The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-08-21
The CHARGES Against Blaine

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In june, 1855, referring to Blaine
railroad transactions, the editor q
the Cincinnati Commercial G Gazett
said:
The people of the United State
may be somewhat demoralized, bu
they are not so far gone that it cal
he presumed they will elect for pres
ident a man who has been on tn
make in the securities of subsidize.
railroads.
"The Blaine letters, we believe
prove all that he has been char get
with. The troublesome fact is tha
there is low tone of public morali
ty in the estimation of the uses o
publ position for private gain"
"Mr. Blaine's stock jobbiug seems
to bear the same relation to tn,
open markets that policy -playin.
bears to lottery de ling"
'The country which is now look
ing anxiously about for a publ,
man fit in all respects for a reform
president, will hardly be likely t,
see in the late speaker, whose bro
kerage transactions in so man,
railway companies for so many
friends ran through So many years
of the time when he held the secon
place in the government, the candi-
date best representative of the spir
It of purity and honor in publ,
affairs, which is one demand in the
efa in which we live
Now the Commercial Gazett.
says the charge that he marketed
his rulings is not sustained; that b
himself hath said that he had madt
the ruling favorable to the roao
without knowing it And the Com
inercial Gazette quotes, giving its
full Endorsement TO it, the following
from the Boston Stalwart:
at is entirely natural that Mr..
Blaine, on learning of the interest,"
his friend and negotiating with him
about the matter to which the rul
ing related, should have referred
to the ruling simply as a reminis-
cence, and should have said in eft
feet: "Upon looking over the re
cords of the lest session, l find tha'
| did you a favor without knowing
it This is a natural const' uctiop
and harmonizes with the result anu
with the other circumstances of the
case. 1t is certain that any repub
Ican who refuses vote for Nj
Blaine because of his official cor
ruption in connection with this
railroad, who refuses his vote hon
estl y and not for the purpose ol
making the world believe his sens,
of honor is finer than that of othei
men, either has not read the evi-
iience or has not the ability to
weigh it."
The evidence to sustain the
charge comes from Mr.. Blaine him
self. In urging his claims for a
divide" "fthe plumber, Mr.. BIain.
IN letter to Mr.. Fisher, says:
'It was on the last, night of tn
ession when the bill renewing th
and grant to the state of Arkansa
for the Little Rock road was
reached. Julian of Indiana, chair
man of the public land committee.
and hy right entitled TO the hoor,at
tempted to put in the bill, a,
an amendment, to the Fremont Z
Paso scheme. The house was thin
and the lobby in the Fremont inter
est had the thing all set up, an.
Julian's amendment was likely t.
prevail if brought to q vote. ROOF
nd other members from Arkansas,
who were doing their best for ,hei
bill, to which there seemed to be NJ
objection, we're in despair, for it
was well known that the senate was
hostile to the Fremont scheme, and
if the Arkansas bill, with the Julian |
amendment, had gone back to the
senate the whole thing would hav,
gone on the table and slept the |
sleep of death. In this dilemma
Root came TO me to know what on |
earth he could do under the rules
for he said that it was vital TO his
constituents that the bill should |
pass. / told him Julian's amend |
ment was entirely out of order be
cause not germane. But be had |
not sufficient confidence in h,s
knowledge of the rules to make tn,
point, but he said Gen. Logan war
to the Fremont scheme
a ID would make the point. l sent
my page to Gen. Logan with the
suggestion, and he made the point |
could not do otherwise than sus
tain it, and so the bill was force
from the mischievous amendment
made by Julian, and at once passed |
without objection"
This certainly does not read as i
Mr.. Blaine was ignorant Of what he |
was doing, nor did he claim it. H.
adds:
"At that time l had never seen
but you can tell him.
knowing it that l did him
= great favor"
This does not mean that NJ.
Blaine did not know the effect OF
ais ruling. His own account of the
ltfair shows on the contrary that
he was fully aware Of the effect:
hat he knew he had given value to |
he bonds of the Little Rock road.
md knowing this, he brcame eager
or some of the bonds of that cor
,oration. At the time he did no
now that Mr.. Caldwell was inter
sted in it, and so he did him a per-
onal favor without knowing 1t.
There has beeen no effort made to