The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-08
quainted with him knew that he was the
last man In the world to seek


A PERSONAL CONTROVERSY,
and he assured the house Of oil men In
the world the gentleman from Maine
(Biainc) was the last man
with whom he would seek such
controversy. That gentleman was en-
tircly too immense in his proportions.
"Why man, he doth bestridc the narrow
world like q Colossus, and We petty men
walk under his huge legs and peep about
TO find ourselves dislionorable graves"
Personal controversy seemed to be that
gentlcinan's forte. lie reminded him OF
Homer's description Of DioInede. "Dire
was the clang aud dreadful from afar the
AIMED Tydidcs rushing to war" Asa
friend OF his would say, 1.-THE gentleman Pc
is entirely too buinptious and too usurp-
tious for him. Laughter on the Demo-
cratic side. Two-thirds of the time the
gentleman was in the house he did not
seem to realize whether e was speaker
or simply member; To a stranger 1t
would be AN unsolvablc enigma to know
which he was. The gentleman logged
him (knott) into This per-
sonal matter OF his own. In the first
place he had insinuated that
from some unworthy motive he (knott)
as chairman Of the judiciary committee,
lad appointed on the subcommittee
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gentleman from Virginia Uiunton) and
gentleman from North Carolina (Ashe).
In answer to that he had to say first.
that either of those gentlemen was his
(Blainc's) peer in any sense Of the word,
and that
IN POINT OF HONOR
il was no disparagemen.to the gentleman
from Maine TO say they were his su.
| perors. Kisses and other marks OF dis
appreciation from the Republican side Of
| the house.
Mr., knott-That ia all right. There
are three kinds Of animals in the world
that hiss--vipers. geese, aud fools.
| Laughter. In the second place. this
subcommittee was selected long before
thcie was any insinuation. public or pri-
vate, that the gentleman from Maine was
in any manner implicated in any Of the
alleged
| FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS
OH the part Of any Of these corporations.
and it did seem to Inc, when the gentle
man flung his imputatiOns at me, as =
little strange that he could ascribc such
motives 10 me under the circumstances.
Even granting that the gentleman from
Virginia and the gentleman from North
| Carolina were his personal enemies. II
does seem q little remarkable that you
cannot touch one Of these railroads but
the g-ntleman.-from Maine will squeal,
and have no doubt that it struck MIR.
Harrison as a little remarkable that when
that So, 900 bond transaction was men
toned in meeting OF the directors
the treasurer of the Union Pa
ciiic Railroad company should say,
DO not say anything about that; IL
| will involve Blaine" but this committee
was raised long before had any intima-
ton that Blaine was involved in ii in any
manner. | went to his personal friend
and colleague Frye and asked him TO
take position on the subcommittee
which lac declined. The gentleman from
| Maine seems 70 insinuate that 1t Is the
settled purpose of the Judiciary commit
tee to do something or other which might
pcradventure prevent him from receiving
the nomination of his party at the COM
ing convention at Cincinnati. beg
the gentleman TO believe that 40 far as !
am concerned We are perfectly willing lar
should receive that nomination. II, in
the pending campaign. we cannot de-
feat the gentleman from Maine then
Orr CAUSE Is ENTIRELY HOPELESS.
Laughter on the Democratic side II
he shall receive the nomination aud be
elected by the American people in the
I
may the Lord have mercy on the Amer
lean people," [Shouts OF laughter. |
The judiciary committee has done the
gentlemen no wrong. Ii has not even
decided what shall be done with these
letters. The committee has not taken
any action OH the subject at all, and the
gentleman ought to be informed that to-
! morrow morning the question was to be
brought up, yet in defiance Of all parlia-
mentary law, an cx-speaker OF the house
comes here OH the preteXt of personal
explanation and takes the matter away
from the Jurisdiction OF the committee.
/ That is the condition in which this thing
stands. Ii is a matter still sub j,adiee. not
: decided At ali. and there was no intima-
ton that q 81 li.ary word of one of these
letters would be given to the public, but
the gentleman was very positively assur-
ed that
HE WOULD NOT BE MARTYRED
by the judiciary committee. AS to the
, cable dispatch FROM Josiah Caldwell, il
, is true that on last Thursday morning |
', did receive dispatch. The gentleman
, from Maine (Blaine) seems to know pre-
cisely the hour at which received II and
its contents. He seems thoroughly
posted on the subject, but permit me TO
say with regard to the insinuation that
| tiidi DcCL suppIcsscu tuht
/, any man, high or low, whoever he may
be, who will elsewhere make such an in.
situation will have to take the conse-
quences. hurl the falsehOod back
into the teeth of any man who makes a
, suggestion as to the suppression OF that
dispatch. Applause on the Democratic
: side.l | have il. did not suppress it
! at all. In less than thirty minutes
l after received it | read il to several gen.
:. tlemen, but there was no particular adj
I dress ia London from which it purpOrted
! to come. and l did believe. and am not al
Q together certain yet that do not believe,
D it was
FIXED-UP JOB.
Murmurs ofdssent form the Republican
sidc.l..
In answer to requests from the Repub-
D lican side to read the cispat ch from Cald
4 well, Mr.. Knott said: have not the dis.
i patch here. tits at my house. The con-
c tents of it are substantially as stated by
n the gentleman from Maine tBlaine).
: do not know that can repeat it In ex,
y act terms. The purport of It is that Cald
u well had seen Thomas A. SCOTS testi
5 mony in the newspapers, and that it wa,
e substantially correct; that he had not
: seen Mr.. Blaine have any bonds, and
v that lie would send affidavit to that effect
r but that he was engaged in railroad ell.
J. terprise over there, and could not come
! to give his testimony without pecuniary
loss. This is substantially what Is in IT,
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