The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-22
LONG-LIVED LETTERS.
THOSE FROM BLAINE TO FISHER.
Apparently Never Ending Series
Fisher to the Front with New
Ratch-Blaine's Sudden Sick
ness-Piteous Appeals,

were neeuou Oh the anlecL terror Win
which Mr.. James G. Blaine contem-
plated the possible production of the
additional letters of his in the hands o.
Warren Fisher and James Mullgan it is
afforded in those obtained to-day. That
these letters remained in Mulligan's
possession to haunt Mr.. Blaine is d-
rectly traceable TO the act by which he
seize the batch which Mulligan took TO
Washington in May 1875. When Mr..
Blaine refused TO return those letters he
incurred the bitter resentment ola hard
headed freshman, whose face should |
have warned MIN Of his danger.
BLAINE GIVEN THE LIE.
at was an outrage said Mr.. Warren |
Fisher to-day, "that Mr.. Blaine should |
have taken those letters us he did. Mr. |
Mullgan has neyen forgiven him, and |
he never VIII. After Mr.. Blaine refused |
TO return these letters Mulligan had lent |
him to look at, nothing within MIR.
Blaine'S power to give or promote, could
have bribed or induced him to give up
the remaining documents, which he held
on to with the tenacty Of n terrier Mr..
Blaine's denial that he ever offered to
pay Mulligan for those letters, is absO-
lutely false. When, in 1850, Just before
the convention, he sent for mo through
Elisha Atkins, to come ana SEQ him in
New York. ! went, and we had Il
long conference mt the Fifth Avenue
hotel. He then asked me what though
Mulligan would take and give up the
letters he held. told him that did
not believe there was enough money in
the country 10 buy them. lie told me
that he was willing to pay any price,
but that he must have them. 1 asked
how much he wouldpaY, lie said, amy
thing, but get them ! said: well,
there must be some limit and this was
what prompted him to name $4,000 as
the sum that would he forthcoming in
the hands of Mr.. Cumming, Elisha At
kins' partner. for the return of the let
ters then in Mulligan's possession.
81 camo back to Boston and laid MIR.
Blaine's offer before Mr.. Muligan, but
he was inmOvable. He spurued the
proposition, and seemed TO be more set
tied than ever in his determination to
hold on to the letters"
MORE PROOF.
This view OF the great Importance Mr..
Blaine attached TO the possession Of the
proofs against him by Fisher and Multi
gan is reinforced and emphasized 10y
the letters obtained to-day, written by
Mr. Blaine from his "sick bod" in Au-
gusta, TO Fisher.
In order to inform the reader as to the
true revelance of these letters, il il nee
essary TO recall the incidents immedi-
ately connected with their contonts: ON
June 3, 1876, Mr.. Blaine made his drn-
matte explanation to H,000,000 of his
2 countrymen, and read the letters he had
practically stolen from Mr.. Muligan.
AT the request of Mr.. Blaine, tho com
mittee investigating his case, adj
journed from Saturday, June 10, to the
following Monday, in consequence OF
the absence of his colleagues, Messrs.
Hale and FRYE. ON Sunday, June II,
NJ lntV l. - Il.
steps, complaining of a pain i'm his head,
and saying he was afraid he had sun
stroke. On Monday, June ~ the COM
mittee met and dismissed the witnesses
for two weeks on account Of MIR.
Blaine's Illness. On Tuesday, Juno l3,
Mr. Blaine sent the following dispatch
EUGENE HALE, Cincinnati, Ohio:-I
am entirely convalescent; suffering
only from physical weakness Impress
upon my friends the debt of gratitude |
feel for the unparalleled stoadlastness
with which they have adhered to mo in
my hour of trial.
lSigned j. G.. BLAINE.
Mr.. Hayes was nominated by the ma
tional Republican convention Juno 10,
and ON the Monday following, June 10,
Mr.. Blaine ma ratification speech In
Washington
sICKAGAIN.
AS the date for the reassemhling of
the committee Of investigation APP
preached, Mr.. Blaine's health failed ra-
pidiy, and at 80 y. M, Tuesday, June
n, he left Washington, by special car
for his home IN Augusta. On the same
day, Messrs. Fisher and Mulligan ar.
rived IN Washington to continue THEN
testimony. 4 dispatch to the Boston
Herald Of that date says: "phey were
greatly annoyed ut being detained unit
Friday, to which date the committo,
had adjourned
Tho spoc,a, ear i'm which Mr.. Blain,
travelled went direct Co Augusta, SO thai
he was not seen az New York or Boston
en- route. lie reached homo WedneS
day, June -, and that very night wrutt
the following urgent letter TO Mr.
Fisher, which is here published for thu
first time, tho quotations being Mr.
Blane's:
WANTED r. SEE HIN,
wednesday, Is, Evening
My DEAR Mr. FI-uER:-l want to SO
you Just as much as before YOU went 1
Washington. You can leave Boston q
1850 aud return Same night If YOU dt
sire, though would prefer 20 have yo
stay over. "Como direytlyto my house.
tits, think, as important Tor you to sc
nae rs for me to see you. Come thi
week; don't fail; Come tomorrow, Il POI
sible. Yours, j. G. BLAINE.
This letter pretty clearly indicates IN
malady OF which Mr.. Blaine was a vi,
tim.
VERY nan OFF.
A dispatch to the Boston Herald dat,
Augusta, Thursday, June -, says tn
Mr.iBlaine suffered no serious set baI
by his journey and was then enoyn
the rest and freedom from tho oNrit
mont he 50 worry much needed. IL col
tlnuod: "pr. Hill, his family physical
says that there l. no organic trou
but that the nervous prOSiratiun, con
plcated with mnlurial effects, Is mo
severe than he had calculated from VIII
he had read ot tho case Helms adopt
acareful line of treatment, prcscribiI
absolute rest, even iorhiddiug NJ
Blaino's writing n letter.
gives him no assurance that
Will be able to take any part in the pen
ing campaign"
This was on Thursday, and vet I
following letter, written two DAYS lut,
shows that Mr. Blaine knew better VIII
medicine H. wanted than his fam
physician. Here, too, the italics arc \
Blaine's:
lPrivate,l
"Augusta shturd iN evening list, July, 20
"MN DEAR Nh. FlsnER-l write fir,
my sick bed. / want very much to
you. am very sorry you did not col
10 Washington when requested. Ca
you come to Augusta nv train M0nds
Express train leaves Eastern station
. O'clock, renching here at y.
rou can return same evening; or,
you can't come hv o'clock train, tn,
is train that leaves AT T. or 1880 no
and gets here about 3 p. m. you q
return same night. "Do come quickl,
Say nothing to any one, but do come.
Yours sincerely,
See over. j, a.. BLAINE
Important to you as well as mys
that you come very sOou." ION
other side Of the Sheet Don't let a