The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-25
REQUEST TO BE ExoNERATED.
lCOnldential.1


WAsH'TN, ID, g., 10th April, 1876,
My DEAR Mr.. FIsHER:-You can do me
q very great favor, and | know IL will
give you pleasure TO do so,-just AZ |
would do for you under similar circum'
stances. Certain persons and papers are
trying TO throw mud at me to injure my
candidacy before the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, and you may observe they are try.
ing II In connection with the Little
Rock and Fort Smith matter.
want you to send me u letter such M
the enclosed draft. You will receive
this tomorrow Monday) evening, and
II will BIO u favor | shall never forget II
you will AZ once write mo tho letter
and mail the same evening,
The letter Is strictly true, Is honora-
BILE to you and TO me, and will stop the
mouths Of slanderers nj once.
Regard this letter as strictly c%onfden.
tial. Do not show II to any one. The
draft Is In the hands Of my clerk, who
Is AZ trustworthy 0s any man can DO. II
you can't got the letter written In sea-
son for the nine o'clock mail 20 New
York, please DO sure to mail 10 during
the night no that II will start frat mall
Tuesday morning, but II possible, | pray
you TO get II In the nine o'clock mail
Monday evening, Kind regards to Mrs.
Fisher.
Sincerely, j, G, b.
[Burn this letter.
Endorsed on the back,
Not knowing your exact address, |
send this to the Parker House, In order
that II may (nOt) DO subjected 10 any
danger In the hands of a carrier.
j, g, b.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Con-.
PANY.
Dated WASHINGTON, d. g., 1876.
Received at 0:ii, April 10th.
To WARREN FISHER, COMMONWEALTH
HOTEL; Please 70 TO Parker House TO.
morrow, Monday evening; on arrival
morning mail from New York, And let.
ter. Answer by return mail.
10 d. II.
zsm. j, u, BLAINE,
The following Ia the enclosure TO.
ferred to In the preceding letter:
Boston, April -, 1875.
Hon. JAMES q. BLAINE,
Washington, d. Q.
DEAR SIR.-l observe that certain
newspapers are making or rather In.
~sinuating the absurd charge that you
own or had owned $4,000 OF Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad Bonds,
and that you had In some way obtained
them as u gratuity.
The enterprise OF building the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was un.
dertaken In 1860 by u company OF B0s.
ton gentlemen, Of whom | was myself
one. The bonds Of the Road were put
upon the market In this City on what
was deemed very advantageous terms 10
the purchaser. They were sold largely
through myself. You became the pur-
chaser Of about $4,000 Of the Bonds on
precisely the same terms that every
other buyer received, paying for them
In installments, running over o con.
siderable period, just 40 others did. The
transaction was perfectly open, and
there was no more secrecy In regard 10
II than II you had been buying flour or
sugar. l am sure you never owned q
bond Of the Road that you did not pay
for at the market rate. Indeed, | am
sure that no one received bonds on any
other terms.
When the road got into financial diff.
culties, and loss fell upon you, you still
retained your bonds, and you held them
clear through TO the reorganization Of
the company In 1874, exchanging them
for stock & bonds Of the new Company.
You acquired also some demands
against the new Company by reason OF
your having Joined with others In rails.
Ing some money when the Company was
n pressing need, For tho recovery Of
that money proceedings are now pend.
Ing In the United States Circuit Court
In Arkansas, to which you are openly
q party Of record. Concealment
OF the investment and every.
thing connected with II would have
been very easy had concealment been
desirable, but your action In the whole