Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-26
Ex.SPeakef Blaine and Josiah Cald.
well.
AN EXPLANATORY LETTER FROM THE


Correspondence has been furnished for
publication between Mrs. Gen. Sherman and
Josiah Caldwell as follows:
MRS SHERMAN WROTE TO CALDWELL
have read the charges against my con sin
Hon. James G. Blaine, are very willing
to believe them all and very unwilling to
believe any evidence in his defense. Tney
say the dispatch from Csld well to the chair
man of the Judiciary Committee was
"bogus." In this days paper there app ears
letter from you to Mr.. Blaine. With equal
fairness they pronounce that "bogus" also
Will you do me the great favor to write me
one line TO say that you sent the dispatch In
question, and that you wrote the letter
return with the answer 1 crave. Begging
pardon for iutrudiug upon your tune, bat
feeling sure that you Will pay the desired
courtesy to the wife of General Sherman, /
am with great respect. very truly yours,
ELLEN EWING SHERMAN"
CALDwELL's RESPONSE.
Under GATE OF London, July 10, Mr.. Cald-
The history OF the dispatches and letter is
as follows: On the 9th OF May / recei vet
the following cable message from Mr.. Robin
son, an engineer who had been in my em-
ploy, ard who now attends TO some OF my
business matters in the United States, with
whom / am In weekly correspondence [Here
"See Scots ties timoDy."I
After referring to New York papers and
reading Col. Seott's evidence, L cs6led hin
II.
dispatch to Scott as to the correctness of the
latter's testimony, and also n dIspatch to
him from Reed. addressed Favo. He also
quotes his dispatch Of June 1 to Chairman
Caldwell continues:-I wrote Mr.. Blaine
on June the letter 10 which you refer, and
which has been published In the newspapers.
On the 18th June. during my absence from
London, the following dispatch was recei we'd
at my Office from Mr.. Knott: [Mr Cald-
well here quotes Knots dispatch asking for
irl1n al xy<
davit
On June "a 1 mailed to Mr.. Knott my i'd
davtt sworn to before the United States
consul general in London. In which 1 sub.
stantfated Col Scott's evidence before the
Judiciary Committee as to the purchase BY
him from me OF Fort Smith rail way bonds,
and afffrmed that I had never given Mr..
Blaine, directly or otherwise, any money,
bonds or things Of value or things represents
Ing value for any purpose whatever.
these dispatches and of my connection with
the persons that sent them, that you may
know all the facts, for see that some OF Lne
were sent me BY persons acting as agents of
Mr.. Blaine. My correspondents did per-
fectly right in telegraphing as they did.
Lhey were on the spot. MT. Reid knew my
Fort Smith railway bonds, and was three
thousand miles away, with no knowledge of
what had transpired, except what mad just
read In newspaper, which was twelve DAYS
old when IL reached me. L had no means OF
knowing what had TRANSFERRED In the inter-
val, and bad they simply telegraphed calling
my attention to the charges brought against
Mr.. Blaine In connection with the Fort
Smith railway bonds and to Col. Scott's
statement. in which my name had been pub.
ltcly made use of, should have cablet thsm
to inform me 10 what manner and what lau-
gusge 1 could most effectually exoner ate
Mr.. Blaine from the charge so falsely
brought against him. II gives me much pleas
ure to respond to your inquiries, and with
great respect. / am, madame, very truly,
your obedient servant,
JOSIAH CALDWELL.