The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-06-13

Another Triumph over His
Enemies.
He Reads oil tho Mulligsn Letters
and Explains Them. f .
scene ia the mouse.


Graphic Description Of the Exeisiss
The following 10 the special tele-
graphic correspondence Of the Chicago
4 Times:
WASHINGTON, juno 5.--Mr. Blame
has before overwhelmed the house with
dramatic surprises this winter, but he
/ has never made 30 profound an impress
sion as 10 day. In the face OF cloud
of obloquy under which his most
steadfast friends were struggling
gloomily; in the face OF an opposition,
compact, unscrupulous, and intrepid;
in the face of majority of political
\ opponents, who wero more than ready
and anxious to believe him guilty. aud
in spite Of the protests OF half-hearted
friends, he took the floor to-day aud
conquered everything before him. For
AN hour il was scene of snch bewil-
dering. passionate surprise and con-
stcrnation as has never been seen. For
three hours il was q seems 90
WILDLY IiPRoBABLR,
so bewilderingly rapid in transforms.
tions and passionate episodes, that
even those who saw are still incredu-
lous. Never was such Q scene wit
messed in public place in this coun.
try. Shortly after noon, as il by a
Masonic signal, the galleries were sud
denly filled. the benches on the floor
were crowded, the vacant spaces back
OF the benches and in front OF the
speaker filed, and the report ran out
through the building that Blaine was
70 take the door. One OF his conf-
Dental friends. who knew tho sI-
speakers purpose, limited il 10 a group
Of newspaper men, and il was immedi-
ately broadcast throughout the build
ing. 1t is quite impossible to convey
the frame OF the public here dnring
the last few days, since the extraordi-
ssry testimony OF Mulligan. After
aULLIoAS's AMAZING STATEMENT
as 10 Blaine's state Of mind OF the eel.
ebrsted letter interview, the house and
galleries were ready for any demonstra.
ton from so varsatile en- actor as the
e1-speaker, nor did he dissppoiut IL n.
Sitting calmly in his seat until the
proper moment had arrived, the min
nto.hand had barely touched the figure
when he arose i TO his feet with a
quiet gesture which the house has
come TO know so well. and pointing to
the speaker said in that assumed, self
constrained voice which he knows so
we'll
How TO USE.
81 ask leave TO state q question OF
privilege" thus fastening the house at
once npon tho highest discussion that
may be brought before that body.
Had it been q personal explanation he
could have been baked. As il was,
business OF the session which had been
planned a week before stood still, and
this man, whose enemies have given
out industriously as dead, began q
harangue. the effects OF which have
never been eqnaled in any public body.
The only change perceptible in
MS METHOD AND MANNER
was perhaps, a little more energetic
! nervousness, and a voice q triAe husky
at first. These evidences, however,
went away, and he fell into that old
( heetorins, masculine manner, which
/ his enemies have come 10 loathe and
COVER under. He was not shaky, how
/ ever nervous. He was speaking, as he
afterward said. to Al 900, 900 of Ameri-
can people, and upon these he wished
every word TO weigh to the full import,
and, as was afterward seen, the import
OF every word had been we'll weighed
by himself before he came on the floor.
70 any other than so resolute, auda-
cious and skillful parlamentarian the
subject matter would have been i'm
possible to put in q personal question.
Once launched, however, upon this
subject, il did not occur 10 his enemies
TO rsTERposE OBJECTIONS,
or, il they did, it was 30 clumsily that
the presiding officer could not but rule
them out. Ii was the general antici.
patton that no would throw them in to
complete rout. He began with con.
summate skill by showing what gross
personal injustice had been done him
self by the partisan latitude given iu
the question, which under the ruls
should have ended with tracing OF the
s8I, 900 OF Little Rock bonds. Until
this point had been reached Blains's
mannsr was not at his beat. His voice
was
THICK AND HusKY,
and his eyes had not yet assumed that
ferociousness and earnestnsss which
subject all opposition 10 silence
Reachipg this point. however, h,
swelled into his old proportions. His
voice rang out loud and clear. Hi
appeal absolutely seemed 20 swell with
indignation and he began q short
quick pacing up and down the aisl'
which lends such yivacious force tc
everything he ntters. To have made I
defense Of himself would have beer
weak and commonplace. That an or
dinary member might have done. Tha
was what the democrats expected bin
TO do. aud there was where they
ExPECTsD TO CATCH HIM.
But turning aside disdainfully fron
this method, he boldly began on tn,
COMMITTEES, and subjected it's entir,
operations 10 vivacions analysis
destroying every step OF the examina
J tion, aud showing an animal agimu
himself which. IL true. proved nothin,
less than collusion with witnesses an,
J parties TO the prosecution. Here b.
J began TO get the full, energetic, an,
sympathetic attention Of the entir
honse. Even those opposed TO him il
! politics and on principle were force,
: to admire and even spmpathise will
, the searching indignation which b,
} poured out upon the heads Of his in
! vcstigstors. II was simply the sublim
! ity OF intrepid distortion. He did no
tell an untruth. but
lie STRETCHED EVERY INCIDENT
and colored every assertion 10 snit tin
r theory which he was confidipg to hi
, countrymen to prove himself O victim
! OF partisan inquisitors and persona
enemies. How powerful an effect th
! appeal will have ON the country will b
, measured by the effect il had on th
house, for IN the very presence Of th
men he accused, who are known 10 b
euiltless Of every word Of the charg
againt them, the sympathies Of the en-
tire house were strongly and steadil
toward the speaker until ID culminate
10 an unexpressihle
: bCRsr on CHEERS AID APPLApsE,
D such burst ss had never before bee
heard Ia the house Of representative