The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-27
James G. Blaine Once More.

Mr.. AoUIIA ADAMS, a well-known and
responsible citizen OF Boston. has furnish
ID TO us for publication certain documents
which appear on the first page Of THE Sun
This morning, and which Mr.. JAMES @.
BLAINE will doubtless peruse with extra
ordinary interest.
The name of Mr.. WARREN FISHER, Jr.,
Of Boston, is already familiar to the public
IN connection with Mr.. BLAINE's peculiar
rela tons to the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railroad. To this gentleman Mr.. BLAINE
wrote on Nov. 20 1870, letter which
Mr.. ADAMS now sees fit to make public.
In this letter Mr.. BLAINE invites Mr..
FISHER 10 purchase from him the one
eighth of one-twenty-fourth part in the
entire franchise of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. For this interest he demands
w, GOO, and he sets out very distinctly the
various profits TO be expected from the
purchase. THE chance" says BLAINE,
sis rare one. l can't touch IL. but l obey
my first and best impulse in Offering il to
you" He proposes TO Mr.. FISHER that he
should make up pool Of Ave persons, put
ting in 5000 each, to buy this interest.
"Of course" he adds, in comforting with
others keep my name quiet. Mention il to
NO one unless to Mr.. CALDWELL"
This Mr. CALDWELL is also a noted per-
BON just now, having become so in connec-
ton with Mr.. BLAINE's Little Rock and
Fort Smith affair; and. either because he
has thought il pleasant season to travel,
or because his friends urgently advised
him to go abroad he some time since de-
parted for Europe, where no committee OF
Congress can reach him TO take his testi-
mony upon these subjects; and il is pc
ouharly instructive to see that he was like
wise acquainted with this Northern Pacific
business of Mr. BLAINE's
Following the suggestion of his friend
nom Augusta Mr.. FISHER made up the
proposed pool, and among the rest Mr..
AoUILA ADAMS paid in his 5000 making
with the others the sum Of s25, 900, for which
on Dec. l. 1870, Mr.. BLAINE gave a con-
hdential Acknowledgement. This we are
likewise enabled to publish, and, rs our
readers will see, it declares that Mr.. BLAINE
received this money in trust, undertaking
70 deliver in return authenticated GER
hicates for The interest which he had
sold, these certificates to be in the name of
ELISHA ATKINS; and, strangely enough.
the name Of this gentleman has also APP
peared IN some other of these mystic
rous money affairs Of Mr.. BLAINE.
But for some reason Mr.. BLAINE
did not deliver the certificates in return
for the s25 900 which had been paid to him,
and Mr.. ADAMS determined, II possible, &c
recover back his share of the money. Ac-
cordingly he communicated with Mr. FISH
xR, and through his assistance, and after
. good deal OF difficuty, he obtained
from BLAINE his 5000. But, having Pc
FUSED one of Mr.. BLAINE's recent speeches,
In which he enforced the maxim that
"whenever conccalment is desirable, avoid
ance is advisable" Mr.. ADAMS determined
70 conceal this affair no longer, and he has
accordingly sent us the papers for publica-
ton.
Every intelligent man who reads these
documents will conclude from them that
this interest in the Northern Pacific which
BLAINE sold 10 FISHER, ADAMS, and the
rest, was property that had come into his
possession in return for legislation Of Con-
gress-in other words, that he was selling
one of his brides.
Any committee of Congress which may
desire to see the originals of these papers
can do so, doubtless, by summoning Mr..
AQUILA ADAMS and Mr.. WARREN FISHER,
Jr., Of Boston.