The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-06


Volunteer Cavalry; and favorably on
he House bill retiring Gen. w. II.
HmOry.
a new conference committee was ap.
pointed on the diplomatic appropria-
Non bill.
Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.
re Legislative Appropriation min.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The Senate re-
eamed consideration OF the Legislative
appropriation BILL The appropriation
for tho Indian Commissioner was re-
stored.
The Senate then adjourned.
TME noUsE.
the Tarir ResS1ation Referred.
The tariff resolution was referred, by
= vote Of ia to 90, which Is equivalent
MI. Neale offered bill repeating the
resumption not, and called the previous
question.
Nj. Kasson raised tho point that no
notice had been given Of Che bill, there
fore IL was not In order.
Speaker Kerr sustained the point.
Mr.: Holman appealed from the
Speakers ruling.
Mr.. Morrison moved to table the APP
peal, which was carried by 1874 10 90.
Mr.. Blaine rose to n personal explana-
Non. He read the resolution offered by
Mr., TArbox. The author OF the resolu-
ton Ut the time disclaimed any particu-
lar allusion to Mr.. Blaine. 1t soon
became entirely obvious that tho resolu-
Non was solely for and only aimed ut
him. The Union Pacific or any other
accident to investigation was only sec.
endary, insignificant and unimportant.
He did not care for that; he was ready
70 moet III he had presented an early
report, but 10 had been prolonged, pro-
longed. prolonged. It had no sooner got
through with the last charge than with
cut the slightest notice another COM
nittee had entered on an investigation
specially aimed ut him. 30 there were
THREE INVESTIGATIONS
going on ut tho Same time, and none CON-
pleted. He understood Mr.. Hinton pro-
Icsed still another inquiry about the
Kansas Pacific, a transaction which was
11tsts y ssa DID, even a,dd i +
1T him. Now he would say, and
say. Il boldly, that under these gen.
Sral powers to Investigate specific rail
road companies, the whole engineering
of the committee was aimed personally
~ him. Why did they not organize d
committee to investigate j. q. Blaine
He wanted to meet the thing squarely.
He did not wish to stir up any blood on
Wis question, but he would say that
me House In January last, II had been |
known that there were gentlemen here |
whose feelings had been exasperated
against him, and 1t was to be remarked |
that while there were seven Democratic |
members Of the Judiciary Committee, |
the chairman OF that committee, Mr..
Knott, selected on the subcommittee |
to which these matters had been re-
forred two members from the South |
who had been
m THE REBEL ARMY.
Mr.. Knott--Th matter OF that rail-
road investigation was referred to the |
subcommittee before ever heard your |
name mentioned In connection with IL. |
It has no act or part In melting any In |
vestigaticn duplicating you at all.
progress Of the investigation, and says.
Finally, the witness tMulligan) came
here loaded with information in regard
TO the Fort Smith Railroad. The gent /
{Hunton) drew out what he knew had
no reference whatever to the question I
under investigation, and then and there
insisted on all my private memoranda
being allowed to be exhibited by this
man Mulligan, which had NO more con-
Il
Cation than with tho North Pole. The
6ent tried his best also, until l believe
that Idea had been abandoned, to cap
ture, use and control my private CORE
opotldence; this mapohad selected out /
0k q correspondence running over a
great many years letters which he
thought would be peculiarly damaging
to me: he came here loaded with them;
he came here for a sensation; he
came here prined; he came here
advised Of Ii, and / obtained these let
ters under circumstances which have
been VIGOROUSLY scattered throughout
the United States, and are known every
where. have them (holding up pack
age); claim that have the entire right
to these letters, not only by natural
right, but on all the precedents and
principles Of law. The man who had
them In his possession, held them
wrongfully, and the committee which
this man for use against me proceeded
wrongfully. It proceeded in the boldest
and most defiant violation OF the
ordinary personal and private rights
that belong to every American citizen.
/ am willing to meet the Judiciary Com.
mittee on that point. / wanted tho
committee to introduce it. I wanted
the gentleman from Kentucky (Knott
and the gentleman from Virginia (Hin-
tony to introduce that question on the
floor, and they did not do It. ~
Mr.. Knott lin his seat Oh, no, YOU
want to be made q martyr Of.
Mr.. Blaine-Yes, and you did not want
Il; there is the difference. / will 70 a
little further and say that you did not
dare to do 1t.
MI. Knott--We will not talk about
doing
MIR. Hamilton, N. il rise to ques-
ton of order. is the gentleman's ques-
lion parliamentary
Mr.. Blaine-Y Yes, entirely SO.
The Speaker pro tenn. lMr. Cox, OF
New York, In the chair)-It is for the {