The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-24
BIaine's Shame.
Hartford Times. !

hdfLtOrQ lines.
The new batch of Blaines correspondence
with Warren Fisher. Jr., to-day made pub
lie completes the proof OF the ex-Speaker's
guilt. 1t fixes him, beyond all hope of rescue
by his partisans, in the light of convicted
rogue. 1t shows that James G. Blaine prosti-
tuted his official trust for private gain: and
that, when he found the net Of exposure
its meshes by trickery manipulation of the
record and series of barefaced, deliberate
falsehOods.
In 1876, Blaine, in great dread of the Con.
gressional Investigation, went down on his
knees before James Mulligan, begging for the
return of those damaging letters showing
his corruption as Speaker, in his rulings and
action on the aid to an Arkansas railroad.
He got back package which contained all,
as he supposed, that remained of his letters
to Josiah Caldwell and Warren Fisher. But
others remained. Thinking he had all that
were in existence, Blaine, on the 9Th of June,
1876, read to the House such as he pleased,
claiming that it was all he had written.
But it was ascertained that this was false
hood. He kept back some damaging letters,
and these have been heretofore given to the
public, from copies that he knew nothing of.
1t wss in one of these that he promised to be
mo deadhead" if he wss let in.
In his personal statement of April "a, 1876,
in the House, Mr.. Blaine said: my whole
connection with the road has been as open
as the day" But it appears from these let
tiers that Blaine, who had been making
money out of his neighbors and friends by
getting subscriptions to the Little Rock Rail
road bonds at higher rates than those at
winch Fisher wss selling them, wrote con-
fdentially to the latter, No one will ever
know from me that have disposed OF single
dollar in Maine;" and again, Il note what
you say about the importance OF my keeping
llquiet here"
open as tie day." indeed,
Mr.. Fisher calls my attention to the way
he (Blaine) had heeced his neighbors in those
subscriptions-and adds:
l. out OF their subscriptions you obtained a
large amount, both OF bonds and money,
free of cost to you. / have your own figures,
and know the amount. Owing to your po-
litiCal position you were able to work of all
your bonds at a very high price. and the
fact is well known to others as well as NY
self. Would your friends in Maine be salts
fed if they knew the fscts?"
In another letter Blaine wants Caldwell
| (tbe builder of the road and manager OF the
bond distrlbuti0n) to be impressed with mis-
Blaine's. services to the scheme, by ''iuclos
ing the Globe"--meaning the Congressional
GlObe-with his rulings, as Speaker, marked
but, he adds, he doesn't want TO be indeli
cate.
The dishonesty of Blaine. in the letter:
relating to the establishment OF a National
Bank at Little Rock, is too plainly shown to
require comment.
Blaine has fatty denied that ne ever had
''aDy dealings whatever" with Tom Scott in
the matter OF the railroad bonds. The
| Fisher correspondence proves that he lied.
He bad already sold Scott 100000 Of the
bonds when he told that wrong story
His whitewashing letter, written by him
self, to be signed by Fisher, is as character
istic as any part of these new revelations
concerning the Republican candidate for
President of the United States.
But the whole batch Of letters condemns
him