West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-31
Nothing Dishonorabic."

| MT blalnV WfOto To MS wicked
pas'ncrs." Fisher and Caldwell. that
certain legislation extending the Ma
uonal bank system would take place
the coming session TO the amount of
| SJO,OUO,OOO TO S7d,O,O.OOO. As il after
wards proved he even knew the
amount II will bo ~ matter of
tavorltism,' he says, To get the banks,
and "it will bo in my power TO cast an
anchor TO windward in your behalf il
| YOU SO DESIRE In his next letter he
shows that he was rs good ~ his
word IL CdS u matter of favor
| IL SIN, and he used his power to
| "CnSt an anchor to the windward," ="
securing n bank of 5000, ,00l, but fail
ing to persuade Bclknap TO let his
friends Usc.., the United States arsenal
ut Little Rock for bank building.
| Yet reckless Blaine organ says that
"thcrc is nothing i'm these lctto:s- not
one solitary line or word-showing
anything wrong or dishonorablc ON
| Mr. Blaino's part
| 'l do not feel that | shall prove
| dcad-head in the enterprise ii once
embark in it, wrote Blaine TO Fisher.
Owing To your political position, YOU
were sblo To work of all your bonds
at very high price," wrote Fisher To
| Blaine.
Yet reckless Blaine organ saws
there is not "a solitary limo or word
in these letters showing anything
wrong OF dishonorablo ON MIR Blainc's
part
"Mv whole connection with the road
has been rs open as the day II there
had been anything To conceal about it.
j should not have touched il. said Mr..
Blaine, i'm the House of Representatives,
defending himself from the charge.
Nobody shall ever know from mo
disposed of single dollar in Maine"
wrote Blaine TO Fisher.
And reckless Blaine organ SAYS
there is not line or word In these
letters dishonorablo To MIR Blaine.
81 never had any transaction oI any
kind with Thomas A. Scot concerning
bonds of the Little Rock n Fort smith
Road or the bonds OF any other railroad
or any business i'm any way connected
with railroads, directly or indirectly,
Immediately or remote, said Mr.
Blaine ia the House of Representatives.
81 can do something | feel very san
guinc with Thomas A. Scott" wrote
Blaine TO Fisher. Taking into nc
count the one hundred thousand dollar
bonds you sold TO Tom Scott our
iNltlbiNt lONlAlOllS IlldutidllN III inc
Little Rock N Fort Smith Railroad bear
n wide contrast wrote Fisher to
Blaine.
Yet reckless Blaine organ saws that
there is not line or word in these let
ters dishonorablo TO Mr. Blaine.
"1n common with hundreds of other
people in New England and other parts
of the country, ] bought some of these
bonds-nOt n worry large amount--pay-
ing for them at precisely the same ratio
Others paid. | ncyer heard and do not
believe that the Little Rock Company
ever parted with bond TO any person
except at the regular price fixed for
their SALE said Mr. Blaine in the
House of Representatives
You obtained subscriptions from
Your friends i'm Maine for the building OF
the Little Rock ~ Fort Smith Railroad.
Out Of their subscriptions YOU obtained
u large amount both of bonds and
money free of cost TO you. have your
own figures and know the amount, q"
wrote Fisher TO Blaine
Yet a.reckless Blaine organ says there
is nothing i'm these letters dishonorable
TO Mr.. Blaine.
Wherever conccalmcnt is desirable
avoidance is advisable said Mr. Blaine
in the House Of Representatives. ''Re-
gard this letter as confidential DO
not show il TO any one! Burn this let
ter"' wrote Blaine TO Fisher, asking
Fisher for certificate Of good charac-
ter, which he never got
"YOur positive written contract was
90 deliver me Sl2j, 600 land bonds and
$4,000 first mortgage bonds. OF the
whole amount of bonds due me | have
received but SjO.OOO land bonds, -
wro,e Blaine to Fisher. Mulligan testi-
fed that Blaine afterwards received all
but S3O,OOO of the amount which is
claimed under the contract Yet. ac.
cOrding to the letters just published, he
wanted Fisher to pretend 10 write him
letter saying "You (Blaine) bought
about $4,000 OF the bonds on precisely
the same terms that every other buyer
received ~
And reckless Blaine organ says
there is not a line nor word dishonOr.
able to Mr.. Blaine in all these lcttcrs.
This view is echoed by all the Blaine
organs. They all declare that in
the creed Of the Republican party H. l.
not "dishOnOrable' in their Presidential
candidate 10 offer bis "power' i'm an in.
1ucntial Office for doing au act OF ia
yoritism" 90 iobbers aud speculator.
with whom he has lObbing iransa ion.
OF g. doubtful character and not dis
honorable 30 say he had uothing tO dc
with the sale Of bonds 90 the President
Of the Union Pacific Road when. i'm hi.
own handwriting no had offered to ne.
gotiate With the President, and the let
iers OF his partner showed that be- did
sell 100000 OF the bonds TO that Prc-i.
dent
That is To- say, the iobbcry of pub.
Tic Office, gross falschOOda. and AN al
tempt 10 manufacture evidence 90 con.
ccal this jobbcry and falsehood. are not,
according 10 The Republican organs.
dishOnOrablo 10 a aRcpubican candidate.
-DCirOH Free Press.
Bla'ne's ''lntegrity and Honor"
Everybody knows, or should know.
1Ow how fully Blaine revealed his char
actcr in the Mulligan letters. His poor
w disscmbled use of his high position
as Speaker Of the House of Represent
ativcs simply for his own personal
ends marks him as n man who is utter.