Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-30

one % The recently pahnshed icttcrs
from Mr. blaine o. Mr. Fisher contains
the following list - subscribers b The liz.
tle Rock and Fort Smith Railroad stock
rhlo llersey. ballast 800
Nv Johnson. heifssf. Ash
"a a Johnson belfast, 49,
Nahum y. Monroe. hsifasf. $50
4. a. uArehins. Belfast heo
The list l. incomplete. however. a. II.
n Johnson ana Capt. Horace Hartman
were subscribers. and the total amount
taken 10 Belfast was $1,000. Three Of
TIE above namei. Messrs 4. W ami "
4. Johnson and \ 4. Monrne are dad.
The investors were NOS, % them wealthy.
AMI we're % both political parties. Messrs-
G. n. Hafeltlnc. n A. Johnson and Phllo
Jersey are nov residents Of Belfast, a. 10
isf9. and Il + well known 81 their fellow
citizens TIA, they have repeatedly IN cou.
versaton resented The attacks upon Mr..
blaine ani declared their Connisnce In Ill.
integrity and good faith. Thlnking - get
something more In detail, representative
Of the J1arufi called on Judge Ilerssy on
Monday iasi. AMI amer stating his crrani
that gentleman replied that ho bal re-
csived fsw DAYS before letter from
Edward W. Pcndlston. Esq. - Detroit.
Michigan, asking whether. In his opinion
Hoo. Jas a. blaine acted honorary In the
matters referred n 10 the Fisher CORES
pondcncs. Il did not keep 4 copy Of the
letter, continued Judge ilcrsey. "but
can give you the substance, and II covers
the ground Of The J9srnlfs enquiry. In
answer % Mr.. rcniiciou's question I said
that believed NJ BlkiBe's condnct In This
matter NAs honorable Ina The Highest De-.
gree. was one % the purchasers II
bombs AMI stock In the LILLE Rock ana
Fort smith Railroad - the extent 90 IS.
o.. II was hArgalncd for and terms stat.
ed through Mr.. Blslnc, and wholly paid
FOR In ten per cent monthly lnstsllments
directly ~ me % Warren Fisher. !, with
sevcrAi Others % This clty. subscribed for
and tOOk. think. $4,000 % said stock
Ant bonds The transaction was plain.
open. frank AMI fair. The whole iransac.
ton MAS b. correspondence. aud arose
nom q casual remark about the Little Rock
ana Fort smith Railroad enterprise In a
letter from Mr.. Blaine 10 Alfred W. John
son on other business. Mr.. Blaine asked
20 one Of us % take dollar OF The stock
lie wAs asked BY us 20 state The nature OF
the enterprise and ili 80 fally, frankly and
,ruthfully We all took stock and met
with loss. and A. We 40 not claim % be-
much above the average OF The human
race, would have found fault with Mr.
Blaine u he bal been al fault Bat A. a
matter Of fact / have never heard The
slightest animation that be was q, fAait
or acted In the least degree dishonorAble.
ca the contrary every one OF The seven
who took stock-thrcc OF whom were
DcmOcrats-hayc always Insisted that Mr..
Blaine acted with The utmost good fAlth.
one Of the number (Chas. II. llAEciilncl
who u on the Democratic electoral ticket
ln this state. has 80 declared himself Ia
the most emphatic terms In q letter to the
Irsss over bis own signaiarc and has ~
pcAiedly stated % cnqulfcfs In The street
that Mr. BlAlne's part Ia the whole trans.
action VA. perfectly honorable. aud that
the aitemp; - distori the meaning and
purpose % Mr. BlAlncs private and busl.
ncss correspondence Is wrong and unjust.
A. Tor myself. feeling that know much
more about this matter than Mr. Blaine :
slandcrers. regard this a. an illustration
OF the narrOwness and badness OF extreme
pArtlsanshlp In dlstiillng falsehOod from
truth. Why. never met q man or has a
transaction with a man la my whole busl-
ness life more strictly honest la represent
alton OF what now know ~ be- true than
was Mr.. Blaine la his representation 10
us regarding the Little Rock and Fort
smith Railroad"
Judge Herscy's letter 10 Mr. Pcndleton.
Of which the following Is the substance.
will probably be Published In the Detroit
papers. Mr. L. IL q brother OF DIR. l.. W
Pcndleton, formerly OF Belfast. AMI now
of Portland, and l. q successful lawyer
aud active Republican. IL hardly Deeis 10
be ADDED that DC II fOr Blaine and Logan.
Since the above was written Judge Her
sey has handed Us written statement over
his own signature, Of which We use only
the conc luding pages, A. the FIRST was COW
cred By bis statement above
II believe that every one (of the Belfast
investors) has In my presence spoken In
emphatic terms OF approval Of Mr.. Blaine's
conduct Ia the transaction, His repre-
sensations were strictly true, except In
this lie said the corporation would Is
sue 10 ne bonds 10 the amount paid amer
payment OF each $1,000. - | remember.
This Was our understanding both with Mr..
Blaine and the corporation. but u was
not done. think we had paid nearly II
not quite AL the Assessmtus, DeloTe any
OF the bonds were issued. On writing 10
Mr.. Fisher about the delay In the issue OF
bonds he gave me = reason satisfactory al
the time, but DO not now recall what II
was. There was no blame attached 20 Mr..
Blaine for the delay A. II was the stipuls-
ton OF the corporation 20 so issue them,
As 1 have above stated. have read all
the Mulligan. Fisher Blaine letters. and |
fail a. yet 20 discover anything 20 shake
my faith In the entire honesty OF Mr.
Blaine IN the transaction with Us, resi-.
dents OF Belfast The transaction was
open. simple, Straightforward and In the
ordinary and approved method Of dom z
business. and In no way merits the dlstort-
ed transformation that the malice OF par
tisAn spirit Is giving H.
Very Respectfully,
(slgned) PHILo ilERsEY.