is Prove,
- before afull explanation is given. that tn
, thing was overdone in the Credit Mobile
business, ~ men who couldn't give any tx
PLANTATION. Mr. Blane's popularity il
great measure rests on his being an 40
80 eleesNt' So-aIlc;td man ana his party look
t" see him take the same course with h;
slandercrs that he did with Ben Uil]
;, There Is no Use i'll denying the fact In,
readiness to meet an attacking party NOR
than halt way is just now Il pleasing thin.
to the American people, and that til
)" waiting policy has been put in bal re
II putc hy men who had to use it Folk
t. ike Bristow the better, because in app.,
, rent disregard of dignity when his reputa
ton was cast under the mules heels, h
l. went Straight among them and took i
! away and had it kicked no more.
d Why couldn't Secretary Taft and Gencl
+ Il Sherman selected some other dlv tina,
d sunday for their junketiny trips to tn