The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-12

peachment of the PresiIeat2 Surely
that would not be aEowes. He warn
ed CoBCress Of the dtseer Of putting
too much power IN the h1nds Of Gen.
Grau.-a man who had not shrank
from ariicing ten. twenty or thirty
thousand men in the various battles
Of the N.lderucss-.e-t he might turn
out u ae 90 Congress- what Cromwell
was 60 The Long Parliament.
ArHell next spoke ~ support OF the
bill
The 81. was laid aside temporarily,
FarnsWCrfh stating a vote would be
a. kcd 10 morrow.
The Spea ker presented a communi-
cation from the Secretary of War,
with letter from Gen NJ 3ade, show
ing the necessity Of an additional app
prOpriatIOu to carry out the Recon
struction Acts Referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
Paine introduced a bill 10 reimburse
Milwaukee for expenditures IN the
harbor Of that city Referred the
Committee en- Commerce.
Van Wyck, from the Committee on
Retrenchment, made a report on the
reported fictitious destruction Of bonds
in the Treasury, which he asked 10 be
laid on the table and printed
Hogan asked whether the report
embraced the testimony.
Van Wick said it did not. The
committee did not think it necessary
to incur the expense OF printing ties
timony.
Logan objscted to the reading Of
the report, unless the evidence was
also presented and read that the ev-
ideaoe would show tbnk he was justi-
Ged In making the statement not
wirhsandiag the fact that the very
evening the inqairy wls ordered,
telegram had beeneept to the Asso-
ciated Press that uh.s statement was
withOu1 tohndation.b lie did not IN
tend TO permit any Ilmputatlon to be
made upon his N8rasity.
Van Wyck explained that having,
/ in company. withAIF. la1hin, called on
! General SpinnRri the same evening,
and ascertRlned that there was no
1 fraud or suspicion Of fraud 10 the
matter he thought IL was his duty
1 not as a member Of the Committee,
4 nor aaQ member Of COagUess, bat as a
citizen Of the United States, to make
] the facts known, and remove all alarm
and apprehe nsiOnsrwh the state
ment Of the gentleman from Illinois
was calculated 10 produce. lie
/ proceeded to explain ~ d 3tail
how the misrepresentation had
I arisen When somewhat heated
4 cOlloquy took place bets cen LO-
! gan and Van Wick 9the tOfmer con-
! tending that IN justice to hIn the evi-
dence which sustained hts statement
should be published aud the latter
I 1. - 4 L..
| been influenced by the publie aspect
Of the question, aud had not deemed
the veracity Of the gentleman from
Illinois to be called 10 question at an.
Latin corrOborated the statement
| Of Van Wick.
Walker, a member Of the Commit
tee. disclaimed any idea, on the part
Of the Committee, OF suppresslng the
/ evidence.
Van Wick said that the evidence
would be printed tomorrow morning,
/ and he did not want the report read
4 till then.
Halsey, another member Of the
4 Committee said he had just seen the
4 clerk who reported the testimony, aud
that he could not have it transcribed
this evening.
Logan obtained the floor and de-
Tended his own position. lie declared
that II the Treasury Department we're
charged with anything II had lts at.
torneys at both ends Of the Capitol
to choke a man down or cover him
over with slime. One would suppose,
he said, that the Treasury Depart
ment was filled withan8els, wlth arch
angels, Michaelite, aud that there
was no such thing as corruption there.
he asked the Committee on Retrench-
ment toatate whether or not ~ had
+ knowledge of the fact chat the Irea5-
urv Department had redeemed So
900 of counterfeit bonds some time
ako. which fact had not been made
public
Van Wyek said that when the ques-
tom came up ia query h5 would be
answered.
Logan, IN recurring t1 the fact IN
connection with the certificates Of
' destruction Of the eighteen millions
ol 0oud-, related circum stances which
Z justified his statement, particularly
the circumstance chat when one of the
clerks, who had signed tAe certificate,
had tod h.m that ne opposed % was
done ~ cover up rep9red i}ss OF
two miliipu4 o. bonds. lie declared
has determination % pul--ure the rot
tenuess D. hat rotten coueer", The
Trdasurg Department. and DE u9u he'd
the Com mirtee on Rstreleh 5nt that
The would give Il enough % Do within
the next four weeks, and he did
not Intend t0 be b0ughs of Or scared
or driven of but you'd DO he duty