The Greenville times., 1888-10-06
More Of Blaine.

-As NtNA A.. NAoANotAf VI AtAaSef
New York, and one of the intimate
friends of Roscoe Conkling gave last
Thursday to the Ithaca Democrat for
publication letter written by Conk-
ling in 1866, in which he scorches Blaine
in connection with the bounty jumping
frauds. The letter is as follows:
May, 6, 1866.
MY DEAR SIR 81 am glad to re-
ccive your letter. BY this you will see
in full the latter passage in the Frye
Blaine matter. Let me know what you
think. You will not find fault with
the self-command of your representa-
tive when called on without . moments
warning in the presence of nation to
answer such libel. What is the
effect on our people Mr.. Blaine is
said to be too near the recruiting bus
iness at Augusta, Me-, where he lives
and where there was another Haddock
affair IN crime but not in conviction
and punishment. He { Blaine has
grown suddenly rich out of Govern
ment jobs. His brother was convicted
OF forgery and sent to the States prison
l am told, and all around you will see
there is very strong flavor about the
whole thing. If where you and | are
known any one can be found to believe
the foul imputation put on us we have
lived in vain. How is this +? Your
sincere friend,
Roscoe CoNKIING.
ITO Peter b. Crandall, Ithaca, N. "
Mr.. Crandall, after, giving as rea-
son for the publication of the article
says that II is the duty Of every friend
of Conkling to repay Blaine's trcachery
"by forever silencing that scheming
politician says that Mr.. Conkling's
attention was in 1886 called to the
bounty frauds and he traced them to
Washington and called for an investi-
eating committee, and the committee,
with Frye as chairman, found the
charge true that Of 100000 men who
had been paid bounties scarcely 20O,-
900 had gone into the service. The
committee, however smothered up that
matter by reporting that the charge
was unfounded. Mr.. Crandall was
deputy provost marshal of New York
at the time and still has the papers in
his possession which Mr.. Conkling ad-
vised him to gather up as they would
yet be useful Mr.. Crandall, who Is 80
years Of age, and one Of the most in
fuential citizens of Ithaca, also states
that Mr.. Conkling received letter
from Augusta, Nc, charging Blaine
with making $4,000 in a single day
out of these bounty frauds. The pub
LEGATION Of this letter and the interview
has created great Transformation among
the New York Republicans.
Blaine has noticed the above; by
discrediting the authenticity of the
Conkling letter. Mr.. Crandall thus
responds;
at is what we all might have cx-
pected in Blaine-evading the question
and denying the originality of the let
ter. I have the letter, and any one
doubling the handwriting can compare
1t with hundreds Of other letters
have from Mr.. Conkling. Blainc's al
lusions to my dismissal from the pro-
vost marshalship are largely misreprc-
sentations When the last recruits
went to the front their bounty money
was left in my hands to be forwarded
wherever they wished. They had
scarcely gone when Major IIaddock
demanded that should pay the money
they left with me ($l0,000) over to
him consulted Judge Hunt, of
Utica, and found that IL | gave the
money to Haddock | would still be
liable to the recruits for the full amount
left in my hands. Consequently re-
fused to pay 1t over. The outcome
was that Haddock declared my Office
vacant. Finally General Fry told me
to pay him the money and the govern
ment would protect me. | did so at
once. Mr.. Conkling investigated my
discharge from Office, and when Secre-
tary Stanton understood the matter
he ordered my reinstatement. The
war was then over and there was no
need for the office Of provost marshal.
| was sued by several of the recruits
for the money left in my hands, but
the government paid the claims and
the costs. | have had numerous let
ters from Washington and and all over
the country thanking me for giving