The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-22


speaker to illuminate their darkness bV
: an inhowing of his superior light. But
Mr. Blaine did good deal more than
TO give Mr.. Roots the information he
asked Tor. From the speakers chair
A1r. Blaine took up the role OF lobby
man. and did just what Mr.. Carney
says the TWO iobbymen, Price ard Nc.
Qonald, reported that he had agreed to
{ o3. here IS Mr.. Blaine's own report OF
4 sent my page to General Logan ana
ne at once made the point / could not ~
otnerwlse than sustain ii, and 50 the BIZ
was freed from the amendments movsd bv
Julian, and at once passed
There was nothing improper or ont
or the ordinary course in that perfor-
nance OF Mr.. Speaker in the role Of a
loboyman who Is fulfilling an agree
ment to get an extension OF a. land 0rah
will hardly be admitted by Wel1-jnSy
formed people.
v.
Mr.. Goodwin says:
AT the time Mr.. Blaine mada this suv.
gestion, and for ttCO months afferirgri
there cdH be no pnctcRSe that either ne or
| any Jrtelid or acquaintance OF his was In
terested in that BILL or had any knowledge
of it."
That is petitio priReipi. Whether Mr..
Blaine, or some friend or acquaintance
OF his was or was not interested in that
bill at that time Mr.. Blaine secured its
passage in the manner stated by him
self depends on the consideration
which brought him to agree with the
lobbymen Price and Mcdonald 10 -get
the extension What We're the terms
Of the bargain between Mr.. Speaker
and the two lobby agents Of Caldwell
q 90. Is not known, Mr.. Carney did
not know what the bargain was. He
only knew that Price and Mcdonald
reported that Blaine had agreed to get
the extension and that the company is
sued at their request seventy-seven
bonds of $1,000 each, and forwarded
them to their Washington agent. He
did not know that those bonds. or any
OF them, passed into the possession of
Blaine, nor that they passed by Blaine
without even touching the hem of his
ylrtuous garment, into the hands of
Tom Scott, any more than the witness
Roblnson knew that the package which
he conveyed from Caldwell to Blaine
contained Little Rock railroad bonds
Without more light on the character
and terms of that agreement, the as
that Mr.. Blaine had Ao per
sonal interest in the extension of the
land grab at the time when he took SO
much trouble to secure the extension
cdn ilOl De duHlltl6Q.
VI.
But it is not material to the charge
that he afterward used his office OF
speaker to gain an interest in the Little
Rock pool, to know whether he was per-
sonally interested or not ut the time
when he fulfilled the agreement with
.he two lobbymen to get the land-grab
extension. 1t is certain that, two or
.hree months afterward, he eagerly
sought to gain a personal interest in
hat pool, "On the ground floor" not
'niy by pleading that he would mot
'rove a deadhead in the enterprise"
lot only by declaring that he could see
in which ne could be useful"
,ut also by relating to his intermediary
ne story OF the great service" which
le had done, without knowing it," tO
he ring, by securing to them their
apsed land grab, and telling the inter-
nedlary that he might use that touch
ng relation as means of forwarding
Or. Speakers speculative aim.
EHen the new attorney for the defen-
ant feels himself compelled to admit
hat 1T would have been better If Mr..
lalne had not referred to his action in
ne house. The reference to il. with
ne authority to mention il to Caldwell
ems TO hare been intended to induce the
after to lend favoring ear to the ap-
lication" which Mr.. Speaker was urg-
ng with so much appearance of yearn-
ng. Verify, it does seem to
ave contained that intentionl
md, containing that intention, it wasa
of the character and Of
ce Of the speaker of the house to a
urpose of private gain. 1t was the
ody of the infamous offenSe that has
cen charged against Mr.. Blaine, and
roven by evidence furnished by him
elf.
Another point in Mr.. GOdwin's la
orious argument for the defense that
lvites criticism has relation to Mr..
peaker's "anchor to the windward' on
ccount of the projected bank at Little
.0ck. But, as this survey of the new
rgument for the defense Is already too
ng, comment on that branch of the
ise is deferred. II will keep.-Chi-
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