Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19
TINE "muLllcAR" LETTERS.
Comments OF the Press Upon the New
Batch Published In New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. l6.-Ihe following
introduction to the Blaine. Mulligan let
lers is printed this morning in all the
principal Eastern Democratic and lnde'
pendent papers;
TO the people Of he United States -
Believing 1t Is our duty to lay before our
fellow -countrymen the following doou'
ments, which have been in our poses
sion, we have placed the originals for
safe keeping in the hands Of Sohler d
Welch, counselors, Of Boston. and here
with submit their contents without com
ment. The letters from Fisher are fet-
ter press copies Of the originals.
Here follow the letters.
The Times says; II anything short oil
actual horse-stealiDg will convince ar.
dent Republicans that their candidate
is man without honor or shame, a
scoundrel himself and an instigator ol
sooundrelism in others, we are sure that
Blaine's letter OF April 10, 1877, To
Fisher, with its enclosure. will have that
eject. After eight years Mr.. Mnlligan
now gives to the public fifteen more let
ters from Blame, as a duty TO his fellow
countrymen; there is scarcely one which
does not contain damaging proof OF Mr..
Blaines corruption and OF the debase-
nent TO which the Republican party
has sunk itself by nominating him LOT
President. The people will understand
now why Blaine went on his knees and
threatened suicide TO move Mulligan 10
lend him that package. II is with hu'
initiation that we print this extraordin'
ary correspondence. Tho amazing ex'
hibit made by these letters of sordid sub
serviency and Of guilty implication on
the part of the Speaker Of the House Is
one to bring the blush OF shame to every
American.
The Sun saysi Few citizens, we i'm
ngine, who had made up their minds to
vote for Blaine in spite Of the recorded
evidence of his jobbery while holding
Office, and Of his falsehood when brought
to bay, will find serious trouble in dis
posing of Mulligans last budget, ON the
same principles Of federation that enabled
them to Withstand the first shocks. On
the other hand, people who have already
found sufficient reasons In Blaines re-
lations with Boston men for opposing
him in this canvass, will be strengthened
in their convictions that he is unfit t.
be President Of the United States. The
same paper predicts that Cleveland will
be beaten in New York by not less than
$4,000 majority.
The Boston Post SAYS of the letters
"What q shapeless liar and grovelllng
sneak aud attempted swindler they
show Blaine to be-"
The Boston Globe says; "Blaine must
now withdraw; this is the third and last
call and cannot be evaded.'
The Mail aud Erpress tCyrus W.
Fields paper) says Of Fisher and Multi.
gan's use of this correspondence: "They
reserved the publication of Blaine's CON
idential business until long past the time
when they had found out that neither
Blaine nor his friends would ''see" Fish
or and Mulligan and "como down" hand.
somely for the suppression OF the much
hinted-at documents. Had Fisher and
Mulligan been simply desirous of saving
the country from the Presidency OF II
''bold, bad man." they would easily have
escaped all suspicious as to their motives
by opening their unpublished budget Of
letters from Blaine the day he was nomi-
mated. Whatever their motive, it is Ger.
tain that the blackmailers would have
pursued precisely similar course. Is II
not equally certain that IN the eight
years when Fisher and Mulligan have
had these letters as menace, Blaine OF
his friends could have made some terms
for "settling' with his excessively
"sharp" old partners, had they been SO
disposed!
This new batch of the Mulligan letters
is the principal topic to day among all
interested in the political canvass. The
Republican papers generally treat the
matter coolly. The Independent papers,
Of course. are jubilant.