The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-25
A SHAMEFUL RECORD.

SHAMEFUL RECORD.
James d. Rlnine Condemned Out
of His own Mouth.
Messrs. James Mulligan and Warren
Fisher, Jr., of Boston, have recently
given to the Eastern press a number
of letters received by them from James
G. blaine, which constitute hitherto
unpublished portions of the" Mulligan
letters" The New York World, in
publishing these letters, says: We
place the documents before the intelli
gent reader in sorrow rather than in
triumph. They show, we think, con-
clusively and without the shadow of
a doubt that James e. Blaine is un-
worthy the suffrage of citizens who
believe that the highest office i'll the
gift of the people should not be given
to man who is by his own admission
to tool and confidant of jobbers who
prostitutes his position and influence
in the house of representatives to lob
byists and speculators whose guilt
betrays itself i'll the painful cries for
help, and whose wretched servility to
the men who owned and used him
makes even those men treat him with
contempt"
Tney fiatly contradict the statements
made by MIR. Blaine, both in the House
of Representatives and before the in
vestigation committee.
For Instance, Mr. Blaine, in the
House of Representatives, April 24th,
1876, said
Il never had any transactions of
any kind with Thomas A. Scott, con
cernIng bonds of the Little Rock d
Fort Smith Road, or the bonds of any
other railroad, or any business in any
way connected with railroads, directly
or indirectly immediately or remotely.
In his own letter of January 26th,
1871, he says.
Let me have an accurate and relia-
BILE statement of your financial cundi
ton aud 1 can do something, | feel
very sanguine, with Thomas A. Scott"
81 know but little of your obliga
tions to deliver bonds to others but
IuOo dCCouhe lIC SolOuiOOO bohuS
you sold to Tom Scott, and the amount
of money you received on the Eastern
contracts, our relative positions tinan-
cially in the Little Rock Il Fort Smith
Railroad bear Il wide contrast"
Comment on these extracts is SIM
ply superfiuOus.
The letters of January 26, April 2l,
and June IA, 1871, fully prove all the
statements made, showing that Blaine
retained $40 900 in land grant bonds
md recuvered So, 600 in new bonds
from the reorganized Little Rock Com
pany. He had the collateral of S>1o, 900
in bonds for the debt, and sold the
same fo $50. 900, or $lI 900 more than
the debt. Then he gets 50, 90 i'll
bonds from the Little Rock Company
on claim in equity covering the same
debt. Mr.. Robert NJ Morse, Jr, L.
hungry for specifications. Here is one
and lie can fully satisfy the largest ap
petite any Repnb lican apnlosist can
possess.
Fisher's letter of November 4 1871
md Blaine. rep y of November y, 1871
show that Fisher charged Blaine with
having received more bonds than Ia,
acknowledged, and Blaine does not
deny it. The reply suggests "agonirs"
only accounted for by the fear that his
Maine friends would discover his ras-
,.ality.
Fisher to Blaine. April l6, 1872
shows the relations between Fisher
and Blaine, and contains distinct
statement that Blaine got out of the
subscriptions of his friends in Maine a
large amount in both bonds and money
free of cost: that he sold his bonds by
asing his political position, at v9y high |
figure; and that discovery wOuld injure him
with his Mdine friends.
The distinct charges are not denied |
in Blaine's reply of April IS, 1879, al
ready published, which, indeed, ad-
mits them, and says only that he
turned the money that he got by sell
ing his bonds to Tom Scott over to his |
Maine friends within forty eight
hours.
The last letter is perhaps the most |
important of this varied SERIES 1t |
does not seem within the range of
possibility that man who has Occu-
pied the high and honorable position
of Speaker of the National House of
Representatives could have written
such letter. He asks Mr., Fisher to
sign letter which would force him to
commit perjury! And this letter was
to be used by Mr.. Blaine to assist him
in capturing nomination for the
presidency-the highest office in the
gift of the 44,OOO,O0O of people whom
Mr.. Blaine claimed that he took into
his confidence. (?)
He asks Mr.. Fiiher to say:
"You Blaine1 became a purchaser
of about $40, 900 of bonds on precisely
the same terms that every other buyer
received, paying for them in INSTALL
ments, running over a considerable
period, just as others did. II
am sure you never owned bond of
that road that you did not pay for at
the market rate"
Inc truth was, as sworn 10 by both
Fisher and Mulliyau, and supported
by the contracts and memorandum of
sales made. that Fisher never sold a
bond to Mr. Blaine but gaHe him as
gratmty or commission some Sl2b 900 Of
binds and SIS, $50 in cash, for Which Mr.
Biainc never paid one cent
The letters are made public by War
rem Fisher, jr. and JAMES Mulligan.
They include the letters that Blaine
rea in the House May 9Th, 1876. aud
others which Mr.. Blaine suppressed.
They give full history of The deals
made by Blaine with Fisher and Cald
we'll in the Fort Smith u Little Rock
Railroad, tell how he got lands for
which he never paid, how he rnped
his friends into the scheme, how he
got money from Fisher and Caldwell