The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-31

deliver TO me SIS 0O0 land bcnfs,
and S39 800 first mortgage boz dis. I"
You will, therefore, see that ne is reterr,ug
To the sune matter And remember, nv
friends, Carl Schu cbsrg-s that NJ. Blsine
received th' Sc $l3J.0OO b nds an the $32,-
900, aud that he did uot pay CENT for the II.
Now, mars VIII follows. Blain- has refer-
ence to the same b ,uds that Is nnquastlol-
able. What is the next sentrnces "lhe
money due you on the contr ct wa al raid
nearly year ana halt ago" [Appls,Ise
An! my friends will say, that moaey
was paid by others, snd MOI by jan es &.
Blsiie. But We win not leave even thst loop
hole for tDem 10 crawl cut of. Applause.
"Of this whole am unt ut bonds due me l
have received hut So, 900 land grants, leaving
$4,000 OF those and So 500 frs mortgage
sliil due" Does that irdic. that he n al
received $3.50, 900 and So, 5O0e Then mark
the next zen ence which / read to you:
81 am without dubt the only person
who has paid money for bonds without
receiving them" prolonged applause
And Yet Mr.. Schurz says, from the pen and
the lips of that man, he never paid red
cent. In another letter he says-because
am disproving two propositions; first that he
had received them, aud, second, that be had
not paid for them-in the letter OF Aprii Is he
SAYS again. There is still due TO me, on
articles of agreement between us. $4,000 in
mortgage bonds, making SOL, 900 in
all. For these bonds the money was
paid you nearly three years ago."
On, yes, tney were a gratuityl "Every other
party agreeing e. take bonds on the same
btsis has long since receivtd his full quota.
l alone am left hopeless and helpless, 60 far as
/ cpns'e." And now l ask you In the light
of The facts have presented to you tonight,
in all candor and all honesty, was not the
statement true that he had so
purchased the bonds at tho market
price, that he had paid for the bonds, aud
That he had not received theml And is not
the statement untrue that he had received
$4,000 OF l-nd grant bonds aud $50, 500 of
mortgage bonds and had not paid cent for
them, but that it was = gratuityl Tue EVIL
dence is clear;itls overw helming, and yet
Mr.. Carl Schurz did not refer to 1t and did
not give it,
NO CoMPLAINANTs.
ton OF this kind. who had cause to complaint
Clearly not Fisher and Caldwell, because they
h id received the market price. They had
received all they were to receive and
AL that was promised them. IL any one had
a right to complain, the men to whom James
G Bl,ine sold the bonds giving them less
than he hal received, were the parties to
complain. But ask you if they have done
It. Upon this poiDt let me refer very briefly
TO little testimony, and leave It. In
letter from Mr. Blaine, on the 18th Of April,
1872, he uses this languages: "You have
b, ell for some time laborng under totally
enron. ous impression In r. gard to my results
In The Fort Smith matter. The sales Of bonds
which you spoke OF my making, and which
you seem to have thought we're for my own
benefit, were entirely OF herwisr. Ibid lot have
the no ey in my possession forty-eight hourss
cut paid 1t over r, city to the parties whom
| tried, by every means in my power, to pro-
t, ct from loss. / am very sure that you
have little idea of tue labors, the sses. the
efforts and the critics. have made within
r ,a fp N
who inv' sted on my ques', from personal
loss" (Applause.I That requires no COM
mrnt at NY hauds. The mau who could
have written that letter who thus protected
tn parues who invested upon his recon-
mendation, is worthy Of any plare In the
gift OF the American people. prolonged
appl use
BRAND-NEw LETTER.
But 1 refer 10 two other letters, one of
whose names appeared in the contract that
read to you to night, as having purchased
s5 coo OF thes bonds. 1t was written tie
18TH Of 8 pit, mner, 1884. to Mr. i. w. PEN
die on, z, nIleman Of this ty with whom
duubg,ess many of you are acquainted. IL is
as follows:
BELFAST Me-, Sept. IS. 1884,
+ W. Per dleton, D. troit, Mich.
DEAn SIR-Your l. tier Of inquiry Of the 10Th
inst, as To whe her James G. Bialue acted hon
CORE pond nee. Is just at hand: have his re-
ply. VIZ. hat b lieve ms conduct In the whole
matter honorabie in TIL highest drgcee Zap
plausel l was one OF tie purch i,ers of boods
aud stock in the Lhu, Rock a. FIR smith rail-
rad u the extent OF 81 OOO. Myself, WITH
Xix otne, r,,,isa I'll, thi; en'y TOOK ooi
rms stated by him. II VAS wholly pa d fos an
ten err cent nvit, ly InstalimeDts nir!ctly to
Mr. ;N Marr.n rsh,p OF s"to% dhe who's trans
rrspondence q mad it- cepuon H. this way,
viz: In bu siness etter % Alfred W. JON son. a
relative or yours, Mr. Bai 20 casually remarked
that he was ab W TO take an int eat in the
Liite ROCK toit Smtn railroad. an
enterprise. from what re then knew, tie thought
weo OF. tn letier c me under the obsf r, alton
OF Il. &. JOnns Oh, who caused an inqur to he
made at. Ut tn enterir-e. and Mr. Blaine. IN
anss er I, the inquiry, made statement OF the
the bond and stock. The 'rah-a' ton was plain,
direct. frank anu far. We met with loss, and
as We do not c,ain 10 lie abov. the average OF
tut with Blaine + he had ben at
taut AS a mater OF fact, / have
ever heard tn least iutimat,on thaJ he was at
lalht or acted disil.n stiy. coming Ir m those
here who purchased the bonos and stock. On
the her hand, ever, one of the seven, OF whom
hire were d. mocrats, ineist tat he acted In the
utmost good faith. One # the number. who Ia
on the Democratic electoral ticket in this state,
has so ated over his own sig atmre in the pub
! Pres on a former occasion, ard can be heard
any day now Ia our streetsi in the mort sistent
mnnuer, with emphatic ttruns, as
na"g % Sny nna a that mr.
VIII lie transsc Ion, aud that the attempt TO dis.
tort the meaning and spirit Of hrs privare aud
business cores pondence - ignomn ously wrong
anu unjust. To me, FEELING chat know much
more tnrn Mr.. Blaue's sianderers about the
matter. 1t shows the meanness and bitterness OF
extreme pa tiSansiiip in eDdeavornR TO faisify
IT, whch is true. hb We never met the man ia
NY whole busin- rs life VIII, Sc rep esentatons i'm
se " ue taan Mr. T Bae to US in e %
Ro k railroad TRANSMITS n. We were not asked by
him to take dollar ia mat enter prize. We
sought inf rmatioh from him and received it In
Gear, honest terms" Pro ouged spplause.I
VOICE FROM THE ENEMY.
But my friends, will read one more, and
with that am trough. 1t was written by
one Of toe Democratic presidential electors
upon the Democratic ticket in Maine to-day.
tProlon. ed upplaus j 1 offer you Q Demo
crat Us witness now, and il my Demo ratio
FRI, nds do not believe him they can cast him
asd. tAppau e. This Litter was written
That perhaps may sffec it somewhat.
daughter 1t was written to Democratic
paper. with the request to publish it--which
request vas not complied with. The letter
is Us folloSs:
BELFAST Sept 10, 1874.
To the Editor OF the Mainr y andard
Yuur paper contained an article a short timo
since r. flectig on Speaker Blaine for alleged
want of good faith in dealing with the estate OF
I certain BOMBS of the Little Rork & Fort
Smith railroad company. dii not see the ar,t-
Gle at the time OF its issue or j would more
promptly have written corr, ciion. Allow me
now, rs one Of the executors of Mr.. Johns ms e.
tate, to v thet our infofm ion Ia tnti ely err
"A desire EFF