The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-06-13
nIains,s Expuauassou.

That was an extraordinary scene in
the House, at Washington, Monday,
whom Mr. Blaine, breaking indignant
ly through delay, and the intrigue, and
the partisan injustice OF the committee
which has been investigating him,
chose his own way and time TO vindi-
cate himself against the aspersions OF
his enemies He exposed, in q few
trenchant sentences, the injustice OF
the committee in so long Withholding
its report, under the pretense OF fnd-
ing new matter and new evidence in all
sorts of directions where il was never
authorized TO investigate ut all. He
showed thatthe committee had no right
to demand his private correspondence.
aud should not have IL. He laughed
to scorn the threat OF the committee TO
compel him to show them his letters,
and said they, and the Democratic ma
| iority in the House dare not lift fng.
er openly against him. Then he said
he proposed to send to the House ev-
ery one Of those letters and documents;
though he did not propose TO give them
to the committee. He would submit
his private correspondence TO the whole
hardly any member Of Congress except
himself would dare submit to. or could
come out Of such an ordeal with equal
credit. Then he did read them, every
one; and the reading aud the speech,
in spite OF the rules OF the House. were
received with tremendous cheers.
Finally Mr.. Blaine put the chairman
of. the committee in chancery and show.
ed up the partisan intrigue by which
his vindication has been delayed. He
said that the testimony OF Caldwell. the
absent witness, who is in Europe,
would bear out Col. Scott's testimony
and prove that he, Blaine, had nothing
to do with the s64, 900 bond business,
He asked ths chairman Of the commit.
tee, Proctor Knott, il he had taken
steps to subpoena Caldwell, (who, some
time ago, publisheda letter saying that
he wonld return il wantsd). Knott re.
piled that he did not know exactly in
what place in Europe Caldwell ia
Thersupon Mr.. Blaine pinned him by
declaring that, within fortnight, Cald.
we'll has sent cable dispatch TO Knott
which dispatch testifies 10 Blains'l
complete innocence. He than asked
Knott il he had received that dispatch
and IL he did not now have il. Knot
declined to reply, whersupon Blaine
moved q resolution by the House tC
compel reply. This raised the pre-
sumption that the chairman has had
in bis pocket, for some days, q com
plete vindication Of Blaine, which vim
dication he has been suppressipg fol
political purposes. In fact, Blaine
openly aud squarely charged knot
with suppressing il and this charg.
was hailed by the House with cheers
We shall now see whether the inisr
nal ingenuity Of the scandal manufac
turers will be able To invent some nsv
charge out OF anything in these letters
II 10 manifest to every citizen OF INTEL
gencs that the charges against or abou
Blaine have been manufactured out o
very seant material. They are charge
made to order for political purposes
Mr.. Blaine has met every one OF then
like a man, and bold man. He has
at last become impatient and omewha
angry, as he has a right TO be, whsl
the conspirators went 10 the length o
committing tho outrage OF demanding
his private correspondence and b
has blown up the conspiracy and con
spirators in the open House, and ex
posed their ways that are dark ant
tricks that are vain, with so much pow
er and skill that the majority were uu
able to stop him. He lays before tn
country those letters which he right
refused to place 10 the hands OF th
mousiug scandal committee, and b
boldly appeals from the committee :
the whole country. .--Dstrojt Post.