Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-07
MULLleAN MATTERS.
The LATEST and Nest Damaging
Letters.
CLEVELAND AN EASY WINNER
An Expert" Prediction on 0hio---The
Buckeye State to Go twenty-five
thousand Republican.
WHAT SENATOR eoRMAN SAYS.

NEw YORK, October GA large Demo
cratic meeting was held at Fairview, n. j.,
Saturday night, at which a decided sensa-
tion was produced. Mr.. Kobhe was the
principal speaker.
In speaking OF the famous "Mulhgan let
ters" he gave a complete analysis Of the
Fisher Caldwell affairs and Mr.. Blaine's
scsndalous use Of his public office to fur
ther his private business. 90. ,
81 am sgmewbat familiar with the let
ters" said Mr.. Eobbe 81 am acquainted
with Mr.. Fisher, and three winters ago he
showed me. at his house, in Boston, the most
important of these letters, lately pub
hshed. remembered particularly that which
contained the draft of the statement that
Mr.. Blaine wished Mr.. Fisher to sign, and
which was to be used by Mr.. Blaine to
shield himself against an investigation into
the amount of his railroad transactions,
which was then impending. Mr.. Fisher
saw Mr.. Blaines dodge. That letter is
false he said. Mr. Blaine wanted me to
sign it. then he would proceed to read it to
the committee Of course l would be sub
pmnaed and | would have to pepure myself
in sustaining it. II was an indirect request
for me to Perure myself.
Mr. Kobbe then, with great detail, took
up the various "MulEgan letters, and de
scribed Mr.. Blaine's repeated attempts TO
have Fisher, at any moral cost, swear him
oul of his (Blaine's) dilemma.
Another Mulligan Letter.
Then came the sensation of the evening
the reading of letter from Mr.. Fisher to
Mr.. KObbe, reciting Mr.. Blaines offer in
1850 of $4,000 to Muligan to give up the
now famous letters, and further offer to
pay all their expenses if Muligau aud
Fisher would leave the country until after
the election.
II will read one more letter said Mr..
Kobbe In certain sense it is a Mulligan
letter 1t is not written by Mr.. Blaine, but
by Mr. Fisher. You remember that when
Mr. Blaine was asked with regard to the
second batch of Mulhgau letters, he had the
assurance to express a wish that every Re-
publican paper in the country would
publish them, | tell Won that, on the
contrary, Mr. BlaiLe had made
every possible effort to gain posses
sion of these letters, and Fisher writes
TO me in regard to this and says that Blaine
made the most determined efforts 10 get
possession of them hold in ny hand here
letter from Mr.. Fisher to me which will
read to you" Amid breathless silence the
speaker read the following
WINDSOR, VT, July u, 1884.
In April or May of 1880, Blaine sent
word to have me meet him at the Fiji Ave
nue. Hotel. He then authorized me to get
the letters from Muligan pay $4,000 ifI
could not get them for less, and then want
ed Mr. Muligsn and myself to go to Eur
ope and remain until after the election at
his expense Mr.. Mulligsn declined the
offer. He said Blaine had stolen his letters
in Washington; he never should have what
he held at any price.
WARREN FISHER.
Mr.. Kobbe asked the audience whether it
was likely that Mr.. Blaine wanted to get
:hese letters in order to publish them as in
.idents in his Twenty Years of Congress" "