Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-28
The caldwell kilograms.

The CaI0WCll lclcts TdIHSs
MRS. GEN. SHERMAN DEFENDING HER COUSIN
SHE WRITES TO CALDWELL FOR AN ExPLANA-
rroN-Ayp RECEIVES A SATISFACTORY ANS
WEIR.
The following correspondence has been fur
nished for publication;
No. 9l2 GARRISON AVENUE.
ST. LOUIS, June 20, 1876.
Mr.. Josiah CaldweN, London:
DEAR SIR: Tie democrats who have read the
charges against my cousin, Hon. James G. Blaine,
are very willing to believe them all, and very un
willing to believe any evidence in his defense
They say the dispatch from Caldwell to the Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee was bogus
In this days paper there appears letter from yon
to Mr.. Blaine. With equal fairness they pro-
uounce that "bogus" also Will you do me the
great favor to write me one line to say that you
sent the dispatch in question, and that You wrote
the letter. which shall here inclose, and which
please return with the answer crave. Begging
pardon for intruding upon your time, but feeling
sure that you will pay the desired courtesy to the
wife of Gen. Sherman, ! am, with great respect,
very truly yours.
ELLEN EWING SHERMAN.
No. lis CANNON STREET,
LONDON, L. G., July 10, 1876.
Mrs. Ellen E. Sherman
My DEAR MADAM have your favor of June
90, asking melf sent the dispatch tosthe Judcl-
airy Committee and wrote the letter to Mr. Blaine
therein referred to. The history of the dispatch
ca and letter is as follows: On the 9th of May
received the following cable message from Mr..
Robinson, an engineer who had been in my en-
ploy, and who now attends to some of my bust
ness matters in the United States and with whom
/ am in weekly correspondence:
To Josiah Callmell, No. l15 Cannon street, Lon
don, Z. c.:
See SCOTS testimony, papers 10th. Telegraph
Bh1a1nlnbia frnthfnllV
strongest Endorsement of his statement.
A. z. RoBINsoN.
After referring to the New York papers and
reading Col Scots evidence, cabled him as fol-
lows:
Thomas 4. Scot, Philadelphia;
Your statement before the Congressional Com
mittee on the 10th relating to the Fort Smith
Railway bonds which you purchased Of me, is
perfectly correct l more fully substantiate
it if necessary.
On the 3lst of May received the following Ca
bic message from Mr.. James c. Reed, who has
been in my employ and is now my correspondent
in New York. To save the expense Of cabling,
my full addres. is registered at the Anglo Ameri-
can Cable Company's Office in New York and
London under the name of "Favo."
To Faro, London:
Dispatch received. Gable this Immediately to
Chairman House Judiciary Committee, Washing
ton "Have just read SCOTS testimony about our
bond transactions in New York newspapers, and
can fully corroborate it. l never gave Blaine any
Little Rock bonds, directly or otherwise. Am
now building three European railroads, and can.
not leave without great pecuniary loss or would
gladly voluntarily come home and so testify
Can make affidavit to this effect, and more if de-
sired"
cabled on the lst of June to the Chairman Of
IN JrJ;o;ory Cor,rr;ttao fo11ows.
Have Just read in New York papers SCOTS ev-
idencc about our bond transactions and can fully
corroborate it. l never gave Blaine any Fort
Smith bonds directly or otherwise. l have three
foreign railway contracts upon my hands which
makes it impossible for me to leave without great
pecuniary loss, or would gladly come home in
stantly and testify. Can make affidavit to this eff
feet and mail it If desired.
JOSIAH CALDWELL.
Wrote Mr.. Blaine on June the letter to which
you refer, and which has been published in the
newspapers. On the 18th of June, during my alb
received at my office from Hon. Proctor Knott,
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee:
To Josiah Cald,oell, London.
COMMITTEE desire you to appear and testify. If
you cannot formally do so, send by mail affidavit,
with proof of your identity taken before American
Consul or Consul General
j. PROCTOR KNOTT, Chairman.
Knott as follows
Been absent. Dispatch just received. Will
send afii 1avit next mail"
On June "a mailed to Mr. Knott my affidavit.
sworn to before the United States Consul General
in London, 10 which substantiated Col. SCOTS
evidence before the Judiciary Committee as to the
purchase by him from me of the Fort Smith Rail
way bonds and affirmed that had never given
Mr.. Blaine, directly or otherwise, any money,
bonds, or things Of value, or things representing
value for any purpose whatever. have writ ten
you thus fully the history of these dispatches and
of my connection with the persons that sent them,
that you may know all the facts for see that some
Of the New York papers assert that the dispatches
were sent to me by persons acting as the agents
of Mr.. Blaine. My correspondents did perfectly
right in telegraphing me they did They were
on the spot. Mr.. Reed knew my relations with
Col. Scott in connection with Fort Smith Railway
bonds, and was three thousand miles away, with
no knowledge of what had TRANSFERRED, except what
l read in the newspaper, which was twelve days
old when it reached me. l had no means of
knowing what had TRANSFERRED in that interval, and
had they simply telegraphed, calling my attention
to the charges brought against Mr.. Blaine in con-
necton with the Fort Smith Railway bonds, and
to Col. SCOTS statement in which my name had
been publicly made use Of l should At once have
cabled them to inform me in what manner and 10
what language could most effectually exonerate
Mr.. Blaine from the charges so falsely brought
against him. 1t gives me much pleasure to re-
spond to your inquiries, and with great respect
am, Madam, very truly, your Obedient servant,
n.ur