Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-21


Henry Clay writing letter to per-
sonal friead Offering to use his official
influence as a matter Of favoritIsm In
his behalf
ldr. Blaine didn't do all the letter
writing. He received letters as we'll
In relation to his railroad transactions,
and here is one OF them;
Bosrov, April 10. Is72--NY DEAR BlAINE
Your favor Of the 1861 inst. reached mo this
morning. am surprised Mt It's contents
have loaued you al various times. when you
were comparatively poor, very iafEs sums OF
money, and mover have you paid me ono dol
lar from your own pocket, either principal
OF interest have paid sundry amounts 10
others TO whom you were Indebted, and these
debts you have allowed 10 stand unpaid, like
the notes which hold. l have placed you In
positions whereby you have received very
largo sums Of money without ono dollar Of
expense 10 you, aud you ought not TO forget
the act on my part on all the parties con-
nected with the Little Rock 4 Fort Smith
railroad no one las been so fortunate AS
yourscifin obtaining money out Of II. You
obtained large amount, both OF bonds and
4 D
figures and know the amount. Owing
TO your political position you were able
to work on all your bonds NJ very high
price, and the fact Is well known TO Others
az well as myself Would your friends IN
Maine be satisfied n they knew the factag
Arc my associates satisfied 60 have you OBJ
tain $4,000 from the Northern Pacific rail-
road and You not make the investment as
per agreementg The course you have
thought proper 10 take In regard TO my re-
quest Is rather u poor one, taking into con.
sideration your relations with me. and /
again AJAX you 10 reconsider II and grant II
wARRES FrsHEE, Jn.
What comment does this need ?
"You have obtained a large amount Of
bonds and money.frcc NJ cost 10 you,"
writes the chief officer of the Fort
Smith railroad, whose charter Mr.
Blaine was instrumental in having
put through congress, and afterwards
frequently reminded Fisher of the
value Of his services to that road.
would your friends in Maine be salts
fled II they knew the facts ?" asks Mr.
Fisher. An honest man would
have answered Indignantly that
his acts were open to the
world for inspection, and he
had nothing to conceal from
his "friends in Maine" Blaine did |
nothing Of the kind, and when threat
ened with the publication of these let
ters by Mulligan, who had obtained
possession Of them, fell upon his knees
and with clasped hands besought
Mulligan to save him from dIshonor
by destroying the proofs OF his venal-
ity. That he did regard these exposures
as damaging to him is proved by the
following letter, which he writes to
Fisher, lnclosing another letter which
Is to be copied by Fisher and returned
to him as original, generating him
fron any improper relations with the
Fort Smith railroad:
CcoNFmENTiAL.N
wAsHISGroN, April &c, ls70.-MY DEAR
MIR, FISHER: You eau do me n great favor
and know II with giveyou pleasure TO do
so, Just rs would do for you under similar
are trying To throw mud at mo TO lnJure my
candidacy before the Cincinnati convention,
and You may observe they are trying II In
connection with the Little Rock and Fort
Smith matter. ] want you to send me let
YER such as the Enclosed dran. You will re-
ceive this tomorrow tMonday) evening, and
II VIII be favor | shall never forget
# you win Mt once write me
he OF md natl sl,o pa,,,.. ....,f...- |
letter is strictly true, ia honorable to You ana
to me. anu win stop the mouths OF SANDER
erS. Regard this letter as strictly oonffdon.
tial. Do not show II to any one. The dram
Is in tho hands OF my clerk, who Is az trust
worthy as any man can be- you can't get
tho lettsr written In season Tor ghe o'clock |
mail TO New York. please be suro 10 mail 1t
during the night 80 that II viii start nrst |
mail Thursday morning; bm d possible I praD |
Hsu 10 get q N he o'clock matt Ifsnolay erei,- |
ing. Kind regards to Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely. !
lliurn this letter, J.G.B.
The Enclosed draft" was the letter
which, when copied and sent to
Blaine by Fisher, was given out by |
him as an unsought testimonial of
character which was to clear him
from suspicion.
Such is the Republican candidate
for president, such his character and
such his methods. If not proven fla
GRAVITY corrupt, he is by his own con-
fession tricky and deceitful There Ia
nothing frank and straightforward
about him. He did not dare TO say, as
did Cleveland, Tell the truth" He
Ia morally unfit TO be president Of this
country, and he will not be.
CAPITAL CULLINGs.