Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-06

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it on the ground that he was sick An adjourn
mcnt was had, as we did not like to keep our
colleague in misery and distress. When Mul
ilgao was put on the stand ucxl mornog he
proceeded to make personal cXplarstion.
| hlr. Hunon here rec2untcd Mulligan's rx-
planaIon substantially as it had been printed
Mr.. Ilunton re>umlngl said Who has
right to complain? The gentleman from Maine
or the cOmnitteei Here was a witness sum.
noucd from Boston who did not appear as
voluntary witness, but came under the CON-
pu!sory process of the House. He was cut.
tied to the protection of tic House. This is
question which concerns the House more than
the committee. | claim that according to the
we'll settled principles Of law those letters be-
logged TO Warren Fisher from the time that he
received them ugtl he delivered them to Mil
ligan, and from that tim. forth Muligan aas
entitled 10 the ownership OF them. Mr.. Blaine
had no more property in those letters than he
had III thy watch or any other piece OF my
property.
MIR. Frye.-Did not Mr. Blaine offer to sub
NIT those letters to be examined privately, aud
did not Mr.. Hunron say that he would not cx-
anime them privately?
Mr. Hunton.-I refused to receive them pri-
vat"ly. said to hlr. Blaine over aud over
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encc either publicly rr privately. | have got
NJ righ: 10 see it except IS COMM tccman,
and those gentlemen she sit Oh rilhc side o.:
me have the same RICH; as | have. | do not
mcan 10 receive any papers which my cnl.
league, Oh the committee cauuol see and to-
spcct with me.
Then had the honor Of an invitation to Mr..
B ainc's house to Rad those letters tn; Ic
pliod in the <a.uc way: Il h we 10 right to 20
nfo your house as u private citizen and rca
your rnivate correspondence If hava. Il right
10 h,ok at it a. al it is as chairman OF the sub
committee Ii have 10 right 10 look at 1t in
that way have no right TO look at 1t at ALL
and sa no; do it.
[, is for The II ,use to determine whether tic
committee did right or wrong. |! have erred
it mas been an error Of the Judgment, and say
to day that it is a Job reVer tancid.
Mr. Baine-Does the gentleman iron! l.r
giuia know Of a dispatch received trom Joslal
Caldwell, 10 LoDdcu
Mr. Huutun-Nly friend, the Chairman OF
the JUDICIARY CommIt,cc, will reply to you IL
full Gu tina! II! ject.
, Mr. BaiD.-ihcn ask you t. state wheth
rr on Thursday morning last the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr knotr) did cot call you our o.
lac rntumitlcc roou and acquaut sou Of thai
! fac;
: MI Huntop-lt my friend from * ntnckl
DDS nu! answer you Iii tuii, SilI.
Mr.. Blaine, conrcmru :;-Ah
Mr. Knott, O! ~, chairman vi he Judiciary
; i'ommutcc, said he had listened 10 !upuJatlDn.
!, upon hm>' II within the last two hour which
coulog rom d ifcrcnt source. he uignt pr
haps an>w very differently from the manner
{ 10 which he Should now attempt 10 answer
them. Those whJ were intimately acquainted
, Wit: him knew that he was the last Ii: 81! 10 the
world to seek personal controversy, and h" as.
surcd the House that OF all mcn III the world
thu geuIemau from Maine Mr.. B;4ine Wa.
the last man with whom he would seek such a
controversy That gentleman was cntire;y 100
t imri, n:c 10 his proportions. hy, man, he
dath bes;ride the narrow, petty mcn. Wax
between lis huge l'gs and peep about to iiad
ourselves dl>hCunrabIc grav:s.
| Personal controversy seemed t. be that zen
lE,man's fore He reminded him Of Homer ;
description of hi ,mcdc: SD r. WIS tho clanp
and dreadful from atar, the armed iydidcs
! lushug to tic var" As friend of his would
i say, the gentleman was entirely too bump iou>
, aud too usurptlous for him. Laughter Oh the
Democratic side. Two-ihi. ds Of the time the
; gentleman was lG the lru-e h did not seem
to rcaZ; whether he WAS Speaker or only
simply Il member, and 10 Stranger It Won Il
] be an ms ube enigma to know wines he was.
/ The ge.trlD&n had quite unnecessarily iuy.
gid hiuI ". kno.t INTO thi. pt r,,nal uIart er
oi hS ou!,. l.: the fist pl ca. he had io:i',l
, atcd tina from some unworthy motive &c
K Ictr a. chairman IT the Judiciary commit
ice tad appointed on the sub committee. which
had charge IT these InvrS!lgallrns tie gcntc.
man IRON Firgina. Mr.. Hutton, and the
! gentleman from Norm CaroIina, .'Ir. Ashr
t In answer TO that he had Ia say, first, tha,
either Of those gentlemen was hi Mr.. BaIDc
per in any sense oi the word. and thar i'll
p"iut Of honor it wa; no dlsparagrtoeut 10 til"
gentleman from Maine 10 say they were his
SurcrlUrS
Kisses and other marks of dissrprobation
from the Republican sjc vi thc II u.
MIR ou.-rhatisa all right. There alc three
kinds OF anmas lU the world hat hlss-vip r.
z, csc and foos. Laughter Now. hiss 10. In
Ihcs coud place this sut-cumnli:ce Was selected
ioag before there WAS any nslnu ton. pubic or
private, that the gentleman from Maine WAS IN
any manner i'm dictated 10 any OF the allegct!
rauu ulcl!t TRANSACTIONS on the part OF any OF
these corporations, and it dill seem to me,
when the gentleman flung hi; impu,ajiou at
me, as little strange that be cou d ascribe
such motives TO ma under the circumstances.
even granting that the gcutGmao from Fir
gina and the gentleman from North Caro-
Ina were his personal enemies. 1t does
seem itic remarkable that you cannot
tnuch one Of those railroads but the gentle
mao from Mai .e will SOU a., and / have
GO doubt that il struck Mr. Harrison as q little
remarkable that when that ST5 900 bond trans
action was mentioned III the meeting OF drcc-
tors the treasurer OF the Union Pact: Rail
road Company should say: DO DOT say any
| thing abou' thai; Il will Involve Blaine" But
this committee was raised long before had
any iotma;ion that Mr. Blanc was Involved
in il 10 any manner. went to his personal
FREUD and cocagu Mr.. Frye and asked him
to take position on The sub Committee, which
he decucd SO muci for the appointment OF
the subcommittee. The gentleman from Maine
-erms to iu>nuatc that it is the settled purpose
OF the judiciary Committee to do something
or other which might pcradycnture prevent
h;nl from receiving the Domlaa,ioD oil his patty
at the Coming convention at C!Gclnua!l. J. beg
me gentleman to believe that So far a. | au,
concerned we are perfectly willing he should
| I. calve that nomination.
| |; 10 the pending campaign We cannot defeat