Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-11
LAMAR AND BLAINE.
The Mississippian Meets the Man from
Maine, Turns Him Over and Turns
Him Down.
The Great Republican Parliamentarian,
Met on Ground of His Own SeIec.
ton, is Squelchod.
A Graphic but Vivid Picture of the
Scene in the House - Blaine Hot
Headed and Impulsiye, Lamar
Cool and Convinced.
Chicago Times.I

Chicago Times.l
| WASHINGTON, March - !
Though the floor and gallery felt some
thing in the air, the outbreak itself came
with surprise. Whether the Democrats
had warning, and carried on their worB
with generalization, is not known, bu
they conducted their battle on the plan
OF an ambuscade, and, as the general
verdict goes tonight, there is not 6
shred Of the enemy. Blaine, the daunt-
less, is stripped Of his laurels, and lies
endorsed. The Democratic party, what
! ever its follies may be for the future, has
DEMONSTRATED ITS PRowEss
to meet and beat its adversaries on 9
purely legal and pugnsciOusly personal
discussion. When, after the dull details
of the morning hour had gone, the be-
| nignant figure of Clymer uprCsP, and, IN
learned to know so well, pitched upon a
dolorous key betwixt grunt, q groan
and 8 wall, made known that the digni-
ty of the house and tbs immunity of
membership had been violated by Vul-
gar summons of the members of his
committee to appear before a local
magistrate; and that, further,
THIS IMPERTINENT LOCAL COURT
dared to demand the testaments and
documents at the houses disposal, he
stirred the blood of the house by the
picture OF the hegira of himself and his
fellow-committeemen to the dirty pre-
cincts of the district court. Having
stirred the indignant minds of the house
to sudden food Of mutiny and rage,
everything was in tim for the revolu.
dOnary antics which thereupon broke
out. It was the verdict of the house
that his point was well taken, in declar-
ing that it would be prejudicial to the
interests of the country to submit the
proceedings of his committee and the
testamentary evidence to any court, and
that such an action would close the
mouths Of essential witnesses and drive
them from the land Here, whether he
knew it or not,
THE VENERABLE CLYMER
had hit the very handspring of the dis
cussion. 1t was evidently understood
among the Republicans that party inter-
ests demanded the Encouragement and
intimidation Of witnesses, and upon this
scrupulous Blaine threw off all reserve,
and, to the amaZemelt OF the house,
took the floor. "Has the court" said
he, with that bruEque insolence which
marks his most bitter openings, with
that conspicuous restraint and Ostenta-
tious reserve which intimidates his enc
mie7, "insisted upon anything not con-
tanned in the public report?" Then,
with that air of patroniziDg concession
to an opponents error, and willing
ness to forgive slip on his part, he con-
tiDued that he could very readily see
how the gentleman might decline to re-
veal the secret of his committee, "but,n |
said he, with a disdainful shrug at once |
CoNTEMPTUoUs AND ooNCILIATING,
"I cannot see the point Of the delicacy |
in his refusal to state that which is al |
ready history" Clymer, refusing to be |
thrown from his guard at this initial |
trial, responded with some csImness
that it was not the Jurisdiction of the |
court that he denied wholly, but the eff.
feet such s. concession would have on |
and here was the marked
difference of the debate, which grew in
HEAT AND VENOM
from this point forward The Demo-
Gratis, whether by fortune or good man.
agement, seized the point of law in
volved and argued for that, Gripping
their adver aries all the time by the
manifest showing that they as a party
were trying to establish g principle
which should make such exposures as
that which brought about Belknsp's
downfall utterly impossible. There was
3 visible growing excitement as City,
mer, in some heat, asked in evident sur
prise what interest Mr.. Blaine had in
witnesses. The question
vas simple one, and under ordinary
conditions might be expected to pass as
Jne of those jibes OF debate which are
given and taken with a certain equa-
limity. The effect was electrical. Blaine
sprung to his feet
-. LIKE SHOT,
md in the moments delay before the
speakers asserting nod gave him q
chance for speaking, it could plainly be
een that the first angry response was
;hoked down, and when the words did
come it was merely to say with indes-
,ribable scorn'that this was a matter for
he COMMITTEES to decide, and no court
,ould compel a member to. break his
'ath, but intimating disdainfalIy that
he members were pleading acontempti.
lie privilege to evade legal duty. The
of the spectators, which are
always irresistibly given to Blaine, were
ather cooled at this juncture. 1t was
lain that he was
PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES.
t was equally plain that an ipglOrious
allure awaited him ii the other side had
he self possession to stick to the text |
nd block the partisan debate. The
Democrats, through Clymer, demanded
be instructions Of the house on the
Oint, and Lamar asked for the text of
be subpoena, which at once recalled the
urpC Sc OF the court and the drift OF the
republican argument. Danford, one OF
be members OF the committee, while [
II eyes were looking, and all ears listen 6
lg excitedly, asked trembliDgly il there 6
'ss any other testimony than that which 9
is colleague, the chairman, had read to {
le house. This was one Of the main O
SENSATIONS OF THE DAY, e
II upon this point hinges not only the
use in the houee bat Belknsp's fate in
)urt. A member loyal to his commit
%, with the interest Of the public at
cart, not Of his party, would not have
'ksd such question. Lamar, who Q
I'd been watching the debate and pour Il
g over the authorities, here interposed .
18th an eagerness and spirit rather I'M p
ual to hear in debate, interfering q q
lint Of order and directing Clymer not v
answer. Danford, frightened and 81
Their incoherent ct his own temerity, q
I'd rebuked by 81
THE MANNER OF LAMAR, u
Silly responded that he did not mean y
ask for evidence, but he would like to "a
low what additional facts the chair
an had. Lamar, stalking In his place, "