Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-18
BLAINE AND FISHER.
The Republican Candidates Offer
for the Mulligan Letter.
Another Damaging Exposure.
How NIr. Fisher Was AK cd 10 Per-
jurc Himself.

jurc Himself.
From the New York Herald.l
4 Fairview, N. j., was ablaze will
torch lights and bright uniforms last
evening on the occasion of mass meet
ing held under the auspices of the
Ridgetield Cleveland and Hendricks
club. "A platform had been erected in
front of the village hotel, and from
every side of it were stretched rows OF
Chinese lanterns and festOOns OF flags.
Democratic clubs from Uniou Hill
iIackensack, Gutenberg and other
EeighbOring towns attended the meet
ing. They came with torches and in
uniform.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Z. &. Talman, who introduced as
the first speaker Mr.. Gustav Kobbe, OF
New York.
MIR. KOBBE'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Kobbc was received with great
cheering. Ie outlined the work that
Tilden had contemplated doing in the
way of national as we'll as state re-
forms, and showed how admirably
Cleveland, by his work as governor of
the state, had proved himself fitted to
take up and execute that great work
He contrasted Cleveland's public career
with that of Mr.. Blaine, and sketched
the friends and influences that had sur
rounded each OF the two men, proving
one great reform governor and the
other a mere trader in public Offices.
Mr.. Blaiae's boasted "spirited foreign
policy" and his neglect of the Irish sus-
poets were cleverly dealt with, the
speaker adding:-"He wants to be the
plumed champion OF the Irish cause ;
but, my Irish friends, the only time he
had the chance of facing the British
government OH behalf of one of your
brethren he showed, not the white
plume, but the white feather"
| In speaking of the famous "Mulligan
letters" he gave complete analysis of
the Fisher-Caldwell affair and Mr..
Blaine's scandalOus use of his public
office to further his private business.
ASKING FISHER TO PERJURE HIMSELF.
sI am somewhat familiar with the
letters" said Mr.. Kobbe. 'I am &C
! quainted with Mr.. Fisher, and three
winters ago he showed me at his house,
in Boston, the most important of these
letters, lately published. l remembered
particularly that which contained the
draft of the statement that Mr.. Blaine
wished MIR. Fisher to sign, and which
was to be used by Mr.. Blaine to shield
himself against an investigation into
the amount Of his railroad transactions,
which was then impending. Mr.. Fish
er saw Mr.. Blalne's dodge. That let
ter was false he said. tMr. Blaine
wanted Inc to sign it; then he would
proceed to read il to the committee.
Ofcourse, would be subpenaed and
would have to perjure myself in SUBJ
stantiatinS it. 1t was all indirect re-
quest for me to perjure myself.
MIR. kobbe then, with great detail,
took up the various "Mulligan letters -
and described Mr.. Blaine's repeated
attempts to have Fisher, at any moral
cost, swear him out of his (Blaine's)
dilemma.
ANOTHER MULLIGAN LETTER.
Then came the sensation of the eve
ning-the reading of letter from Mr..
Fisher to Mr.. Kobbe, reciting MIR.
Blaine's offer in 1880 of $40, 900 to Null
ligan to give up the now famous let
ters, and a further offer to pay all their
expenses if Mulligan and Fisher would
leave the country until after the elec-
ton.
81 will read one more letter." said
Mr.. kobbe. "ln certain sense it is a
Mulligan letter. 1t is not written by
Mr.. Blaine, but by Mr.. Fisher. You
remember that when Mr.. Blaine was
asked with regard to the second batch
of Mulligan letters, he had the assur-
ance to express wish that every re-
publican paper in the country would
publish them. tell you that, on tho
contrary, MIR. Blaine had made every
possible effort to gain possession of
these letters, and Fisher writes to me
in regard to this and says that Blaine
made the most determined efforts to
get possession of them. hold in my
hand here letter from Mr.. Fisher to
me which will read to you" Amid
brcathless silence the speaker read the
following:
WINDSOR, VT., July 12, 1884.
In April or May of 1880 Blaine sent
word to have me meet him at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. He then authorized INC
to get the letters from Mulligan, pay
$40, 900 If could not get them for less,
and then wanted Mr.. Mulligam and
| myself to 90 TO Europe and remain nm
ri after election 81, lis exnanSa M,.
Mullioan declined the otIa, II. coil
Rlaine had STOLEN his l,.,,ars :, W,si
iuoton. no never sho,Id hov. ,,h.. I.o
held ,t ,n,, nr;ca ''o """' "o
w,pprx E,s.pn
Mr. Eohho oSLol t,,o - I'LL,
or If w,s liLoly thot Mr p,a;"n ,"a,'.a', nS.
10 ,ct these letters i'm nrdnr =" ",,i.i;o,.
thcm os inriIcnt, in Lis .cR"o",., E,
Years Of Cnm~rnsS rc";os IS My W. J,
..The rascal ;, ..Tnr, t,,n Ia 49,, o ',, Nv >,
and 0ro,ms ,uI ,,;ss.s ! ''e '''''' '"''
In couclnsion hn Incl.rod that ,,,o
for Clevnl,uI y.,s w.',o 80 80, IL
nronl,. ,r,in !, ch.,ra nf ,,o ,f""ou.' p", ..'
nrut, If ihe mon,Ic ,ccnnnI;s w ,i Uf.im SoH ,ha.
result the full detrrtion and rxnosnra .'nt Of
thc rosc,Iitv of tho.n who h.f haan u,
power these mauv vcars back wouII
inevitably follow. and he called IN thc
people to- work and vote for ..ClevaIamJ
anu rcform." As he stcuped hack Mr.
cheers. 7 win ''"''"
CONGRESSMAN M'ADoo.
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