Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-01

to period when was very young man.
had nnal settlement, In which we ex-
changed receipts in full think the precise
date was September 81, 1872. It was then
said that all letters on either side, and all
papers and scraps Of papers should be given
T TR: and supposed they were given mp
business letters often are. 1 got q great
many letters from him, and / gave up ali
mat 1 had. Mr.. Mulligan claims that Mr.
right to them, and that he has the right 70 dis
pose OF that CORES pondence, which is all oft,
private. When said TO him that IL was eli
A. private nS correspondents he sai1, why
can have no private correspondence" He
says, "the letter OF public man is public,
That was the ground he took In CONVERSE
ton, and especially II q letter was not
marked private Some OF these letters, how
ever, are marked "private,n some are
marked personal" and some confidential"
insisted that IL was the grossest possible
outrage. said, "You take these letters be-
fore the committee, without the committee
designing me any wrong; they go out TO the
have no possible relevancy ali that there is
Objectionable in the publication has been
achieved and accomplished, and IL will
o oe TOO late b.n for me to inierPose any
test OF their admissability involves ali
That myself protest against which is the
use OF entirely private letters which have no
u
took that ground, and on that ground /
stand now. 1 Justify myself for NOT return
Ing the letters. II was he that was In unlav-
fol possession OF those letters. He had no
right to those letters. / take that ground
most distinctly, that there are but two men
mat can possess rightful Interest In q pri-
son written to, end on that right stand.
Now l shall produce the letter with great
freedom on which Mr.. Muliigan has based
his testimony, that acknowledged having
II
that 1t has no relation TO that subject.
. BY Mr.. Frye-Do not some OF those letters
relate ras e.. to matters tIansPiring long before
A. Yes long before became member OF
Congress for the nrst time.
The Chairman:-AsI understand You and
rs especially understand from Mr.. Multi
gan you bad possession OF these letters on
Mr.. Blaine.-Yes.
The Chatrman:-On the first occasion Won
promised to return them.
MI. Blafne.-It did not assume so formal q
shape as promise. / thought he exhibited
me, and said, :.You don't think / would
Keep them, do your 1t was rather an inter
!eciionai remark. I do not know whether
M MI pis n OF MT Akin. we're 10 the room
In while was reading and looking over the
letters. handed them back to Mr.. Null
ligan.
The Chairman.-why did you have the
second Interview In Mr.. Mulligan's room Ia
the absence OF these two gentlemen?
MI. Blaine.-Itwas Mr.. Mulligan who had
myself with respect to a specific letter. Fiji
teen letters make rather voluminous cor
respondence to remember all about. went
and told him / should like to see specific
letter, and he handed me the package
The Chairman.-Wheny you got the letters
the second time ii was your intention to re-
turn them to Mr.. Mulligan?
Mr.. Blaine.-Yes.
The Chairman.-You changed your inten-
ton upon his declaration that IL his veractty
were assailed he would publish the letters!
Mr.. Blaine.-Yes-that he should attack
M II any body else attacked him.
The Chairman.-I ask At your hands the
production Of those letters for the perusai Of
that the committee may see for themselves
whether they bear upon the question.
Mr.. Blaine.-In private?
but certainly will not make them public
unless they bear upon the question.
MI. Blaine.-I will take occasion to con-
suit my counsel in regard to IL.
The Chairman.-You decline then to pro-
Mr.. Blaine.-For the present decline.
The Chairman then asked Mr.: Blaine TO
produce the memorandum made by Mr..
MuIliRan containing summary OF the let
tiers. Mr.. Blaine replied that II Mulligaa
had no right to the letters he had no right TO
the memorandum-if he had no right to q
private letter he had no right TO q copy OF IL.
Mr.. Lawrence.-You have said thai certain
statements OF Mr.. Mulllgan were fancy"
Mr.. Blaine-Yes, Will explain that. The
conversation was long one. I have known
Mr.. Mulligan long time, and we have had
good deal of conversation at various times.
On this occasion we got to talking about
public matters, and be spoke Of the miseries
Of public life, and said he did not see how
any body could be induced to enter IL. He
spoke at the same time about going abroad,
stating that he had been here some twenty
odd years, and thought OF going abroad to
visit his friends. said, 81 wonder yod have
not got tired Of the humdrum OF the count
ing room" and jokinZiy remarked whether
he would not have liked to 60 abroad in
some official capacity. As Mr.. Muliiga has
presented 1t here, 1t would seem that had
asked him to accept q consulship. There
was nothing Of that kind whatever.
Mr.. Lawrence.-Was anything said about
suicide?
Mr.. Blaine.-Not word In the world.
Mr.. Mulligan asked Mr.. Blaine whether,
on his oath, he would say that he had not
used the word suicide.
Mr.. Blaine.-I do. most decidedly.
The committee adjourned until 81 TO- NOR
row morning.