Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-06-15

the tables werc turned. Mr..
Blaine, in the house, obtained the
floor and vindicated himself. He re-
viewed the attempts of tho commits
tee to disgrace him. They had be-
gun pretending that their object was
to investigate tho affairs of the
Union Pacific Railroad company,
but they he'd aimod their invesliga-
tons solely 81 him. They had found
creature through whom they could
get at bis private correspondence.
Because he refused 20 permit his pri-
vate letters o DO given o the public
by enemies who bad stealthily OBJ
tanned them they b I'D permitted the
public TO believe there was some
thing corrupt which lie clshed TO
conceal. They hal eide cred to
force him to give those letters 10 tb.-
public He had offered to read The
letters in confidence TO tho Commit.
tee. While he would not oermit his
enemies to give bis l.e:ters to the
public and could nCc have the conf
dence of the corr mittee TO hear them
he would noss himself give them 10
the public, and no would take forty
millions OF big countrymen into his
confidence to hear them. Blaine
had been speaking some length OF
time before coming to this point, and
tho people learning that Blaine was
speaking, had gathered in to hear
him. Whom he passed tho letters to
the clerk to be read tho excitement
became intense. The crowds threw
up their handkerchiefs, clapped their
hands and cheered, and it was with
difficulty that tho Speaker, Cox,
could qaiet them. The letters were
read and Mulligan's memorandum oil
them was read and Blaine's position
shown in every way TO be correct.
| When through with tho letters
Blaine referred to tho fact that all
the witnesses In reference to the
S64 900 n after had exonerated him,
| but there was one whose testimony
he wanted to make his vindioatlon
| complete This was Caldwell, in
Europe. He asked Mr.. Knott, chair
man of the Judiciary committee,
whether he had telegraphed to Cald.
we'll. Mr.. Knott replied that he had
failed to get Caldwell's address
Blaine then asked him whether he
had received any telegram from
| Cald we'll. Knott answered evasive-
ly and being pressed for Yes or No
finally answered insultingly that he
whoUld answer when he got ready
Then Blaine advanced into the aisle
in front of the speaker and with ve.
hement voice and manner charged
that five days before that, Knott had
received telegram from Josiah Cald
we'll, completely generating him
and that he had suppressed that dis.
patch. Hero occurred one of the
most remarkable scenes ever wit.
messed in Congress. The crowded
galleries joined in tumultuous APP
plause, and the Speakers gaveI
/ COtiu IOt 20 utuI u L us OiuSSl
members W no have been there from
before the war, including Fernando
Wood, Kelley and Garfield, say they
never witnessed scene so exciting.
The result was to entirely re-instate
Blaine in the affections of his friends
and make him the dread of his enc
mics. He stands to-day the greatest
of American statesmen, and whether
made President or not will live 10
history as the greatest man living in
public life this Centennial year. His
enemies say he has not given evil
donce that he is for reform, but the
truth is he is the very foremost oil
reformers. He was the prime mover
in the Credit Mobilier investigations
and when the salary grab Congress
passed the Infamous law giving it's
members back pay, Blaine alone, by
q stunning and adroit movement
managed to have himself excepted
Better still, we have no accounts of
appointments made by recommends
ton of Blaine, becoming whisky or
post-trader thieves.