Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-05-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. }
May |, 1876. !
TIiI, BLAINE CASE


brought against hin, but is not by any
means satisfied with the mere P.r purte
showing which he has made. with
every advantage of position and oppOr-
tuui,y for ronceament and sophism.
Mr.. Harrison. grandson Of President
Harrison, is reported to he as respect
able aud reliable citizen rs Blaine
claims TO be, and since Mr.. Blaine's
explanation, pursues the charge, and
offers TO go before Congress and prove
It. He offers to show that +. H. Roll
lins, from whom Blaine read u letter
in vindicaion of himself, had reported
to him, Harrison, that an investiga-
ton Of the $4,000 matter would
inplcalc and injure Blaine. Harrison
proposes to testify to it, and to bring
another witness who heard the same
thing and this Rollins does not deny,
in bis letter read by Blaine MOI do
anv Of the lettcr-writcrs SO much As
mention Harrison at all. Harrison
was Director of the Union Pacific.
auI wrote an Incnl pa,ory letter to
Mr.. Wilson, Chairman of the Credit
Moblicr Committee, four years ago,
as Mr.. Wilson now rUuchcs.
BLAINE'S ACCUSER Is \ REPUBLICAN,
and cannot, therefore. be charged with
any motives of political cnmiiy. The
charge is not new with him. Blaine has
grown rich, Notwithstanding he has
lost. according to his own account,
$50 ,OGO bv Litile Rock aud Fort
Smith railroad stock, and S34 $50 in
Iowa Fails ard Sioux City railroad
stock He fought for the Arkansas
Baxter government in Congress, APP
pointing the committee " hich reported
for Baxter: and thus, he aud his
friends got their Little Rock road
on, of the hands Of a receiver. How
it is, then, when the Credit Mobilier
and other swindlrs were 80 rife, that
Mr. Blaine should have secured so
much stock in these distant quar:crs,
where be would not be likely TO seek
TO invest his money, or To have any
interest, unless it was given to him,
( is a subject Of inquiry. 1t is plain to
any uuprcjudiced mind that
! CIRCUMSTANCES ARE AGAINST THE
EX SEEAEEG
Did hc pay cash for 50 large an
amount of stock that be could lose
$5i $50 on it, or was it given TO him
for service rendered the Baxter gov
ernmcnt in Congress lie could not
have made it as mere lairyer, with
out taking advantage Of his position
in Congress for Mr., Randolph
! Tucker, Of Virginia, has had occasion
to demonstrate, on the floor Of the
House, that even twenty dollar fee
would exceed the value of Mr. BlaiDe'S
lcgel capacity to client. How then
did he cone by 50 large an amount
OF money? II may be reasonably
doubted, not only whether Mr.. B!aine
will be rXnnerated after full invesli-
cation Of the present charge shall
have been had, but, also, whether his
connection with other stocks will bear
the light of examination. and leave
him unSca,hcd. Mr.. Blaine should
not be condemned. if innncrnt ; nor,
on the other land, should he be
ab,olvcd until all proofs of guilt and
circumstances pointing to it shall
have been more fully head and
explained away.
+ THE POLITICAL "SITUATION.
And now it is Morton, Moses u
Morton, who l. on the ragged edge. v
Blaine. Ike the worm, has turned
upon his tornentor, and personal
explanations are in or,hr from Morton.
He is expected to rise and explain .
in the Senate to-day, just what he did
with that $25G,0e9. That the charges
against Morton were ins,igatrd Ivy
Blaine there can be no duUbt Ifarri.
son, who made the charges against
Blaine, is one of Morion's managers
and Blaine il acting on the principle
that one goodt turn deserves another
Conklng looks on with iil-concca!cd
delight, at the efforts of his rivals to
kill each other of. How glaring The
contrast between these unsermly
efforts to DESTROY each other bv lead
ing Republican candidates for the
Presidency and the bearing of the
Democratic candidates. Here and
there, Tweed Ring, Canal Ring
or some other ring thief Who insults
the party by calling himself Demo
erat. uttcrs some foul SANDER against
a party leader; but it is most graft
fying feature Of this campaign tina,
the Democratic candidates and their
friends treat each OTHER with the
courtesy that charactcriZes the rela.
lions Of gentlemen. No man 10 Wash,
ingt6n of influence in the Democratic
party has been heard to say one word
derogatory of the personal character
of Bayard, Davis. Hendricks, Tilden
or Thurman. This was particularly
noticeable during the past week, when
| The unanimous action Of the New
York Convention, in endorsing Tilden,
excited all those opposed to him to
the utmost efforts to counteract the
effect produced. The objections to
his nomination were calmly stated,
and arguments in his favor courteCusly