, 1876-06-11

EaH. ... ......... ...
Blaine-If you make that request On the gen
erA principle that you have the right to demant
the whole of the letters decline to furnish It
The Committee adjourned till Monday.
Bu7LKA's hoUTHIN6s.
New YORK, June 10.-Gen Butler gives at
that he was Instrumental In bringing ths
notorious Blaine 1etters TO light The Genera
says; .s.., ,.n n.+
Suppose + had been hr: M9lligsns eon9ssl e. o. .,
permitted Aulligan to 60 to Washington with
these letters ut1est he also had copies and q
photograph Of thems No.. SIT; and then u
Blaine desired to buy the originals he could
buy them. When the time came to use the
ccr1iied copies they would be forthcoming"
REACTION.
A Herald Washington dispatch speaks OF the
desertfon Of Blaine In the House yesterday hy
Republican Congressman, and adds that the
mtnatcd, and the supporters Of tie e1-speaker
arc rot, all Of them, disposed to urge his norn-
iuation any further. TIE formidable character
Of the detection is shown in the open avowal of
Senator. Wadleigh, Of New Hampshire, that
Blaine is no longer an available man for the
Nomination. Senator Wadldgh Is supposed 10
aSorhEr WITNESS FOR BLAINE.
81. LOUIS, Mo-, June 10-Judge Usher and
Mr. Brotherton, Ut Lawrence, Kan, arc here
en route to Washington to testify before the
Committee in the Kansas Pacific Railroad bond
matter Judge Usher Is sick, and Mill stop over
here for short time He says his testimony
will confirm that Of Stewart, giyen some time
ago, generating Mr.. Blaine from all connection
with the Kansas Pacific bonds.
TUE MEMPHIS FL FAso sCHEHE.
Dispatca ii C3stednnoA Gottte
WAsH1Na1os, Jnae s.-The judiciary Com
tuey will not be able to take 1t up at present The
ingtirg concerning the Memphis j. Ell Paso
sclene, which was begun early in the session,
Nas suspended after few weeks to aRait the
arrival ct witnesses from Europe. Meantime
somc Of the papers OF the Company have been
0:ta:uGd, and one of these has raised the ques-
t;cn whether Mr.. Blaine's relations 10 this e1-
.-t:cme Southern railroad have mot been Is inti-
l,ate rs with most Of the great roaGs north Of
il. Among these papers il ono by which Ere
:nont entered into = written contract with
prominent member, not Mr. Blaine, by which
Q Southern Land Company which this member
represented was TO receive Nh average, Of
1915 per cent on the sale OF ali lands The Mem
Slate of TEXAS, or might acquire from the United
States BY = bill then pending In Congress, or
any future grant by Congress. The bill also
gave the Land Company 50 per cent from the
sales Of Ill town sites along the entire lina of
Company proved to be only sort Of fence
through which these fees for services In Co1t-
-gress were to Be received: Tins Company Was
advertised in Richmond, Va Among tie names
9he h s o aen et
g. Blaine" This land operation for the Mem
phts d Ell Paso seemed to correspond generally
to the Land Company lii tho Northern Pacitc
concerning which Mr. Blaine wrote to bis friend
Fisher.
cor6L1Ha VERSUS BnA1sB.
The ta16here among 1lr. CunklIng's friends,
of requiring the supporters Of Mr Blaine TO ex-
plain the Mu1ligau letters on the ao1r Of the
given rise to counter-threats. It is claimed by
the Blaine men that, u the Conkling delegates
set precedent of tile kind they talk abottf the
supporters and defenders Of the faTorite eon Of
New York will have their 1lands full. They
charges made, and not NIT IN the last campaign,
that h1. conkling held extremely intimate
road Company. They will be required
70 s t IL S% se9qs f4s f cg csiag krssa aa % tax
the United States, before Judge whom he had
appointed, and With Distftt-Attorney to ot-
pose him whoee removal he could easily aHaih
at any tins; and, further, how, IN the face Of a
the same case against the Government before
Commissioner -o1- Internal -Retenue Donglass
Another case that will be given out Tot TIC con-
sidetation OF the Conkling men Is the fact Of bis
frequent appearance OF late as patent-attorney
point, and before Examiners aud CLERKS whom 6e
could remove if he chose Anothet similar
stsrnty of tks western Union M Teieg1aph G Com M
pany; snd lii the same connection It will be
asked, provided this sort Of campaign on the
floor Of the Convention bcgtnb, whether II was
IN the capacity Of attorney fof this same Com |
pany that he stopped, BY motion to reconsider,
the passage Of just bill in the interests Of ccr
chise the Telegraph Company did not desire to I
have disposed 1T rs contemplated By the bill. |
These are lew OF the subjects which the Blaiue |
Iaen have thought Of - an offset to the Fisher |
literature
JosttH uALpwK1A
nas ts3egrsphed to his agent here, h auswer to |
N inquiry, that hd forwarded the dispatch re-
aetrod by Mr. Knott In relation 10 Mr. Blaine
100 sNAHTi
rse ' ~so sapposea Pst Me n. BIsfns Bfs@se 9ss t. r.
GuAhod By tha development Of his dealings IN |
the stock and bonds Of tho Northern Pacific !
Rsilrusd, were mistaken in their man He is
not one Of the meek Lind Eho give way the /
moment ths fate4 appear to be against them,
and subeide, overcome With humiliation His
friends se& down the brillnnt display Of tactics
rs t1iumphal vfndication. It Is nothing Of the |
sort. Il c1cites admiration and wins applause,
we're before Herr are the facts: Mr.. Blainecle
y was concerned largely In certain Transactions
In railroad stocks and bonds when the companies
Issuing them were dependent on the action Of
Uongrees Tor ocrt11n advantages, and while
h1r. Blaine was prominent and influential
member member s. Of c9ngsss Perhaps he n made d.
them: quite likely nc received nothing
IN consideration OF his official action or attitude
But he was concerned in these Transactions, and
1e vas unwilling TO have bis operations made
public He made some rather sweeping denfals
nd showed An unmtstakable desire to keep
acts from coming to light, but finding that it
rss impossible 70 prevent the disclosures, he
,omes out boldly ard makes them himself, !
lsiming that they afford in themselves q COM
,a tried to CONCEAL but r!alms tia: 1t is rnercly
ytdct,re Ut innocence There is good deal
i disingennousness IN his explanation. lie mas
ridcntfy afraid to hare Mr. Mullgzn publish
lis private letters, and rcsorted to sharp trick
Of great boldness he invites the con-
dence of A,00O,W0 Of people and reads
he letters TO ali the newspapers in I