The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-06
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Telling the Truth.

history and Mr.. blaine that the in.
Statement from Hon. Oliver Mines l.,
placed on record. III is taken from tn,
Boston Iiuapier n
Last Saturday week ut the meeling 81
the MiddleSeX Club The Hon. Oliver Am, ;
Ii. utenant- governor of Massachusetts, Wa.
asked to address the club. and in respons,
made a speech in which lie threw food al
light never before let in on the motives
which have prompted Mr.. Mulligan i'll hi:
pursuit OF Mr.. Blaine. He spoke sub
stantially as follows
propose to say something to you in re-
gard to the Mulligan letters First. will
say that | know something OF great hnsl
ness enterprises and OF men who are CON.
cerned in them. II have not been an
actor in great enterprises myself, belong
to a family hat has
n great enterprises yon meet all kinds
OF men--and most OF them ION the make. =
IOu will find most men are honest, and
that they are ION the make" iil al1 honest
way. Most men who are leaders in large
enterprises write letters. and if they are
honest men, and are dealing with homes
men, they do not weigh their words care
fully. They write as they work with en-
thusiasnI. They write in the press, OF
business to accomplish a certain end.
They don't stop to weigh every word ;
they write TO II friend interested in the
same enterprise with themselves. They
don expect to have their letters stolen
by some yindictiye enemy and to have
their innocent words spread before the
public and distorted IA mean things they
never dreamed Of How many business
men in this meeting can say that they
business. that would sound strangely if
read by an enemy - He must be 4 perfect
man Who can say lie can. stand the test.
Perfect men are scarce. There are but
few, ~ M + J,a,IsyI,t.Iili Now I know some
fling Of Mr. ;laIta as 4 business man.
Hell, an, enthusiastic worker in everything
No UNDERTAKES. lille works with Ali his
might. He is Il born leader OF men and a
born business man. | believe that if Mr..
fslai,,t had kept out of politics and de-
voted himself 10 business. his great bust
ness ability would have made linn one of
the. most successful business men of this
generation.
- Mr. Michigan was II clerk of Jacob STAN
wood. q, brotIer-in.law of Mr.. Blaine. He
was 4 Protestant Irishluan. who was edu-
Gated for tie ministry. He was a. man of
considerable ability, and Il man who thor
.Onghfy believed in Mr.. Mulligan. Mr..
Stanwood also Was a man of ability, and a
thorough believer in Mr.. Staiwodd The
men had /, misunderstanding and. of
course. both we're right Sir. Stanwood
discharged. Mr.. Mulligan.3 Mr.. Mulligau
ha,i, q claim AGAINST Mr.. Sranwood. After
]. hitter controversy MI SfanWood and
Mr. Nnlligan agreed nnou a sum for which
they would settle the dispute, and Mr..
Rjaine at Mr. Stan wood q reonast. piit the
agraan,ent in WRITING naturally making il
a rong md Mndin0 unon' both partjes.
Mull;gan rafnsed 10 s;oi, The matter was
. ,hsa0mnntiv Iaft Aft III an anfitnr and
.S,,ii;a,n x,os q xv.rdad mucb less than his
~ -. AZ. caorea - .JI;jlarJ ,yas tbe
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AZ III. M NJ ,,1i;nan yas therefore very mad
NM Nv Riaina IA MuIhoail is said to
w. nm Vic mayer, foroives or .forgets
"u " fna;o5 ;s;,srS the Viii acco,,nt far
a;iy jh',fras 70 Nf. Isa;,,a
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Vaar .,ta,..ra tho st.ta Of Artansae
oava maonificant land grant to the Little
npaol. ,nI Enrt Smith raiIroad and The
rod n an .,an IN congress for certain Leo.
;sIatiop Their hilI went thTough lie
Sanata H., ,,ns,,;,,ons ,,ot.. mud came down
70 ,Se Uonsa When here SONIC one
tactaJ nm as IN amendment some other
so,,am. :" ,,h i would have defeated the
Lill, The man. who had charge of the
! I'LL pnol. mi ,,as IN great distress and
,l.e ,.-h.,t no sbonid Ia To save Nc
h;il Mr. Rla;ne told HIM to raise a poiIIt
Of ' order that the amendment was not ger
mana To tho hill The noint of order was
raised and Mr.. Blaine. rs Speaker. sus-
tained # Fyervhody saws Mr.. Blaine did
the r;eht THING no one criticises the
ruliny 4 Mr.. Rlaipe Mt the time had no in
teresf II the hill nor did he ever expect to :
neither did anv nf his friends. Some
months after Mr. Warren Fisher took n
cont,act To hn;Id fbe road on most favor
able terms lie was backed mn by q strong
Iist Of s,hseribers~one of the strongest
ever seen in Roston-and Mr.. Blaine took
an interest On nrecisely the same terms as
the other Subscribers. as his letters to Mr..
Fisher show II also appears that Mr..
blaine undertook to place some of the Sc
cnrities among his friends in Maine on
priyate terms by which Mr.. Blaine ex-
i,ectesl III make profit for himself. 1t
alsn annears that he loaned So. 900 Of his
borrowed money to the promoters of the
enternrise Snsldenly Without notice to
his friends. MI. Fisher sold out tbs con-
tract to Josiah Caldwell and the enter
nr;se was rnined S'''s7 = ~ 2 p
Mr. Blaine now like the honest man
that he is Went to his Maine friends and
TOOK hack the securities he had sold them
and na;S i' fhan, l,ari their money No man
who Traded with Mr.. Blaine has ever fonnd
fault with h;ni'.Hit is only the truly GOOD
outsiders. who can t appreciate honest deal
ing that complain. The result to Mr..
Blaine was modification. and 4 loss of
over $40 900. This was the financial result
of his Fort Smith investment. In 1872
Thomas A. Scott. of Pennsylvania. became
president of the Union Pacific Railroad
when it was ma great financial distress
He claimed to have been of great service