Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-01

fore twelve O'Clock even Mr.. Kssson.
who i one Of the politest Of men, felt
forced to intimate to Mr.. Belmont that he
was travelling in circle, and soon after the
latter. with discomforted air, came to an
end. Then Mr.. Blaine took up the ex-
animation where il had begun. and called Mr..
BeImonts attention to the misrepresentation
which had been the subject Of discussion BE-
tween them At the outset, and which Mr..
Belmont had not yet corrected. It may Be
- we'll to explain this point. Mr.. Blaine in
his dispatches to General Hurlbut said in
brief that ''if' the Landreau claim should be
adjudicated in favor of the claimant it should
be treated ~ lien on the territory to which
it attaches (Which was likely to be taken by
Chilli, and that Chill ought to accept the
position with that condition annexed. Mr..
Belmont quoted Mr.. Blaine as saying. '.in
effect that there .'shall be- no treaty of
peace "until' the Landreau claim is recog-
nized. Any intelligent child could see the
wide difference between these two statements
the one q respectful suggestion based
upon a contingency; the other q threat
implying war, based upon no con-
tingency at all. This is a good illus
tration Of the misrepresentation to which
Mr.. Blaine has been subjected in this Peru
Wan business. Done ENTHUSIASTICALLY. this
could, perhaps, be excused; done deliberately
and adhered to, it is az much of an untrufh a.
Shipherd himself ever swore to. Mr.. Blaine
now called Mr. Belmont's attention to it. say
ing, with some sternness, but in an elemental
ry way, that it was not the truth; that it was
without any semblance of truth; that he had
always supposed Mr.. Belmont TO be gentle
man, but if he refused to make this correction
at this time, he should be compelled to
ptan tp10 AP RGlp
tempted to turn the point by saying that Mr..
Blaine was holding him responsible for the
quotation marks Of the printer. ''Ah." said
Mr.. Blaine, but the passage l am quoting
from now has no quotation marks" This
was the fact, the misrepresentation having
been made twice. Mr.. Belmont looked very
blank at this. Both men were now on their
feet standing facing each other, Mr.. Blaine
being at the head of the committee table, and
Mr.. Belmont ut the side-perhaps six feet
away. The room was crowded. The specta-
tors were conscious of an impending scene,
and the members of the committee were in
futter Of excitement. Mr.. Wilson began to
say something. "Wait a minute; this is my
affair" said the polite Mr.. Tappertit, sternly.
Mr.. Blaine now began to say something
"Wat a minute" cried Mr.. Tappertit.
swat a minute" Mr.. Tappertit now
euIeTeu on u fresh cOuTse vi succtius,
growing more pale and angry as he
went on. He spoke very slowly and deliber-
ately, stretching out his arm toward Mr..
Blaine, and shaking his finger with that inso-
lent gesture which he has used from the be-
ginning of the investigation to the end. He
said: "You assert a falsehood. But l won't
try TO make capital here" said the magnifi-
cent Tappertit. ''I'll give you my opinion of
you in private" he added, with most malig-
nant look. Strange to say, Mr.. Blaine did
not quail before this awful threat. A rustic
of laughter went around the room at the lOft
ness of Mr.. Belmont's accent on the words
sin private" and the blood-curdling signit-
canoe he seemed to impart to them. This,
apparently, nettled him. Even so obtuse a
man may begin to vince after being laughed
at steadily for two days.
Now the terrible moment arrived when the
final curse was to be pronounced upon Mr..
Blaine, and he to be swallowed up in
wrath. Mr.. Tappertit now stood at his full
height, which is not impressive, and said,
coolly and slowly, his face white with anger:
II believe you are a bully and a coward"
How much more he would have said if there
had not been chorus of remonstrance around
the committee table, and Mr.. Blaine had not
broken it with an indignant remark, can only
be known by those who know how much of a
BLACKBOARD Mr.. Perry Belmont can be when
he meets with no ohsfructiOns