The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-04
W. FIsILER. JR.

Personal,
AUGUSTA, Me-, October 4, lS69-MY
| DEAR SIR: | spoke to you short time
ago about point of interest to your rail
road company that had occurred at the
| last session Of Congress. 1t was on the |
| last night of the session when the bill
renewing the land grant to the State OF
| Arkansas for the Little Rock road was
reached, and Julian, of Indiana, chair |
man of the Public Lands committee, and
by right, entitled to the floor, attempted
to put on the bill, as an amendment, the
Fremont-El Paso scheme-a scheme
probably well known to Mr.. Caldwell.
in the Fremont interest had
the thing all set up, and
Julian's amendment was likely to pre-
vail if brought to vote Roots and the
other members from Arkansas, who
were doing their best for their own bill,
Ito which there seemed TO be no objec-
tom were in no despair, for it was well
known that the Senate was hostile to
, the Fremont scheme, and if the Arkan-
sas bill had gone back to the Senate
with Julian's amendment, the whole
thing would have gone to the table and
slept the sleep of death. In this dilcm-
ma Roots came to me to know what on
= earth he could do under the rules, for
? he said it was vital to his constituents
that the bill should pass. | told
( him that Julian's amendment
l was entirely out of order, because not
, gcrmane; but he had not sufficient con-
fdence in his knowledge of the rules to
make the point, but he said Gen. Logan
was opposed to the Fremont scheme
and would propably make the point. |
: sent my page to Gen. Logan with the
II suggestion, and he mt once made the
ia point, | could not do otherwise than
- Sustain it, and so the bill was freed
" from the mischievous amendment
y moved by Julian, and ut once passed
~ without objection. At that time | ha,
III never seen Mr.. Caldwell, hut you cai
Is tell him that, without knowing it, ! di,
= him great favor. Sincerely yours,
g; j. G. BLAINE.
~ W. FISHER, jr.. ESP q India street
m Boston.
Id AUGUSTA. oct. /, lS69.-NIY DEAR Nh
FISHER: Find enclosed contracts &
parties named in my letter of yesterday
The remaining contracts will be con
- pleted rs rapidly rs possible, as circun
IN stances will permit. enclose you pan
Is, of the Congressional Globe of April
- containing the point to which | reterrc
at some length in my previous letter I
u to-day. You will lind ii of interest
in read it over and see what narrow q
no cape your bill had on that last night ,
nn the session. OF course, IL was my plai
,re duty to make the ruling when the pOii
,rc was once raised. If the Arkansas me
he had not, however, happened to. come
me when mt their wits end and
despair the bill would undoubtedly hay
been lost, or at least postponed for
he year. ] thought the point would int
~ est both YOU and Caldwell, thong
.nc occurring before either of yC
IS engaged i'm the cntorpris
nd / beg YOU to understand that | tho
n Il oughly appreciate the courtesy Wi
ort which YOU have treated me in this RAJ
road matter, but your conduct towal
me In business matters has always bee
marked by mboundcd libcrality in pa
cor years, and OF course | have natural
to- come to expect the same of you no.
ttv You urge me to make rs much as
MS fairly can out of the arrangement i'm
which we have entered. II is natW
that should do my utmost to this en-
e. | am bothered by only one thing, ~
ate that is the indefinite arrangement wi
mo Mr.. Caldwell. am anxious to acqui
P' the interest he has promised me, bu
lur- do not get definite understanding wi
de- him as | have with you. | shall be
Boston ina few days and shall tn
have an opportunity to talk matters Oy
-, fully with YOU. ! am disposed to thil
lhlS that whatever | do with Mr., Caldw
Dali must really hc done through YOU. hi
ovn regards To Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely,
,o,c j. G.. BLAINE
-, w. FISHER, Jr.