Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-21
MY DEAR MR.. FISHER,
mosE or rnn mULL,eAN .xrrsss
Light Thrown Upoa the Little Rock invssti
CATION sisioe Teiis etsher NOT TO
Refuse q sicK Man.

Lisht Thrown Upon the Little Ross invesui.
gst,on--Hisioe Teiis stsner Not TO
Refuse = sicK Man.
A Boston correspondent to the Chicago
Meas has been allowed to copy moro of
the I" Mullgan letters. Mr.. Blaine's
explanation in Congress u A 900, 900 Of
his countrymen was made on June 8, 1876,
aud at MIR. Blaine's request the committee
of investigation adjourned from June 10
until the following Monday. On June II
Mr.. Blaine fell from sunstroke, aud tho
witnesses for the investigation were the
next day dismissed for two weeks. On
June 13 Mr.. Blaine sent the following dis
patch
EUGENE HALE, Cincinnati, Ohio /: am
entirely convalescent, suffering only from
physical weakness. Impress upon my
friends the debt of gratitude feel for the
unparalleled steadfastness with which
they have adhered to me in my hour of
trial. J. q. BLAINE.
Mr.. Hayes was nominated by the
national Republican convention June 10,
and on the Monday following, June 10,
Mr. Blaine made ratification speech IN
Washington. Mr.. Blaine did not get well
enough to go ON with the investigation,
and on June 81 he left in special car for
Augusta. He reached home on the 18th,
and at once wrote as follows, the italics
being his own
WEDNESDAY, (2sTu) EvE'G.
My DEAR MR. FISHER want to see
you inst as much rs before you went TO
Washington. You can leave Boston ut
| 1890 and return same night II you desire,
though would perfer to have you stGy
over. Come directly 10 my house. 1t is, |
think, as important for you to see me as
f.,r Y
fail. Come to morrow if possible.
Yours,
| J. G.. BLAINE.
Mr.. Blaiue's physician prescribed
absolute rest and no letter writing. but on
july be wrote as follows, the italics again
being his
Private.
AuGUsTA, Saturday Eve'g. lst July, '76.
My DEAR Mr.. FIsHER.-I write from
my sick bed. l want very much to set
you. | am very sorry you did not come
to Wash ton when requested. Can't you
come to Augusta by train Monday? Ex
press train leaves Eastern Station at
O'Clock, reaching here at p. m. You car
return same eve'g. Or il you can't com,
by . O'Clock train there is train tha
leaves at l2 or 1880 noon, and gets her,
about 3 p. m. You can return same night
| Nv Nb'fC tAASnIss Coy hObhlhs W hhJ cu0
But do come. Yours sincerely
j. G.. BLAINE.
(See over.
Important TO you as rsu as myself Md
you come VERY
(Ou the other side of sheet Don't lc
any human being except your wife know
you are coming down. But do not fail t
come-whatever you do do not fail. Yo
5 will regret it if you do not come.
On the following day he wrote again a
, follows:
SUNDAY EVENING duly p, 1876.
; My DEAR Mr. FISHER : II you hav
not started when this reaches you, | pra
you leave for Augusta at once.
3 l am very sick. but know what al
talking about, and il is largely for y0u
sake that desire 10 see you, and to see y o
at once. Don't delay. 1t may be too late
. Don't refuse 4 sick man J. G. b.
You can go back on return train. On
hour will do here. Come directly to IN
: house. Don't go to hotel.
On July ii the Judiciary committee
after stormy meeting, postponed tn
: Little Rock investigation until the mex
session. Last August a gentleman i
Boston wrote TO personal friend in KeC
tucky 30 obtain from j. Proct Knott
I the chairman of the house Idiciary CON
mittee OF 1876 some defin 10 informatio
as to why the Investigation was never n
sumed. MIR. Kuott wroye as follows:
FRANKFORT, sept. l3, 1854
DEAR SIR : In reply to yours OF th
2d instant, inclosing letter from --
of August 80, have to say that neve
Z saw Mulligan's memorandum book, an
have no iGea what has become of it, nc
do know why the testimony in Blaine
G Little Rock and Fort Smith investigation
taken subsequent to June 10 was neve
printed. You will remember that tn
d | investigation was conducted by sui
; | committee consisting of General Huntor
, Judge Ashe and Mr. Lawrence. | ha
3 nothing to do with the papers. The il
vestlgation was postponed soon afte
Mr.. Blaine was suBstruck in Wash
! iugton and Cincinnati until tho mex
, session ac the request of his friends Fry
and Hale, upon the alleged grounds tina
!? he desired to embark in a short time fO
3 Europe, and that TO their Judgment
J further prosecution OF inquiry by the CON
! mittee would permanently unhinge hi
intellect If not destroy his life.
l thought there was about as muc
probability of his coming to an untimel
} end from that cause as there was that h
J would die of sunstroke. l confidentl
! expected that the matter would be n
sumed next season at least. Why it wa
, not do not know. l supposed that a
the papers had been returned to the I'll
room. II they cannot be found there it
possible that they may be in the posses
sion of the vandal who ohiseled the figur
off of his ehild's tombstone. felt n
! personal interest in the matter; and pal
no further attention to it after expose
his villiany with regard to the Caldwe
, telegram. am very truly your friend,
, j. PRoCTOR KNOTT.