Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-23
Y iron the r,t,lc Rock railroad com.

investigation and the puhlicafiop ~
his lct iavs ,as..ts, ~ f"o'o,'ion VI
~. ieNenicu Tue amhy,ng TACT
'nht IL Wnsnot true, that the franchises
and securities of the I,,itla II ,,h q
rvr. Su,iti raiiroau had no value UNI
less the land grants to the state. which
were In danger of lansing wars -,
1891 ny SCI OF congrees, MIR. Blaine
not only Knew this in 1876, but knew
u In 1860. In that year Mr., Warren
Vf 'ooN CONTRACT 10 build the
road, with the aid ar
the land grant, Of course.
Ina. ne was directly interested In get.
vide tho ~, ma~ "sseu \, wn , was wa, 70 pro
s, WV money 20 pay the cost, Ia
The date on which he naa Az "vv 1870.
a., NJ ~, w ""sv" ne n'hue tne olfer
10 MT. Blaine OF share In the enter.
prise does not appear In the eyid.n,c
but IL must haxa bean ,,aaa 49,, ~,
after the passage of the bill April Ol
nea,s hx, Tho SS,n to S Iss,' US up
asa ArorsrA. Inns 20. ,soa
MY DrAR Mn. FisHsR-t thank Won for III,
article ifo;n Mr. Lewis. II Is good in itsoif
large intellis encc and comprch"nsion' Yoor
offer u admit me ton par,ic,nation in sSs
NV RAILROAD enterprise IN In every respect
L.
thank you very sincerely lar IL, and I'm ihis
connection I wish To make IA .uv,csit,.n
Of u somewhat scitish cSan,eir' n IL
rosa of ny . .rvse AZ M .auwehs oIer To- dis
really deslrcs TO do No, wish he Womb ,n =. nc
The proposition definite, SO that could
wai,s i,.,,hn ny, 20 ucpsna on. Perhaps " he
prise he may grow rsiucan, 10 Ss,, ~" w, H, ,ne
shsre. ana do not by thi, mean any ,ils,ru.t
dead head IN NO Iba nS n issi that snail prove
in II, Soc Inc vs,i M ,,nan "nve onnatS
$50" sv.' n,'
Mr. Fisher. India s,ra., .a., w. BLAME
n. ,..,. ~ y, N', .oe'"'
lie recurs 10 the subject a few DAVIS
later:
NJ. ,.,. ,,MuoVs.A, MI, July lsun.
..siyyav,".,n'' lsaci; tou ASK me N am
sn asne ~, Win 'ne oner You made me OF n
. .n,e AZ your new railroad en,erprirer OF
,ou .lso nh more thnn satisfied with the
rrono e ' ", any 'nrf; u,nk ~ y mos Liberia
v ~on,,',, IN no way CON
Vr,r rv H,,, VIII une vhnrnc,er OF the oiiur,
nn W. ,nvv,ni mouc OF uesling WIN me In oil
- ~. o '.s l"nshouunh ui ue past eight
,, nss NV i"ssel without my null npprc.
,,'sI., 10. wrn,e You on thn sIth was
m.,s,an NJ n,ns .siuW.ll 10 nncnni,c prop
oss.wn. UNI was All. 10 70 BOSTON by tue
aaW ~ .rn int carries this letter, and Will
. . Nv our Vihcc to-notrow NJ " M, lfyou
~"mrsa nh"ilvn y, po ~, no mh,tci;uunt put
s""''e" y auy u"uoie hooutit
-. nour, J. q l.,
"i' r'h"er, Jh
Fisher was then promising 10 assign
hia cnntra,, 10 r.it.,.t, Re, ar
80 Nv,i''aS' w gauWeH, out uiu not
ACTUALLY do 40 Till September following.
Mr.. Blaine waited NIL summer for N
udaa ni,., ,,r,,,c-t,te.,u s..' 49, -
'' Ptol"'i.,ou irohh ShuWtil,
put none came. 30 ne proceeded In re.
fresh his memory and Elsher's. as fol.
lows, y w.
'""e'
Auousr, Mr. no, AN
MY DrAu am snoa, 10 Van ms,
time ago ,,ssat n poni St imi.sScs u s VIM,
raiirona cnn many ina, n.,,rrai a., u 'Du,
sassion of "n,vrr'. i, ,va' ~, ~. Nv ~, ~
~ ~. session, ,n.n M M, W., ~ W., u'sn NV
land grant 10 lie s,ate oi A,ksnsas fns liz liz
I,i,ls Rnrt ROAD ,yns ,,,a el,.', Ia, t,t W w,
Indiana, chairman of me public l,,nd. com.
IN ,.Se, n u, py sh, en,lieu '" me noor at
TO the Fremont vi Pasn scheme y. sehem"
probably well known To MIR caldwell. The
mouse p WAS .h,n ana me lobby
ali SET up, and Jaliae amendment %as . l,isel
~ TO prcvlul II brought 70 vote. Root nud
,ne Other ,nn, m.moe,s nom Arkansas, who
10 which mere seemed to be '" "o e",sc,,on
Were In despair, for u was known that tho
',nn ws hos,ae w. We fremont scheme.
senate with Jul ans amendn,eni, the whole
thing would have gone on the table and slept
the tlcep of death. In this dilemma Root
came Ia me 10 know what ON esrtn he couIu
do upcer the rules, Tor he M Il, II was
vital 10 his constituents that the bill
should pass. told hin that JuiInn's amend
ment was entirely out OF order, because MOI
gerinnnc, Hut he had not sufficient conf
donce In his knowledge OF the rui,s 10 make
the point, but he said Gen. Logan was on
posed To the Fremont scheme aud would
probably make tho point. sent my page a.
Gen. Logan with ,he suggestion and he nj
.ncc made the point could not 40 other.
wise tnan abstain ~, and 40 the bill was ftt eel
from the mischievour amendment moved
by Julian and at once passed without oblcc-
ton. Az that time mad never seen air.
caldwell, but you can tell him mat, without
knowing It, did him u great favor
Sincerely yours, JANIS u. BLAINE.
W. Fisher, Jr., EAq.. No, "a InuiA street,
boston.
II, will bo o.o, frn, mi. ,lat a., had
~ WIZ pe 'eop ',o'' '"is ,hh' nv i'"o
already been talking oil this point OF
interest" to Fisher but was eager to
oI'pb " " N".u"o', pot'oe: ~ ne
wrote again on the sainedny, This time
9,s,si,ar hiII y Az, Svu
rbne' ~ ohi, nv ,niS u"tc MI
phelps evasively say =, "tbe transaction
was nearly closed" ltmay have been,
out n.'' pihhc cAPeoe'Nolh were NOT
closed.
AUGUSTA. Mr., Oct, I. 1860.
of M. nsI,ies na,ned In my i,iter Of vcs,cr.
Sav se re,rnin,ns naniy.sis viii ny s' eo,,,.
ni.,.a NJ ranidly nsc,r"n,"s,nnr.a viii on,.
nil 1 incl ny Won pari Of The ,onvre., Kan.
al Globe OF April o, contain ny tho point To
which ,d, ,e,e " ~ some ienrh ~ n pre-
terest 10 read il over ana nee what . narrow
escape your bi made ON that last night Of
the sessIon. OF course II was my PLAIN duty
70 make The ruling when the point was once
rai,cd. iftho Arkansas men had not hap