The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-10

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I WuUri iu ruiup lniu cute committee
.mu untrtnlu.rllH iV uuN lu1unurp.
MD ilsliHr Ntui up iu Me- lilHiur'H
rWsr. uf W irt.' n" fn reported 10 no.
and hn ill 81. li.tiuo luui rtriuin
Hpis Ihni could prove aud certain lui
fur. ,lim had rot MI lilaine said that
M I should publish them they would
uiu him iUr lilp, ar that II This ruiii-
mltlrr should got hold ul thcni
.hor would ruin HIN ,ur life anu wanted
tu know " | would not surrender h'm,
I told him mo aud that Nuuld not
dive them tn the committee unless IL
should turn out tina; II wus necessary iur
me Ia produce thrm.
AFTER NV examination here Nc7l,rdHN,
Mr.. lilninn came III Ia Tie hol'i, IN'
l,ivgs House. aud there hpd u conference
with Mr., Atkins, Mr., Fisher ANA myself,
lie wanted "a see those letters that |
had. declined 90 let him see them, He
prnVpd, almost went oli his knees
would sny ON his kncCs-and implorod
me to think of his SIX children and his
wife, aud that IL the committee should
get hold Oi this cOnlpiun'G9tiOn II would
sink him Immediately nd ruin him ior-
ever. | told him sliog,d uot gfNethein
| Ia him. lie asked moif l'would lot him
read them. 4 said, w9IlIsii W would
| that he would return them lone, did
! lot him read them over. lie read them
over once and called for them again ana
read them over again. lie still impor-
tuned me Ia give those papers up de-
clincd Ia do IL. | retired 10 my own
room and he followed me up aud went
over tho same history about his family
and children and implorcd NE To give
thcm up 10 him and even contemplated
10 IL Nl /
hlsrhildrGn left in that state and lac then
asked mo again III would not let INN
look over these papers consccutively-l
hnd Them numbered. told him Womb
If he would return them To me. lilo took
the papers, read them all over and
among them had u memorandum that
| had made by way of synopsis OF the
letters, and referring to the numbers OF
the letters, II synopsis contynllns the
noints of the letters. | had made that
memorandum so as to be able 10 refer Ia
here when questioned. lie asked me to
let him read the letters and !
showed him this Statement, too.
After he had read them he asked
me what | wanted TO do with
those papers; II wanted u use theni'
told him | never wantI q - use them
nor would not show them 10 the COM
mittoc, unless when | was called upon
10 do so. Then he asked me II | would
not give them to him. There was one
letter in particular that he wanted me
TO rive him. told him | would not do
II, and The only reason | would not 90 IL
was because | saw ii stated in one ol the
evening papers here thc Star, ! think,)
that the Blaine party were going 10 com,
pletcly break down the testimony that
mad given Yesterday; that they were sat
| isiied about that. ! said ! sho;ild NOT
nub!iSh these letters unless l:iN, tcsti.
mony was impcachcd or impugnod. II !
understand the order under when this
committee meets, this committee mas
power To soLd !nr persons and papers,
and want this committee to get tnr III,
| those papnrs. Mr.. Blaine has go. them
and would not give them mp 10 me-"
uE ,o.rEsSES rIE tRArr.
Mr. Blaine, before the committee, con-
frssod that he had obtained these letters
in the fraudulent and dishonest manner
above related, but justified himself by
| insisting that they We're his letters ana
that he did not want to suffer the morti-
lication that would have resulted by the
| publication OF so lnuch OF MS private
| correspondence.
After repeated requests from the com
! mittce that these letters should he
placed in evidence, he fatty and persist
entity refused TO produce them. When
afterwards he rose in the House and
read such of them rs he desired, with hi,
own plausible, running comment and
explanation, the "Mulligan Letters" Tor
| the first time saw the light. 1t was UNI
| hesitstingly charged upon him even
| then. that that those read had been gar
| bled and tempered with since leaving
| Mullivan's hands. BE that as it may,
| they certainly, such OF them as we have
given herewith, point with UNI
erring certainty to the most
shameless and criminal corruption
of which any American Speaker has
ever been guilty or even suspected by
the general or special public.
OF equally Interesting character 10
the public Just at this time is little
deal of the "Plumed knight in small
| way i'll
\ KIND or NORTHERN PACIFIC CREDIT
MoBIfIER.
| Mr., Fisher WAS put upon the stand and
swore that the following letter, which
| was published in the New York sun,
was n correct copy of one received by
him from Mr.. Blaine. The many dis
graceful differences from the epissie can
| not but strike the most cursory reader.
| 1t seems that for long time Blaine had
been promising Fisher good thing
in Northern Pacific. 1t was evidently
ordinary run OF business. otherwise
Fisher could have invested for himself.
M he WAS shrewd and speculative and
very successful business man.
"AsrR>1uE nKvo, UTloS.oE ciRcuM-
-.. STiSCHs. ,.., e.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, Nov. q, lS7a.-A'
DEAR MIR. Fisn tR:A year ago and
more ! spoke to you about purchasing
A., istprast in the Northern Pacific rail-
rond for Yourself and any one YOU might
| choose to associate with yourself. The
matter passed by without rDy being able
| TO control it and nothing more WAX said
about ii. Since thon the Jay Cooke con
| tract has been perfected, additional leg
| islation has been obtained and 30 miles
| Of the road are we'll nigh completed snG
| Tho whole limo will DO pushed forward
rapidly.
| By Il strange revolution Of circum-
stances am again sblo to control An In
tcrcst, and if you dosire it. YOU can nave
four shares, of which Jay Cooke d Co
have twelve. Tho interest | speak Of is
| one-half Of onotwenty-fourth or one one
hundred and ninety-second OF
the entire franchise, being that
portion of the eighty-one. millions
! Of stock that are beng divided rs the
road is built, and VI Ike proportion OF
the Land company stock that IS formed
To take ant. dispose of the J2,GCG,9O acret
of land covered by thoir grant as
amended by the laws OF last session.
The amount OF stock which this i-lT
! would have III the end would be abont
sle5SN. and the nt:inbcr OF acres Gf land
| Il represents is nearly 95,oN.
! The road is being built on the IN
bonds, $4,000 to the mile, which JAY
Cooke takes at 30.
Instead of mortgaglng tho land they
make e stock company for lis owner
ship. dividing it pro rata among Tho
holders of the franchise.
The whole thing can DO had for $2o,VS
which ia less than one-third what some