The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28
BLAINE's EXPLANATION.
The Ex--peakcr's Version OF the Northern
Pacific Railway Investments.

WASHINGTON, May q. Ex. Speaker
Blaine. in reply to inquiries concerning the arti-
Gle in rHE NEW York SUN OF to-day. said:
Some six or seven years some fricnds Of mine In
rse,e 6, ,en,t,eIpr;e and as the yesPIe dcnt Of ,ae
S.a T %s, as hOq d. es ne. & a Of mine
and ho.. The purchase could Be made. in one OF
s.e, ha. n.lalng was done. Finally. IN the sutumn
Sf SfdSS is1O 70 dsa9;e s 1,s wa' ,GT sss and 1
s,.ss1s a seiSTn: sssrIs:cS o. m pr a.
chi.es snd srants dlrecty from Congress. aud liable
a. any .ime 20 sppy TO consre for future fayors,
becoming Interested in It. Put ss these frienG.
80 heS nad the .ams ris%s mat any o.hsT pr1ste e1
u had 10 own in the enterprise Communicated tnc
S' afteF wss ha u 6sy Ssy d aSn b. sd S
sSes SSi o SS S pee in al 9 SsRos es or
as the receipt shove. 70 hanG over g. the person pro-
posihg TO sell "ho' la Uue tme' VIII douotless speak
The cert aca,e to he taken In the name OF Elisha
Atkns, one of the most prominent aud honorable
chahis IN boston II wa soon found, however, that
p,edged or hyp.thecsIed or omt lrrassed as to tte
a, a the matter ranalonS lor Over year, aud Nm.
st. .s was tesuraSd < Mr. Var 2 Fisher, VITA wnom
purchaser, Of whom | know nothlng. lhisi, simply
w-. pureh Of friendly caaraeter ! had not tne re.
aen,o interest err M Ia any s'pe gr .r% mo
come la,ere.ied ia 4: The tran.acticn vas
proper. otherwise should most certainly never
have frct lved and fecelptcu Tor the mOIey hul In
trust until the trans action should be cousunma be.
tween the parties am VERY glad that my c, sr which
IHH sun published, proves o. It's face th,t would
nsselt toucn the Investment. could easily have
purchased II had l been willing. but | did
not uecm such Investment alyIsable for me
TO make. From nrst 10 iast. IN all the egis-
lAu N touching fICinc Railroads, never nld np 7.
est Of penny in one ot Them, ~ Of their
branches Directly Or indirectly. In private letter,
II enywherr, man vii srets ungurded. au ~ et-
ter. written VITA no expectation ~ its being pub
iished. proves conolusNey that when PAci a. Aroaa
Interest Was .ncrcd me with bri4ni promise Of
rrOhts. declared tnat could uut touch IT, tnak
n = A4ssl
Available proof of my Ulcal Integrity ia the matter
1t the pe cf that large wealth, uuu that it las
been sCquired since entered Congress. Tue moderate
properly which | Owa almost wholly derived
IRON fortunate Investment IN coal lands In
mV native MonOugshela Nal.y, Western
PeInsy lyania, mGae some yeats before l arst
tor Congress | notice many papers whose
editors neyrrsA~ me. and notnii: " my alta r.,
glbly put my proper dowa at a iouni IN Hon The
utmo ny property would bring TO-DAY would not
amouAt to nf u palt Of That sum. can say Win he
siiic. cst tuth thst, all things considered, am
day as wcii "a pei u,isrly : was tLr day entered
C0ner -, ~ Dcctmter 1888. had no remained in
Congress wOuld todsy, In NY Judgment have
had large fortune, as business enterprises
which were al my command, II could lave sticnded
to tne.n, have resulted INST favOr~biy. But every
friend knows that neither my Income. nor
lures nor my nIOts Of ME- Imply susgest the pos
session Of fortune, or of anytling, Indeed, Deyonl