Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16

Mr. Joy had spoken very freely about
Blaine to his friends in Michigan and to
other gentlemen. It was known that he
had based his estimate of Blaine 4
character upon proposition relating to
land grant legislation, which had been
made to him by a person who appeared
az Blaines representative After several
versions of the matter had been pub.
lished the story was told With many ad.
ditional details few davs ago, and ii
attracted so much attention thst for the
first time an attempt was made to secure
from Mr.. Joy a statement that might ap.
pear to be a denial.
The charge, as recently published, was
In substance as follows: Mr.. JOY, it was
said, was interested in 1869 and 1870 in
the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Calves
ton railroad, to which a grant :. / land
Lad been given. The most valuable
part Of this grant was claimed by the
Usage Indians, who held that it had
been given to them by treaty. The con
ficting claims of the Indians and the COM
pany were to engage the attention of a com
mittee of the House of Representatives.
That committee had not been appointed
and its members were to be named by the
Speaker, Mr. Blaine Mr.. Joy believed
that thorough and impartial investiga-
ton by men learned in the law would re-
suit in continuation of the railroad com
pany's claim. He desired that the ia
quiry should be made by competent legal
authority He sent word to Mr.. Blaine,
asking him to put upon the committee
one lawyer of high reputation. Mr..
Blaine did not then promise that he would
do so, it is said, but on the following
lay one OF his Intimate friends came to
Mr.. Joy and told him that if he would
buy from Mr. Blaine S25, 900 in the bonds
Of the Little Rock and Fort Smith rail
road at par Mr.. Blaine would make up
the committee, as far as possible, Just as
Mr.. Joy desired to have it made up.
Mr.. Joy declined to buy the bonds. He
believed that his case was good one.
1t is also said that the attorney general
afterward filed bill against the road to
establish the title of the government or
of the Indians, and that the road was af-
terward beaten in the supreme court
Reference has also been made in the
press to Mr.. Blaine's interview with Mr..
Beecher at the Fifth Avenue hotel. 1t
was said in the Herald few days ago
that Mr.. Beecher was one of those to
whom Mr.. Joy had told this story; that
Mr.. Beecher had spoken of it to his
friends, and that during the Gar
fed campaign Mr.. Beecher received
message from Mr.. Blaine asking him
to call at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Ac-
cording to this published account of
that meeting, Mr. Blaine asked Mr..
Beecher for his authority, and when
he was told that the facts had been
communicated by Mr.. Joy, said that it
was impossible because Mr.. Joy had
placed him i'll nomination at the recent
national convention. Mr.. Beecher re-
Piled with some heat, it is said, asking
Mr.. Blaine if he intended to say that he
had not told the truth in saying that Mr..
Blaine if he intended to say that he had
not told the truth in saying that MI.
Joy had made to him such statement.
"Oh, nc,n Mr.. Blaine is said to have an
swered; "but Mr.. Joy must have been
mistaken
When Mr.. Joy was chosen to be q
delegate to the national convention in
the summer of 1890 he was on his way
home from Europe. The Michigan dele
gates were instructed to vote for Blaine,
Mr. joys opinion of Blaine was SO well
known in Michigan that the politicians
there feared that he would refuse to serve
and would give some disagreeable
reasons for his refusal. Upon his arrival
from Europe Michigan Federal officer,
it is said, met him in this city, and. by
asserting that the sentiment of Michigan
Republicans was overwhelmingly for
Blaine and pointing out that Mr.. joys
own political advancement might be re-
tarded if he should decline, induced him
to accept the Office of delegate, and even
to agree to make a speech for Blaine in
the convention. There must have been
a concealed meaning in Mr.. joys words
when he said to that great assembly. 'If
words of mine are important for the can
didete who shall be proposed they will
benefit him but little. The recent pub
lication Of the story about the bonds and
the committee led General Alger to send
the telegram which Mr. Beecher quotes,
and the reply forwarded by Mr.. Joy has
caused Mr.. Bcecher to appear in his own
defense. York Times.