Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24
Hon. James Blaine and Col. Thos.
A, Scott,

of the United States before the Re
publican National Convention, the
envious and villainous tongues of the
dirty members of the Confederate
branch of Congress were set to work
to fill the land with scandal against
him But in every instance the as
sailants have been met by the correct
life of the MN assailed, and com
pletely discounted. until at last they
find themselves in the pit they dug
for another, signing and philoso-
phizing over the fact that
"They dug pit; they dug it deep;
They aug it Tor their brother;
But by their sin they did fall IN
The pit they dug for other"
AL the investigations that they
started to ruin Blaine through, have
been just that much against them
selves, for they proved that the thou
sand and one charges, and more, that
they sent out against him are not
true, and every time man tells a lie
against his neighbor, and is found
out in it-lnI he sooner or later viii
be-he is so much smaller in the es-
timation of all who know him, and
Just so with the men who have been
bounding Blaine. They wished to
ruin the reputation of Blaine. They
have succeeded in running their own.
The very latest charge brought
against Blaine, was that he had re
ceived $4,000 from a Western rail
road company for some kind of ser
vice, not mentioned Mr.. Blaine, in
the most positive terms said he had
not but they still kept on charging
it on him until an investigation was
ordered by the Confederate branch of
Congress, to examine Mr.. Blaine and
that charge They then said they
had Mr. Blaine, that there was an
unexplained $4,000 on the books of
the company, and that he got it
The investigation progressed Wit
nesses, one after another, were sworn,
and still the case remained shrouded
in mystery, the Confederates charg-
ing that Blaine got the money, and
he, in turn, saying that he never saw
it, and knew nothing whatever about
it. Finally, last week, the committee
got Col. Thomas A. Scott, the great
railway King of America, before them
to testify, and, like the man that he
always is, he said, Il got the S64, 900
that has created all this trouble. "
Ever since then the committee have
felt like creeping into a knot-hole,
and Blaine stock has gone up about
800 per cent.
This is the testimony of Col Scott,
as given before the Congressional
Committee, on the 18th instant:
Col. Scott was sworn, aud on being
examined by Mr.. Hunton, said that be
formerly owned the seventy-fve bonds
of the Little Rock & Fort Smith r all
road Company, aud bought them year
and four months previously to his SELL
ing them t, the Union Pacific Railroad.
He bought them from Josiah Caldwell,
who was negotiating bonds of that
company. Caldwell belonged to Bost-
on, but be did not know where be now
was. He understood, however, that
Caldwell, during the panic of 1873,
went over TO Europe after his failure
in the west, and was there now. He
gave Caldwell eighty cents on the dol
lar for the bonds. The purchase was
made in 1870, when he had nothing to
with the Union Pacific Railroad Com
rany. lie gave $50, 900 for the bonds
and sold tAem TO the Union Pacific
Railroad Company through Morton,
Bliss & Co., for nearly $4,000. When
in March 1871, he entered upon the
duties of President of the company,
the stock was low down, and every
thing connected with it depressed, but
it was not long before there was
marked Improvement in all its affairs.
He had believed the company would
give hin liberal compensation for his
services. He was pressed for money,
which be wanted more than the mere
salary. and it was fually suggested
tha. the company should buy these sew
enty FIVE bonds of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railroad Company. He
was to have the option of buying them
back. The Executive Committee agreed
to buy the bouds at price fixed through
Morton, Bliss & Co., and the bonds
went to the Union Pacific Railroad
Company in this direct way, and 10 no
other. His years salary had never
been paid. That would be $4,000,
with interest. Ii rbe Arkansas road
had been finished the bonds would have
been worth from ninety to one hundred
cents on the dollar. He had rendered
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
a service for which there was 10 mark
ct value. He was satisfied that if the
Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad
Company had been built its bonds
would have been as good as those of
the Union Pacific are to-day. He re-
peated that this purchase of seventy
five bonds by the Company was in con-
sideration of valuable services render
ed by him. The investment of these
bonds was because the Company want
ed to do an equitable thing for him.
The Company did not display the
on their books, and never
expected it would become . subject os
by Congress.
Question: understand you to.say
that the Executive Committee, of which
you we're ex-oficio q member, bought
the seVenty-fve bonds to sbligo you,
Partially to obligh me and
also in consideration of valuable ser.
vices.
Col. Scott repeated that the bonds
belonged to him, and we're sold to the
Company when be wanted money, and
the amount he received helped him to
pay his debts. He had twice asked |
for his salary, but had not yet received