Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-09
ON BLAINE.

BEECHER ON BLAINE.
A Terrible Castigation by a Man Who
Knew Him Well.
The Story Of Speaker Blaine's Propo.
sition to ]. F. Joy.
Flat Contradiction Of the Latter's De-.
NAL T~eIegraphed from London.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 6.-The following
letter was given to the public to-day:
To Gen. $. A. Alger, candidate for the Guber-
material ONCE in Michigan.
DEAR SrR-The publication of your
telegram to MIR. James F. Joy of De-
troit, but now in London, and his re-
ply compels me to publish the facts
of an interview with him at his home
at or about September 20, 1877, in
order to clear myself of the charge
of bearing false witness against him.
I have steadily refused to give to the
public press the story of that inter
view at the hospitable board of a pri-
yate house. But as the u%tterance OF
a public man Iabout a public man l
had a right to mention it privately
among my intimate friends. In what
way the partial and imperfect story
of that interview got into the news
papers I do not know-certainly not
with my knowledge or privity. Mis-
led by these reports you telegraphed
to Mr.. Joy in London as follows:
QUESTION n ANSWER.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 80, 1884
To Joy, care of Brown, Shipley q
Co., London-Did Blaine offer to ap-
point a committee to suit you if you
took Little Rock bonds off his hands,
Henry Ward Beecher says you told
him Blaine did. [Signed] ALaER.
Henry Ward Beecher said nothing
of the kind as you will soon e {. II
was easy for Mr.. Joy to reply as fol
lows:
LONDON, Sept. 80, 1SS4.-S. A. AL
ger, Detroit--Blaine never made mt
any offer to appoint a committee tt
suit me in any manner or form or TO-
any consideration of any kind what
ever. GSigned] j. F. JOY.
Please send to him the following
narrative and you may depend upo,
it Mr.. Joy will not contradict it's sub
stantial accuracy; neither will an.
one of the several gentlemen VIII
were at the table with me, nor vii
other witnesses. Not q few will de
ny that the same substantial state
ments have been made by Mr. Joyt
others not unfrequently.
THE ACTUAL FACTS.
Toward the close of the Dime,
: September 20, 1877, political matter
were introduced, and among othe
things Blaine's failure to receive tn
!. nomination that went to Hayes. Nj
Joy spoke with contemptuous sever
ty of Mr.. Blaine, and gave his state
ment: "When a difficulty cccurre
in regard to certain lands in th
> Southwest in which I was interested
a committee was about to be appoint
: ed by congress to examine the ma
ter, Blaine being speaker Of. tn
. house. Through a friend I aske
Mr.. Blaine to have one sound lawye
appointed on that committee. I di
not are of which party. I simpl
: wanted a sound lawyer. In a day {
two Mr.. Blaine sent me word throug
. a friend that he had certain deprec
ated bonds, and that if I would EN-
BILE him to place them at par 4 coasl
q haze my committeesas l wanted it."
y cannot forget with what cuttin
e scorn Mr.. Joyleaned back in his cha
and said:
"That is the man Blaine is, and
he added, II refused the offer, and
the courts soon settled the matte
no:committee was appointed"
81 At that time I knew nothing of Il
}, lands in question o of the bono
q alluded to, but I did understand FL
!, ly Mr.. joys opinion of James I
q Blaine. What changed Mr.. Joy
10 notion and led him to nominate NJ
Blaine at the Chicago convention
q 1880 1 do not know. It can prob
,. bly, be found out by inquiring of Il
e editors of certain great daily newsp
% pers who hardly found language b
Is ter enough for years to inveie
'e against Mr.. Blaine, and who no
ID cannot find language enough to pc
contempt upon the men who do n
approve of placing Mr.. Blaine in t
I. presidential chair.
AN INTERVIEW.
h I shall not prolong this letter
a
narrating Mr.. Blaine's views of t
h matter in an interview with me wifi
Is took place after my speech at Coop
= Union during the Garfield canvass
his own request in the Fifth Aven
is hotel. I can hardly believe that
of has forgotten that.
I. ADMIREs HIS PLUCK
I cannot but admire the indomit
!. BILE pluck with which Mr.. Blaine
;, defending himself against such
cloud of charges as was never ma
against any other presidential cam
date since the government bega
Yet, I cannot allow myself to be m