The Portland daily press., 1884-10-21

Lieut. Gov. Ames of massaehusetts TX
pI"ius the Motives of muIIigan and
ES.haw
Boston Traveller.)

pl"lns the motlVss of muIlgam and
Fisher.
Boston Traveller)
Last Saturday afternoon, at the meeting Of
the Middlssex Club, Hon. o liver Ames, Lieu
tsnant Governor OF Massachusetts,, was asked
to address the club, and in response, made a
speech in which he threw a food Of light,
never before let in, on the motives which have
prompted Mr.. Mulligan in his pursuit OF Mr..
Blaine. report of Mr.. Ames' remarks is
given below and will we'll repay perusal, as he
shows up the animus of Mr.. Blaine's chief de-
famer very thoroughly. He spoke substan-
TALLY as follows:
LIEUTENANT-GovERNoRA ANIEs' REMARKS.
propose to say something to you In regard to the
Mulligan letters. First 1 will say that know
some hing Of great BUSH ess enterprises and OF men
who are concerned in them. If 1 have not been
actor in great enterprises myself, belong TO a
family that has.
In great enterprises YOU meet all kinds of mem
and most of them ION the make" You will find
most men are honest, and that they are "on the
m 'ke'' in an honest way. Most men who are lead
are honest men, and are dealing with honest en-,
they do not weigh their words carefully. They
write as they work, with enthusiasm. They write
in the press of business, to accomplish a certain
end. They don't stop to weigh every word they
wri,e 10 friend interested in the same enterpri,e
with themselves. They don't expect 10 have their
letters stolen by some ylndciive enemy, and to
have their innocent words spread before the pub
lie and distorted to mean things they dreamed
Of How any business men in this meeting can
that they nave not written letters in the press
of business that would sound strangely If read by
an enemy? He must be perfect man who
can say he stand the test Perfect
men ale scarce. There are but few of us.
Mr.. Blaine as a business man. He is an enthusias-
tic worker in everything he undertakes He works
born business man. L believe that IL Mr.. Blaine
had kept ou Of politics and devoted himself to bus
ness his great business ability would have made
him of the most successful business men of this
generation.
Mr.. Mulligan was a clerk Of Jacob Stanwood a
biother-in-law of Mr.. Blaine. He Protest.
ant lrishman, who educated for the ministry.
He was man of considerable ability. and man
who thoroughly believed in Mr.. Mulligan. Mr..
Starwood also man of ability, and thor
ouRh believer in Mr., Stanwood The two men had
a misunderstanding and of course both we're right
Mr.. Stanwood discharged Mr. Mulgan Mr. Mul-
ligan had claim against Mr.. Slanwood. A ter
bitter controversy, Mr.. Stanwood and Mr.. Mulgan
agreed upon sum for which they would set 10 The
dispute, and Mr. Blaine at Mr.. Stanwoo rs request
put ths agreement in writing, naturally making 1t
strong and binding upon both parties Mullgan
refused to sign. The matter was subseq GENTLY left
out to auditor, and Mulligan was awarded much
less than his claim. Mr.. George s. Hillard was the
auditor, anu his award was substantially the ba-
SIS of MIR Blaine's statement. Mr.. Mullgan was,
therefore, very mad with Mr. Blame. AS Muli2an
is said to be man who never forgives or forgets
any faneed injury this will account for his malig-
nant hatred of Mr.. Blaine
Mr.. Mulligan afterwards became The clerk Of
Warren Fisher, who haa business connections with
Mr.. Eben >tanwood, another brother-in-law Of Mr..
Blaine At the c announcement of the war Mr.
Fisher had large interest in the Spencer ride
which rife he vainly tsiedto get the government TO
purchase. Failing in this he induced Mr.. Blaine to
go 10 Washington and lay it before the War Depart
ment. Mr.. Blaine succeeded and was paid by Mr.
Fisher SlO,(00 in money and $40, 900 in stock Of
the >pencer Rhe Company TO be paid out of the
profits Mr. Fisher made lots of money out Of the
gress.
magnificent land grant TO the Little Rock & Fort
smith railroad. and the road appeared in Congress
for certain legislation Their bill went through the
Senate BY unanimous vote and came down to the
House. When there some tackled on as an
amendment some other scheme which would have
defe sted the bill. Ihe man who had charge of the
Lit Rock bill was il great Distress and asked Mr.
Blaine what he should do TO save his bill. Mr..
Blaine told him to raise point OF order that the
amendment was not germAne to the bill. The point
OF order was ra sed and Mr.. Blaine speaker.
sustained 1t Everybody says Mr.. Blaine did the
right thing; criticises the ruling. Mr. Blame
at the time had no /, terest H. the bill, did he
ever expect to; neither did any of his friends.
Some months after Mr.. Warren Fisher took cor
tract to build the road on most favorable terms.
de was backed up by a strong list of sub
Boston-and Mr.. Blaine took an interest on
precisely the same terms as the other subscribers
as his letters 10 Mr. Fisher show. Ii also appears
that Mr. Blaine undertook to place some Of the
securities among his friends In Maine on private
profit for himself. 1t also appears that he loaned
$50, 600 OF his borrowed money the promoters Of
the enterprise Suddenly, without notice to his
oOAN
Caldwell, and the enterprise was ruined Mr.
Blaine now, like the honest man that he is went to
his Maine friends and took back the securities he
had sold them, and paid them back their n oney
No man who traded with Mr. Blaine has ever found
wSo cspp slsf y only me Truly 60 outsiders
The result TO Mr.. Blaine modification and a
loss of over $40 600. This was the financial result
OF his Fort Smith investment In 1872 Thomas A.
Scott of Pennsylvanis became president of the
Union Pacific railroad when it in great financial
distresa- He clairnea have of great service
to the company. The company paid no salary at
that time 10 its president. Mr.. scott prevailed on
the executive committee 70 purchase of him lot of
Little Rock bonds at price above their market
value as reward for his extraordinary Sci vices.
Some time afterwards Mr. j. S. o. HarIison =
government director of the Union Pacific was
looking over the affairs of the company and his
attention was called to these Little Rock bonds by
some one making remark that they thought these
might have been MIR. Blane's bonds. Mr. Harrison
was great friend of Governor o. P, Morton of In
diana, who was an asDirant for the presidency. Mr..
Blaine at this time the leading candidate aad
the most popular Republican In the country. There
was no chance for Mr.: Morton unless Mr.. Blaine
insligated the investigation of 1876.
Nov was Mulligan's opportunity. He gathered
the letters OF Mr.. Blaine and those written by Mr..
Fisher at his instigatiOn, and started for Washing
ton He said before he started that "Jim Blaine
should never be Pr. sident of the United States IL
he could help it," Mr. Elisha Atkins was present
at the interview between Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Fisher
aud Mr.. Muiligan, in Mr.. Fishers room, when the
matter of the letters was discussed He says that
Mr.. Blaine was very calm. and Mr.. MuligaH was
very angry. He says that MIR. Blaine went from
AshoA AoOAi W muihBahs room ahu
shortly came back with the letters. Mr. Blaine
very calm and showed no signs of excitement.
Mr.. Blaine said to Mr.. Fisher. "Th,se letters be-
long to you or me. Mr.. MulliRan b. right to
them, and propose to keep them" Mr. Fisher
made no objection. Then Mr.. Blaine handed them
to Mr.. Atkins and requested him to read them to
see If they were bad. MIR. Atkins declinei 10 re-
ceive them or read them, and Mr.. Blaine took them
away. a afterwards Mr.. Blaine read them in tho
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Fisher is known to many of you am told
BY those who knew him when he had the respect OF
bis business associates, that he is not the he
once was; that he is br ken mentally as well as
financially. In this condition. with Mr. Mulhsan
burning with hatred against Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Fisher
becomes as putty in his hands. Who inspired Mr..
Fisher TO write his insinuations against Mr. Blaine
except Mr.. Mulligan? And TO the last install
ment Of Mulgan's letters who inspired Mr.. Fisher
to publish them? don't know but Mr. Fisher says
that he consulted with Rev. james Freeman Clarke
and Kew James freeman Clarke advised him to
publish them
What honest men think OF the testimony of
two men inspired BY such motives MessIs. Multi
gan and Fisher are shown to have been moved by,
and who, under their influence have not scrupled
to take mans private and confidential cor
respondenee received by them under the zeal OF
friendly secrecy. and publish 1t with the studied
purpose of using it so as to create the worst impe
sion against him publishing only such letters first
as appeared worst, standing by themselves; with
holutng others for later use, and printing hem out
of their connection, and all the time keeping back
tue bulk of their Own letters TO him, in reply 10
which his own letters to them written? say
the whole thing is mean, malicious and contemph-
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Maine Industrial Notes.