, 1880-04-20

been wht.nc1ed m sverywhe!e ,l,at, nylng gls o3,,
not flnh amy sufferers tn give J. to. Let ua
piss the st n1on n Erfopo 1or rant nltSs; Mt
national tribunal, md, after obtaining their
j,ldgmoltt, acknowledge 10 ttB world that 1t
was got under falsu pretenses.
Mr.. Carpenter
EXPLAINED Ills VOTES
In 1874 ngnftlst tho Insurance companies by
saying It srns known then tint pronos ltLoll
would kill tho bill, nnd even tho friends Of
tlie Insurance c0mpNllfes voted ngninst II, bt-
cause they wcro Mise friends nf those whose
rights were tot disputed, and thought 1t was
wrpnE tn longer delay their c1NInls
THO discussion subsequently took tho form
Of personalities bctWccn Messrs., Carpenter
md blaine, the former saying TINT tho Senator
froIn Maine Ind "co1nEne1ired ills dnnCe"
iawyee a ,i reqgnIrng eg % liz "athe"icsti",s' 5 Int s ot
might continue tic amusement as long ns
he pleased. or stop. whenever l,e chose. but
70 oa ,Haps M r. se9c IL keGt ao G sScf S Getn,eRG e s Il
tho Senate Of outside of il, lint The Senator
nnd rinc.l to hin and he Ind not danced.
MI nsne s9d 81 h. s not 20 opa of 49,
that he would pipn 16nE 10 call him out. The
Senator wns making mountain Of n MiDtr-
hill, md showing q remarkably tl!lii skin for
iawy;[ w1 a ,hs 80 many con,lets at the
Sp0tf0rt's letter had been read, hc still
c1.ose =, refer to cusl'lng's brlcf M u
sfr. Carpenter still ti,onght It n forgery.
Tho Senator from Maine llnd set him
AN EXAMPLE nF ISClsEDU1.lTY
by refusing to believe hfs word becnl,so lie
was lawyer for the insurance companies,
and, to .lEsproye Mr.. Ward, Ind read n letter
wh1ct, Slr. Carpenter understood to be from
q .gcntlewnn u the Interest of tic wMr-pre-
MUM men. Was that 80?
Mr. Blatnc sattt y wns 50. ....
afr. Carpenter said the Senate hnd one In
tcrested tnnn against another interested mnn
on question nf fact, md that leu Him to form
hls own 1naE1nent of al examination of tho
saying TINT Cushing
SEyEn WROTE 4 WORN or IT.
Mr. blaine In reply. said, that tile attorneys
Of both sides. having been heard, Its col
lcn1gne (1innIin) Ind letter from Mr.. Met;
iosses, stating ti,St tic Ind l,fntsclf convorscd
with Gushing III regard to the matter, md
tho document hal been used rs authority
before Congress over since 1879.
letter to tho .Jo,trnni Of Commerce, being
written upon his return from Europe and be-
fore he WIS retained by the wnr premium
men, expressed his opinion moro tlslntcrcSt-
ctliy than anything written nftcr fe ,sas re-
MI. blaine afterwards said TINT the senntor
from Wisconsin l!at clOsrtl his speech with 4
very elnborate md very deserved eu!ogtuM
on Gen. Grant, who WINS President in 1871
and communicated tho result Of tho aTb1tra-
tlon to- Congress, but nothing 1T that message
gnve tho slightest Indication nf Grants opiil-
ion as to wllat were the proper claims u be
Mi, Blaine held In his hand
4 LETTER FROM JOHN A. PARKER
T1roofzJn,,t of IA JFne{or,, Tnp ,.1
Company Of New York, to Secretary Fisl, In
1870 on another subject, In Which lie uses
these words:
"Tho opinion expressed 10 NC by President
charged premium for war risks could have
no clalm, md that claims nf that character
belonged only to the Government, which
opinion you stated to mo WINS largely enter
. tainea H., IN washington, woald @ seem emf to i9!, L.
the Supreme Court"
50 It seems, said Alr. BLAZING, that Gen.
Grant WIS not on Mr.. Carpenters side of tho
MI. Carpenter thought the debate had
grown. very sladnw{ ,yhcn, tho Senator
from Maine wont fishing In the, files: Of tho
stnte Departinent to flnil out what Grants
ito continued. ~ should mt yield oven to
the Senator from alnino In that [Ianghterl,
| and yet, On Il question Of this kind, which
hal deliberntely examined, should follow
Mr. BlslneEThe senatnr is i"sinx his nom.
ory rs well Us his courtesy. He Introduced
Gen. Grant with ,.,." ',,..,s.. ..- "..a
A HIGHLY PROPER Eu1oaruM,
and paradcl him as a witness on his side,
and now ho says: "Of, yes, Gen. Grnnt ts d
Fl this caso than thu. Of any other respectable
Mnn." I followed Gem Grant through
almost every measure Of his Administration