Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-06


the date w;lcu said reply WAS received, and the
reaso on why the same has been suppressed, or
whether the committee has heard from said
Josiah Caldwell 10 ary other way aud what.
The gentleman Mr. KGott) Intended to con-
vcy the idea that had some icgltmatc knowl-
edge Of how that dispatch was obtained. have
had no communication with Mr.. josiah Ca!d-
well IA, 90 meaDs Of Knowing from the tee-
graph office when 1t Was received, but tel the
gentleman from Kentucky shat murder will
out and that secrets will leak | am pre-
pared to state 10 this House that at eight
click or thcrcahouts last Thursday morning
the gentlemen from Kentucky received and
receiptei for message addressed to bin from
Josiah Caldwell, 10 L,udon, entirely cnrrObora
liag and sustaining the testimony Of Ar. Thos
y. Set, watch Caldwell had just read in q
New York York newspaper, aud entirely excul-
pating me from the charge, Whlci, | am bound
to believe, from the suppression Of that dis
patch, gentleman arc anxious 10 lastcn u"on
inc move the previous question on the rcso-
lutiou.
Mr.. Holman suggested that the resolution
could ouy be voted tor under suspension CT
the Jules.
Mr. BIainp.-Not at all. The resolution en-
orsc, tie highest Of privileges and involves the
good faith and homer of the Judiciary Com.
Gritler.
Mr.. JONES' Of Ky.-rhe question put by he
gentleman from Maine TO my colleague is a
proper question aud ought t. b: answered, and
[ have no doub; will be answered.
Mr.. Blaiue-l thank the gentleman from
kentucky.
Mr.. Hutton, of Virginia, chairman OF the
subcommittee, stated that he would make a
short statement Of the matter to which the
gentleman Mr.. Baine had alluded and he
trusted he would 10 it calmly dlspassioGately and
fairly. The House had witnessed this morning
= remarkable not to say ~ uucXamp!ed, scene.
| Daring this session two resolutions had been
adopted by the House, each Of which orlclcd
an investigation, each of which bad been refer
red to the Ju iciary Committee BY the House.
aud each OF which had been by that committee
referred t. subcommittee con-;>tlng oil Mr..
AShe, OF North Carolina, Mr. lawrence, oil
Ohio, aud himself
Before that committee had reached any con
cusiou, or had flashed tabiug tcstilnrny, III
IF ut was made by the genlcmau, who W : sup
posed to be most deeply concerned in :hcs'' 10
veSti8 cations, 10 take the consideration Of those
questions from tho orgaG Of th'' Uousc aud tt
Iepr!t upon trrm in y. r,uu. He need not re-
mlrd the House what sort oi report Waulo
come from he committee II the S.ntIcmaL
frnm Main. W re ai!;.wyd TO make it. After
the House had ordcIcd an Investigation IT wa:
not only 1xampEcd but entirely against Icgls
iativr practice for gentleman to rise aDi un
dertake to anticipate the conclusions OF tEt
committee, or to state wha, the aclon of tho
committee had been.
w hen The Sub-c lnmlttec IVES orgaGIZ;d thu
gentleman from Maine had expressed himself
| ,I,- st,1 hrrrD
ue, and new that rcorIcman complained that Nv.
members oil the sub committee w&ra ex.Cou
iedara;,s. At the instance of The geu,lcnar
from AlalUe T. day had becu appointed on whIc!
the sub committee was t. enter upon lis ~ les
! aud now the gentleman ;od the House that h,
had learned first FROM the subcommittee thu
he was the party to BIZ Investigated and not the
UuiOn Pacific Railroad Company.
So far FROM that being SO the first that he
Mr.. Hutton, had heard from any mcm;icr o
the House or ci the comuil'tec on the subj 2c
was from Mr.. BIalne himself, 10 the Effect .ha
the resolution otfc.ed by Mr. Taroox attached
to him, aud that he wanted the investigation
C mmcnced Oh given day, and proceeded witt
with as much dispatch AS possible. 90 The
very day fixed tire Investigation had begun
and from Guat day 10 this every hour that the
, conluItteu could devote to it has been devoted
TO it. except when the gentleman hlmself pre-
vented 1t. More than two weeks had beer
lost to ne committee because OF the crnluct o
the gentleman from Name and now that gen
tl:man tried TO make the impression that Il
was the purpose Of tho committee TO proionl
the investigation for some sinister purpose.
de might Just a. well have said tina. ii va;
the purpose Of tic committee to postpone il
until after the l4'h Of Juue. Every member
Of the committee would bear HIM witness that
the committee had worked in season aud ont Of
season, sitting on one occasion nearly tn" cnt'r:
day in order to get through with the iurc>tiga
ton prior 10 the l4th of Juoe. Every delay
that had occurred had been either because the
gentleman from Maine was absent or requested
an adjournment.
La regard to the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific Railroad Investigations, he had tol
Mr.. Blaine that the committee would take NJ
first the matters which touched him if he dc.
sired it, Mr.. Blaine had desired the C. mlnittce
to DO so. and yet he seemed very much sur
prised DOW 10 find that an investigation was to
be undertaken by the committee that Involved
an examination into these Pacific railroads,
and that it was to be prolonged aud proonge
and prolonged, while the committee had agreed
for his sake and for his purpose to skip all
other inquiry under Mr. Luttreli's resolution,
until the committee disposed of that which
seemed to attach to Mr.. Blame.
MIR. Fry'-Dd not Mr.. Blaine ohi.ct that
under Mr. L:ittrell's resolution the committee
lad no ilrs iic.ion Of stock transaction be-
tween Two Individuals?
Mr.. Hunton-I think it very Likely he did,
aud think that il the question OF Jurisdiction
was IcfI to MIR. Blaine there would be "a great
many questions ruled ou, but the committee
had to decide the question Of Jurisdiction Tor
itself, ADD it had decided thar it had jurisdlc-
ton. Coming down to the Mugan matter,
MIR. Hunton spoke OF Muliigan as Boston
gentleman whose character was uniupeached
and unimpe achablr.
lie said that Mr.. Fisher had been asked the
question on the stand what sort of man Mu-
gan was, and that the reply was substantially,
if not literally, that Nlulligau was as good a
man as he ever knew, if not the best man he
ever knew, aud Mr.. Atkins, another Witness
had made substantially the same answer. Mui
igan had mentioned, when uoder exlmlnalon,
that he had certain letters, and the mention of
those letters had seemed 10 have an immediate
| effect upon Nj Blaine, who Immediately wits
percd TO Mr.. Lawrence 10 move an adj yurn
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