The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-09
CON G r E s S.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June s.

| HAah4NuAONt y WV O'
IRoNcLAD OATH. "
The post route bill and the bill to pre-
vent straw bids were passed.
Mr.. Knott, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported q bill prescribing oath
10 be taken by grand and petit jurors ii
U.S Courts. In the course OF the discus
sion il was explained that this law pro
posed to repeal the ironclad oath.
Mr.. Hoar called attention to the fac
that under this bill, forbidding any otheI
oath than that prescribed to be admins
tered, conspirators could set upon jurie
in the trial OF their co-conspirators, 81
that the members Of whisky ring nigh
set on grand and petit juries.
Mr.. Knott suggested in reply that ii
empanneling Jury 1t would be compe
tent for the Court TO PROFOUND the ques
tion whether the juror did belong to an!
such ring or, association. "A
Mr.. Hoar denied that, and said tha
through inadvertance certainly this bill
violated one Of the great principles undel
lying the administration Of justice.
The morning hour expiring the bill
went over till tomorrow.
Senate amendment to the
BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF SETTLERS
on certain public lands came up, and Mr.
Lord took the floor to call up the Geneyt
award bill, but yielded 10
Mr.. BLAINE,
| in relation TO the motion which he madl
yesterday to reconsider the vote by which
the testimony taken before the Judi
ciary Committee was ordered printed
He wanted to have embodied in the pro
ceedings the dispatch received by Knott
from Josiah Caldwell In London; also
what took place in the committee yester'
day.
Mr.. Hunton said he had no sort Of OBJ
lection. Objection, however, was mad'
by Southland. III
SPEECH BY TARBox. ....
After the disposal Of matters Of minor
Importance, Mr.. Tarbox rose to amattei
Of personal privilege, and began his
speech by saying that judging from
Blaine's speech Of Monday last, in wliicl
he stated that he (Tarboxl had informed
Frye that the resolution offered by himsel
was not aimed at him (Blaine), but tina
he (Blaine) had regarded the assurance
with some degree Of incredulity
He (Tarbox) did not rise with any inten
ton Of convincing the incredulous mini
OF the gentleman from Maine. Wha
that gentleman's opinion might be as I,
his (Tarbox's )sincerity,or any other quail
lity, was as immaterial to the public as i
was to himself. The whole tenor Of tha
gentlemans speech, however, was tha
the resolution which put that investiga
ton in progress was conceived in parti
san malice, and was prosecuted in politi
cal malice toward him personally. Ii
yindication Of his own (Tarbox's) gooI
fame, It was right for the Hous
to be in possession Of some fact
aboutit. After the conspicuous,n not to sa
ostentatious, championship OF the inyi
olability Of private correspondence b
the gentleman from Maine, he (Tarbox
was surprised that private communi
cation Of his to the gentleman's colleagu
(Frye), made in a courteous and oblie
| ing spirit, was made use Of by him in
manner entirely uncalled for and o
vulgar impertinence. By the law as lai
down by that gentleman, that conversa
ton was his CrarboxO private prorert,
Laughter on the Democratic side.
was a communication between him, an
the gentleman's colleague in the frank
ness and privacy of personal and privat
intercourse, and was therefore as muc
entitled 10 immunity as though it wa
written by n pen. According to the ger
tlcman's (Blaine's) theory, a prisone
in dock, would have right to take fror
witness letters and documents thu
might tend 10 his conviction and hol
them in despite Of court jury and witness
and yet having laid down that rule h
(Blaine) had violated for his own pul
, poses a, conversation between him, Tai
box, and the gentleman's colleage. II
would now give the history Of the resolr
ton introduced by him. Mr.. Tarbo
then related how and where he had fir
offered his resolution, 1t was objected L
and that he had given notice that b
would offer it the following Monda,
how he had been waited on by Frye
regard to it and how he had said to tha
gentleman that the investigation propose
BY his resolution would not involv
Blaine's integrity, and how Frye ha
stated 10 him that for reasons he did nc
like to explain, but not absence OF his Co
league, he preferred that the resolutio
would not be offered until the followin
Tuesday or Wednesday, and then no OBJ
lection 10 il would be offered on the RI
publican side OF the House. 500
afterwards Mr.. Frye had come to hi
desk and asked for the privaleg
OF examining the resolution, and havin
got it he retired with it, for what purpos
he( (Tarbox) did not know, except as he ii
ferred from subsequent events, and the
he returned it to him with the statemer
that he withdrew all objection TO his pre-
senting it at the time. The history {
his (TarboxO relation to that resolutio
was, that he had meant by it just whf
appeared on It's face, and nothing NOR,
He had spoken with entire frankness I
the gentleman from Maine (Frye). H
did not suppose that he was doing III
!. gentleman [Blaine) an i'll service whe
lie set that inquest on foot, or that Ii
, gentleman would so esteem it. As
man Of integrity, who had no stain [
hide, he thought the gentleman woul
! desire il rs much as. he had desired th
: Credit Mobilier investigation, which b
had himself put in motion. Howcye
} later revelations had influenced hi
( Tarbox') judgment, he had not antic
/; pated when he offered the resolution thu
, The inquest would, il ordered, involv
Blaine disreputably. AT that tin
: he had heard some vague tradi
tion OF Caldwell as celebri
ty Of doubtful fame in New Englan
]; business circles, and who was conyenien
: ly beyond the seas where he was safe in b
enjoyment OF the inailienable right oflibe
ty and pursuit Of happiness. But he ha
not had the slightest hint that the gentl
man Blaine had been either in conadeI
tial business relations with Caldwell, Q
an operator in that class Of securitiC
which figured in suspicious transaction
with the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany. So he could not have designed an
inquiry to the gentleman ffom an
disclosure in that line, II he ha
known then what he knew now he migt
have apreeil in hia iBlaine,s) opinion