Passaic City record., 1893-01-28
PAssAIC CITY, N. J.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 2s 1898.

the 5th of June, 1876, he rose to personal
explanation, and after denying the power
OF the House to compel the production
OF his private papers, and his willingness TO
go 70 any extremity in defense of his rights,
ne declared that he proposed TO reserve moth
ing: Holding up the letters he exclaimed:
THANK God, am not ashamed to show
Jnem- There is the very original package
And with some sense OF humiliation, with a
modification do not attempt to conceal,
with sense Of outrage which I think any
man in my position would feel, invite the
confidence of 40 000, 900 of my countrymen
while read these letters from my desk.n
The demonstration closed with dramatic
scene. Josiah Caldwell, one of the origina-
tors of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail-
road, who had full knowledge of the whole
transaction, was travelling in Europe and
both sides were seeking to communicate
with him. After finishing the reading Of
the letters Mr.. Blaine turned to the Chair
man of the Committee and demanded to
know whether be had received any dispatch
from Mr.. Caldwell. Receiving an evasive
answer Mr.. Blaine asserted, as within his
own knowledge. that the Chairman had re-
ceived such dispatch completely and alb
solutely exonerating me from this charge
and you have suppressed it."
In 1870 Mr.. Blaine was appointed to the
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
signatlon of Senator Morrill,, and the next
winter was elected by the Legislature to the
succeeding term. His career in the Senate
was both brilliant and distinguished. as it
had been in the House. he was called from
the Senate to enter President Garfeld's
Cabinet as Secretary of State. 1t was while
passing through the railroad depot leaning
on Mr.. Blaine's arm and pleasantly chatting
with him about his coming holiday that
Garfield received the assassin's fatal bullet.
The death of Mr.. Garfield led to Mr.. B1aine's
retirement from the Cabinet, in December,
1882. From that date until he entered Mr.
Harrison's Cabinet as Secretary of State,
he was in private life except during his
campaign for the Presidency in 1884.
During his retirement Mr. Blaine wrote
great historical value. It was in accordance
with his original suggestion and due to his
earnest efforts that provision was made in
the Mckinley bill for the reciprocity trea-
ties which formed such prominent features
of National policy. The Samoan difficult
ties, the complications arising out of the
lynching of Italians at New Orleans, and the
killing of American seamen at Valparaiso
were also disposed of while Mr.. Blaine was
at the head OF the State Department. The
events preceding and atten ling the recent
Minneapolis Convention are too recent al :
most to need recounting. Mr.. Blaine was
induced to permit his name to be used as a
candidate. and resigned his place in the
Cabinet. Whether in public position or in
private life, he always remained q central
figure in National affairs.
BLAINE's LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
For nearly thirty years Mr.. Blaine has
been resident of Washington. While he
never gave up his home AMI home life in
Maine, where he had town residence in
Augusta and a summer residence at Bar