The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-27

To THE EDITOR or TUE SuN-Sir: / have
waited with some degree OF impotence for the
| "vindication" promised by ex-Spcaker blaine.
| In relation to the various charges mnd- against
| him a. to his connection with ccrtaiu railruais,
and must confess that when read his exp'tui-
| tiOn this morning astonshment a. its weak e.
ness, disgust at its impuicnt assumptlon that
denial was ,indcl atom, and admiration tor the
display Of Mr.. Blaines ability in the role Of the
Aftful Dodgcr were about equally predominant
| as sensations.
| Mr. Iii inc entirely Ignores TIE statement that
John 5. c. Harrison. once Government direc-
tor la the Union Pacific Railroad, has made. lie
never mentions Mr. Harrison. and vet from him
comes the charge rs to the S5L0J transaction,
ana u most men 1t would seem that h. was the
proper man TO bring upon the witness stand. a
| letter from HARRISON. denying that such q charge
| had been male by han. would have been more
convincing pr1ofthan tac letters D.; " Hon. Hiss
TO-, CT. roA Scot, or MIR. L. II f,Oli.n-. BYi
| do not rroposs 1, discuss that part OF Sir.
| blaine defence. wish ~ dircr' your attention
nnd that # the pultc 30 another portion OF u,
and think can coay,c, Nr. blaine, using the
mildost language. cd being mistaken as to
facts upon which lie should be better Informed.
Mr. Blaine asserts that lana was given In Isj3tO
the state Of Arkansas to assist IN building rail-
roads, aud Riyen by thc State h. the Little Rock
and Fort Smith Railroad Company. IT be Will
take the troubln IT, examine the first section of
the net approved Feb p, ISL lie will see tn 1t tho
land was given TO AID IN building a road from
Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas, ana that
all tho state had 90 do with the matter was to
charter the company that wa. to build the road
by the aid Of the Land granted BY the United
States. Section five OF the act provides that tho
road To which this laud was granted shall be
finished iu ten yesrs from the time Of the grant.
The STATE chartered the company IN 1853. but
TIA, company failed to build aay Of tho road
prcyiou. to the time. when, a. Sir. Baine says,
the war broke out In 1861.
All the Southern l.,,l ltr mt. vere reuewed in
lsJJ and 1870 and stli the Little Rock ani Fort
Smith Company flile 10 raise any money. In
l,is. after Mklusls was reconstruct. u. o. party
ot Boston Adventures, whom ir. Blaine de-
scrbes a. "a company If Boston gentlemen rsp-
rcseniing considerable capital united with
some Of the rcconstructori OF Arkansas, and OBJ
tai .cd the chatter of "a. Little Il i. AMI Fort
Smith Rdroli. This plrty w,th others who
held the chaiters Tor othor roads, induced the
Ar>ansas Legislature to pass "A law grantin. aid
e. $50 miles Of railroads in the state rhis aid
was to be ia tue sha1o Of state bonds run
hin. thirty v.ars. and bearing six per cent.
Interest. whi,a bonds wcre t. zee given to tho
roads 70 the rate of 5000 or mile whom a road
hl received al from tine Unu,d states. and
SijU0pernlls wacn ii had not received slca
aid. Tue new I.ttl. RlcNu Fort Smith Conc
uiny cue coded in having TINT roal selected by
the Commissioners IS ono that should receive
and. Whenever ten miles OF thc tr.cx was ellv
for the iron the bonds tha. .i,ncc wcr, -
he delivered, and tho compln were required
- pav the interest on tins bonds An amend.
nae TO the net passea IA April. 1852. directed
road fluin-toray tho interest on It's alta BONDS,
and put arcc,iyer in charge, who should run
the road and apply any surplus over tbs running
expenses 10 the PAYMENT of the Interest on tue
aid bonds
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ro,i ,,r,ua,,y for ,h,,e ware from, ,b, lima ,f
! nllo-,ts charter. and containing A., rroyi., th,t
mono Z the lana granted bv th, Vnit,d states
| "a I'll. r.,h sh,ud A., .,id f., mora Than
! 90 10 nor acre \ ruttner ev,rln,ti,n vu
sh.r hin, That he rI,no1 a,,o,ber art ,pnr.,yed
! March : ls,a. rrucoling flo rrn,i.., nv yynl,h
the land coo.ld not be sold for moro than a. 30
p,rarrs. Was cl.ner OF these act, "in rely g.
+, 'fy mis tahe IN prcyi1us lcli-l,tion." a. Mr..
/ - VINO ~N- WIS roe case TO regard 70 "a oiN
! l,t p..-cl aI..r he b..l.ae u,-se4-Hl Il flu
p' nd7f i"I' ndmI77''h o. 9it. bttin- '.lr'
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