St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-22
ONE THAT WAS NOT BURNT
4 Letter Written by Conklina, Showing
Blaine in His TrUe Colors.
IT WILL EURY HARRISON.
An Old Man Of Eighty Now Offers II as
Reason for Opposing
Benny

ITHACA, n. Y, Sept. 21.-The Repub-
licanS here are greatly astonished over
the following letter from Roscoe COnk-
ling to Peter b. Crandall, of this city,
published in the Ithaca Democrat this
evening, together with long interview
with Mr.. Crandall OH the circumstance
which gave rise to the letter:
May 6, 1886. My Dear Sir: / am glad to
receive your letter. By this you will have
seen the later passages in the FryeBlaine
matter. Let me know what you think. You
will not l think find fault with the self
command of your representative when called
on without moments warning to the pres
ence of the nation to answer such libel
What is the effect upon our people? Mr..
Blaine is said to be too near the business of
recruiting at Augusta, Me-, where he lives
and where there was another Haddock affair
in crime, but notin conviction and punish
ment He has grown suddenly rich, it is said
out of government jobs. His brother was
convicted of forgery and was sent to the state
prison, 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 i'm
putation put on US, we have lived in vain
How is this? Your friend,
Peter r. Crandall, Babcock Hill, Oneida
County, n. Y.
Mr.. Crandall is eighty years old. He
has been prominent man in state and
national politics for many years, and
was always one of Conkling's most de-
voted friends. In an interview with a
reporter Mr.. Crandall said: Il want
simply to make statement for the ben
eft of the friends of Mr.. Conkling. He
was statesman, patriot, an honest,
man. Through Mr.. Blaine's intrigues
and Vaccinations he was forced from
public life and to his death. 1t is now
the duty of every one of Mr.. Conkling's
friends to repay that treachery by help
ing silence forever that scheming and
ling all his life and cOrrespOnded with
him for many years. Ali of his later
letters show his intense suffering on ac-
count of the way Blaine illuminated
him. His last letter was written few
days before his death, and i'll that he
still expressed an interest in public
affairs. Among other things he said:
AS you well know, my devotion to my
country is more than strong. l would
like to be aware Of anything dangerous
to the country or state of New York,
hopeless as might be the prospect of
ever being able to even attempt any
thing which would not meet with repro
baton and miSunderStanding.'
''When L was provost marshal of
Oneida county great frauds were un-
earthed by COnkling and traced to
Washington. Conkling attempted to
introduce bill abolishing the provost
marshalship. Frye and Blaine opposed
it. as they wanted the office to become
part of the war department so as to
continue the frauds. Frye sent a let
ter to congress, and Blaine caused it to
be read, charging Conkling with pro-
tecting his own district from exposure
in the bounty frauds. Conkling arose,
demanded an investigation, and turned
on Frye and Blaine, charging that out
of SOC, 900 men to whom bounties were
paid scarcely 100000 ever went to
service, and that somebody stole the
money. The committees appointed eX-
onerated COnkling, but the Frye in
vestigators found too big job on their
hands, and so many persons were i'm
plicated the matter was finally dropped.
/ have all the papers in the matter. as
Conkling told me to keep them. Mr..
Hotchkiss, attorney for the committee,
said: III we should attempt to get
back this stolen money by spreading
their transactions over the country the
administration would not last six
months.'
"Conkling said he had letter from
Augusta, Me-, Blaine's home, charging
Blaine with making $4,000 in single
day out of bounty frauds. About a