The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-06
personal consruyersy, and assured the House

personal controversy, and assured the House
that OF all men in the world the gentleman
from Maine (Blaine) was the last man
with whom he would seek such con-
troversy. That gentleman was entirely
too immense in his proportions. Why,
man, he doth best ride the world Hike a
Colossus, and we petty men walk between
his huge legs and peep about TO find our
selves dishonored graves" Personal con-
trorersy seemed to be that gentlenan's
forte. He reminded him OF Homsr's de-
scriptioa Of Diomed:
"Dire was the clang, and dreadful from afar
The armed Trydides rushing to the war;
AS friend Of his would say, the gentle
man was entirely too bumptious, and took
Inscriptions for him. Laughter on the DEM
ocratic side.1 Two-thirds OF the time the
gentleman was in the House he did not
seem to realize whether he was Speaker or
only simple member, and to stranger it
would be an insoluble enigma. to know
which he was. The gentleman had quite
unnecessarily lugged him (Knott) into this
personal matter Of his own. In the first
place he had insinuated that from some I'M
worthy motive he (knott). as chairman OF
the Judiciary Committee, had appointed on
the subcommittee which had charge Of
these investigations the gentleman from
Virginia (Hunton) and the gentleman from
North Carolina (Ashe). In answer to that he
had to say, first, that either OF those gentle
men was Blaine's peer in any sense Of the
word, and that in point OF honor it was no dis
arrangement to the gentleman from Maine to
say that they were his superiors. Misses and
other marks OF disapprobation from the Re-
publican side.1 aN *. -
Mr. Knott: "That is all right. There are
three kinds Of animals in the world that
hiss-yipers, geese, and FOOLS" Laughter J
In the second place, this subcommittee
was selected long before there was any
insinuation-puLlic or private-that the
gentleman frcI Maine was in any
manner implicated in any OF the alleged
fraudulent transactions on the part Of these
corporations, and it did seem to me, when the
gentleman flung his imputations at me, rs a
little strange that he could ascribe such mo-
tives to me under the circumstances even
granting that the gentleman from Virginia
and the gentleman from North Carolina
were his personal enemies. 1t does seem
q little remarkable that YOU cannot
touch one OF those railroads but the
gentleman from Maine will squeal. As to
the cable dispatch from Josiah Caldwell, it is
true that on last Thursday morning / did
receive dispatch. The gentleman from
Maine seems thoroughly posted on the SUBJ
iect, but permit me to say, with regard to
the insinuaton that that telegram has been
suppressed, that any man, high or low,
whoever he may be, who will elsewhere
make such an inSinuatiol will have
to take the consequences. l hurl the
| falsehood back into the teeth OF any mar
who makes n suggestion as to the suppress
sion OF that dispatch. Applause on the
| Democratic side.l 1 received it; did moi
suppress it at all. Tn less than thirty minute:
after I received it read it to several gen
| tlemen; but there was no particular adj
dress in London from which it purportet
to come; and l did believe, and am not I'll
| together certain yet that | do not believe, i
was "fixed-up job" [Murmurs OF disscn
from the Republican sidc.l
| Mr. Hunton, OF Virginia, chairman OF TIN
subcommittee, made statement. Durn!
| this session two resolutions had beer
adopted for investigations and referred t.
the Judiciary Committee, and by it referred
| to subcommittee. Before that committee
| had reached 4 conclusion the party supposed
| to be most deeply concerned had taken tin
| consideration OF the questions from tho or
gan of the House and undertook to repor
| it to the House in person. This was uneN
ampled and against legislative practice. Mr.
Blaine when the subcommittee was formed
expressed himself satisfied, but now com
plains that two OF them were ex-Confede
rates.
Mr. Hunton went into IN explanation t.
show that the subcommittee had used du
diligence and had lost no time in the inycsti
CATION, and that any prolongation com
planned Of by Mr.. Blaine was due to tina
gentleman himself, and it was not owing II
any sinister motive on the part OF the com
mittec, as charged by him.
In relation to the Mulligan matter alr
Hunton spoke OF that witness us Boston
gentleman whose character was unim
Deached and unimpeachable.