The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-31

might have changed his mind, Will read
the following telegram also received by Mr..
Pendletop, dated Sept. 80, 1884. Mr.. Pendle'
ton sent telegram to him, asking II Blaine
had acted honorably in that transaction, and
his reply is:
Z. W. Pendleton. Detroit, Mich.
Yes, honorably and generously, as / always
affirmed.
Prolonged applause
MR.. BLAINE's FINANCES.
fear am wearying your patience; but as
DO not intend to make another political
speech this fall, / desire to present all the
evidence, and hope you will bear with me.
There is one other thing in this connection, in
reference 10 Mr.. Blaine's wealth, which also
has bearing upon this question. will read
two or three of his letters, part of the same
correspondence, which no man has dared to
say were untrue. October ], 1871, he says:
Politically 1 am charged with being wealthy
man. Personally and pecuniariiy am laboring
under the most fearful embarrassments, and
TIE greatest Of all these embarrassment is the
$4,000 which / handed over under your order.
and not one dollar OF which have received. or
the S25, 0O0 original Debt Mr. Caldwell has paid
s ons S9y cd this You nc. sI Il
cruel beyond measure to leave me so
exposed and suffering.
/ submit, my fellow-citizens, that is not
the language of a wealthy man. tApplause. ]
But again, April &c, 1872 this was IN re-
ply to letter in which he was requested to
get a $4,000 letter OF credit from Jay Cooke
for Mr.. FISHERY, after saying that he was
not able to do it, and had not the means, be
says, ~ have no power OF gettipga letter or
credit from Jay Cooke except by paying
the money for it, and the money have
not got, and have no means OF getting You
ask me TO do therefore what is simply impos-
sible.9 Nothing would give me more pleasure
than to serve you II l were able; hut my
losses in the Fort Smith affsii"--bear In
mind the charge that he had received $780,
600 land grant bonds and $50, 500 Of these
first-mortgage bonds as gratuity, never
having paid a red cent for them, aud
see il you can reconcile IL with this
language to Fisher, which Fisher nowhere
1ares to contradiction my losses in the
Fort Smith affair have entirely crippled me
and deranged all my finances. Strange
language for q man who had received so
much and paid nothing for 1t. "You would,
know, be utterly amazed IL you could see
the precise experience have bad in that
matter. Very bitter, assure you. Among
Their things | still owe nearly all OF the SO,
90 which delivered to Mr.. Pratt, and this
most barassing and embarrassing to me-. !"
Again, April Is, 1872, he says: "And say
to you to night, solepnly, that l am immeas-
urably worse oil han il had never touched
the Fort Smith matter" Mark you, the
matter is a perpetual and unending embai-
raesment to him. This is letter OF Aug. o.
1872: II am pressed daily almost to make
final settlement with those who still hold the
securities-a settlement / am not able to
make until receive the bonds due Oh your
article Of agreement with me. That is to me
by far the most urgent and pressing
Of all the demands connected with our mat
ters, and the one which / think, in all
equity, should be first settled, or certainly
settled as soon as any," Now say to you
tonight, in the light of that evidence, that
when it is said he received those bonds as n
gratuity, that be suffered no loss, ana that
he lisa wealthy man, the very letters that be
produced and which are uncontradicted
clearly show the contrary. [Applause.l