American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-10

should be refunded to him. In February 1915
vouchers for 5 $50 were found and that amount
was refunded to him, leaving Sl040 which he
contended had been expended in the public ser
vice, but for which vouchers were not to be
found.
The report states that testimony has been
brought before the committee elicitng facts
which they believed ought not to be made pub
lie, and it concludes with resolutions that the
testimony be sealed up in the presence of the
committee and deposited in the archives of the
House not to be opened unless by the order of
the House-that the committee be discharged
from further consideration of the matter-and
that the report be printed.
The report was signed by four members of
the five composing the commlttee-two wings
and two democrats-Messrs. Ninton, Jefferson
Davis, d. P. King, Seaborn Jones.
The question was about to be put on laying
the report on the table, when
Mr.. Douglass withdrew his motion at the re-
quest of
Mr.. Brinkerhoff who wished to make mino-
rty report, and stated that his report contained
the letter of f. o. J. Smith The report was
sent up to the Speakers table.
Mr., Seabon Jones objected strongly to the
report containing the letter Of f. .. J. Smith,
when the majority recommended that all the
testimony should be kept secret. He said am
pie Justice had been done to MIR. Ingersol by
the majority report, which states that he was
! justified in the absence of explanatory evil
dence, in drawing the inference which he had
done from reading that letter. lie said it
would be unjust, improper, and iniqutous to
/ publish that letter without the testimony which
| explained It, and the committee recommended
that the testimony be all kept secret. He was
satisfied from what he had seen in this invest-
CATION that the action of the Government of
4,Lhe u. States was more pure, more virtuous,
more honest, more straightforward, more up
/ right, than that OF any other government on
| the face of the earth
Mr.. Blnkerhof made speech in support
Of his report and Of printing all the testimony
taken before the committe.
Mr.. Martin of Ky asked MIR. Brinkerhof if
| Mr. lngersoll was allowed to appear and prose-
cute his charges before the committee.
MIR. Bringerhof He was not.
Mr. Vinton said MIR. lngersoll did not ask
and therefore was not refused.
A motion was made that the reports be laid
on the table.
The previous question was moved on the
question Of printing.
Mr.. Winthrop called for the reading of the
minority report which was ordered.
me report dtleHlpts 10 sustain Mr.. lngersOIl
on the Cd and Sd charges by insinuaton and
Is altogether mean and contemplate produc-
ton,
The yeas and nays were ordered on the mo-
ton to print which was carried by 1871 ayes, 6
noes
Mr.. Garrett Davis moved postponement of
the special order-terrtoria business-to ena-
BILE him 10 present report from the select COM
mittee on the public printing, and called for the
yeas and nays. Yeas ~, noes SO.
The Territorial business was then taken up,
and number of bills which had been acted
upon in Committee, were proceeded with one
by one, when all had been gone through with.
A number of bills from the Senate were ia
ken up from the Speakers table.
The House refused to recede from and insis-
ted upon their amendments to the Senate bill
creating additional paymasters, and appointed
a Committee of Conference.