The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-06-09

remainder of his private papers. After
their arrival in Washington Messrs.
Atkins, Fisher, and Mulligan were
called on by Mr.. Blaine. at that in
terview the subject of the letters came
up. Mr.. Blaine wished to obtain pos
session of them, but Nulligan demur-
red Then came the dramatic part OF
Mulligan's story. He said Blaine beg
ged to see them, going almost to his
knees in abject supplication. Mulligan
had threatened publication of the let
ters il any attempt was made to break
his testimony. Blaine implored Null
ligan not to ruin him by publication.
He begged him TO think of his wife and
six children. and said he almost con
templared suicide. Is this reIninis
cence of the ''other hearts that will
ache" and the suicide episode of an
ether famous scandal casel Muilig..rs
heart was not stone, so he permitted
Blaine to take the letters on promise
to return them, which was done as
soon as they had been Looked over.
All this, it should be borne in mind,
was in presence of Fisher and Atkins.
Their testimony on the disputed points
in this interview will be important.
Later, Mr. Blaine visited Mr.. Multi
gan where he sat alone in his room.
He talked political matters; asked Mul-
ligan chow he would like TO run
committee"-which is puzzling Ques
tion-and whether he would take
consulship. Then he asked for another
look at the letters, pledging himself to
return them. Once they were safe In
his possession, Mr.. Blaine pocketed the
letters and walked off, refusing to re-
turn them. In answer TO question,
Mr.. Mulligan said one of the letters
contained an allusion to Blain's losses
in the bond transactions and remark
that he had not retained the money
forty eight hours. This was referred
to in the previous testimony, and the
letter therefore seems of no special i'm
portance. AS to the contents of the
other letters he said nothing. So far
Mulligan.
Mr.. Blaine deuied, point blank, and
under oath, all Mr.. Mulligan had said
about his pleading for the letters, the
appeal in behalf of his wife and chill
dren, and the talk about consulships.
He also denied having obtained the
letters under promise of returning
them. He had demanded the letters in
the presence of Fisher and Atkins as
being improperly in Mulligan's posses
session; had returned the only letter
at all bearing on the case before the
committee; and had placed the others
in the keeping of two eminent lawyers
for advice as to their proper disposl-
ton. He declined producing them un-
til that advice had been received.
Thus the case stands at present.
1t is evident Mr.. Blaine has been
mixed up with railroad bond transac-
tions which he does not care to have
spread before all eyes. If they are le-
gitimate business transactions, and in
no way compromising him as a member
of Congress, the public have no right
to the disclosure of their details. The
matter has, however, gone so far, and
Mr.. Blaine holds such Il position be-
fore the puplic at the present time,
that it would be better to make a clear
statement, once for ali, what his trans
actions in those bonds actually were,
and so silence scandalous suggestion.
-CleUeland Herald.
The above was fair resume of the
matter at the time it was published.
On the day following Mulligan was
again before the Committee, and re-
peated part of his statements. At
kins was also before the Committee,
but denied ever having given Fisher or
Mulligan any reason to believe that
Blaine was the owner of the bonds that
went to the Pacific Railroad company.
Fisher corroborated Blaine in his de-
NAL of Mulligan's statement as TO his
being excited, threatening suicide, etc.
He also denied having any knowledge
of Blaine having sold Little Rock and
Fort Smith Bonds, but said so because
of an impression he had received from
something Atkins lad said Blaine
had submitted the "letters" 10 counsel,
who, after examination, declared they
found nothing in them relevant 10 the
matter before the committee, and ad-
vised him to refuse to surrender them, |
which he did. The advice was good.
and we do not believe that any pure
minded man will misjudge Mr.. Blaine
for that act. Still, in view of the fact
of his candidacy, it is unfortunate that
these letters, since their existence is
known, and the contents are supposed 1
in some way to irnplicaie him in bond
cannot be given to the
public. The secrecy attached to them,
should he be the Republican candi-
date, will be used with force and effect
by the opposition.
Committee, and denied in toto having
ever said anything to Fisher or Multi
gan that would bear the Interpretation
put upon it by them. He also testified
that Blaine cnn'H hove bad no pecu-
niary interest in fi.s Loi,dS, and in that
statement was Sustained by Fisher
Muii;gaa G:,o testified substantially to
,he same iac,S. And thus the force of |
his new charge is broken, and the
,nly thing that remains is the bare sus
licion that the letters Blaine refused
o surrender contained something
which would connect him with a bond
ranSact' 'on. To meet this we have
he testimony of Messrs Block and
Carpenter that there is nothing in the
etters peFtanet;t 10 the enquiry.
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