The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-09
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
Thursdays Work Principally Confined
TO Questions OF Personal Privileges.
Blaine and His Man Frye,dy Engage Mr.
TarbOS and are Worsted The Ia,
designations Against Blaine
Originate with His POlit.
cal Friends

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. June s. House
The post-route bill aud straw bill
passed.
Mr.. Knott, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported bill prescribing tn,
oaths TO he taken by grand and petit
Jurles In the United States courts. Ii
course OF discussion II WAS explained
that this law proposed TO repeal the
lron-clad oath. Attention was called
by Mr., Hoar to the fact that under thi,
bill, forbidding any oath than that pre-,
scribed to bo administered, conspira,
tors could sit upon juries In trial OF
their conspirators, M that members OF
the whiskey ring might sit on the
grand and petit juries. Morning hour
expiring, the bill went over TIL to-
morrow.
Mr.. Lord took the floor to call up the
Geneva award bill, but yielded to MIR.
Blaine In relation to the motion which
he made yesterday, TO reconsider the
vote by which the testimony taken be-
fora the Judiciary Committee was or.
dered printed. He wanted to have
embodied In the proceedings the dis
patch received by Mr. Knott from
Josiah Caldwell, in London, and what
took place In the Committee yester-
day.
Mr.. Huntoh said he had no sort Of
objection to that, but objection, how
ever, was made by Southland.
Mr.. TarboX rose to matter OF per.
sonal privilege and referred TO the
speech OF Mr.. Blaine ON Monday last,
in which he (Blaine) expressed some
doubt ~ to tho statement OF Mr.. Tar
box, that he had not offered his resO-
latiOn, out OF which grew this inyestl-
cation, and partisan OF political mall
ice. lie then entered into the history
of that resolution, prefacing II, how
ever, with the statement that Mr..
Blaine had made use of private con-
versation he (rarbox) had had with
Mr.. Frye, Blaine's colleague, and in II
manner uncalled for, and Of vulgar inn
pertinence. Mr.. Tarbox then said
when he first offered his resolution it
was objected to, and that he gave mo-
tice he would offer 1t again the follow.
ing Monday; how he had told Mr..
Frye that the investigation proposed
would not involve Mr.. Blaines integ.
rity, and how Mr.. Frye had asked that
the resolution should not be offered
again until next Tuesday Wednes
day, and that there wouldbe no objec-
ton made to 1t then. Soon after MIR.
Frye came to his desk, he asked to
look at the resolution and took
II away with him but
returned it soon again, with the state
ment that he withdrew all objections
To it. Mr.. Tarbox then denied that
there was any personal, partisan or
political malice In the investigation;
Mr.. Blaine had been suspected, not by
personal and political enemies, but by
personal anu political intimates. There
was no circumstances connected with
the investigation which, In the slight
est degree, pointed to II as of partisan
origin. He (Tarbox) did not know
where the committee got the informa.
ton that gave the clue to the inv esti-
CATION. He never had any converse
ton with any member Of the commit
tee In reference to witnesses or 10 the
conduct of the investigation, with one
single exception. He had protested to
Mr.. Hunton, chairman OF the COM
mittee, that 1t should not be II prose-
cution in any respect as a personal
matter, but purely as Il public inquest
into a transaction by corporation
which was In some respects amenable
to the Government for Its honest man
agemeDt.
Mr.. Frye said he wished to state II
suggestion which presented Itself to
his mind, and which he had no doubt
had occurred to the mind of very many
gentlemen, that the position taken by
the gentleman Crarbox) of the sacred
ness of the conversation, was sadly at
variance with that gentleman's own
conduct in reference to q speech mado
by Mr.. Blaine, some months ago, one
copy of which had been surreptitiousIy
taken from the possession of his col
league as the printer and he had learn
ed, on good authority; that while his
colleague was making his speech, that
the printed copy, so surreptitlously
taken, was on the desk of the gentle
man (Tarbox) who at once proceeded
to reply to it. The suggestion as to tue
sacredpess OF private conversation as
argued by that gentleman, had amazed
| him CFrye) while that fact was In his
possession. [PIaudit and encourage
ment from the Republican side.
Mr.. Blaine took the floor, nut Mr.
Tarbox rising Mt the same time, Mr.
pIaIna Welded to him.
Mr.. Tarbox-lf the gentleman meant
I made improper use of that paper,
have simply to reply that what hi
states Is Utterly untrue Ia scene of con
fusion occurredl. After order wa
partly restored Mr.. Tarbox desclaimet
:, charging MIR. Frye with any inten
tional untruth.