Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-09

cuniary gain. These letters exhibit him
ss smart patriot pretending to use
his ability aid iri1usngs for the benefit
of the people, while in fact lie was ST.
cretly using the influence of his Office in
the work Of making money and building
up large fortune.
The remarkable revolt against this man
in his own party has been caused not only
by the evidence which these letters give
concerning his dealings in Little Rock
and Fort Smith securities, but in great
degree bv the exhibition of his character
which the history Of these dealings and
the tone Of his letters afford, and by
confirmed by his votes in Con
gress and circumstautial evidence Of
other kinds s-that while holding the pew
erful office of speaker and while sitting
in the Senate he was useful to himself
and to those who were willing to use him
in many other enterprises affected by
legislation. Thousands of honest men
in both parties have been led by these
letters and other corroborating testimony
to believe that Blaine was casting
anchors to the wihdward' in many di-
rections Having read these shameful
writings and fully grasped their mean
ing, they have not been able Il, avoid
the conclusion that the Little Rock and
Fort Smith enterprise was not the only
one in which he embarked and was not
d deadhead That undertaking was
small one in comparison with Others, de-
pending upon congressional action, in
which wealthy and unscrupulous corpor-
,vnra ruhilo be ruou
Speaker of the House or a member of the
Senate.
We have already reviewed at some
length Blaine's course in the Senate with
relation to the T. urman act-a piece oi
righteous legislation that tested the hon
esty OF every man who was called upon
to vote for or against it. The most dan
gerous attack upon the bill was made by
Blaine, and when the roll was called ha
was found voting against it in company
with Stephen w. Dorsey. William Pitt
Kellogg and few other men of theft
kind. Only two men voted against it in
the House. one of whom was Benjamin
F. Butler, who is now talking so virtu-
ously to the farmers about railroad sub
sides. In that memorable contest
against the Pacific railroads lobby
Blaine and Butler stood together on thu
wrong side They stand together now.
Thousands of honest men who havd
read the Blaine-Fisher letters are think
ing about Blaine's vote against the Thur
man bill, and are wondering whether any
letters were written TO Jay Gould and G.
P. Huntington, who controlled the great
corporations especially interested in that
bill, by which an attempt was made to
compel them to fulfill their obligations
to the government and the people.
Everybody knows what Gould and Hunt
ington's methods have been with regard
to Washington legislation Huntingtons
have been minufely described IN a re-
markable collection Of his own letters,
published year ago. Senator Edmund;
very forcibly expressed his opinion about
Blaine's attitude toward bills of this kind
in letter read four years ago by the dele
gates sent by Vermont Republicans te
the national convention.
The Blaine Fisher letters are sufficient.
No further proof of Blaine's character is
needed by the Republicans who repudi-
ate him. But the revelations which
these letters contain suggest a great
many things outside of the Little Rock
and Fort. Smith matter. -Ne0 York
Times.