The Russellville Democrat., 1884-10-02
The New MulIigan Letters.

ishes new and startling sensation.
1t is eight years now since Mr..
Mulligan gave to the public the first
hatch of letters. In that lot there
was one omitted-the very one which
Mr.. Blaine was so anxious to get
hold of, and the moving cause OF his
going down on his knees to Multi
oan. He wanted that particular let
70, more than lie did all the rest put
together, and it is very easy to un-
derstand now why he so suddenly
plucked up courage and went into
tbe House and brazened IL through;
he thought the letter of April 10th,
1876, had been destroyed as he re-
ouestcd. But it was not, and here
it is:
CONFIDENTIAL.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., 10th April, 1876.
Ny DEAR Mr.. FIsHER-You can
do me very great favor, and l know
it will give you pleasure to do So
lust as | would do for you under
similar circumstances. Certain per
sons and papers are trying to throw
mud at me to injure my candidacy
before the Cincinnati Convention,
and you may observe they are try
ing it in connection with the Little
Rock and Fort Smith matter.
Iwant you TO send me letter
such as the enclosed draft. You
will receive this to morrow { Monday
evening, and it will be favor |
shall never forget if you Will at once
write me the letter and mail the
same. evening.
The letter is strictly true, is hon
orable to you and to me, and will
stop the months of slanderers at
once.
Regard this letter as strictly con-
fdential. Do not show 1t TO any
one. The draft is in the hands of
my clerk, who is as trustworthy as
any man can be. Ii you can't get
the letter written in season for the
nine O'Clock mail to New York,
please be sure To mail it during the
night, so that it will start first mail
Tuesday morning; BUT If POSSIBLE, !
PRAY YOU TO GET 1T IN THE NINE
O'clock MAIL MONDAY EVENING. Kind
regards TO Mrs. Fisher.
Sincerely, j. G. b.
Burn this letter
Indorsed On the back.
Not knowing your exact address,
send this to the Parker House, in
order that 1T may mot be subjected
to any danger in the hands Of
carrier. j. g. b.
Fearing that Fisher would not get
this precious missive and its enclos-
ure, Mr.. Blaine preceded it with this
telegraphic despatch:
THE w. UNION TELEGRAPH Co.
Dated WASHINGTON. ID. G. 1876.
Received at Al, April 10TH
TO WALTER FISHER, COMMON
WEALTH HOTEL: Please 20 to Parker
House to morrow, Monday evening",
on arrival morning mail from New
York, find letter. Answer by return
mail j. q. BLAINE.
xsM.
The letter enclosed was one Blaine
had written himself, and which he
wished Fisher TO copy and send him,
to be used in clearing mp the charg
es against him in relation to the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
enterprise. 1t is as follows:
BosToN, April =, 1876.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE, WASHING
ton, ID. c.:
DEAR SIR-I observe that certain
newspapers are making, or rather
insinuating the absurd charge that
yon own or had owned $l50,000 OF
Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail
road bonds, and that you had in
some way obtained them as a gratu-
ity.
The enterprise Of building the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
was undertaken in 1859 by compa
ny of Boston gentlemen. of whom
was myself one. The bonds OF the
road were pat upon the market In
this city on what was deemed very
advantageous terms to the purchaser
They were sold largely through my
self. You became the purchaser OF
about $4,000 of the bonds on pre-
csely the same terms that every
other buyer received, paying for
them in instalments, running over
considerable period, just as others
did. The transaction was perfectly
open, and there was no more secrecy
IN regard to it than if you had been
|. buying ilou- or sugar. AM SURE
YOU NEVER OWNED BOND OF THE
ROAD THAT YOU DID NOT PAY FOR AT
THE MARKET RATE. INDEED, ! AN
SURE THAT No ONE RECEIVED BONDS
ON ANY OTHER TERMS.
When the road got into financial
difficulties, and loss fell upon you.
yon still retained your bonds, and
yon held them clear through 10 the
reorganization of the company IN
1874, exchanging them for stock and
ponds OF the new company.