St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-06

The papers appended which appear in
the Congressional Record as foot notes
aohich M. Blaine did not read, were
paper marked: j. No. 6
No was not read by Mr.. Blaine
The letters marked with an July 3, 1872,
April 20, 1872, and April %, 1872, were not called
for by the Mulligan memorandum.
What Mr. Blaine Did Not Read.
As matter of fact, Mr.. Blaine did not read
the letters as they were written, and for
thepurpose of binding the eyes of any who
should try to comparethem with Mr.. Mulhgans
a memorandum, did not read them in chrome
logicalorder. furthermore order to keepit
from the Associated Press and the country,
he did not read the contract with the North
ern Pacific (No. 81 nor the contract with 4 .
q P Coburn and others in relation to the
Little Rock d Fort Smith railroad (No. ;. >
In referring to this omission, the correspon-
dent of the Boston Herald te!egraphed TO
that journal the next day as follows:
Washington, d. c., June I, 1876 The
contract OF Sept. 5, 1869, between W. Fisher
DR., and \. x ?. Coburn and Others of Maine
entirely escaped attention here yesterday and
to-day. The contract was not read to the
House by Blaine and it is this document
which is referred to by Muligan when he
said that Blaine had st0t read all the letters
and fleeeT lg9,dd read them all'' Mr. Multi
gan was perfectly justified in saving this
Mr.. Blaine did not allow anybody to see iris
contract, and in printing it IN the Record he
introduced it in foot note, saying il was a
matter OF 20 importance, and that it had es-
capped his memory. Taken in connection
with his letter of Oct. +, 1869, the contract
in which 'other valuable considerations. are
ackn owledged by Fisher as having been re-
ceived BY Blaine, it affords damning proofs
OF Blaine's corruption. All the testimony
taken by the committee agrees on this point
Fisher explicitly stated that Blaine was beg
ging for the Northern Pacific memorandum
and the Maine contract ,ghicb dGaS lCritteJt on
the same sheet. 1t was for this purpose that
his private secretary remained all the eve
ming OF Monday at the Office OF the Associat-
ed press, guarding the copies Of the letters
and managing to keep the contract from the
eyes Of everybody until it appeared in the
record, where it was pTi,.tesi bS tine fJpe.
Another telegram fthe previous day, in
referring to this matter as affording good
cause for complaint, says:
''Only one morning paper here and one in
Baltimore has Baine's letters, so skillfullv
was their suppression arranged last evening
By manipulations of the Associated press
agents, the letters were held back and not
put upon the wires until long after midnight
The object Of this game was to prevent any
newspaper printing the letters in proper or
der and making any comment on them.
When informed that the Associated press
had not sent the letters, Mr.. Blaine refused
to let other copies be made. He took care
that nobody saw the originals except his prf-
vate secretary, who made the copies for the
official reporters"
The following editorial remarks from the
New York Times Of June Z, 1876, which was
then the leading Republican newspaper Of
the United States confirm these dispatches
whoever is responsible for sending the
Blaine correspondence in drblets to the press
and for studiously mixing up the letters so
as to prevent people from at once perceiving
the plain story which they tell, has done Mr..
Blaine very questionable service. Such
tactics can only lead to the conclusion that
Mr.. Blaine's Defence in addition to being
imperfect, is also disingenious. The shallow
cunning Of the lowest order of politicians
could not be employed more disastrously
than in the attempt to mislead the moral
sense of the people on q question Of such Vi
tai Importance as the character of a man who
aspires to become the president Of the Unit
ed States.
The Memorandum.
Mr.. Mulligan and Mr.. Fisher made this
memorandum in pencil at the Hoffman
House, New York city, as they were on their
way to Washington to obey the summons of
the committee, and, as arritten, should read
at No. 9, thus:
Oct. 4, '71-Blaine admits that there was
$4,000 paid on the S25, COO loan, and to have
received S55, GOO from Fisher aud $40, 900
from CGld,ceN on an outside matter.
This would correspond exactly with Multi
gan's testimony printed on page 1912 blouse
Miss. Doe. 176, part y and given in Mr.
Blaine's presence. In a following chapter
this suppression will be fully shown The
memorandum calls for t1celle letters from
Blaine to Fisher-Nos. 1-2-3-4-7-9-1O
-11--12-13-I4-15 One letter, No. s,
from FiS1er to Blaine, and two contracts, No.
and No 6. In all - letters and tsco contracts.
Concerning the No letter from Fisher to
Blaine, Mr. Blaine said in the house," There
was no such letter in the package. aud the
numbers he gives do not call for it: there
are fifteen lGlterS.n If this letter No was not
in the package, thep according to Mr. Blaine
he was only called to account for tCe}ge letters
But as a matter of fact the letter cas in the
package, placed there by Mr.. Muligan for
the purpose of proving, as the Endorsement
shows, that Mr.. Fisher was urging a settle
ment Of the Northern Pacific railroad account.
$25, 600" Here is where Mr.. Blaine, in his
guilty embarrassment, made the fatal errors
transgressors are very apt to do when corn
cred. He reads fifteen letters, when only
called upon to read t,cel,e Now, turn to the
testimony taken before the house committee
on the mOrui0r after Mr. Plaiun DoScasSn5
himself of the package of letters. Pages 9S
and 80 of the testimony:
james Muiligan recalled
Questioned by Mr.. Hunton elbow many
letters did you surrender to Mr.. Blaine? An
swer There were fourteen that had mum
bered, and there are about tou, more. in an
other envelope, making eighteen or nineteen let
t5rS, and one statemant about that Northern
Pacific ralroad.''
Mr.. Blaine was present when this testi-
mony was given, and made no denial Now
we come to
The Gist of the Whole Matter.
Here is Mr.. Muiligan under oath saying he
had surrendered eiyttssg or nineteen letters.
and it can now be seen where Mr.. Blaine OBJ
tanned the letters dated July 3. April 90 and
April %, 1872. The additional three or four
letters to which Mr.. Mulligan refers in this
evidence were handed to him by Mr. Fisher
after the memoranda had been made out.
and a short time before he was called upon
TO testify Mr. Mulligan had no time TO
amend the memoranda and add these letter;
to it.
Now, having read these, which make the
number to .fftea,, why did not Mr.. Blaine
read three or four more letters which Mr.