Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-09-24
vicnrIous work.

vicarious work.
There are few Democratic editors
who, In the midst Of an exciting Presi-
Dental campaign, would care to write
voluminously editorially when they can
avail themselves OF the exceedingly felic-
itous utterances Of such Republican
Journals as the New York Times anent
the Mulligan letters. Such an episode
il an oasis In the desert In q humdrum
editorial life. The second batch Of the
Mulligan letters Is the nine days won
der Of the campaign. Under the caption
of'Tntegrisv and Honor" the Times OF
Sept. 10th says,
Mr.. Blaine tells the reporter OF the
Kennebec journal that his only desire
IL that every voter in the United States
may Tread the letters for himself aud
not form his Judgment from editorial
misrepresentation in partisan journals. :"
If every voter in the United States
would read those letters understanding
ly Mr.. Blaine would not receive the
electoral vote of single State. There
was not word in the letters" Mr..
Blaine added, (which WINS not eatirely
consistent with the most scrupulous in.
tegrity and honor" Let us test this as.
sertion. On the 4th Of October, 1871,
Blaine wrote Fisher as follows:
~ hive your positive written contract to deliver
, ~. III. ,,,onav Ina vo,, m the contract WINS
", .1s IA aaa,is' a ,,,r aud half ago on tbls
s'.,,,a .n,o,,n; ~ honJs Jue ma / have received
~ sse no" isnJ rants Ian yino s-b uOn Of those
III ~ $40 soS d., ,,or,g,ge ain due
""" ~'.''V' MS "''s'.' an,
Tn tho 10Th OF April, 1917, warren
Fisher wrote TO Blaine as follows;
-, -, 49,. i. u,.,,,on, ,,oro,, on,
nave pnsceo YOU N pos,',o."s Mno'.py ~ ~.
have received very large sums OF money without
one dollar OF expense 10 YOU anu you ougnt nov
70 forget tnis NC, on ny par, VI NJ NV psI' i,
conhecteu WIN .nc L,',le noos anu ,o,. ,,.
Railroad no one mas bscn 50 fortunate ns your,
self In obtaining money OUT OF ~. aou os.a'nsu
SUBSCRIPTIONS from your ttiehus IN naine 70, tne
building Of the Little Rock and Fort smith Ran
roaa. ont OF tner susscIp''ons you oo." ,. -
hrge amount no,h Vi po"us A,u mone, neo "
cost to you. ! have your own iigures anu Know
were ' able To- work Of ali your bonds at very
high price, and the fact is well known to Others
- "eh - has SUI
Than nm tina 10Th of April. 1876. Mr..
p,-.. nth. ~ f,IIau;,o ,,oat
D'"i"e WIZ. '"'' WV '""o 'o'
remarkable letter:
tConadential1
WAsu'rS, d. O.. 10th Aprl, 1875
NJ n... NJ, F,.uar. Won can do me n very
.r.., sayor nnd I lnaw n will giye Won Measure
r. IA 90 i,st a. wonId do Tor Won ,inder similar
c,rc,,nstanc.s Csrtain nersons and napsrs are
trving "a threw mud Al me Ia iniure nv candi
sscy hstoro ,hs Cincinnati Convention and Won
r,ay ohserv. th,v irving ID in Connection with
Tho IittIs Rocl ami Fort smith matter
want Won to send me such letter as the In.
closed dram Won will receive this to morrow
fMondayl eyeninr. and il will be a faycr / shall
mayer s,,at n yon viii al onc,wr;te me the letter
sna mail Il ~. s,ma evenjnv
Tho letter II strictly ue Ia honorable TO YOU
aud 70 ma ami viii ston tne mouths Of slanier.
srs Al once.
RE- hi. i.tt.r a. strictly conaden,ial. Do
not sho,s n 70 nv one The dratt il in Inc hands
Of nv clerk. who il AZ trustworthy as any man
can x. n Won emit got tho letter wlltten in
ss..on for the o o'ciock mail 10 New York. pl.ase
No sure Ia mail II during the night 40 that Ii viii
start frst mail Tuesday mornipv. hut II pos.ible
In,s, vo,, to cot n IN ,hs o o'clock mail Monday
ax.nin, KIM reyarls 10 Mrs Fisher
sipc.relv j O. n
,p,s,, ms i.,t.r
..,
The Enclosed drait ran as ioilows:
BosreS April - 1876
To Uo, J.mea q. blaine. Washington. ID. q.
nssss Sin, 4 observe that certain newspapers
are makin, or rather insinuatinV tbs absurd
charga that Won own or mad owned $50 OOo of
tit,,s pnrr snJ Fort smith Rsilroad bonds. and
tha, Won had in some way ohtained them as 4
-at,s,t,
tn sntor,r,se NJ bni,d;ng tho IittIe Rock and
ro,t smi,h pailroad WIS ,,ndsrtaLen in Issa bs
a rn,.namy ~ poston gen,lem.n ~ whom / was
,ysaitnns Thn honds ~ the rad were mt unon
~ mo vi In ais city On What was deemed yery
s s,s term. to The purcbaser They ere
IA iar1ely throroh mvs.lI No, becama the
purchaser Of about 81, Ooo OF the bonds on pre-
eisely the same terms that every either buyer re.
csea pasds AZ, sy ueriod ,t as o,hers ad
The transaction was perfectly open, and there
was no more secrecy in regard to 1t than II you
mad been buying Hour Of soga gar am ms SUR you
nav Tor at the market rate. Indeed, / am sure re
that no one received bonds on any other terms
When the road got INTO ha ma, ra, d,iSuit n
ado sn le thsn so clesr tbro"b 10 tS
reorganization OF the company in 1874, exchang.
ing them for stock and bonds OF tho new com
pa Wy, .oo,,r.1 alan som. demands .va,n.t tho
new company by reason Of your having Joined
with others in raising some money when the com.
pany was IN presslhg need. pof ,ns IsooVS,y .,
n Cjrcnit Court in krtansas 10 which Won are
openly a party OF record. concealment Of the
d hsxs h ana Sad MIN haon
desirable; but your action IN the whole matser
inai enterprise failed, knew with what SCI severity
me pesnnary loss ie r upon YOU AND with what
since elapsed, it seems rather hard at this late
ss! wSepe your eoeduet wa in he b"aes seras
honorable and st ira nitor "a
Of service 10 you. Very sincerel, yours, =
W. F., Jr
Warren Fisher did not copy this out
rageously false letter and return it as
requested. Had he done so the memo.
randum book in Mr.. Blaine's hand.
writing would never have seen the light,
and Fisher would have been Obliged,
. for self.pretection, to burn the letters
taken to Washington two months later
by Mulligan.
On the evidence of these letters here
quoted no intelligent and unprejudiced
man can resist the conclusion that
James G. Blaine is wholly destitute of
integrity and honor.
We do not see how he can have the
hardihood to appear before the people