, 1876-03-09
CHICAGO, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1876

}, 1876.
ides that the Chairman On Expenditures in The
should escape for the purpose Of relieving the
!ste Secretary from ,mpeaohmsnt 0. Indictment,
but tho faot was, nevertheless; tho witncss
HAD tEEn DfscnAH0ED
bad not boon discharged be would bo hero to-day
to testify Allie boforo the Grand Jury and before
the High Court Of 1npeachmont.
Mr. Knott closed tho discussion, and noticed
pressed on tho Other eide to dob.to tho bill, not
word had been SAID about u In tho three
spcoches made. AZ to tho Willingness Of tho
other Side To nid IN exposing or pupEahing cor.
many yo.ra to do 10, but had mover dons 30.
tAnptanses on tho Democratic atae.l
lilo bill MAS then psaaod--yeas, FOG; nays, 10.
QUESTION or PEivILrox.
81; Cl5mor, rising q question q pe.sona,
atatencnt tn tho Washington oorrcspoudencs
Of tho New York Herald to-day relating 10 Bup-
poecd intcrviow between Airs. Delkuap. Airs.
Marsh, mud other ladlca, At tho Arlington Hotel.
In which tho charges agalnat Mrs, Dolknap
uere discussed And among them charge that
hir George II. Pondleton. Of Ohio, lad paid to
Mrs; Delknap brfbo OF 80 900 In tho insereat
Of the Kentucky Centrat 1thtiroad. vhon Mrs.
Delknap Is represented - having said that ehe
had only received half TINT amount; that tho
facts had bcen brought 70 CIymor's attention By
Mr. Danford, ono Of tho momboEs Of tho
Committee, but that Clymcr bad paid no atton-
Pondfeton, Clstnoz, aud Mr. md Mn. 1tasnh
had mado = tour Of Europe together whore
Clymor became gradually acquainted With tho
main fscss in tho Cars. Thu paper having been
prolonged public bervice here and elserhese.
this Ia the first trno that over felt myself
called upoa to mako public statement With ref
escnco to anythlug Which has appeared regard
| that believo II ID tile first time have ever
seen my pcrnouA roctitudo or honor directly
| lupogucd. Nov, Hi.h reference 70 this article
~ mover SAW Marnh. tho witness In tho case,
until lat Aonaay Waok, whom he appeared to tho
Commlttee-room. neser saw Mis-. M4ssh bnt
once in my tifo. snd that whe Lust Thursday
morning. tho day thoy loft tho city. Whno taking
| an early breakfast It tho Arlington Hotel. Raw
Witness with 4 lady whom presumed vas his
| utfo Thoy seated themselves near me-, and out
| Of courtesy to woman went and was present.
Cd to hur. Tho tutorvisw certainly lid not last
three moments. nnd tho case before tho Com-
mitteo was not alluded to ia the reunoseat terms-
have
NEvEn MEr GEORGE II. rENDr.Eruv
BAvs On this Bide OF tho water, therefore tho
/ charge with reference To my having travelled IN
Europe With any Of those parties at ony tiuo Ia
absolutely and totally falao; Again, it is
| infant OF Bomo meeting ht tho Arlington be-
| twoon hirs. Marsh and Mrs. Beiknap and otnors.
It thotc WAs such mBoting. Ger tatnly As not
| nt It. II mhttera were discussed with reference
| TO tho matter Of tho crimo T could only. and
| did only, hear Of 1t by runor and thsre Was no
| foundation In tho world for mo to 60 upoa sayo
that 1t was said that there WAS record In tue
War Department. somo one told mo 80. For
tunately haVo tho witness here whom I last
week told to 20 to tho War Department anl
search II up for ne so as to start that i8vests-
CATION with all my Older 1aborB. So Monday
| while tn tho Capitol . telegram was received
from Mr. peodloton. nskioG when ho could DO
| hoard boforo our Committee. and I directed q
friend Of his 70 telegraph him TINT 20 would hear
| him 10 o-morruw afternoon. With reference To my
bepg unwilling. to investigate this matter, nj
fo1a sna eqs1s1o o. Tho ~,
morning, whom came into the hhll, ho calno and
said TINS 10 wjsled Mira, Marsh To be Bum-'
monod. not telling mo tho rcason Of It. He will
ss'f .aa sas' a
Arms will pruye that went to him and took out
subpnua, and had him scna = spec,al message
immediately to New York for that purpose.
Now. I brand tho whole article, so fat as 1t re-
latcs to rnyRelf. AZ
urrEn1Y, ENTIRELY, AND ABSOLUTELY rA1sx.
and say that the man OF mon Who conoocted II
have dono SO with malice nforethought Tor
como purpose which leave to tho House aud
aay further. that will not bo deferred from ny
duty, ns imposad upon no By thls House, In in
veatigasiug frauds from tue highest to the
lowest, as they como under my supervision.
Whorover susnect or know that fraud OF cor
EupAon oxisss, II I should strike tho dearest
friend on oastlA I will have tho consolation o1
knowing TINT I havo douo my duty to this
| House and my country, and they Who expect u
i intlmidatc mo through tho press, through i'll
siauation or otherwise, or dotor me from my
( duty. hAyo mistaken their man. hare 81 great
| rospcet rs any man can Aavo for tho third
estate, but when u is used for baaa and yio
| purpose, I will dofcad myself against 1t, aud
| will npneal to houest men here and cyorywhern
| for my support and justification. [Applause.1
hR NoBB1Ns,
| another mcmber OF tho Committee, said that lie
| Ind noyor heard o{ the mAtter in question until
he s.w It n = nowspsper :hia evoninE; T4e
tories of vitupe1atton On committee
engaged in trying 10 do liz duty would
fail III its ,paEnoHa. So far as ho was
concerned, ho PROPOSED to satl..hta craft boldly
| into this fight until it was blown out Of water,
| and that would not DO douc until LIE lad blown
on tho loada OF few nioro thieyos whom Le
know of. tAppiauae on tho Democratic eido.]
| MA. BLACKBURN,
! had hover heard oithor officially OF otherwise OF
the charge hero alluded TO until two or thros
| days ago. when Mr. Clymos, in thu committee
room. said tha! le proposed to Issue subpoena
was oxpectod to testify to. That was tho frat
and lust md only ttula he ever llcarl anything Of
| it until ne BAN this article. lIo waB perfectly
| Indifferent aB to what uewspapora said. No cue
holds tho American journalism III higher ar-
probation than hlmssif; but whenever QUO OF
that craft forgot his duty and bccame barnac'o
| on hia profession, mere ulcer mud oxcseecenco
thst oxlstcd only to Disgrace thosu with whom
he was associated, l,e f13lsckburu) ever held it
| his duty to reftlBe to sioop 10 low AZ to notcy
tho miserable hirel.ng. lie did not caro- it every
/ newspaper Ia tho county turnod its nattotles
| on tho Committed. AL. that tLia Committee
asked was that bands bs kept of ito Witnesses.
| aud befosa this Congress- adjourned thoy would
unoarth enough of 7illaiuies, accumulated With
iu tue last fourteen yoarp, to sleken aud vonsit
tie country BY exposing tho pntrid carcasaes
that I'D been 10 long seluloualy covcrad u,,.
Ns, McDouca!l (contomptuousl5)-Wo Aasu
eocn putrid ca5casses enough hare.
MI1. H1AISE
| called Mr. ElAckburn'a attention to tho mis-
statement 1nAde yesterday by hin, lu saying tnat
sho Witness Marsh WAS Within tho power OF tho
ltousa whom tho report wna made. the fact boing
that Marsh had lott tho city throe hours bctoru.
Mr, blackburn MAdp thu correction hpt iutf-