The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-19
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a Man Who Thinks the Whole North VIII Go
Republican--A Pair of Low scamps.

A Man Who Thinks the Whole North VIII Go
Republican--A Pair of Low Scamps
Letter from New York.
Yesterday / met Mr.. Larned, of western
Massachusetts,, who was the friend of Dawes in
the State Senate when he was elected to the
United States Senate, and the mean opponents
of Dawes tried to elect Larned, so as to be
guilty of consistent act of treachery, which
seems to be part and parcel of the reform
business. He said the election this year is a
pretty close matter, and II think that Ben But
Ter running for President is what will save
Blaine
Said I: Don't you think Blaine is popularlp
"Oh, yes; but in the long career of political
party it has that weakness which comes from
age in man. At twenty-one you will fight a
prize-fght At sixtyone you can hardly hold
your dinner on your stomach
Said L: what is your idea about the election
nowF
II think we shall carry all the Northern States.
There is no trouble about any States in New
England. They will all go Republican, New
Hampshire and Connecticut included. In some
of the Western States where there has been a
large immigration, and the history of the coun-
Try IWe1Jy-Hf years ago - Hdfuly uuu0fSLOOu.
the Republicans have to struggle with local and
social issues for which they are not prepared,
and where they have to be very wary on both
sides
Said I: Have you read the new batch of let
ters from Blainep
II have And while some people not acquaint-
ed with business affairs may not understand
them, no man of business will do SO. 1t is per-
fectly clear to my mind that Blaine thought the
Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad, from its cen
fral Sif11afi0n the n he q
valuable property. He went into that road with
Others and he sold good many of its bonds in
tho State of Maine, to his friends and consttu-
ents, probably guaranteeing to them by word
the interest on the bonds. In little while the
road defaulted on the bonds. 1t never has
amounted to much. Blaine then began to pay
out of his pocket these dividends until he saw
ruin staring him in the face If he did not pay
the dividends his friends in Maine would say:
You are great scamp for having got us to in
vest in this kind Of property If he did pay
the dividends he would have nothing to buy soap
with. So he applied to this man Fisher who
was at that time l understand, man in fine
circumstances and making money, to help him
out In the end he found Fisher was a scamp,
and was holding his letters, written under the
exigency of these Obligations for the purpose of
cxtorting money from him.
stNow.r said Mr.. Larned, IF you go down
into the financial quarter of New York you will
find plenty of prominent men there who are
this day paying out of their abundance interest
on repudiated or defaulted bonds. Here is Mr.
Coe, the president of one of the principal New
York banks, who has for years been paying out
dividends in bonds he thought good and induced
people to take. The bonds were of no good
All mon are liable to be wrong in such specula-
tions Coe, feeling that he could not afford to
deprive these investors of their money has
used his income to keep on paying these divi;
dends. Blaine had not the money, and he asked
Fisher for cash to help him out
Said |: what do you think of Fisher and
Mullisanp
two low scamps Men who address the peo-
pie Of the United States by disclosing private
correspondence have poor opinion Of the peo-
pie Of the United States Now said Mr.. Lar
ned, 81 call your attention to one fact. Papers
like the New York Times have been claiming
for months that Mr.. Blaine stole one of Multi
ran's letters and suppressed it. II seems now
chat all this time these scamps have
had this letter. because they bring it
out in this batch Of correspondence.
So Blaine told the truth when he said the letter
was missing The New York Times is losing its
neWspaper sense think said Mr.. Larned
THAT this last batch of letters viii help Blaine.
They have been holding these things back with
the idea that they had terrible bomb SHELL The
bornb-shell has burst. and is mere gourd filed
full Of small peas
Mr., Theron Crawford, naive Of Michigan.
Who has been in Maine for four weeks most Of
The time in Blainc's family gave me some idea
yesterday about how Blaine feels He said that
blaine was good deal anxious about the State
81 Maine, and thought that that if he got any
where from 5000 to II, 600 majority he would do
we'll
Said /: what does Blaine think about West
VirginiaT
'sHe told me that the Republicansw carry
the State
isHow does Mrs Blaine feellD
Il was at the house the night Blaine sent the
Dispatch to prosecute the libel in the West. and
Mrs Blaine was as placid and as happy as If she
had Just received legacy
SIS Gail Hamilton writing anything nowl'
mo; she has abandoned literary work. She
4 Mrs Blaines cousin, and hns had a good
deaI to do with helping on the children in that
family
docs Blaine live pretty well in Maine3r
wNo. he has very plain house, He has un-
sueationably taken his example from the dis
E- ,>e h,z ~. r..,,fs and endeovored while vet