Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-07
blaine G,,alne-Every solitary scrap.

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read at the Clerks dcsL "''""''i oe
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dcsk) Yes, will be glad to havn;s
read. " nave IL
The memorandum was tho, ro.,
and Blaine said: io""
Now l would be obliged 70, o,,
gentleman when he reads these Iy
tiers to see the obvious intent in wh;nL
that memorandum was made up.
desire also to call attention to the fact
that these are the letters for which
was ready to commit suicide.
ask you, gentlemen, if any of you
could stand a closer scrutiny or
more rigid investigation of your cor
rcspondence. Now there is but one
piece OF testimony wanting. There
is one witnes whom l cannot have,
but to whom the Judiciary Commit
tee voted to send a cable Dispatch
Josiah Caldwell. I ask the gentle
man from KY, if that cable dispatch
was sent?
Mr.. Knott-Thc gentleman from
Virginia, Mr.. Hunton, and I have en-
deavOred to get CaldwclPs address
and have not yet gotit.
Mr.. Blainc-Has the gentleman
from Ky. received a cable dispatch
from Caldwell?
Mr.. Knott will explain that di-
rcctly.
Mr.. Blainc--I want categorical
answer.
Mr.. Knott have received q dis
patch purporting to be from Caldwell
How did you know l got it !
Mr.. Blaine advancing down the
aislc)-Whcn did you get that dis
patch
Mr.. Knott want you to answer
my question first.
Mr.. Blainc-L never heard of it till
yesterday.
Mr.. Knott-How did you hear it?
dispatch last Thursday morning from
Josiah Caldwell, generating me COM
plctcly and absolutely from this
charge and with great vchemence of
manner) you have suppressed it
Cloud applause and cheering on the.
Republican side of the House and in
the gallerles.)
| After order was restored, Blaine
again returned to the charge and de-
manded of Knott an answer TO his
question.
| Knott-(Contemptuously)I Twill an
swcr when get ready. Go on with
your speech.
Blaine here offered resolution ask
ing if dispatch had been sent to
Caldwell, and if so for the committee
to report the reply and why it had
been suppressed. lie stated that he
knew positively that Knott received
a dispatch on Thursday morning from
Caldwell, entirely exonerating him
(Blaine) from any wrong or fraud
and he was lead to believe that the
dispatch was suppressed because the
gentlemen were anxious to fasten the
charges on him.
Blaine continued: The gentleman
(Kmott) intended to convey the idea
that had some illegitimate knowl-
edge of how that dispatch was OBJ
tanned. / have had no communica-
ton with Josiah Caldwell, and no
means of knowing from the telegraph
office when it was received, but tell
the gentleman from Kentucky, that
murder will out, and that secrets will
leak.
A long discussion ensued, Hnnton
and Knott defending The action Of the
COMMITTEE and denying that they had
any sinister motives in their proceed
ings.
Knott said he had no desire to hurt
Blaine politically nor personally, but
wished to show up the guilty. He
said that he showed the dispatch from
Caldwell to several gentlemen in less
than half an hour after its recent and
said that il was satisfactory as Blaine
had said--confirming Scotts testimo-,
NY and cXonorating Blaine.
Blaine moved the previous ques-
ton on his resolution and attempted
to speak, but was ruled out of order
by the chair. The House refused to
second the previous question and then
on motion of Mr.. Banning, the reso-
luton of Blaine was referred to the
Committee OH Ludiciary-yeas l24
nays 81. The house then adjourned.