West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-26

IN" rvidencc7 Tho statement has bccp ~ Is
ny friends OF MIR. Amos that Mr. Buluo ~SVG
nu"rvh share iu tho Credit Muhli.t s,pcN.
e'outro the bargain ON account cot tho sIra'l.
N'N- ot the amount ana dcrauiyl s-rtJll
uWrc stands iu Mn Amos mCmOrau,i,tn,
noo'' with the hgurcs "tu.U against o.. aud
nnL AW's rrm'rA on hnNc heard Mr.
htAll' testimony aud uiN ucuuiCscCuco iu
~ i~ certainly remarkable one Ito do, 4
~. 'Af 'lW M hNu" Ntlourut is true.
NN' "nN mat ne aruuir~CC~ iu 10. MIR Atups
was iu avery dithVult position nt that ttu1,
Hc know that hc would lC threatened with
expulsion. aud tho Speakers iuuucnco WAS
very valuable To him HrSId,s b, tslt A. mis-,
toward MIR Blaine. while me- did not feel sp to-
Wari Mr.. COltaN aud some oth.rs MIN, No.,
IRVING to plnc" him iu a false attitude 81 no
lett Mr. BIuiuo'S statement pass with ma ',,,,.
Iui'scCncr. hut this does not prcvcut mum.
NcrSnut with the tHCts from saving aud b,,-
uoNing that tho memorandum book was cor
rcct Hu that Mr. ilHinO did r,cptN, tlt, iyi-
ochdS on thirty shares OF Credit MobUicr
NioCN. Mr. bJinv recently. when ~luarrlv
confronted with tho statement that thcrC was
Amcs To show That no tBuucl was intcrcsicd
in lhc tr'dt Mobiicr, did not dcay tho fact.
nut replied: "Do you suppose the chillrCu oT
oakcs Amos are going To make public any
thinH that VIII Gust everlasting disgrace ON
the uamc of their father"
Whom Jay Cooke \ Co. Of,phUHiCluhlu TpUpd
IN october 1875. their Cstat" went into bank.
ruplCN a list OF thciv assets was Afterwards
punished, and I'M IL appeared nu item OF a
loau ON a mortgage of the residence OF James
Z, hlHinc' ~ Fifteenth street, Washington,
W 49, hhl.ftN NNlfN, together " ln
nl'r'H' amounting To souc 5000 made
claln OF about $1,000, which the estate had
against Mr., blaino. Tho dcht was soon paid
up nnl not much over sad about it WnCu
tho fact Cnmo out I'm 1917. that Mr. Binino
hnd been one of the agents ct jay Cooke y
co. for dlsposiuE OF blocks Of securities ot
tho Northern Pacific Railroad Company 30
was remembered that very largo uIa1-
tity ot these securities had been divitrI nm
into amounts OF SS3SfSASit.. aud huu boon
marketed iu those amounts. n was also
Thought io b. singular that Mr. Blaine. whl
was already very wealthy man. should have
allowed his interest money 60 have remained
uNpdlu Tor over two years. soHuv Irf.I.iso
Wns also caused by the fact that so Shru,,,I "a
unnnvlti as Mr. Blaine should have a mort
Eavc on his residence largely iu cVcoss Of tho
Ins' price or selling value Of thIi residence.
but as this appeared To- De- a private mat.
Tor. no attempt was ever made 10 inVt sii igdtu
~ officially.
Mr. Blaine has been given n great dool ot
trouble Ht different times hy "A record i'm "A
case in the supreme Court. originally ed
several years ago in which he nf,ncnroJ n s thr
owner and recipient of n quantity ot stock of
tho railroad corporation attcrWurl known n
ihe Kansas Pacific Railroad &, ,mpluy. He
cousin IhomHs Ewing, of ohio, was one OF
the counsel for this company. and il was nm
applicant for congressional favor When tho
iact ihai Mr. lNainc s nHmC wUs down as "a re-
ciplent OF thc securities of this company bc
Cumc gml-public through the court procrpd.
lnhs, MI blainc became worry nervous about
~. EnotS were mHdC TO have 10 understood
mat the rcciplcnf of tho bonds wus John T..
Blaine, brother Of the Senator, who iS now
paymlstcr in the army. Young attorney
named kuOwlton now dc1dj who mad vii.
ncssci "a transfer of some of those bonds tp
whch Mr.. bI1lnc was party, iu the office of
stewart Riddle, in this city, having diyulgrd
tho Tact, Mr.. Bluiuc WAS put TO considerable
annoyance. Ih" facts are now well htuicl
out OF sight Tho scandals growing out ut
MS dealings with the Littc Rock N For,
smith Railway, the Missouri, Kansas S. TcNa.
stalWny, ne mon Pacific Railway and the
Northern Pacific Railway, have Cau-cd tho
minor incidents of his interesting nnauc al
career tO pass out OF Wow.
one OF tho most annoying experiences Mr..
Blaine ever had here resulted from tho fail.
urc OF the jaw Cooke banking concern. Tho
cashier of that bank, named Huntington.
was intimate with Shepherd and all the Di-.
tyiCi ring mOgnutcs. In fact hc WIS ono OF
th'm. IL" died and loft ~ his wifc's' hunds "a
lot Of papers, among whiClf worC somo thai
interested MIR. Blaine. These papcrs wrrr
passed by Mrs Huntington to u vGnIng man
u9ucd Frank Ga-sawuy. formerly well known
h'rc. Mr.. Blaine bccumc greatly interested
IN Mt 6HS-uwaY welfare. and sourht
numerous important appointments suc. .c.-
siNcy Tor him lie finally Obtained for him -
Governments position iu California Cyy
opTingdcti (ldss.) Republican.