The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-10-28
FISHER TO BLAINE.
The PluRGd knights Distress OVsr tlc
Letters.
HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED CORRESPUN
DENCE DUPLICATING MR.. BLAdNE.l
Don't Tell Anybody Except Your wife.

Don I lell AnlDoul Except louT we.
CnlcAGn, oct. le-The followl:sls ~rc-
cial telegram has been sent today by the
correspondent OF til" 'h'eas" :/''''y
| Nerx
/ B"~r">, Oct. l.. II any further proof
were needed Of the ahicct terror with
which Mr. lanes c. Blaine. contemplate ct
/ the possible production "i the al k.llohal
! letters OF his in the hands Of warren
/ Fisher and James Muli.au, it is a!s'r'.cl
in tho>,. obtained hy the DnHy IS cor
respondent to-day That those lc'ters re-
manned in Mulligan', possession II j'aunt
| Mr. Blaine is directly traceable t" he act
by which he seized the batch whist Mul.
/ liyan took to Washington in May, 1896.
When Mr. Blaine refused to return. those
| letters he incurred the bitter rc>eatn-rt
! of hard-headed lrishm4n, w;o%iA face
| >hnld have warned him OF danger.
/ : 1t was All outrage, >ail MIR. Warren
| Fisher to your CORES pondcnt t,s-day &,
";hat Mr.. Blaine should have ,akc;E those
| letters in the way he did. Mr. Mslligan
ha, never forgiven him, and he 81 WILL
! After Mr. Blaine refused - return those
i letters Muligan had lent him to i)k ut ,
nothing within Mr. Biaine's power i; give
or promise could have hrib,d or iisdu"ed
him to give up the remaining locltncut>,
/ which he held on t. with the ttna*ity Of
a terrier Mr. Blaine, denial t!.at hc
ever offered to pay Mullgan for those let
tcrs is absolutely false When in. lN~",
just before the Convention, he sent tor me
through Elisha Atkins to come aad see
him in New York, went, and we had a
l. ,tI h
TEL He then asked me what Thought
Mullisan would take and give up the let
ter, he still held | told him that did
not believe there was enough inol~y in
the coCntry to buy them. He taFd mc
I that he was willing To pay any l,ric's. but
that he must have them. | asked how
much he would pay. He said Any
thing, but get them said: We'll,
there must be some limit, and tiilS w a.
what prompted him t" name SD, ,a,'U a.
the sum that would be Forthcoming in
the hand, Of Mr.. Cumming Elisha .etkIu>
partner, for the return OF the lctter- then
in Mul'ig&n'> po>>c>>i"u. came back to
Boston and laid Mr. Blane'> offer bGfore
Mr. Mulligan. But he was immo, sable
He spurned the proposition, aud seemed
to be more settled than ever IN his :l,tcr
mination to hold on to the letters.
This view of thr great importance Mr.
Blaine attached 10 the possession e the
proofs against him held by Fi>hti and
Muligan is reinforced and emphasized sv
the letters obtained by your CORES pond
ent to-day, written bv Mr. Blaine from
his '',ck-bci'' in Augusta to Fisher
In order t. inform the reader as 20. the
true relevancy OF these letters, ii is
necessary to recall the incidents intnedi-
ately connected with their contents.. On
Juuc ), l-.6, Mr.. Blaine made hi.. ,ra
matte explanation To 44,ooo,ooo Il his
countrymen and read tie letters ls bad
practically stolen from Mulligan. NJ the
request of Mr.. Blaine, the committee IN
ve>ti.ating his case adjourned from Sa.
urday, June 10, to the following Mou1Ay,
in consequence of the absence ol his col
leagues, Me>>r>. Hale and FRYE. On
Sunday, June II, Mr. 5laiuc sank town
on the church steps, complaining of :, pam
in his head, and saving he WAS afrisl he
had Il >un->troke. On Monday, June II,
the committee met and dismissed tn, wit
uesses for two weeks on account OF Mr.
BIane's illness. On Tuesday, Juue Is,
Mr. Blaine sent the foilowin. despatch:
E4gt,e Hoie, Ct.cinn,tti, Ntt2:
am entirely convtcsccnt, suffering onl, from
physical weakness Impress upon my friends
the debt OF gratitude | l,il tor the unpara licled
se,dit,tnc,, with which they have ndh~t.q Ia
me in my hour Of trial J. g. BLAiSE.
Mr. HAYES was nominated bv thc Ma
tional Republican Convention June IL,
and on the Monday following, June l9,
Mr. Blaine made a ratification speech in
Washington As the date for the reas
sembing OF the Committee of InveStiga
ton approached, Mr. Blaine's health
tailed rapidly, and at 1880 p NJ Tuesday
June p, he left Washington by special
car for his home i'll Augusta. On the
same day Messrs. Fisher and Mulli.au ar
rived in Washington to continue their
testimony. \ despatch to the Boston
! Ueruld of that date SAYS "thev were
! greatly annoyed at being detained aitil
I Friday, TO which date the commit tee had
adjourned.' The special car in which
Mr.. Blaine travelled went direct to -Au-
gusta, SO that he was not seen at New
\ lork or Boston en- route. He reached
home Wednesday, June IS, and that
very night wrote the follow wing urtent
letter to Mr. Fisher, which is here pub.
lshed for the first time, the italics bling
! Mr. Blaine's
WEDNESDAY t2Sth), EvEG
My DEAR Mr. FISHER: | want To see iyou
! just aS much as before you went To WASHINGTON
! You can leave Boston at 1890 and return same
night il you desire though | would prefer TO
have you stay over. Come directly 10 mi houk
1t is, think, as important for you 10 see ms us
for me to see you. Come this tceek
Don't fail. Come Tomorrow if possible
Yours, j. G. BLAINE
This letter pretty clearly indicates the
malady of which Mr.. Blaine was vic
tim A despatch to the Boston Herald.
dated Augusta, Thursday, June 20, saws
that Mr. Blaine suffered no serious set
back by his journey, and was then enjoy
ing the rest and freedom from the excite
ment he SO much needed 1t continued
DR.. Hill, hi, family physician, says tha.
there is no organic trouble, but chat The
nervous prostration complicated with rna-
larial effects is more severe than he had
calculated from what he had read of the
case. He has adopted a careful line of
treatment, prescribing absolute rest, e.eu
forbidding Mr.. Blane's ,criting q letter.
He gives him no assurance that he willlbe
able to take any part III the pending ca ,n
paign.'
This wa. on Thursday, and yet the iol
lowing letter, written two davs lat..r