The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-14
Washington.

Washington.
MR.. BLAINE BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
on FOREIGN AFFAIRS; HE Is AT his BEST,
AND MAKES AN HOURS sPEECH-CuARGEs
AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MATTERS
T0-DAY--NO DATE TO BE FIyED FOR AD-
JouRNNENT YET-CoNTEsT BETWEEN TIE
ISTERNAL-REyENUE BILL AND THE RIVER
AND HARBoR BILL FOR PRECED>CE-PER-
sONAL NEWS ITEMs-BRIEFs.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 13.-Mr. Blaine APP
peared before the House Foreign Affairs
Committee to-day at 10 A. NJ, and was
cool and collected. lie wore summer
business suit. and looked the coal merchant
he now claims 10 be. lie refused to be
seated, and while standing delivered n
speech OF an hours length, the thread OF
which was not broken by the few ques-
tons asked him by members OF the COM
mittec. He first commented III strong
terms on the removal Of Mr.. Phillips, gen.
eral agent Of the Associated Press at Wash
ington, for having allowed him to revise
his former testimony before the committee.
He declared this action unjust and unrea-
sonabe. He read the correspondence be-
tween himself and the head of the Assoc
ciatcd Press In relation to the matter. He
next touched upon the report that lie had Ia
vored the Credit Industriel. He denied that
he had given it any encouragement, though
he listened respectfully to the statements
OF lis agents. II was impossible, in fact,
that he could encourage it, because it il a
French corporation, amenablc to the
French Government. To illustrate this he
told the following anecdote: When STAN
ton, during the war, seized the line OF the
American Telegraph Company, he sent for
lis superintendent, and proposed to make
him the manager Of il. This was agree
able; but when Stanton handed him q
colonel's commission and an appointment
Ms assistant adjutant-general, he said he
had no use for these. Said the War Secre-
taIy: ~ want you to lave them, so
that / can try you by a cOurt-martial
and shoot you, il necessary" The moral
was that Mr.. Blaine did not want TO have
business with men whom he could not hold
TO n strict account. He next denied that
he had ever had any idea OF establishing a
protectorate over PerIi-his only object
was that the United States should act as an
intermediary between Peru and Chill and
settle the difficulties. between them. This
Government will, he said, have to do this
vet. and II it refuses some European Gov
eminent will have to undertake the task. He
also said he had been receiving letters from
/ Americans in England and English in re-
card 10 what he had said about English in
reference in CHILEAN affairs for the benefit
OF English bOndholders. Now, he did not
mean that the British Cabinet had done
this. The British Minister st. Johns,
however, had acted so shamefullt in the
matter that he ought to have been recalled
in disgrace. This would have been done
had he represented the United States in a
diplomatic capacity. BY the way, he pro-
nounced st. Johns about rs some plain
people in buckingham do. He declared
that this British functionary actually
sent bogus treaty to Chilli with the
statement that il was one which the
United States was negotiating with Peru
with view Of gobbling up Peruvian terri
tory. when all the United States had ever
done was to make an effort to secure the
privilege for IFS war-veSSelS OF watering,
coaling, &C., in tile bay OF Chimbote. Mr..
Blaine said it had gone out that he had
condemned the entire Democratic press,
when he had only. denounced the dirty
portion OF it, rs he now did the dirty pOr-
ton Of the Republican press. The fair
and honest journals of both parties had
treated him Justly.
COMMITTEE MATTERS To-DAY-ADJOURNMENT
The WAYS and Means Committee conSid-
cred this morning the question Of final adj
iournmeni, and the 2Gth OF June and the
Sd OF July were mentioned as the date.
The committee, however, declined to name
a day, regarding it as too carly TO do so, in
view OF the fact that the internal-rovenue
bill, the natiOnal-bank bill, &C., have yet TO
be disposed OF. There will be contest
between the river aud harbor bill and the
/ internal-revcnuc bill in the House soon for
precedence in consideration. The sub
Committee on Elections Of the House to-
day agreed, as | have frequently predicted,
/ to report in favor OF oustlng Tilghman, OF
South Carolina, and seating Smalls, negro
Radical.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
/ Hon. Proctor Knott seems to have the
lest chance now of being the next Cover
nor Of kentucky. There area number Of
1 leading Roadiusters in the city. Governor
Browns resolution giving each senator a
clerk was defeatcd-ayes, 20; noes, IS.
Mr.. Corcoran was reported better this eve
ming. senator Jones, Of Florida, is to de-
/ liver an address on Irish affairs in Boston
Saturday evening. Mr.. Trescott will
tell the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittec tomorrow about his mission to
South America. Senator Anthony was
congratulated to-day on his fifth election to
the United States Senate. Mr.. Townshend,
Of Illinois, to-day tried TO get in an amend
ment TO the Legislative bill. to make IT mis-
demeanor TO assess Government emf loy6S
for election purposes. Ii was ruled out OF
order by the Republican in the chair.
/ Senator Saunders, OF Nebraska, was wit
ness to-day in the star-route trials.
/ CONGRESSIONAL AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Senator Blair, OF New Hampshire, .chair-
man Of the Senate Committee on Educa-
ton. made lengthy and carefully-prepared