The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-10
BLAINE,S DECEPTION.
One Of the Documents Fartsined from Mulli-
gan that he Did not Read.


The statement made by Mr.. Mulllgan
that MIR. Blaine mad failed to read TO tue House
Monday all tho documents purioined by him
WIS stoutiy denied by the JrdpetleT aud some
other organs. But our own advioes rendered Il
certain that, while pretending To have read all,
some OF the most important papsrs had been
passed over. and tn Il thus the sx-speaker had
been guilty Of piece OF deception tust, under
all ths circumstances, vas perfectly astound-
Ing. After reading letters 10 Tue House, Mr.
Blaine said
have now read these nfteen ietters-the whole Of
MSi igsn's IN IN sadum. snich nave heie.
Mr.. Gio,er-whi he gentleman allow tnAt memoisn-
MI. sl.lasaMs. Just =. moment There was . con.
ssee sss '.0 b. Nun sOs ~ n the par. wno coS.s Lille
kCcs bonds. ivnly refer 20 ha' because Il IS toe
public. ''''''' '''''
paper that came from Mulh<au1
Mr. Bsiuo-Every solitary scrap ana scrimpture
BY this statement, apparently SO frank and
guiieless, tue House were deceived ana made
W believe that Inc document which follows had
already oeen m de pubic whereas not word
OF IL nad oeen publIsuel a. anu Tor the very rs -
son that Mr. Bl .ine ID obtansu II from Auili-
gan Oy deception, and hulhgan mad no copy.
BY tnis cunning ueyice Blame avoided the read
ing of II Is, the most important OF all
Bosros. Sent. b, 1859.
where's. have this day ent-ieu into agrecltnt ~h
s4ne " dey,r to them certain specined OF
as % ssSs a Ss & d f s sa I's ru. n
pany, up0n said ~ yry TO me tue az resale sum
j. G. blaine Snd Geiyered parties uy said Blaine
~, witnesses a.
nent coutrncs referred 10, by tue pay
Of tie ,l3OO0O, anu for other valuable eonsGtrA
ton, tue receipt Uf wnc1 Is acknowledged, hereJy
aKrrs to deliver J. u. Blaine, order, lur
building the Lat RV anu FOrt smith R,Lroao,
tue following securities, nanny; OF the aud
bonds per cents siJJ.OOO, the hrst mortgage bonds
gulu sixes, to2oUO Ana these slJOOOO Of and Dunds
denNeIvu tO sald B,lne over ana b0ve the secur
ties agreed uenVered Oy rren Fisher Jr..
signre to The parties making tle Contracts "hca par
tne securities to received by eacl, are named IN
memorandum On the next PAGE of this sieet.
Anu further agreed tnat ~ the cvout OF any one
OF salJ parties iuihng 70 pay the anu stipulated
tnuD the amount O Curltes to De uUivereu 10 said
BiAlue under hls agreement 81 be reduced IN the
oloruon that the dencit of payment bears 10
the 's"res-'e amount rsss SsTs 'i sus Rs P,a A.sa
witness ALyAE H. tLAADKBs.
tst"inpl
Then follows the list OF the Maine suhsorib ers
to whom b.aiue was To deliver tue stOCk an4
b ,nds 10 the amount named Ia The Ouu. .rdUt,
and inmed iately beneath ~ 10 tns tOIIo" ing
memorandum;
In addition the above there to be delivered o
j. u. blA ues OTuef OF tue land bonuh 7s currency.
$4,000; hr.t nOrtgiK juds Us, gold $4,000.
THIS was MIR. Blaine's share Of tho "swag,"
anu tnOse are the bonds tnat answer precisely
e. the description OF those which Col, InOmas
A. Scptt suOudersd upon the Union Pacific for
kb4,UUU. Mnat the other valuable COnsdera-
Tons were can only be Inferred out from the
| fact that 1T. Blaine had repeatedly caiod tue
attention bOth OF Cal1w aud III 10 his
| V Iuable services in behalf Of the Little Rock
he resent itlves, Il Is reasonable conclusion
that the Sl62,5U0 IN bonds we're gwen la requtal
for the aid be had gwen In securing the egisid-
| tiOn they desire d.