Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-17

:, rs.,,,i' "''ce' THE new hat n
y, mu.,lgan h,ters place Blaine In a wor..
,'sn. t"an ne $1,000 before. There was a
marked ingratitude IN the man wo,n. | n
en- bis best friend. Fisher. ana s";,, p'cA
return penny Of the money bc hs'nng y,
from him, though Fisher heiped h,n, ' ~. .,'l
crater part Of his fortuna and a. :, ."e
POOR man, while Blaine is the posso "om .
millions ''''ossor OF
Colonel Murphy. OF the State Conu,,,.
at is another nail IN Blaine's coe,n s,.,;
VIII 90 a great deri 10 make ,h;nt;, n a"'
puhiicans pause before commiti,n~ ,tn Nv
selves TO the Republican candid,te'3 '"''-
Is. Ii. Sma ley. secretary OF Ale N.,,o,,,
democratic Committee: 1.-THE voters must
Judge whether Mr.. Blaine. hein, mus w.
Speaker OF the House of Renrescn,s,, .ne
when he went into this rulroo1.in,ia.s
business. Is iii man for the pre,idenc,
think they viii decide that he Is nor "
Ex-Mayor Wickham: "T5is Is s;,,,.
personal contest between two men and
oil great political questions seem =, "b ~
dropped out. All there Is in 4, ~ ~
merits Of the two candidates. and n,In.s
the second series OF letters is exn,,;ned
Mr.. Blaine ought not TO he regarded Win
favor rs n candidate"
Colonel j. II. Fellows: 81 think ,ho
cflcc. Of the publication OF these letters
should be the Withdrawal OF Mr.. Rlelnc a.
a candidate, and he will do it il he has sny
shame lett"
- HIGH.GRADE JOHN NELLY"
81 read the new Mulligan letters this
morning" said Mr.. Henry Hcntz. a well.
known cotton merchant, land 1t is certain
that il will hurt Mr.. Blaine very much in.
deed. II will make wayering Independents
very strong and will pull over good many
from the Republican ranks. That dictated
letter in particular in which Blaine writes
n letter for Fisher TO return 10 him exon
Grating him from dishonest practices is
disgraceful exhibition. 1t ought alone 70
defeat him. But never had high opin-
ion of Tie man. He is nothing but 4 high
grade John Kelly"
TEEsE OPINION.
Everybody knows my opinion OF Mr..
Blaine" SAID Mr.. August Belmont, the
veteran bsn6er. cit did not require the
additional proof Of letters written in con-
noctiCn with his pCliticOii financial business
tn confirm my sentiments with regard TO
him. That BE- is neither q safe nor honest
msn Was shown when he occupied the POI
sriior of Secretary Of State. Since he was
thcte have needed no Mulligan letters TO
help me form an opinion Of Mr.. Blaine"
DAMAGING TO HIS PRESIDENTIAL CHANCES.
Mr.. Henry a. Oakley. Of the Harvard
Insurance Company, said: - have NOT had
time TO read the letters yet. but shall Ger.
tainly devote myself TO them this evening.
They cannot very well strengthen the bad
opinion Of Blaine which ] already bare
formed. ] am Republican, but am now
among the Independents"
Mr.. Gallup. OF Loprey & Gallup. SAID:
:" Il is y terrible, terrible eye.opener. II it
docs not Nil Blaine politically, it will be
because the American people prefer dis
honesty 10 honesty. Even the street, which
is largely Blaine, has been shaken to-day"
The Fisher correspondence has had
yeIy powerful effect upon opinion on the
Cotton Exchange said a member, land
several hitherto Blaine men came out to-
day and said they would never cast vote
for him."
he ONLY FEATHERED HIS NEST.
81 can see how Republicans can make
up their minds TO support the candidate OF
their party as against an opposition candi-
date" said General Iloratio c. King. "but
fail to see how any man can read those
Mulliean letters and believe Blaine 10 be an
honest man.
Have you talked with many Repubi.
cans Iet ardiEg the letters, Gcneral!" ask
Cd The reporter.
"YCs; but they say Blaine has only done
as others have done. They say he had
a chance TO feather his nest and he feather
cd it,"
TIE LETTERS SPEAK VOLUMES.
President Randolph, OF the Continental
Bank, wsS measuring columns of figures
with yard-stick when disturbed by the
Herald reporter, and he said rather petu
laptly that be did not care to be quoted
about politics.
However" vOuchsaied Mr.. Randolph.
YOU nay say for me that think the letters
speak most eloquently; they speak whole
volumes"
AN OPINION AZ Is AN OPINION.
"When | read those letters this morn
ing" said George a. COster, the Broad.
way ciotbier. Il thought 10 myself that
Blaine was fixed 1T last. We knew all
along that the first letters were genuine,
but We made up our minds to forgive him
for them. We have always known that
Blaine he'd bad record, and that he was
working Congress for al the money there
was in it. However, | can't vote the
ticket and shall vote for
Blaine Yet il will be an outrage il Cleve-
lsud is not elected, IS II he Is defeated
there will be no encouragement left for
honest government"
TO HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE.
General c. T. Christensen, who was
strong party Republican, but who is now
IN the field against Blaine. said, when seen
in The office OF Drexel, Morgan d Co., that
Mr. Blaine was now helpless.
"Those letters will have great influence
in behalf Of Cleveland" said the General,
" and unless proven to be forgeries. which
is highly improbable, they will crush Mr.
Blaine. / bad intended to send the first
letters to the ScaudiDayians In the West,
hut now shall send these later ones with
them and let them do the work OF a stump.
speaker. And there are several other things
proparing to lie launched upon the head OF
Nj. Blaine which will bury him out OF
sight" So,
do you really think these letters will
convert many Republicans who up to TINS
time have been steadfast to Blalne!" asked
the reporter.
Undoubtedly. saw scores OF new re-
cruits to-day. And there are thousands OF
Independent Republicans who are Keeping
quiet ana VINO VIII not w hiAo"h uh'"
Then thew will swarm to the
polls and vote for Cleveland in oyerwhelm-
ing numbers"
40 SYMPATHY FOR BLAINE.
The leading member Of the firm OF Charles
Head a. Co., bankers, in the Mills building,
Was cut when the reporter called, but a
representative Of the firm volunteered TO
ave an idea Of the sentiment in The office.
He said:
:. We regard these letters as very serious
matters. We now no longer have any
sympathy for Blaine. Cleveland Will be
undoubtedly elected by tidal-wave ma
iority." c,
President Evans, OF the Wall-Street
National Bank, had not read the letters
either. but ne conceded with 4 gentleman
caller in the expressed belief that " Blame
and Logan were to be laid on the SHELL"
l.. NJ. Bates. OF the wholesale dry-go0ds
firm of Bates, Reed q Cooley. strong Re-
publican. consoled himself with the belief
that the Mulligan letters were an Old story
and had long ago been discounted by the
public. -.
The representative head OF the carpet
firm Of W. j. Sloane said that while ne
Rad not read the letters, he could safely
saw from " hat he had heard from others
who had read them that they would be the
nail i'm Mr.. Biain,'s coffin. lie hoped they
would. as he felt that the Republican party,