The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-01
NEWS NUGGETS.
SENATOR EDMUNDS.
He Denies that He is in Any Way
Corrupt.

He Denies that He is in Any Way
Corrupt.
Washington, 50.-The following
correspondence recently passed be-
tween Senator Edmunds and VIM.
Walter Phelps:
UNITED STATES SENATE,
Washington, 2SEh.
Dear Sir-I have your letter IN
defence of Mr.. Blaine, in the Sun
day Tribune, and also the editorial
in the Tribune thereon, in which
you say: Senator Edmunds was
unders Oed to have q block of Bur-
lington and Missouri securities"
and "Senator Edmunds acquired
these interests in the Burlington
and Missouri road when they were
in the Senate. They both sup.
ported the bill to restore the land
grant to their road" These stateA
ments, taken in connection with the
rest Of your letter, evidently mean
that at the time OF the legislation
referred to, l was somewhat inter
ested in that road or It's securities,
and the editorial in the Tribune
states expressly, as being your state~
10 mt, that thing. Both yourself and
the tribune are totally mistaken. |
have hunted up what l suppose to
be the joint resolution to which
you refer, being the Senate joint
resolution No. 20, first session OF the
FOrty-first Congress-, OF which /
had no recollection whatever befOre,
but I see on looking at the Con-
gressional Globe of that time, that |
did make single remark on the
subject OF the House amendment,
which remark I commend to your
careful consideration. had not at
that time, and never had before,
any ownership or interest in the
money, bonds or stock of that read,
or any other out of the State of
Vermont; never expected to have,
and had no more connection with
the passage Of the joint resolution
than you had, and know no more
than you (Which [ assume
was nothing at alp, excepting
what may be inferred from my re-
mark on the House amendment.
More than three months afterwards
and on the 18th of July. 1869, l
found on looking at my old books l
subscribed for 195 shares of stock
and $4,000 bonds Of she Burlington
& Missouri river railroad company
in Nebraska, which I assume was g
road in some way affected by the
legislation referred to, and paid in
cash the same price that all other
subscribers did, and held the stock
for several years when l sold it il
the Boston market at the market
price, and no more, and then OF
afterwards bought more of the bonds
of the same company, which sold
This is the whole story, and l give
you authority to verify it by an ex
animation of the books of the COM
pany in Boston, or an examination
of 10y books, or both. It is of some
consequence among men who intend
to be truthful, as do, and no doubt
you do, to be somewhat accurate in
making statements about the acts
and dolpgs of other people. II yor
or anybody else wish to know any
thing concerning my business, OF
other transactions at any time, ]
shall be happy to put you in posses
sion of precise information, go you
will be certain that what you say is
true. l am neither willing nor de
sirous TO be either a candidate o.
President, which everybody who ha
either spoken or written to me upon
the subject knows, but as I natur'
ally like TO stand well in the estina'
tion of my fellow citizens, di.like
to be accused either of corruption,
bias. seIfishness or acting on public
question in which | have a private
interest, when such accusations are
untrue. Respectfully yours,
(Signedl
GEO. F. EDMUNDs.
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