New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
,r,v vopv nAuy TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY H. 1884

written until October 4. This was the second
deliberate lie. A third and even more giarihg
instrumentation of the plain facts OF tho c"so
WAS the charge that Mr.. Blaine, latter some
negotiations, secured from them lFlsher
and CALDWELL az reward for 1t lthe ruiihgI
" his appointment as selling agent OF the bonus
"of the road on commission in Maine, ana re-
" ceived number Of such bonds as his percent
"age.r The correspondence shows that the oHer
from Fisher was made in June, 1869. and ac-
cepted at once by Mr.. Blaine; that the bonds
were placed in Maine and the transaction was
virtually closed before the reference was made
to the ruling and that the charge that Mr.
Blaine received either an appointment as SELL
ing agent or any number of bonds as his per-
centage as a rerdrd for the ruling was entirely
grOundlcss.
Here then. were three distinct and positive
misrepresentation of the facts The Hon Will
lam Walter Phelps corrected these mIsstate-
ments in letter ms convincing in argument az
it was courteous in tone. How did Inc ECehh0
Post deal with the refutation of its charges
Did it confess that it had made three great
plumbers and done Mr.. Blaine great injustice
Did it retract its falsehOOds or modify It's
charges Nothing Of the sort. 1t arrogantly
assumed that Mr. Phelps was not familiar with
the evidence, avoided the vital points at issue
and made noisy demonstration on certain side
issues of the case. 1t did not withdraw the
charges which had been proved to be false. 1t
has even had the insolence to reproduce them,
without change or explanation, in campaign
pamphlet of which it boasts having sold twenty
thousand copies.
Now, we could traverse the remaining counts
in The Erening Posts original indictment in the
same way, and prove conclusivcly that it had
misrepresented plain facts and refused either
to correct its msstatemcnts or to make amends
for its wilful and malicious ISLANDERS. We might
quote its insinuatons that Mr.. Blame
only read in tho House Of Representatives
garblcd extracts, or such letters OF the original
" Mulligan series" as he plcascd in aid of his
vindication whereas. the files of The Com
gycssiopal Rccord proved that every line OF
every letter was given to the public, ana that
nothing was held back. This charge was sub
scqucntly raised by The Ncr- York Times from
that of garblingn and supprcssng" 10 that
Of open substitution OF comparatively innocent
letters for those establishing most concluSlvcly
Mr. Blainc's guilt. This lie has been stuck To
with maleyolent pcrycrsity until the prOduc-
ton of the second series of Alulligan letters
brought to light the only missing letter, which
had never been in the Muligan package in Mr..
Banes possession. Even in this emergency
The Ercning Post springs to the aid OF its un-
happy ally and prints the following in yeSter-
days issue:
4 great deal OF comfort has been extracted by the
Blaine organs from an editorial In The sun admitting
that ,r elaine did suppress the letter of October IL
ISL which was referred TO in the NIuI-an memorn-
dun as: 30 3 October ~ 1871, Fisher to Blaine rg
ing settlement Of y p r. account $4,000" He did not
suppress, it, says The sum- because here it IS in the new
lott Of course he did have it, for how could it he here
iii wa. therol The sun has overlooked the Introductory
note of the new SERIES which says that the letters from
Nr Fisher are letcrprcss copies Of the originals" It's
ouc likely therefore that the original in the pack
,e and that it was suppressed because it stated that Mr.
Blaine had already been paid for the loan OF $4,000 by
fine sale of $50 600 collateral bonds whereas he had, only
two months previously april D. 1870 collected the
amount again through the United states District Court OF
Arkansas.
Now. this letter was sent by Fisher to Blaine
and Blaine. as we know destroyed what letters
he had. At any rate the original was sent to
blaine. and so should not have been in Multi
gan's package; and the letter-press copy
Fisher now Notwithstanding had it all these
wears. while Blaine was falsely accused of sup
pressing it. What is to be gained by arguing
with such INSCRIPTIONS falsiiers and defamers