Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-09

uGu Eh6 SHEDLeSL mint lndL IA6 EGlllP-
man Blaine bad been either in conf.
dentiaI business relations with Caldwell
or was an operator in that cl ass OF 80 euri-
ties which figured "a Suspicious trans ac-
tions with the Union Pacific railroad
company; SO lie could not have
designed any i,,jury to the gentle
n an frSm aby disclo,ur in that
EdP. II be had known then what
he knew now he might have sg eet in
MS tBlsine'sl opinion as 20 when the
resolution wou d bit, bat he had not that
genuemsn's oODciseness, The gentle
man bad charged that this was perse-
cOtiOn OF paItj, al malice; but, he a. k o,
what was the history Of the case? The
gentleman Blaine seems to have been
suspected ~ that transaction, no. by
personal ard political enemies, hut by
| Personal and political intimates, who
knew him btst Harriaon, the govern
meDt director, and political sympa-
thlzer with the gentleman from Maine,
/ thought II. Rollins, the treasurer Of the
| UIion P cific railroad, had thought it,
and had thrown himself most gallantly
into the brtach TO defend the gent emsn
even at the risk OF what was more val-
liable than life, his honor. Fisher had
thought II. The intimate friend Of
lifetime Mulligan, thought i5-a msn
who Fisher had declared to be, i! not the
best, IS good a nsn IS there was In the
world. Was thzre in all this any evil
! dence OF partisan mslice, or Of any dia-
| bolicsl scheme to ruin the personal char
acter or political aspirations of the gem
tleman from Maine? From what DEM
Ocratic source in this country had any
charge originated touching the
integrity Of the gentleman from
| MaiDe2 No such thingScOuid be discOv-
| cred any where. The Investigation pro-
posed was a proper one. The gentle
! man from Maine wss not assaied by il.
| II he WAS a party on trial, ii was from
| his own election that he occupied that
! distinction. II ne was accused at all, 1t
was not from the lips of his political en-
emies that the accusation came. The
resl question was whether there was
! prObatls cause for investigation. The
| history OF public rumors was notorious
to the cou1try and 10 the world. The
| connection of the gentleman from Maine
| with public rumoIs was equally familiar
TO the country. There was 10 ciTcum-
stance connected with the investigation
which iO the slightest degree pointed to
| IL as Of partisan origin, but precisely the
| contrary was confirmed by every cir
4
| K did not know where the com nit.
| tea uad got the Information that gave it
clue to the investigation. He never
| bad any connection with any MEM
! bers Of the committee with
reference to witnesses or the conduct of
! the Investigation, with the single ex-
! ception that be had protested to Mr..
| Hunton, chairman of the sub-commIt-
! tee, that the investigation should not be
| prosecution in any respect as a personal
| matter, but purely ss subjsct OF public
| inquest into the transaction by cOrpO-
ra ion which wss in some respt cts amen
able to the government for its honest
mans gemeat. That was his entire con-
nectiOu with the prosecution, IC had
| originated not 10 pursuit OF melee by
any man who had q doubtful UnioS
record, but ii had originated with ore
| who hsd not only not served in the
| Confederate army, bu5 who had not
| served in the Uuion army even by SUBJ
stitute atone. Laughter
Mr.. Frye SAID he wished to state a
su sstiOn which presented itself to his
MUD and which he had no doubt had
occurred to the minds Of very many
gentlemen, that the position taken by
the gentleman LrSrboSJ, Of sacred
LESS OA COuNStSHtfODf WIS bdulT
at variance with that geDtleman's own
conduct In reference TO speech made
by Mr.. Blaine some months ago. That,
he said, was printed speech, one copy
of which had been eptiliOusiy taken
nom the possessi IN of his oieague o.
the printer, and he had learned on good
Authority that, while his colleague WAS
mb king his speech, that printed copy,
so surTeptitiOnSly taken, was u, on the
desk Of the gentleman Mr.. TaIbo2
who at once proceeded to Ttpy TO II.
The suggestion IS to the sacI edDess o
private conversation, as argued by that
gentleman, had amazsd him Mr. Frye1,
while that fact was IN his POSSESSION.
rPiaudits and encouragement from Re-
publican members
Mr.. Blaine took the floor, but Mr.. Tar
box rising at the same time, MIR. Blaine
yielded to him.
Mr.. Tsrbox-I do not know what re-
latiOn the remarks Of the gentleman
ffom Main frye have to the subject
M after Of tue privileged question to
which 1 rose. am quite unaware in
what school Of prOpTieIy the gentleman
has been brought up. do not know
what he charges me with; do not un-
dsrstand what he intlmates. sup pose
that by some mean. Improper method
obtained possession of the spsach which
the gentle man from Maine Blaine] in
tended to deliver as his best counsel to
mis- cOuntrymen, on subject affecting
deeply the public welfare, and that L
made some improper use OF that paper,
1 have simply TO reply that what he
states is utterly untrue. A scene o.
confusion occurred, After order was
partly restored, Iarbox disclaimed
charging Frye with any Intentional un-
truth. He supposed that that gentle
man had spCk7n from q m or o., per-
haps, cut Of suspicious temper or, per-
haps, out Of some irritation.
Mr.. Frye-Irritation At what?
Mr.. TarbOx-All the irritation that
I can conceivs the gentleman to
feel in regard to the discussion OF
the squestion is, that by certain cir
cumstance a deliverance on q public
qut ts.ion that was made for personal
purposes, and not from patriotic consid-
GRAFTON for the public good, and which
contained within that which was calcu-
lated, spoken by statesman, to mlsiesd
his couutrymen, was not permit
ted to go forth to the country without
some of its misstatements having been
refuted on the spOt. The gentleman
must IOL make LuO charge anu IHeu
cross examine the man whom he
chsrg' with the ofense, in order to find
out whether 1t is true or not.
Mr.. Frye-We will leave it there. i
have nothing further to ask the gentle.
man.
Mr.. Blsine-I never supposed that
occasion should arise when / should
desiIe or be induced tn ate that
transaction to the house. B sfore left
my home last autumn 10 resume my
public duties here, did as many gen
tlemen have done, prepared speech on
an absorbing puolic question, the cur
rerc cy. Ii was printed at q newspaper
offi ;e with which was for many years
connected, 1t was printed in conf
dence. On top Of the speech it was
sacrediy conf led to associated press,
with intimatiOn that who found him.
self in possession Of copy of it before
| its publication was in possession o! it
| wrongfGlly. Various circumstances post
| poned tbs delivery of the speech from
| the month of December, v hen expected
TO deliver it,up to the eighteenth OF Feb
| rusry. Meanwhile tive or six weeks be-
| fore l did deliver il, / ascertsineu that
| the gentleman from Massachusetts