The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-02

| Treasurer of the company, at once called
him aside aud begged that the motion
should be Withdrawn, for an Investigation
would involve BLAINE and defeat his re-
election to Congress.
Mr. IIARRisoN alleges that he Subsequent
| ~ took j. III. MiLLAlD Of Omaha, then aud
| now II Government Director of the road, TO
| ROLLINS and inquired If his understanding
| of the bond tiHn-action involving BLAINE
| was correct ROLLINS repeated what lac
had previously said, that can investga-
ton would kill off BIAIvE at theapproach-
ing election" Now, these statements are
spec ilc and emphatic. They leave no
room for cquivOcation. They are true or
they arc false. Mr. HARRISON does not
rely solely on his own testimony, but calls
Mr.. WILLARD rs n witness to sustain the
main fact.
But this is not all. After telcgraphing
JEREMIAH NJ. WILSON to examine ROLLINS,
who was then on the stand on the finances
of the road Mr.. HARRISON wrote him more
fully on Feb. 3, 1875. No notice was taken
of his letter. ROLLINS was not questioned.
and BLAINE was let Off, for reasons that
may hereafter appear But that letter
ViPuu''h 'ht'ls lbl III " lew WINS bii'i
CoLUMBus DELANo wrote TO u prominent
Republican of Indiana that it was pro-
| posed to change the Government Directors
of the road and Il name was wanted to sub
stitute for that of Mr.. HARRISON. That ill.,
tention had to be abandoned on account
OF the opposition which 1t excited.
The only reason for the movem ert 10
change the board was the part taken by
Mr.. HARRIsoN in ferreting out this COR
ruptiou. 1t would not do to strike ut him
individually, because the motive of ven
geance would be transparent; therefore
DELANo proposed TO Gust the whole di-
rcction In order to reach the only offender.
Did BLAINE incte that proceeding, or was
JEREMIAH NJ. WILSON responsible for 1t, or
did both combine? These questions will
be answered in good time.
In addition to these disclosures, the Chi
cago Tribune has stated, upon the authori-
| ty of its editor, that Mr. JAMES NJ. WILSON,
an ex-member OF Congress from Iowa and
u Government Director of the Union Paci-
fc, gave a version of this subject which di-
rectly contradicts Mr.. BLAINE's explana-
ton. Mr.. WILSON IL reported to have said
that he held u conversation with Mr.
BLAINE concerning the transaction and
BLAINE claimed TO have sold the Little
Rock bonds to Col. Ton ScoTr for con-
stituent of his. to whom the proceeds were
paid over.
Thus, three Government Directors OF the
road are brought forward as witnesses to
implcate BLAINE. They are all we'll
known persons. They are all Republicans
and none of them Is an enemy Of the eX-
Speaker. III their statements, rs gwen TO
the public, are substantially true, JAMES
q. BLAINE is irretrievably ruined. No flu
ture explanation he may make will receive
the leist credit If lie is caught III deception
now.
| The testimony produced by Mr.. BLAINE
in his so-called vindicaliOn does not COLI
front these charges at all. II was prepared
to fit another case gotten up by himself,
which carefully excluded MIR. HARRY ~
from view, and omitted any mention OF
his statements. The fact of that exclusion
in any answer pretending 10 be complete
tells its own story. Mr.. HARRISON stood
before the country ms the avowed accuser,
and Mr.. BLAINE took especial pains, while
writing TO Others who were indirectly
the author and source of the " scandal, us
he calls it. Why noty
Mr.. BLAINE is seriously damaged by the
know ledge that he left Washington to con-
suit with ROLLINS Before his unsatisfactory
letter was procured, and that the in
quiry" addressed to MORTON. Bliss & Co.
was adroitly framed TO meet n particular
condition of facts. which actually shut out
the whole truth of the $Gi 900 bond bust
ness, without compromising their veracity.
Mr.. SIDNEY DILLON, Col THOMAS A.
| SCoTr, and Mr.. Il. II. ROLLINS are inter-
| ested witnesses, for they, of course, desire
to protect the company and to defend
Their own acts. Whatever hurts Mr..
BLAINE in this connection must react upon
them. Consequently their testimony must
be taken with many grains of allowance,
and will bear much sitting. While they
lahored to shield Mr.. BLAINE. they were
singularly careful To conceal everything
relating to the subject which has caused all
the commotion.
The House Of Representatives would be
false TO duty. and deserving of the strong
est censure, II, after the publlcat lons
which have been made on respectable au-
thority, and upon the call of Mr.. HARRI-
SON to be summoned TO testify OH oath, it
| should fail to turn this matter inside out,
and let the public see who protited by the
| job. Mr. BLAINE was most concerned in
ordering an inquiry, and when he shrunk
from that ordeal, while Mr.. BRIsTow was
seeking it for far less reason, he chilled the
trust of his best friends, and gave n weapon
TO his rivals which they have not failed to
use. Now there is nothing left but an in
vestigation which will spare no guilty
man, and require all the parties implicated
TO prove their innocence.
Through the West Australian Waste.