The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-06

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alleged fraudulent transactions,sn he had
invited Mr.. Frye, Blaiues personal friend,
TO take position thereon. He had re-
fused. Mr. Knott said Blaine seemed to
insinuate that the judiciary committee de-
sired to prevent bis nomination at Cincin-
NATL and added that they were perfectly
willing that he be nominated, and If he
were not defeated in the coming campaign
then their cause were indeed hopeless. If
he were nominated and elected in the face
of facts, he could only say "Lord have
mercy on the American people J. In re-
gard to the letters, he contended they were
legally In possession OF Mulligan.
He criticized the action of Blaine in de-
flying parliamentary law by taking the
matter away from the committee under pre-
text of personal explanation. Then (said
Mr.. KNOTT as to the cable dispatch from
Josiah Caldwell, it is true that last Thurs.
day morning did receive dispatbh. The
gentleman from Maine seems to know pre-
cisely the hour Of which l received it and
its contents. He seems,thoroughly posted
on the subject, but permit me to say with
regard to the insinua,ion that the telegram
has been suppressed, that any man, high or
low, whoever he may be, who will else
where make such an insinuation will have
20 take the consequences. IhuIl the false
hood back into the teeth Of any man
who makes the suggestion Ms to
the suppression of that dispatch. / received
it, did uot suppress il at all, in less than
thirty minutes after ] received il read it
to several gentlemen, but there was no
particular address il London from which It
purported TO come and did believe, am
not altogether certain yet, that 1 do not
believe that ii was fixed up job.
Mr. Hale of Maine-The dispatch pur-
ported to come from London, and did not
that indicate to the gentleman from Ken
lucky where to telegraph 10 Josiah Cald-
wel2
Mr.. Knott had information that Cald-
well was in Italy building railroads there,
and not in London; there being no point in
London designated in the dispatch, it
struck me as being q little singular that l
should have been expected to address a
reply to London, where there are three or
four millions of people. l might as well
have gone to hunt for drop IN the ocean.
Mr.. Hale asked if Mr.. Knott didn't
know the telegraph Office IN London would
forward messages to CalG wells address.
Mr.. Knott said he knew more about it
than he did, and in answer to calls for the
reading of the dispatch, stated that it was
at his house, but was substantially as Blaine
had stated, the purport thereof being that
Caldwell had seen Col. SCOTS testimony in
the New York papers, and it was substan-
TALLY correct that he had not let Blaine
| affidavit 10 that effect, but that he was en-
gagged in railroad enterprise, and could
not come to give his testimony without
serious pecuniary loss. This is what is in
it, and if the gentleman had only waited
that dispatch would have been presented to
the committee for whatever use the COM
| mittee might see proper to make of it. /
had no desire to injure the gentleman from
Maine personally, and especially Eot polt-
| ically, but | desired that the truth may be
told, as for myself had no knowledge of
any transaction by the gentleman from
| Maine inconsistent with the highest per-
sonal integrity. | do not desire that he
should be injured in the least but do de-
sire that If any person is guilty of wrong
we shall turn the gas on and let the people
see him.
Mr.. Blaine moved the previous question
on his resolution and attempted to make
further remarks, but was prevented by loud
calls to order and by the speaker pro TEN
ruling that he was not entitled to tie floor
for that purpose.
The house refused to second he pre-
vious question, and on motion OF Banning
the motion of Blaine was referred to the
committee, yeas 1874, nays o.. The house,
after day Of excitement, adjourned.