Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-16
Proceedings in Congress.
THE RELEASE OF MiESH-MR. BASS MAKES
PERSONAL EAPLANNIIuN.


TIE RELEASE OF MiH~H-Mk. RtNs MAKES
PERSONAL ENFLANNIIoN.
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proceeded ID mA,c persona explanation h
r ierr4c, To- ln>lnuai.,.i> conveyed In two 1T th,
= cccac, oi hi- ,p league. on lhr committee
that tHe Republic 10 uI ..I1.r> oi that commit
to- had i.eru NJ larf Ia the Il 'tNn4p lnvc-tI-
-s.iHu untu iAt prp,f va. Isl. Iu. >.xucI AMI
SD %. lie showed THAI M uuitc- wh4trNtr
hal Il IN given q, tIc ...pua'i IN members OF
g., rtm.u.tt0s uatd after ius tr.tim luN Of
Marsh hai b .-u taken. ilr Ga led attention .,
i4f ilrj thi although ia, meeting al which
Marsh test ii,l .,l- ue g, un q Iur,IAs the reg
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o., pr. Tum iu~on. Whose mission % Wasting
ton had been - fN uu tin. matter 4. h,,iBa
t,yn the messenger between Marsh AMI the
committee
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s'' wines Pc thc 'a-r. aui that III testimony
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W AZ 'A'u. nr iil' = lfi,Ir The committee.
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Jurisdiction At cr the re,i.na'I'n Of the >ecre-
turs aud iHc IL hAsse 81 The "iint>>-hii ia-t-
81 several minute. IArh = ,lu-ir question
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called IN for That purpose, = 81 tIcc.upuu, with
oat any question having b.vn asked Of any
member OF The committee, and on the cole re-
quest u witness, he WAS d -char-cd By the
Chairman. l-ue>, hIi then stated That he
desired 10 leave for New lorA on the one
O'Clock traln, a. he expressed II, and the chair
man offered TO 20 with han aud get his fee,
anu sad that II ne had not time 10 get them be-
lore the Tram lrii ne WOMB -cnd them 70 him
tsH man. MIE>t. then incurred - The
tract between himself and Evans. and the
Chairman stated tina, he would send it 10 him
by mali "a lew day. Witness then left the
Io0Hl' anu nc tbAs>] Had MOI seen MN since.
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P.achiheh1' out lhe chifS &c, were "hoIy ahi
1919 ui, Looo'H 'e''' II iu.noe Hdi oteh
snJh y 'ic WINS a. y 't!tiIh eer'lhctle,
% uePo,ll ul!t were sent 70 'i4e secretary oil
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ie"st ~ "c uc'"i.'H A' witness uIl'H Inc
jam H"' o'eh aFFi'@i - ~! tEt1oDF"tIh5 eH-
iueHte;
A ABSURD rl:urv-uION.
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iiie "I,Ie>s " ouli No. itini'Hyu III opedi-
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MR.. CLYMER'S REPLY.
Mr.. Clvmer- chairman of the comm;,,e. IN
piled to Slr. Bass. prefacng his remarks with
statement that he would not have said
woru on Tue subject was IL not mat the recol-
lection OF his colleague (Ba,s) differed essen
tally ana thoroughly from the recollection OF
every other gentleman on the committee; so
that MS colieaSue STOOD IN the attitude that one
witness did against Jour lie proceeded to
READ extracts from the state nents OF Danford,
Blackburn and himself, and from the records
oi the committee III order 10 reilte Bass state
hen's. out ne was interrupted by Mr. Dan
iord, VINO asserted that mere was slight dis
crepahcy between MS tDaniords) and Bass's
statements. .
DIT. Ciymer said that ne would leave the
HOUSE anu Tue eouhtr! 10 Judge OF that IL tue
statement Oh the gentleman from New York
was correct tueh IL was Impossible Tor the state