St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-16
THE MADIGAN CIRCULAR.
Incontestible Evidence That Blaine
Was at the Bottom of 1t.
AIidavits of Oliver Otis and 0thers-State.
ment of Printer of the Kennebec Jour-
nal-An Expressman Swears They
Were Taken From Blaine's House
Other Testimony.
Augusta Me-, Special Aug. ss.l

question. Inc parties are who make oatn 10
these statements are all persons of undouot-
cd integrity. Mr.. Daniel Buckley is now
and always has been considered as reliable
person as any one in Augusta. He has
spent the best part of his life here, and his
reputation is, sUcl That his simple state
ment without the Formally Of an oath
would be generally taken. Mr. Murphy
is at present in a responsible position in an
Office in Boston. He was poor boy, but has
worked his way up 70 good position Col.
Morton and Messers. Otis and Robinson are
well known throughout the country, and Col.
Morton's simple statement previously made
has not been refuted. The Nelc Age will say:
''The Madigan circular was Republican
campaign document appealing to protest
ant Democrats to rcbuke their party for ask
ing them TO vote for Roman Catholic.
Thousands Of copies OF II were distributed
over the state in the campaign of 1875 in the
interest of the Republican party. 1t was nat
tural to refer such document to the State
Republican Committee. 1t was so referred
without denial or question until recently,
when it became more suitable to Mr.. Blaine's
present needs TO charge the respon sibility of
it upon another. SO the Blaine organs have
sustained the charge of the Bangor Wing,
that ex-governor Plaisted had it issued in his
own behalf without the knowledge Of the
state committee, Of which Mr. Blaine WAS
chairman We have felt it incumbent upon
us therefore to 90 a step farther and show Mr..
Biaine's responsibility for the document. In
this issue we present the proofs, portion Of
the mass Of evidence direct and circumstan-
tial. in our possession bearing the allegation
that Mr. Blaine did it. The affidavit of Oil
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portant fact that there were two editions Of
the Madgan circular one Intended for the
Fourth District and the other for the general
circulation, but identically the same except
as to the last paragraph. The following is
The last paragraph of each edition printed for
comparison: Are the Protestant Demo
Gratis of Maine willing to cooperate with
their party In building up the Roman HE
rarchv in this country! The hope that the
Romau Catholics have Of breaking down non
secretrian free schools is in certain Demo
cratic leading politicians Of the country, who
to propitiate and curry favor with the Irish
voters are willing to attack the free school
system. The nominations Of a leading Cath
Ollie like James c. Madigau for Congress is
dangerous shadow on the political dial Of
Maine. Rebuke it by voting the Protestant
School ticket, of which Gen. Selden Conner
is the head.
"ISignedl "PROTEsTANT DEMOCRAT"
Are the Protestant Democrats of the
Fourth District willing to aid in building up
the Roman hierarchy! Answer at the polls
on the 18th Of Septem Der, and if you don't
feel willing to vote for Gen. Plaisted at least
cut Madigans name of your regular Demo-
cratic ticket. Remember that you
OWE MORE TO RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT
than you do to your party, and the proper
rebuke to your party for asking you to vote
for n Roman Catholic is to support Gen.
Connor for governor and Gen. Plaisted for
Congress
ISguedl 'PRoTEsTANT DEMOCRAT
''ln the copy intended for general circu-
ntion, Plaisted's name, it win be noticed,
does not appear at all. The appeal is to vote
the ticket OF which Gen. Selden Conner is
the head, and yet the Blaine organs insist
that Plaisted, not Blaine, did it. What else
could they do! 1t appears also, from the
same affidavit, the Madigau circular and
The Smith letter were sent out together, each
with letter Of instru ctons to postmasters.
Did not ali these documents emanate from
the same source, the Republican headquar-
ters at Augusta
ave, Oliver Otis and L VI. Robbins of
Rockland, in the County Of Knox, and the
state of Maine, editors and proprietors of the
Rockland Opinion, on oath do depose and say,
that during the campsgn of 1875, when Sen
atOrs Conner and Roberts were respectively
the Republican and Democratic candidates
for Governor, and about The first of Septem-
Der of that year We were informed by 4
citizen Of the county, then and now the post
master Of his town. that be had received
from the Republican state committee at Au-
gIsta n bundle Of auti-Catholic circulars
signed protestant Democrat" and that he
gave us a copy OF said circular which we
have ever since had in our possession, and
will append TO this deposition. We further
dispose and say that the same postmaster
also gave us a printed circular letter Of in
structions, which he said accompanied said
circular giving Instructions as to how the
said circular should be distributed, which
circular letters we have lost or mislaid, but
the following Is a copy made by us and
printed I'm our paper mt the time, viz +:
'Please distribute among dissatisfied Demo-
Gratis and among Republicans also" These
are the exact words of the circular letter, we
believe We further declare and say that
the same Postmaster stated to US that he had
received with the anti-Catholic circulars,
bundles of other campaign documents from
the
RE- UBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE AT AUGUSTA
accompanied also by a printed letter of in
structions, one of which documents was let
ter signed by Col. L. A. Smith, then secre-
tary of the Republican State Committee,
making vile and dirty attack on the war re-
cord of Gen. Roberts, the democratic candi-
date FOR governor, aud extoling the wal
record of the said Smith. Copies Of the docu
ment and circular letter also furnished us by
the same postmaster. We further depos,
aud say that at about the same time, TO wit
about the l4th OF September, 1875. we were
informed by two other postmasters 10 Knob
County, that they also had received from IN,
republican state committee, st Augusta, copie:
of the said anti-Catholic circulars for distribu.
ton, one Of whom gave US a copy thereof
which was precisely like the copy first men.
toned, We here append the auu-Catholi,
circular, the identical copy Of which we re
ceiycd from said postmaster, as We have dc,
posed:
40 Protestant democrats In Maine desire
o. have a Roman Catholic in congress from
this statel JAS. c. Madigau, the demoerati,
candidate Tor congress in the Fourth District
IS very Jealous Roman Catholic He is be-
iieved by many to be member Of the Jesuits
just as the late Senator Casserly of CaHforui.
was. Casserly was elected to the senate by
Jesuit money, 800, 000 being contributed b,
That order, and the fact being discovered Cas-
serly at once resigned his seat rather thar
stand an investigation aud thus expose The
workings Of his secret order. In Ohio aut
ether states the Catholics are striving 10 de
Gtroy the common school system and thu,
destroy the only avenue FOR education open
10 the children OF the poor. They said we
win have church schools instead and thu.
let loose the worst Of theological quarrels al
over the land. II is = great gain to tie
Catholics 10 get their prominent men in con
They hava NON, F,f,- NOV, h,r. %. -.