Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-09

lne enginery OI sDree cOMulttecs "ds III Worh
aimed directly at him, though protesting tc
be investigating other matters. lie want
ed committee appointed to investigate him
by name. The chairman of the Judiciary
Committee had appointed on the sub-com-
mittee the only two rebel generals on the
committee, who, with others, were glad to
pursue and punish him for his course in the
amnesty debate. The testimony introduced
before the Judiciary Committee on the first
day, be claimed. disproyed that he had any
thing to do with the transaction relating to
the Little Rock Railroad bonds.
As for the Mulligan letters, Mulligan
came for a sensation, intending to injure
him. The committee had tried to seize his
personal letters, and had not dared to bring
the question before the House where he
wanted it to come.
Mr. Blaine was called to order for using
the word " dare but was permitted TO 60
on. He then said that menace had been
held over his head throughout the land
because he would not expose his private
affairs. No gentleman would permit his
private correspondence to be used IN any
such way.
lie denied the power Of the committee to
take these letters from him. With all respect
to the House, the letters did not concern it.
"Ilaying INDICATED that right, standing
by it, and being ready to take issue upon
it, said Mr.. Blaine, Il am not afraid to
show the letters. thank God Almighty |
am not ashamed to show them. Here they
are drawing the letters from his pocket
and with what am free to say is much hui
initiation | invite the confidence of forty
millions of people to them" He would
rather read them than to suffer from the
evil surmises TO which he would be subject
ed without this frankness.
The letters, fourteen in number, are from
Mr. Blaine to Fisher, the Massachusetts
railroad contractor They contain frequent
allusion to transactions in Little Rock :,
Northern Pacific and Union Pacific bonds.
In one MIR. Blaine describes the Little Rock
matter as a perpetual embarrassment. In
another he alludes to the sale of Little Rock
bonds. and says he had kept the money but
Is hours. had lahored and suffered much to
save innocent holders and was immcasur-
ably worse of than he would have been had
he never covered them. In one letter be
claims that Fisher owes him SOL 900 in
bonds. for which he paid three wears
before. Other letters refer to sale,
oil spencer rlleS 10 Inc Government
and business transactions with tue Spencer
| Rife Company, and a note Of SO 900 given
| hy Mr.. Blaine to Fisher in lS63 for Spencer
/ Rifle stock. Mr.. Blaine sent a copy of the
| Mulligan memorandum 10 the clerks desk
! n he read bur said he ~hOuld keen the
memorandum Tor ms own protection. In
regard to the spencer Kiile matter Mr..
Blame explained that It took place two
years before ne was IN Congress. The gun
Tlng> IN Washington were - powerful that
the Spencer Company conld not bring the
/ gun to the attention Of congress blame
went TO ashlnSt1n ana saw Mr. cameron,
Secretary OF War. Cameron took twenty
thousand stand The Spencer Company
PAID Blame lee, not extrayagant. which
every lawyer W"nll nave me risht 70 take.
Sui-equ ently, IN the following winter Mr..
Blame bought Slo,uoo worth OF stock, but
never went 10 the war Department about 1t
m his lie Inc stories that be had ROYALTY
OF percentage, Mr.. Blaine pronounced false.
lie paid for ms stock and the Department
were only too wiling t. have the guns.
lettering u the So4,uuo Mon Pacific
transaction. Mr.. Blaine said that he himself
had sworn that he had NJ interest in them.
Tom Scott had sworn that be had not, ana
no contrary positive proof had been pre-
-entcd
The bonds sent to Maine Iartics were
trst mortgage bonds Of a different color
and different in every way from the land
grant bonds which went 10 TIE I nion
Pacific Railroad. He said that all that was
wanting was the evidence of Caldwell. lie
here demanded Of Mr.. Knott. Chairman 90
the judiciary Committee, whether he
thnlttl had received from Caldwell a de-
>patch. Knott said be had. Mr.. Blaine
then walked down % the area in front of the
Speaker = desk, and amid Profound silence
said 10 Knott &c lou did receive dc-Iateh
from Caldwell on Thursday morning last.
fully AMI completely exoncratins me from
the transaction, and y3u have deliberately
suppressed 1t ' When the excitement had
'li'Siied, Mr. Blame submitted a resolution
directing tie judiciary Committee t. rcp1r;
forthwith whether any tclesrams or iniormd-
uon has been received IRON Mr.. Caldwell
Mr, Blame repeated that last thursday
MI. mott received despatch from Cail-
Wen IRON Earoie. IN which be sad be lad
INST read Tom scott statement IN the New
OK papers and SCOTS statement wa~ true.
faith and the honor Of the Judiciary Com