The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-04
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every utterance, which made, and
r,iterate, rs much as may
regret the lees of the friendship OF the
gentleman from Maine Frye who
could surren der il, on such Slight cause;
Unjust say it certainly WAS not very
strong friendship, and thst II we must
part, 1 will say u him: "Farc thee well,
and if forever, still forever fare thee
we'll" [Applause and iaughter-l now
what is the head and foot oil my onend,
ing? 1t is said that l have prelud,ced
the case here. trust such Insinuatl1ns
were inadvertently made, because tney
are not !. fortified 2by friends.
1 might even say such an
imputatlon "a ab-olutely and unqualified
ly .alse. / have only Drought TO the at.
tehtion Of the House certain facts in re-
gard TO the Caldwell telegram, without
expressing my opinion on these facts at
all, or without having preiu1ged the
matter under Investigations but how do
these exceedingly virlucus gentlemen
deport themselves. They are ms much
Judges of the subject matter ct invest.
cation as l am, yet they can
; rise i'm their seats with IMMUNITY and
say that Blame is as immaculate ana as
chsste ms an icicle that Is guarded by
the frost from the puresL snow ana hangs
on Dianas Temple, and certainly there
is no harm in that; there is no pr"Judsed
case in that. have not said he is guilty
or innocent. have irtims,ed MI "Pin-
ion on the subject matter q! the. report,
but a. {" the authenticity OF the CH'd
well telegram, have asserted, aud ~
lteratc il here, ana would ruiterate IN th''
court ol Heaven [Contemptnus iaughter
on the Republican side That
| believe. 1t was gotten up
in the interest, and to subserve The
purposes OF Jas. Il. Blaine. IL has been
said that would not have dared TO make
a speech had he been here, that would
have Blended low and with bated breath
and whispering drunkenness, spoken very
differently. am not responsible for the
absence of the late member from Maine;
| did not bring about his resignation;
l had no net or part in 1t; the
floor was as free TO HIM rs it was to me;
hut he SAID hy proxy, hls desire TO with
draw from this floor. No Democrat. no
political opponent of his, had made a
charge against him, but where he had
been assailed by his own friends, and
that too, before he had vindicated his
reputation Tor integrity as man and a
leader of his party, was in no way re-
sponsible for that, whether he was cling
ing TO the good old suggestion, that
ale who fights and runs away,
May live 10 hight another day;
But he who il i'm battle slain,
VIII never live To fight again."
| do not know but that he has gone;
he has gone from our midst and never to
return during the pendsncy OF this Con-
sress, The whole gist of this matter Is
si,..,ay the authenticity of the Caldwell
d,spntch, and us 10 whether or not L
acted in good faith in my connection
with that matter. The Judiciary Com
mittec has said that L was not blame
worthy in the matter, and they choose to
recall that So be 1t.
Mr.. Hurd-ln making the motion TO
recommlt, do it with the object that the
minority OF the committee may have an
opportunity OF presenting to the House
minority report. The report was accord
ingly recommitted,,
Mr.. Singleton, from the conference
committee on the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation bill, reported that
thee ommittee failed to agree. The re-
port was adopted and conference COM
mittee appointed, consisting OF Messrs.
Singleton, Holman and Foster.
Mr.. Morrison, chairman of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, reported a
resolution providing for the adjourn
ment OF Congress on Monday next at II
o'clock.
MIR. Waddell called for the yeas and
nays, which were refused, and the reso-
luton adopted.
MIR. Randall moved that the House go
into a committee of the whole in order
to allow Mr.. Garfield to speak in reply to
MIR. Lamar, pending which the House
adjourned.