The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-09-28
-nrEoxrrr AND Honcs-
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form his Judgment ron editorial mis-
representation in partisan journals" II
every voter in the United States wocld
read those letters undertandingly Mr..
Blaine would rot receive the electoral
vote OF o single State. There was not
a worl in the letters" Mr.. Blaine added.
which vas not entirely consistent with
the most scrupulous integrity and
honor" Let US test this assertion. On
the 4th Of October. 1871, Blaine wrote
Fisher rs follows: Il have your posi-
tive written contract to deliver me $685.
900 land bonds and S32. 500 FIRST mort
gage bonds. The money due Won on
the contract was all paid nearly q year
II a half ago. or this whole amount
OF bonds due me 1 hare ree,ired but $50
600 land grants, leaving S75, 1000 of those
and Sa2.5 o first mortage still due" On
the 10Th Of April. 1872, Warren Fisher
wrote to Blaine rs follows: az have
placed you in positions whereby you
have received very large sums of money
without N dollar Of expense to you.
and you ought not to forget the &C, on
my part. OF all the parties connected
with the Little Rock AMI Fort Smith
Railroad no one has been so fortunate as
yourself in obtaining money out of it.
Iou obtained subscriptions from your
friends in Maine for the building Of the
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad.
Out Of their 'ub,eriptiOn, you obtained a
large amount both Of 6oHds and money free
Of cost 10 you. l have your own figures
and know the amount Owing to your
political position you were able TO work
OFF all your bonds at a very high price,
and the fact is ~well-known to others as
well rs myself"
Then, on the 10th of April, 1886, Mr..
Blaine wrote Fisher the following most
remarkable letter: CONFIDENTIAL
My DEAR ME. FISHER: You can do
Inc a very great favor, and / know it will
give You pleasure to do so-just as I
would do for you under similar circum-
stances. Certain persons and papers
are trying to throw mud ut me TO injure
my candidacy before the Cincinnati Con-
v~entiou, and you may observe they are
trying it in connection with the Little
Rock and Fort Smith matter. / want
you to send me n letter such as the in
closed draft. You.will receive this to-
morrow (Monday) evening, and il will
be u favor 1 shall never forgetif you will
Mt once write me the letter and neil the
same evening. The letter is strictly
true. is honorable to you and to me, and
will stop the mouths of slandcrers nj
once. Regari this letter as strictly con-
fdential. Do not show it to any one.
The draft is IL the hands of my clerk.
who is as trustworthy MS any man can
be. II you can't get the letter written
in season for the . o'clock mail to New
York, please be sure to mail it during
the night so that it will start first mail
Tuesday morning; IutV possible. ! pray
you get it in re . O'Clock maj! Monday
errning. Burn this letter. J.. G.. b.
The Enclosed draft" ran ms follows;
BosroS, April, 1876.
The Hon. Jamc, IL. Blaine, WG,hing-
ton, D. C.-DEAB Sic: 1 observe that
certain newspapers are making or rather
%insinua;ing the absurd charge that you
" or had owned $4,000 of Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds.
and that you had in some way obtained
them rs n grntuity. The enterprise of
building the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railroad vas undertaken in 1869 by q
company of Boston gentlemen. of whom
l ives myself one. The bonds Of the
road we're pnt upon the market i'll this
city on what was deemed very advanta-
geous terms to the purchaser. They
were sold largely through m ysclf. lou
became tie purchaser Of about $4,000 of
the bonds on precicely the same terms
that every other buyer received, paying
for them in ius;allmcnts, running over IA
considerable period. just ns others did.
The Transaction was perfectly open. and
there was no more secrecy in regard to it
than if you had been buying Hour or
sugar. / am sure you neper orRed q bond
Of The road that you did not pay for at ne
market rate. Indeed, l am sure that no
IL received bonds on my other terms.
When the road got in financial difficult
ties and loss fell upon You. you still re-
tanned your bonds, and you held them
clear through TO the reorganization of
the company in 1874. exchanging them
for stock and bonds Of the new COM
pany. You acquired also some demands
against the new company by reason OF
your having joined with others in rails
Ing some money when the company
was in pressing need. For the recovery
OF that money proceedings are now
pending in the u. s. Circuit Court in
Arkansas, to which you are openly n
party Of record. C~oncealmcnt OF the
investment md everything connected
with 1t would have been very ensy, had
conconlment been dcsirnb,e: bnt your
action in the whole matter was Us open
and MS fair as the day. When The ORR
ginal enterprise failed, l knew with what
severity the pecuninry loss fell upon you.
and with what integrity aud nerve yon
met it. Years having since elapsed, it
seems rather hard Mt this late day to be
compelled to meet n SANDER in n matter
where your conduct was in the highest