The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-03
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Senator Edmund's Letter Of
Explanation.
A Big Gang Of Cinnamon
Who Want Work.
Burning Of a Poor House in
Michigan.
Convention of the National
Greenback Party.
A Letter from Senator Edmunds,

WASHINGTON, April 3O-The fol-
lowing correspondence recently
passed between Senator Edmunds
and VIM. Walter Phelps:
UNITED MATES SENATE, WASH.
1NGTON, April 3O-Deur Sir have
your letter in defense # Mr.. Blaine
In the Sunday 7ribxne and an edito-
rial Of the Tribune thereon, in which
YOU say: ''SenatOr Edmunds was
Understood to have blOckt Bur
lugton & Missouri securities" and
"Sepatol Edmunds acquired these.
interests in the Burlink ton & Mis-
souri, road when they were ~ the
Serate by supporting the bill TO re.
store the land grant to their road"
TEese statements taken in cOnneo-
ton with the rest OF your letter, evi.
denty mean that ut th- time of the
legislation referred t." I was some-
what interested in that road or lis
securities. which the editorial in the
Tribune states expressly as being
your statement. II that thing both
your. eff aud the Tribune are totally
mistaken. have hunted up what I
suppose to he the lint resolution IL
which you refer, being Senate JOINT
resolution No %, first session Of the
Forty first Congress. of which I had
10 recollection whatever b+f ,re. hut
lee on Looking ut the COngressiOn-
MGlObe of that time that did make
asIngle remark on the subject OF the
Hou.e amendment, which remark I
commend to your careful cnnsldera-
tion. had not at that time, and never
had before, anv ownership or inter-
est in money, bonds, or stock of that
road nr any other out Of the State OF
Vermont. Inever expected to have,
and had no more connection with
the passage of the j''int re,O-
luton tnan you had. and knew no
more titan you. (which assume was
nothing at alD excepting what may
be inf rred from my remark on the
HOUSE amendment M"re than three.
mouths afterwards, and Un tito l3 b
of July, 1869. I found on looking at
nv old looks that [ subscribed for
1876 shares Of stock ana $500 in
tonds OF the Burlington & Missouri
Railroad Company in Nebraska,
which assume was the road in sOHe
Way eff c,ed by the legislation re-
ferred t", and paid in cash the same
price ss all other subscribers did. and
held the stock for several Yeas,
when sold it in the Boston market
at its market price and no more.
and then or afterwards, bought
more of the bonds, of the
same company which I hold
This is the whole story and I
give you authority to verify 1t by ex-
of the books Of the com-
pany in Boston, or an examination
IF my books or both. II Is o some
among men who Intend
t. b. truts full. IA do, and no doubt
you do, to he somewhat accurate in
making stat-m-nts about the acts
aud dnIngs of other pe"pIe. If you
or any body else wish to known any.
thing concerning my business or
ulher transactions at-any time, l shall
be happy to put you in possession of
precise informal on so you will be
certain that what you say is true. I
am neither willing nor desirous to be
either a candidate or President,
which everybody who has either
spoken or written to me upon the
subject knows. but as I naturally like
@stand we'll in the estimation of my
fellow citizens, I dislike to be accused
of either corruption, hias or selfish
ness IN acting on public questions in
which I have u private interest,
when such accusations are untrue.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) GEO F. EDMUNDs.
To hon. VIM. Walter Phelps, Of !
House OF Rtprese natives.