The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-04
THE DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD
peours. ELLIOTT 4 HALL.


ntAtSE ASD BELMONT
oar dispatches yesterday mofnl'f ~ ~,
detailed account uf the ey1mlnh'l'' wv
BL,tSr before the c1mmIue ol l.,'EI /
fairs. On that committee was ~" ''
MONT. youur democratic mcmoer '''"
the fire.. di.lrictof Now YORK. INC '"''', ~
questions put by Mn, BELMONT WV ,.' 49,
lch character as 20 affect seriously ''''
B,,ryr's eouauimily. AMI the eX''ecr''orl
becoue mad. Il was , intlma''d
ia the dispatches that yer
a,,oi encounter was feared. MI.
Rr,voyr /, Young and full OF cnthus'-
asm and fire, and ofcourse desired TO maze
s)uething ola reputation in the Questions
MI IN BLAINE. Mr.. BLAINE, on the o'h'r
a,d.saloll politician, familiar with ue
tric.s that are vain and those that are not
in social and political life, and 1T is SUI
,rise IA see him under the .circumstanc"
lose his temper and insist upon the 'yo'"B
m ms being set down upon Ms DE,
NoyT seems determined to have the who'e
anl true story of the Chlh-i'ru-
von controversy, while Mr.. BLAINE
becomes indignant at apparently I'M
fmportant interrogatories. We can on'y
I say from the circumstances surrounding
the case that the whole Investigation s
most discreditable to the United States'
II seems that we are never to hear the Ia I
or this miserable affair. Thousands OF do'-
lars are being expended i'll the lhVests'-
ton, but the committee, as others before
will fail to discover anything ana Will 70
ranort to the house. 1t is shameful that oi
our multifarious investigations none ever
discover what the committee was orSai'i"eu
20 find out or what is recognized as iact ~
the entire people. In this particular III
stance Mr.. BLAINE and Mn. BELMONT nave
forced a personal issue into the alalr 'Ila'
neither adds to the dignity or opens up 'he
truth of the controversy. Solar as the COM
mittee have gone nothing but Joonefy anu
s,bemipg have been found out and the DIS
tinguished ex-secrctary Of state has been
placed in no enviable position. If upon
taking the stand Mr.. BLAINE had CIV
en- his knowledge of the ehtife
Chili.Peruvian difficulty and the part the
United States had played in the matter IN
dignified and unimpassioned manner inc
country would not only have been properly
educated upon matter OF Importance
but BLAINE stock would have gone to the
highest possible point. As it is, however
the ex-cabinet officer, engaging in contro-
v.rsv with n Young committeeman and in
yoking the assistance OF the chairman 10
protect him in his efforts to AVOID the
full disclosure of the facts IN
his possession, is not only guilty
and objectionable, but an exceedingly
disgraceful and suspicious species OF con-
duct. Mr.. BELMONT so far "a we can see,
showsup in the better light by far for his OBJ
ject was simply to get into the"true inward
ness" of BLAINE's connection with cores
pondence, and proposed policy that has
given us 50 much trouble. But the witness
on the other hand. by growing irritable and
Directing to the manner of investigating
the matter, adopted or assumed by the COM
mittee, has placed hmselfin the light OF one
who does not want the whole truth divulg-
ed. Just what was behind in this Chilli
Peruvian affair of ours may never be
known, but certain great men and proml-
nent politicians are being placed in very
unenyiable situation. The country is in
debted 10 such men as Mr.. BELMONT, who
is democrat and represents the first dis
trict Of New York state, composed OF the
counties of Suffolk, Richmond and Queens,
: tsE that boldness and pardonable curioS-
ity Nyhich leads to thc close and crit
ical examination OF even Mr.. BLAINE
The whole gist of the matter, that
which is of especial interest to thc citizens
of America is the fact that, though MR.
BLAINE, whom we have always admired
NAV answer satisfactorily the charges and
innuendoes against him, he has been per-
manently removed from the field as can
didate for the presidency. And then
again, the puerile and bloodless pass-at-
arms between him and BELMONT day before
yesterday, Is not only childish, but belittles
BLAINE and places us, in the eyes of Eu' |
rope, in q most ridiculous position. In the
interests of our reputation and national
dignity, we trust that these various inyesti- |
5.ations will be discontinued.