| Show BELMONT AND BL BLAINE AM A A disgraceful dispute between the examiner and ana the witness in tho Shi phera investigation by the house committee ly vy IV 11 V U telegraph to tho HERALD ington A april april 27 before tho the foreign affairs committee this tills mornine morning belmont resumed the examination of Blaine but before making much progress tho the latter said mr belmont exhausted two hours odthe of the time of the committee yesterday in traveling in in a circle iio repeated his questions six or eight or ten times over of course lie lias has a right but it is all based on tho the fact that lie made two palpable mis quotations and aud this course courso of his to establish his justification in doin doing that ho he has as yet et touched ua upon ou ij it while I have the largest possible stock of patience I would rather that iio ho come com a directly to the point there are in many I n I important in I beoit points I would like to t be heard upon pon but t the iteration and reiteration of some questions in order to vindicate belmont for having made ft a blunder to misquote me in two particulars is a little too exhausting ho ile has made two palpable misquotations mis and has made no explanation of them when as a gentleman gentleman as I understand him to b be lie ought to state frankly lie did it JL blaine who had bud been standing with a good deal of excitement hero here took his ills scat beat and Belmont jumped from his chair and said of course blaines BIa inea object is plain enough that isto avoid a direct issue blaine rising and striking tho the table angrily with liia his clenched hand what issue belmont the issue nv which well must bo be met blaine what issue belmont also rising angrily and striking the table I will not answer a single question that you ask from this time to the end of the examination you have stated what I deem to bo be entirely incorrect you have attempted to place me lna ina false position in this you will not succo succeed od F said the quotation marks were a anis mistake take of the printer and your language bears tills nit construction that input I put upon it L The careful reader will agree with ue lie and tile careless reader may bo be influenced by bv your speech speece I aay r I of this thi s examination this relieves me of all consideration I mentioned yesterday which I stitt intended to observe to a man who had held the office of secret secretary try of state you place I yourself on a level with any other witness and I will examine you as such blaine angrily chivdo Wh ado you mean IT T belmont I mean this that you youk have been before committees before this that you have liag endeavored to threaten is not in order blaine mi this Is is intolerable tiie the insolence of this young man nian is intolerable belmont you leavo lave brought brou glit it on oil yourself blaine retorted I have no more ampro respect for the gent lemans opinion than I have for that of a boy on the tile street belmont mr blame blaine has had due experience before com committees U s and he lie has endeavored to threaten them lie ile has done so for the last time lie will not do it to me blaine this is too trifling kg I hope the committee will protect itself I have lave no power after some co confusion ri f on quiet u i t waa was restored and belmont replied pa ie to questions lie asked kea if the witness had seen the letter of gen grant in nw which 11 i c hs he said it is about time for shouni the united states to stop in verv much the tile witness replied at ts bring ing on the tile witness stand what I supposed P ased was a private avato letter from gen grant rant I think it was on the of S september that robert kandall randall showed me a letter I presume it was as the tile same letter I don dont t believe t that hat gen grant ever intended it should ba made public belmont said there was some doubt about landreaux Landre caus aus being an american citizen and referred to tho the letter of instruct instructions ions to trescott blaina I must confess s that I wil was B greatly burp surprised ased at the publication of that dispatch I thought I biad an ail understanding der standing with tile president that the dispatch should not bo published until Tre scotts return from froni south america when I heard beard it had bee been n E pent ent to the senate I telegraphed immediately to to tile lie white house and bo be withheld from the associated press that evening sent a it note to tho the president stating reasons why it ought to le be withheld my be d it was ivas however bubli published ailed and ind I believe th there re have been no more inore pernicious arnicious erni cious results from improper publication ri li cation of state department dispatches aches than have resulted from this considered his ills ini mission sion at south i america ended ami lind irom from inai day there has be been on no earthly use of keeping him there belmont had no further tiber questions to ask at ti alio a close clor a of Bel belmonte monts crosa cross ex arni nation of L baille a mos most t excite exciting g and unusual scene occurred blaine stated that as belmont after being warned on monday had persisted in entirely misquoting mis quoting his d dispatches is patches and putting g upon thel them n a jl construction utterly foreign lie was compelled to change his opinion of him which W aich had bid heretofore been that he lie was a gentleman an exciting colloquy ensued which the committee w were ere unable to interrupt ru belmont t intimated ho he would deal gitil blaine in private vate and followed it up with the tile words I believe you I are a bully and a coward cow ard blame blaine addressing add ing tho the committee comm attee and ignoring belmont replied sir chairman thia this young youn g man has disgraced ed himself iio lias has teen put forward b by y those who are behind him to insult roe ine but ho ile is incan incapable able of doing so remarkable the jie scene was a most one and notwithstanding anding the efforts of the chairman t to smooth the troubled waters and obviate a necessity for any misunderstanding the impression prevailed at the adjournment of the meeting that the dispute had by no means ended it is a subject or ol comment on all bides sides this afternoon ter noon |
