St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-27
The Blaine Crookedness.

More Mulligan Fisher letters are in reserve
and if published it is said will lay bare to
more damaging extent than any of the let
tiers yet published aine's rather lack of in
tegrity and honor. The following is dis
patch from Boston of Oct. 81:
whoever thinks that Mulligan and Fisher
have fired the last shot in their fusilade of
letters against James G. Blaine knows little
OF the length and variety of the business
transactions in which they were jointly in
terested. If the matter were in the control
of Fisher it is doubtful if the public would
be further taken into Blaine's confidence,
through his private correspondence. Ever
since it became known that further revela-
tons were to be made concerning Mr.. Blaine's
dealings with Fisher and the Boston capital
lists, Mr.. Fisher has been subjected to every
kind of pressure to secure their suppression
Among his social and business acquaintance
es are many ardent Blaine Republicans, who
have represented to Mr. Fisher that he was
FORGETTING their confidence and esteem by
the course he was pursuing. One man with
whom Mr.. Fisher has long been on terms of
the most intimate and confidential friend
ship, was particularly exasperrted when the
''burn thisn batch of letters was published
He sent repeatedly for Mr.. Fisher to call and
see him, alleging that he wished to talk with
him on most important business. Mr. Fish
er put him off as long as he could, knowing
that the interview could not be of pleasing
or peaceful nature. Finally he thought it
was better to have the meeting over and he
went to the gentleman's cottage, beautiful
residence on the outskirts of Boston. As
Mr.. Fisher feared, his friend abused him,
from the time he entered his house until he
quit it. After exhausting his vituperation
on Mr.. Fisher, he asked him under whose
advice he was acting. Mr. Fisher at first re-
sented this as something his friend had no
right to ask, but being pressed, said that he
had submitted the matter to Rev. James Free
man Clark who had counselled him that it
was his duty to lay proofs of Mr. Blaine's
crookedness before the pnbiic.
''Iknew it. l knew it, exclaimed his en-
ragged Blaine friend; II knew you were act
ing under the influence of Ome- -
crank, like James Freeman Clark What do
such men want meddling in politics! What
do they know about them!"
Then he went on to threaten Mr. Fisher
with the absolute termination OF their friend
shin. ''When you go out of this house,
said he, 81 never want you to enter it again,
and, should we meet again, don't you pre-
sumo to recognize or speak to me''
''Do you mean thatl" said Fisher.
81 do, you,'' and they parted.
This is but one instance of what Mr.. Fisher
has undergone for doing what he has been
advised by the best men in Boston was his
simple duty. With Mr.. Muligan the condi-
tons are entirely different. He has no large
circle of influential Republican friends to
subject him 10 social ostracism for anything
he may do to iniure Blaine's canvass. He
holds back certain letters to-day, as he wished
to hold them back from Mr.. Blaine in 1876,
to protect himself and corroborate his state
ments, should any one have the temerits to
assail either. His is nature which cannot
be coaxed or cajoled, but which will resent
attack with all the ferceness of q baited
badger.
There is one letter known to be in the pos
session of Mr.. Mulligan, from Mr.. Blaine,
which, If published, would give the oppon-
ents of the Blaine statesmen fresh line of
attack upon him. One of the Stanwoods was
in the whisky business in Boston. Mulligan
was his book keeper and confidential clerk
Il fact, Mnlligan vas the brains of the con-
Germ. Some twelve years ago, when Mr.
Blaine was Speaker of the House of Repre-
seRtatives, he saw channel in which an in
vestment in whisky might be useful to him.
He cast an anchor to windward in the bust
ness of his wife's relatives, to the amount Of
$50, 000 or thereabouts. Then came on the
scandal q bout whisky in Congress and Mr..
Blaine, fearing detection, made haste to
cover his tracks by writing a letter to Mr.
Mulligan substantially to this effect:
"Washington. Nv Dear jim: It now
looks as if there was % Oe genuine investi-
CATION into the whisky matters by congress.
It would not be well for congressman to be
found holding an interest. Will you, there
fore, close out my account on the books and
will settle with Stanwood privately,
''Yours hastily, J. G. b.
This is the substance of one Of the MANY
letters written by Mr.. Blaine to ''NIy Dear
Jim" whom he once held in almost as high
regard as his ''Dear Friend Fisher.''
Mr.. Mulligan is a netholical person and
is not likely to have destroyed any of the
confidential epistles received from bis smart
aud distinguished correspondent. MulIiga
is waiting for some Of the Blaine organs to
stir him up with pointed stick before Civ
ing any more letters to the public. Perhaps
they have learned the more they let him
alone the better it is for Blaine.