The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-02-16
INDIANA SENATOR'S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is

SExArE.-Tho Indiana Senatorial question
was taaen up. Mr.. llamin aigusi the i'm
portanve OF Immediate acIi.'n. The rc~o.u
ton at the judiciary Committee ~ take tes
tinony i'm the case wa. debated at length
Mr.. Ilan,Iin Thought IL remarkable THAI af er
the Committee had reported the Resolution
Tor taking ,estimJny in the case, aud il hid
been read. the Svnste should repeatedly re-
fhse to col,-I Ter the suo Get. Mr.. Baysid'>
argument on thc admission of h Insa> west
to show the imp"r .nee Of deciding this
question b.i're ths Sen 'tc unier oak To vote
on the admission of any NV S,ste. Mr..
Beniamn. ot Louisiana artued in favor al
ia sing Testimony. Mr.. C liam. conten lei
that the ts, i'm ny sought was i'm material to
the QUESTION. and ou ,ht no. to hs admitted
~ taken. Mr. f"omb> alv. Cat II the rcSo
la ion uf the CIunittee for Ia sing te>tiino-
nv. Slmn,ns o, Rhole I'll nj opp'ssl H.
So also lad Trunbul of Hin is. Mr. SIN
art o: Michigan suggested IN, proprle,y o'
limiting the time i,r the taking OF the teSti-
nvny. in order that the Case might he
bronghs IN q ,tsciSi'n within Reasonable
poriol. NJ. Hunter OF Virginia moved T..
postpone the suo Get tall to -nioITow, and thc
S nate adjourned.
Before tie adj urnment Of the Senate Mr..
Seward Of New York gave noii,e OF his in
ten ion t. Intro n . u bill rc-organ ri " tn.
Uni ed State u,'reme Court. 80 that the
several States shall b. represented by Judges
in THAI C..utt more ne trly IN tn basis of
their fepre cltations, while the Adm nistl a
ton IF .ussice shall bc made moIe speedy
and etf5ciua. This is the first step towards
tbs reform threatened after the bred Scott
decision.
HousE.-A resolution OF the Committee OF
Ways and Means appr"priatng $35,o~ to
.pr the avn ..u.s. of tha vart,us in
ting Committees was passed.
Mr.. Campbell OF Ohio asked leave 10 in
troduce a bill requiring the President 10 ne
gotiate for the purchase Of ,hs British North
American Provinces ard Cuba, the people ot
said provinces tn be above to regulate their
own institutions in their own way. Mr..
Clingman of North Carolina, suggested the
addition of the words AMI the rest ut man
kinf 10 tho bill. The House refused to sus-
pend the rules to allow it, introdn ton.
Mr.. Walcott-witne>s in the bribery case
appeared before the House with a written
statement dis tanning any intention cf con
tempt 1T tho authority ct the Hou,e in de-
Ginning To answer the inte' rogatorirs OF the
Committee. But he dcnled the right If the
Committee IN rcquire answers 70 Questions IN,
within the scope of the subject under i,.vesti
CATION which WIS to ximine charges agains,
members OF the last Congress. and thew eonld
not. ne was auNistu. enquire into what had
been done with Others. He wis advised nv
counsel not To answer any Questions elm
mating himself miles full opportunity wa,
given him. to he heard on the whole subject
He defended biz position at great length.
Mr.. Stanton # rel resolution declaring
shat Walcott had failed TO answer satisfa( 10
rily. anil that rs be committee to Jail. an'
KEEP: in close confinement unit! he il willins
TO Qivo answers to proper and lega! questions
Stanton said tho pow,r % enquire implie
the power to compel witness to disclose .
essential evidence. The HouSe had q righ
at common law TO punish witnesses for con
tempt. IL was proven that S55.0o0 cam
into the hands Of Walcott. the witness ]
might be innocently. Bns subsequently i
might have bern applied 70 corrupt purposes
The Committee have Q right TO know wha
did become of the money.
Mr.. Jones. of Tennessee ineffectuall,
moved 10 table the whole subiect.
The resolution subsequently passed-as h
IS only voting
On motion Of Mr.. Norveli the Commute
on Foreign Relations was instructed b
guire into tho cxPediency of nbroRatis1 th
socsIled reciprocity treaty With Great BYissis
The Hoase adjourned.