Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-09

his very worst. Mr.. Blaine then charged
that Mr.. Knott chairman Of the Ju-
dietary Committee, had suppressed
telegram received by the committee com
pletrly exonerating him (Blaine) from the
charge against him, and demanded OF MIR.
Knott to know II such Telegram had not been
received by the committee. He then offered
a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com
mittee to report forthwith to the House
whether such telegram had not been received
from Mr.. Caldwell, or whether the committee
had heard from him (CaidwelD In any other
way In answer to Mr.. Blaine's infiuuations
against him, Mr.. Knott stated that there had
been no wrong done to Mr., Blaine by the com
mittee. SO far as the letters were concerned,
the committee had not decided what should
be done with them, but Mr.. Blaine had been
positively assured that he would not be mar
tyred by the committee. Yet, in defiance Of
all parliamentary law, an ex-Speaker OF the
House had in the House, under pretext of a
personal explanation, taken the matter away
from the jurisdiction OF the committee. As
to the cable telegram from Mr.. Caldwell, Mr..
Knott said he hurled the falsehood back
into the teeth OF any man who suggested
that IL had been suppressed. He said al
have it. did not suppress 1t at all. In less
than thirty minutes after received it Tread
it to several gentlemen, but there was no
particular address in London from which 1t
purported TO come, and did believe, and am
not altogether certain yet that 1 do not be-
lieve II was a fxed-up job.p
In answer to requests from the Republi-
can side 10 read the dispatch from Caldwell,
Mr.. Knott said: have not the dispatch
here. IL is at my house. The contents of II
are substantially as stated by the gentleman
from Maine (Blaine). do not know that |
can repeat it in the exact terms. The pur-
port OF it is that Caldwell had seen Thomas
A. Scott's testimony in the New York papers,
and that it was substantially correct; that he
had not let Mr.. Blaine have any bonds, and that
he would send an affidavit to that effect, but
that he was engaged in railroad enterprise
over there and could not come to give his
testimony without serious pecuniary loss
This is substantially what is in it, and If the
gentleman had only waited that dispatch
would have been presented to the committee
for whatever use the committee might see
proper to make OF it. / had no desire to i'm
Jure the gentleman from Maine personally,
and especially not politically, but l desire
that the truth may be told"
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 tenn
ruling that he was not entitled to the tioOI
for that purpose.
The House refused to second the previous
question, and then the motion OF MIR. Blaine
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary
yeas, 124; nays, 81.
On the 5th, Speaker Kerr appeared before
! the Committee on Expenditures in the Wal
| Department and, through his counsel, pre-
| sented a statement In relation to Harney's
charge that he (Harney) had paid him Kerr
| $3.50 to secure the appointment of A. 2. Green
10 vacant Lieutenancy. Mr.. Kerr stated
that, in 1866 or 1867, he was called upon by
| Mr.. Green in relation to the appointment. He
| did not recollect that he was introduced by
Harney, and had no consciousness of evel
having known Harney. He lHarney) had
never visited him anywhere, and had never
paid him money for his influence, or for any
| purpose whatever. He Kern had told Green
after examining his credentials, that if ht
| could procure the names of certain New
! York parties when he knew he
would aid him. Green did procure
| the Endorsements desired and he (Kerr
wrote the letter to the War Depart en
which secured the appointment. Mr.. Kerr
remembered quite distinctly that, pre-
| yious to recommending the appointment o
| Mr.. Green, he had offered the recommends
tion to two OF his constituents-Col. Thomas
j. Jackson and Maj. Thomas Morrison
both of whom had rendered gallant
service in the volunteer army. Thes,
| gentlemen had both declined, and Mr.
cratic soldier had ever applied to him for tn
| place. He had held the appointment a
the service of the people of his district o
State, if any should apply; but none did S,
apply, of whom he has the slightest recollec
! tion, and when the long session of Congress
was well advanced, and the time for these ap
| pointments was passing away, he was calle,
upon by Green, and had recommended hin
| for the position.