The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-08

The crowd on the outer circle surgcd
forward. Never was there n more melO-
dramatic spectacle presented in such q
place. The courage and resolution which
had carried him through all preceding
uttcranccs diminished visibly as he took
the elastic from the letters and arranged
them to read. Ills hands, which have
never before been known TO tremble,
shook palpably. His lips. which have
never before been known TO utter an UNI
certain sound. gave forth for few mo-
ments inarticulate, dry. and husky syl-
ables but the man who had
MASTERED HOUSES
mastered himself. The letters being ar
ranged in the order in which he wished
to read them. he proceeded calmly and
in clear. inging voice to divulge his
business transactions of fifteen years. 1t
was spectacle which invoked sympathy
OH every hand, and if the hall had been
the Centennial convention Blaine would
have been nominated by acclamaton.
The mement the first letter had passed
from his hand to his clerks, as letter al
ter letter was read and the points i'm
pressed themselves upon the hearers,
THE REvULsIoN N BLAINE's FAVOR
was profoundly marked. "Thcre then"
said he. .are the fatal letters that were
to blast my reputation, for the possession
of which | went down on my knees to
Mulliran and for which | threatened
suicide" On their face it appeared in
| credible, though many points were con-
sidered blasting and dishonorablc to the
| writer. Still maintaining his character
| of the aggrieved Instead of the offender,
after the reading of the letters. he
| sketched the conduct Of the committee
| toward him and then launched his final
| thunderbolt, by saying, "The circle OF
evidence clearing my name from all COM
plicity with any of the things charged
here is incomplete in but one particular. y
| Though the attention OF the house had
| been at its utmost tension for an hour
and halt, this caused
A NEW SENSATION.
81 understand said Blaine, and he
left the nelghborhood OF his seat and
came down slowly toward the center OF
the hall looking straight INTO the eyes oil
the chairman OF the Judiciary committe
THAT that fragment is telegram frou
London from JOSIAH Caldwell cxoncrat-
| inc me from any share direct or implied
in the Little Rock and Arkansas bonds
and that testimony said he, his voic,
| swelling out and filling the whole hall a:
with the volume of thunder. land tha
testimony is in the possession of the
honorable chairman of the judiciary com
| mittce, the gentleman from Kentucky
| Proctor Knott TWAS
A TERRIFIC GILMAN.
| Half the members arose to their feet \
murmur of applause broke out on tn,
floor OF the house. extended to tht
galleries. and ended in a prolonged
cheer; land in keeping with the purpose
and methods Of my inquisitOrs." said he
his voice falling into that low, ominous
threatening tone which precedes hl:
most vigorous strokes, this Telegram
reached the chairman of the judiciar,
committee OH last Thursday. and because
it eXouerated me has been suppressed D,
him till now, and now | dare him to re
fuse to produce it.! This brought on
final outbreak of cheers and app,aus
that drowned everything. drowned al
additional sentence of Blaine's: drowned
an eXpostulation from Knott; drowned
the protest of Hunton drowned tn
frantic aud imbecile battering of tn
gavel in the hands of Cox: drowned al
order. until such a time as absolute OK
haus,ion compelled its cessation. when
THE sEAIBLASCE OF ORDER
was restored and halt OF the member
had fallen in their seats. Knott the
tried to get the floor, which Blaine +,
fused. lIunton tried and Blaine refused
and then sent up to be read resolution
ordering the chairman of the judciar
committee to produce the cllled-for tel,
gram forthwith. Then there was strug
gle on the part OF the judiciary commit
tee to get the floor. which Blaine refuse
on his right 10 finish. 1t was plain tbs
Blaine had the sympathy of the hous
with him; plain that he had put kno
in compromising position plain tina
l as III the amnesty debate, the question {
issue was sunk, and that
SELF-DEFENSE
was only the thing left the Democrat
majority. A more complete. overwhelu
ing, astounding rout never fell upon I'll
party, and as Blaine walked back to h
seat a hundred arms We're outstretche
to him, in hearty recognition of his mal
nificent triumph