Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-09-23
r. r. DEL VALE,
An Rstinau,.hed Candidate

Hs r. LEI vSAEAGS
Of Los Angeles.
An Extingutshed Candidate.
From the very opening Of tho present
campaign tho HERALD has felicitated
itself upon the easy task before 1t. Or
dinarily Democratic journal has found
It incumbent upon it to go TO great
pains to impeach the character of the
opposing candidate for President. In
the case of Grant, whom running for a
third term, this labor was not great. Ia
the case Of Mrs. Hayess husband there
was absolutely nothing TO ''catch on. v
That Miss Nancy OF candidates enjoyed
the protec' ion which is conceded to
women. When II CAME TO Garfield the
task was Us easy as the descent to hell
was represented to be by Virgil. Whom
1t comes to Blaine, however the thing
is so ignobly facile that we prefer to
employ vicarous and Republican hands
in the operation.
Every ono remembers the first Latch
of the Mulligan letters. In the subse-
auent nstallment there are disclosures
which remove the last doubt as to Blaine's
stool pigeon character while Speaker of
the National House Of Representatives,
and subsequently. We have SO recently
republished the "No Deadhead" letter
that we are exonerated from reproducing
itnow. We give below the letter from
Blaine to Fisher, dated April 10th, 1876,
with the withdrawing enclosure, and
we will leave to Republican journals
and to the San. which is aiming to beat
Governor Cleveland, the comment.
Here they are:
REQUEST TO Bs ExoSERArED.
lConhdentiAl
WASHINGTON, d. c., 10Th April, 1876.
My DEAR Mr.. FISHER. You can do
me very great favor, and | know it
will give you pleasure to do 50, just as
i
cumstances. Certain persons and pa.
pers are trying 10 throw mud at me to
injure my candidacy before tho Cincin-
natl Convention, and you may observe
they are trying it in connection with the
Little Rock and Fort Smith matter.
Iwant you to send me letter such as
the enclosed draft. You will receive
this tomorrow Monday evening. and it
will be favor shall never forget il you
will at once write me the letter and mail
it the same evening.
The letter is strictly true, is hsnora.
BILE to you and to me, and will stop the
mouths Of slanderers at once.
Regard this letter as strictly confiden.
tial. Do not show 1t TO any one. The
draft is la the hands Of my clerk, who is
as trustworthy Us any man can be. Ii
you cant get the letter written in season
for the nine o'clock mail to New York,
please be sure to mail it during the night
30 that II will start first mail Tuesday
morning; but U possible. I pray you 10
get IL IN the nine O'Clock mail Monday
epening. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher.
Sincerely, j. G. B.
Burn this letter.
IRdorsed on The back,
Not knowing your exact address, /
send this to the Parker House, in order
that it may [notl be subjected to any
danger in the hands of carrier.
J.G. B.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co. |
Dated WAsHINaToN, ID. c., 1876.
Received at 9;4i, April 10th.
TO Warren Fisher, Commonwealth Ho-
tei.-Please go to Parker House to-mor-
row, Monday evening, on arrival morn
ing mail from New York, find letter.
Answer by return mail.
10 d. H. j. G. BLAINE.
Tsm.
The following is the enclosure referred
to in the preceding letter.
BosToN, April 49,, 1876
Hon. Jas. G. Blaine, Washington, ID. c..
DEAR SIR:-I observe that certain
newspapers are making or rather insinu-
ating the absurd charge that you own
or had owned $3.50, 900 of Little Rock &
Fort Smith Railroad bonds, aud that
you had in some way obtained them as
gratuity.
The enterprise of building the Little
Rock 4 Fort Smith Railroad was under
taken in 1860 by company OF Boston
gentlemen, OF whom | was myself one.
The bonds of the road were put upon the
market in this city ON what WINS deemed
very advantageous terms to the pur.
chaser. They Were sold largely through
myself. You became the purchaser OF
about $50. 900 of the bonds on precisely
the same terms that every other buyer
received, paying for then. in installments
running over considerable period, Just
as others did. The transaction was per-
fcctly open, and there was no more Sc
cresy in regard to it than ii you had
been buying flour or sugar, | am sure
you never owned bond of the road that
you did not pay for at the market rate.
Indeed, am sure that no one received
bonds on any other terms.
When the road got into financial diff.
culties and loss fell upon you, you still
retained your bonds, and you held their
clear through to the reorganization o
the company in 1874, exchanging then
for stocks and bonds of the now com
pany.
You acquired also some demands
against the new company by reason o
your having joined with others in rails
ing some money when the company wa
in pressing need. For the recovery o
that money proceedings are now pend
ing in the U. 5. Circuit Court in Arkan
sas, to which you are openly party o
record. Concsalment of the investment
and everything connected with it woult
have been very easy had concealmen
been desirable; but your action ia til,
whole matter was as open and as fair as
the day. When the original enterprise
failed, knew with what severity the
pecuniary loss fell upon you. and witt
what integrity and nerve you met it
Years having since elapsed, it seemi
rather hard ut this late day to be com
PEELED to meet Islander in matte
where your conduct was in the highes
degree honorable and straightforward
You may use this letter in any wa
that will be of service to you.
Very sincerely yours, w. f., JR.
Here is what the New York Times
always Republican, which now support
Cleveland, has 10 say about the humil
iating attitude of Blaine as presented il
the foregoing, which is supplemental Il