Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-04-21
A TILT BETW ZEN BLAINE AND
CARPENTER.
From Special to Boston Journal.
The Geneva Award Question.
WASHINGTON, April 10, Il

hFiu AcoV.
The certainty that there would be tilt be-
tween Blaine and Matt Carpenter attracted
crowns 10 inc oena'e Cnahi"er 'o-uay, ihciua-
ing score OF more Oh bos'on.ans' an" NJ one
time there was quorum Oh tne House Q,
nePresen..Nes "" '"e noor. me P"..'ie"i
friends OF MT. Blame were present IN iorce,
reau. !" "PP'a"" "nen ne ,'""e ~ ~''"S
point, ana they certainly had reason 10 DC
PROUD Oh their ia'orne. Mr' carpenter CON
ciuueaihe speech wh'ch lie ce"''hehceu on
rriaay. ne o'a nor appear 10 ENJOY goo"
ne"'',,, anu us 'o'.. was 'eeo', a'' az .''es
l'auu'o'e -, 'ne ea,,.ios' 'u' us "su'"e"s
e"s'', ' ",s q" q" W.
as SENATOR Looking VI every ni"g iro."
Juu'cia' s'"n"Poin', All" '""nhes'i'e w nc
diu not express ~ pro'ouni contempt LOT
noh-Proiessionai me" VINO u'scuss ieg"i q"es-
tions' ne dispiayed great ingenuity ana per-
suasNe eioquence III 'he presentation oi MS
views. ne naa eri"eh.'y stuffed ms case
carefully, nut he ana not hesitate 10 make
strong asser,io"s ''Ne 'ne P'"ce y, ""'"orn'es
ana 10 pase ms arguments on .nese asse,-
ions. Inc ehtire speech was PePPereu win
cutting ai,us'ons 70 n'a'ne, VINO SAT uh'nove",
occaslohai'y joining III .ne iausn Pr1'on ..,
NJ ms expense. oarpen'er c"nc'"ueu VII"
a" eioquen' a'usIoi W ce"e'"' ",a".' 80 one
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"e"r's Vi MS ooun,'y me" anu VI All A'""A'""'
senator bIaine's Response.
When Blaine finally took the floor 1t was
soon evident that he had studied the weak
points in what Carpenter had said, and was
ready to let fly a volley of satire-tipped ar
rows with deadly aim. His sentences were
terse, crisp, strong and entirely without orna.
mcntation, but every one told. He began by
alluding to his having been often reminded in
the present debate that he was not lawyer.
The wit would have been brighter and the
thrust would have been keener, had it been
stated that when he set out on the vast sea Of
adventure as an exculpated cruiser he had
studied law for two years He reminded Mr..
Carpenter Of the old adage that liars should
have good memories, which should also be y
virtue in Senators, and he went on to show
how that Senator had in 1873 and 1874 voted
six times against the distribution OF the award
to the insurance companies. Referring to
the letter of Caleb Gushing on the subject as
a tough nut to crack, Mr.. Blaine read let
ter from Richard s. Spofford of Newburyport,
establishing its authenticity, and then
showed that Mr.. Gushing had advanced the
same ideas in his book on the Geneva award.
He read from copy OF the book presented to
him by Mr. Gushing, observing that the SEN
ator from Wisconsin might doubt the authen-
ITCHY Of the work, but that he would vouch
for it. He showed that the United States
Government had never recognized the doc
trine of subrogation, and expressed his sur
PRISE that lawyer so eminent As ne knew
tne senator rom ,sconsin 10 pe. 'or nc
himseh main said IL, snou'o not nave hun'ea
up the autnorni rs ora.ins On .ne SUBJECT
Ine Plc!.o' =. ~ ~ ,r.' ~ w,. D",
ance Vi ,ne .~",u ;" VIC r ~, ~. D'. lily
iegaraeu as .he ""'s' vi III P''P's"io"' 'hS'
nave oeen 'naue.
IL Womb aisgrace US IN 'ne eye: oI tne CIV
| iiized worm ny 'lrtaaiiy ao""t'ng tnat OUT
legitimate claims oia not alneuM 70 anytmns
approaching the sum wnlch we demanded
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had op'a,nea 'aIse sun unueI s.ss p'euen.
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