The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-10
The Handwriting on ~" whit. iious"
wall Blain" ~. the iiel-hassar at
To-Day - Dead Mulligsn .
Dread Enough Daniel,
What those Tattoo" Iracing> Tell
..Of Then aud Trickery.
sinister >piotches an tn" shield at the
Pium.d knight-A Craven E""urd
Checked aud Count.rch.rk-d
Ever by Corruption.

sell Tor 81 cNhllcu position ~ ln' iIcN'
idcncy of the United States, no dirt
should cling To his skirts, no clouds OF
suspicion should hover around him, no
question rest upon his personal honor OF
Integrity.
III, very fact that man is the randi-
date of u great party for such a position,
arnusc> interest In the popnlnr mind and
widespread inquiry ~ to his personal
- well rs political or public record, and
IL il from this natural desire, and very
proper one, indeed, that IA" whole ""un-
a., 4, NOW craving information -! the
character referred To, with reference Ia
MIR. blaine. In his case also the interest
il specially intense, from the fact that
n large and respectable element of his
party have openly rcpudintcd his nomi-
nation and candidacy on the ground that
he represents the worst element in Amer
lean politics. Then, again. the famous
nirtorialS have held him up as the tat
tncd man" and represented him as COW
cred from the "crOwn of his head 10 the
solu> al his feet" with schemes and jobs
and corrupt bargains that occurred dur
me- his occupancy oi office.
Hat few of the people comparatively, !
lind, know Just what the true history and
real significance of the familiar subjects
ut Puck "tattoc>" are; and ! herewith
:uvn.>G yuur Texas readers with aS de-
tailed account ~ possible in the limits of
tn.s letter OF those transactions of the
past that now rise like Banuuo ghosts Ia
plague and confound the great "Plnmcd
Knight Of American politics, rs his an
dent Sdmircr. the ntidcl lng"rsoll,
dubbed him in the convention of 1876.
The story commences with Bllinc's
election 20 the Spcakcrship in 1889, in the
Fogly-iivst Congress.
PLACING HIM rSpi FIRE.
On May the md, 20 the following rcs-
uiuti1u was Submitted and agreed To in
the House of Representatives.:
'WUEEEAs. il is publicly alleged and
il not denied by the officers of the Union
Pacific railroad company, that that cor
poration did in the year 1871 or ls'2, be-
come the owner of certain bonds of the
Little Rock ~ Fort Smith Railroad COM
panv. for which bonds the said Union
Pacific paid consideration largely in
excess OF their actual or market value,
and that the Board of Directors of said
Union Pacific railroad company, though
urged. have neglected to Investigate
said transaction. therefore, be II
"Rosolvcd, that the committee on the
Judiciary he instructed to inquire if any
such transaction took place, and, if so,
what were tho circumstances and In
ducemcnts thereto, from what person or
versions said bonds were obtained ana
the transaction was from corrupt design
or IN furthcrance of any corrupt object:
and that the committee have power to
send for persons and papers
Ii is needless to say that this resolu-
ton was aimed directly at Blaine.
To man occupying the position he
d.i and having his aspirations this in
uuiry was terrible blow. The Rcpuh-
lean National .conv .ntion, which he OK
pectcd would nominate him for the
Presidency, was soon to meet at Cincin-
natl The investigators were working
tooth and nail. Intense interest was Ia
ken in the inquiry by men, OF both po-
ltical parties, but particularly by the
Republican leaders, who were, OF
course. anxious to avoid the nomination
of man, no matter how brilliant his in
tcllcctual powers, who would be COM
uciled at the very threshold of the cam
paign 70 attempt an explanation Of GER
lain questionable transactions.
Mr., Blaine Immediately, on the floor
of the House, denounced the charges
agains; him, in the most passionate
terms, as malicious Inventions. His
speech caused tremendous excitement iii
the House and throughout the country.
The sunday before the Republican
National convention WAS to meet ut en-
cinnati he started for church at Washing
ton in the company of Miss Dodge, q
relative. The day was intensely warm.
just as they reached the door of the
sanctuary Mr.. Blaine fell with great vio-
lcncr to the walk, as II dead. y lafg.
crowd gathered, and he was con
yeyed home in an unconscious condition.
Bulletins concerning him were sent to
all parts of the country and caused Il
profound sensation. 1t appeared from
the statements of his physicians that lie
had been Frustrated by the heat, but his
enemies declared that his alleged illness
was only the work Of cOnSumin2tc
actor, who had adopted this device to
gain sympathy, and cause an adjourn
nent Of the Mullgan inquiry until after
the Cincinnati Convention had done its
work.
At any rate this fact caused the
abandonment of the investigation ut that
time, and the fierce and critical struggle
between Hayes and Tilden coming on
Immediately after, nothing further was
ever done with the matter.
But the spot had fastened itself upon
his skirts, the White Plume had
been soiled by the dust of damaging tes-
tiulony and the records and misceila-
.neous documents OF the House nov
contain the whole dark story. That
record is public property, and | now
draw from il freely for the ben"ht OF
your readers. Such matters as are stated
as facts are from the files themselves,
the letters were admitted genuine by
Blaine himself and the conclusions OF
the writer only are open to question.
The public can Judge for itself rs to the
correctness Of those conclusions.
SAVING LAND GRANT aRAF.
In the last days of the session OF the
Forty-iirst Congress, in 1863, there was
pending measure to confirm large
land grant in Arkansas 70 the Lutte
Rock 81 Fort Smith railroad. 1t was
most vital measure, OF coursa,to the rail-
road, then merely a paper enterprise
whose bonds had no market value, and
in fact were not quoted in the exchanges.
Unon the last night of the session Jul
Ian, of Indiana, moved an amendment
to the bill that would have virtually
killed the measure, at least postponed IL
for long period.
Il. this dilemma Mr.. Blaine came to
the front as.tbe friend Of the enterprise,
callingsIiS page, sending him to Gen.
Logan.,then a member of the House, and
suggesting poiIst Of order against the
amendment. The point was male ana
promptiy sustained by Speaker Blaine,
and The big land grab scheme went
through. Here was Mr.. Blaine, while in
the spaal,or's chair, hunting up man
on the door to raiso a point of order
against a measure designed to Kill q
land grand job. This was in the middle
of April, 1859, before Mr.. Blaine had
falriy sr.tled down in the Speakers
char. Ifhe knew nothing OF the Dill, II
rnt interested In it, Why this solicitude,
.,.l,r -, anxious to assist tho ArkansaS
., .,,gation, that nc hurried his own page
MI - logan ~ soon ~ the fact was
aa.csc knof'i 10 him that an amendment
p. ,aiug to be moyedY
ga. what happened after this bill was
pissed? In less than three niohihsf.ow
that time Mr.. Blaine was presented with
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