Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-25

The other portions of your letter ]
make no reply. You know the facts;
1t is sufficient that j know them, and
it is useless to mention them at this
time. Please answer at once. / re-
main,
Respectfully yours,
WARREN FISHER Jr.
The reply to this letter is Mr.. Blaine's
letter of April 18th, 1879, already pub
lished.
The expression obtaining the credit"
in the above letter refers to a request by
Mr.. Fisher that Mr.. Blaine would give
him letter of credit, to be drawn
against by Mr.. Fisher during a pro-
posed European trip, Mr.. Blaine being
at the time indebted to Mr.. Fisher for
borrowed money, for which Mr.. Fisher
held Mr.. Blaine's demand promissory
notes.
REQUEST TO BE EXONERATED.
lConhdential.l
WAsH'TN, d. c., 10th, April, 1876.
MY DEAR FIsHER.-YOu can do me
very great favor, and / know it will
give you pleasure to do so,-just as
would do for you under similar circum-
stances. Certain persons and papers are
trying to throw mud at me to injure
my candidacy before the Cincinnati
Convention, and YOU may observe they
are trying itin connection with the Lit
| tie Rock and Fort Smith matter.
want you to send me letter such
as the enclosed draft. You will receive
this tomorrow (Monday) evening, and
it will he favor shall never forget if
you will at once write me the letter
and mail the same evening.
The letter is strictly true, is honor
the mouths of slanderers at once.
Regard this letter as strictly confiden-
tial. Do not show tito any one. The
draft is in the hands of my clerk,
who Is as trustworthy as any
man can be. IF you can't get the
letter written in season for the nine
o'clock mail to New York, please be
sure to mail it during the night so that
it will start first mail Tuesday morn
ing; but if possible, pray you to get it
in the nine o'clock mail Monday even
ing. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher.
Sincerely, J. G.B.
[ Burn this letter.
Endorsed on the bdck.1
Not knowing your exact address, I
send this to the Parker House, in order
that it may (not) he subjected to any
danger in the hands ofa carrier.
J. G. B.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
Dated WASHINGTON, D. G., 1875,
Received at 9.44, April 10th.
To WARREN FISHER, Commonwealth
Hotel,-Please go Parker House to-nor-
row, Monday evening; on arrival
morning mail from New York, find let
ter. Answer by return mail.
ID. H. JIG. BLAINE,
xsm.
The following is the enclosure refer
red to in the preceding letter:
Boston, April, 1876.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE,
Washington, d. c.
DEAR SIR,-I observe that certain
newspapers are making or rather insin-
uating the absurd charge that you own
or had owned $l50,000 of Little Rock
and Fort Smith Railroad bonds, and
that you had in some way obtained
them as gratuity.
The enterprise of building the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was un-
dertaken in 1869 by company of Bos-
ton gentlemen, of whom I was myself
one. The bonds of the Road We're put
upon the market in this City on what
was deemed very advantageous terms
to the purchaser. They were sold
largely through myself You became
the purchaser of about $4,000 of the
Bonds on precisely the same terms that
every other buyer received, paying for