Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1888 — Declined with Thanks [ARTICLE]

Declined with Thanks

Philadelphia Bulletin. On Wednesday afternoon, when President Corbin was undergoing the pointed examination of the Congressional committee, he alluded to the fact that he thought it would be unjust for the committee to take peremptory action without first visiting the mines. “Oh, don’t you worry about that,” said Cha man Tiliman; “we propose going to the mines to make inquiries.” “Well,” Mr. Corbin said, “if it is your purpose to do so we should be pleased to furnish you with the best railroad accommodations without any expense.” ‘ That’s very kind, Mr. Corbin,” said the genial South Carolinian in a broad Southern accent, “but the United States have furnished us with plenty of money to see us through. And again we don’t want to be under obligations to any one. This is an imns’-tial inquiry.”