Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

n LuaI the SENATE was READY 10 proceed
with the trial of impeachment. At
O'Clock Judge Chase took the Chair.
e Mr.. Donlittle wss sworn. The mana
Of gers and members of the House APP
4 peared. Mr.. Davis, of KY, moved that
the trial be discontinued because the
Senate was not a constitutional body,
with ten States unrepresented. The
d motion was lost by the vote of every
' Senator in the negative, except the
: two from Kentucky. The Presidents
answer to the articles of impeachment
was then read. This took an hour and
e a hall. At the end of this time Mr..
q Bingham stated that the Managers ex-
pected to file their replication to-day.
The Presidents counsel then asked for
I thirty days for additional preparation.
t This was refused by a strict party vote.
The Presidents counsel then asked for
ten days. and pending this motion the
Court adjourned.
HoUsE.-A number of bills of no gen.
eral importance were introduced and
3 referred. Mr.. Holman, of indiana, Of
fered a resolution expressing the judg.
ment of the House that Government
bonds, except when expressly made
payable in coin, should be payable in
/ lawful money of the United States,
= commonly known as United States
T notes. He moved the previous ques-
ton, which was opposed by Mr.. Gar
field, of Ohio, and Mr. Blaine, ofMaine.
and refused by the House. The reso-
luton was referred to the Committee
of WAYS and Means, the House refusing
to order the yeas and nays thereon.
On motion of Mr.. Shanks, ofIndians,
the Secretary of the Treasury is called
on for his reasons for the removal of
Jas. B. Steadman. Collector ofInternal
Revenue for the First District of Louis
ana. The House, having received a mes
sage from the Senate, resolved itself IN
to Committee of the Whole, and pro
ceeded 20 Senate Chamber to attend
the Impeachment trial.
SENATE, March 24.-Mr. Sherman Of
fered a resolution opening a portion of
the Senate galleries to the general pub
! lie during the impeachment trial The
! Chief Justice took his place at l o'clock
and the business of the Court of I'm
parchment was taken up, where it was
ended yesterday, the question being on
allowing the Presidents counsel ten
days for preparation. On motion of
Mr.. Edmunds, the Senate retired for
consultation. At the end of two hours
the Senate returned, and the Chief
Justice announced that il had been or
dered that the trial begin next Monday
and proceed with all convenient dis
patch. The Court then adjourned.
and the Senate vent into executive ses-
sion.
HoUsE-No business d importance
was transacted by the House, except
the adoption of the replication to the
Presidents swe On this there was
a spicy debate, the Democrats CRITICS
ing it, and Mr.. Butler and Mr.. Bing-
ham ably defending it. !
SENATE, March 25.-Mr. Stewart, of
Nevada, introduced a bill to provide {
for the temporary and provisional gov +;
eminent of Alabama. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee. )
On motion of Mr.. Howard, of Mich,
the bill relative to the branch Of the
Union Pacific Railroad wal taken up. {
Mr.. Morrill,, Of VT, opposed the bill, .
and Mr.. Harlan supported it. The /,
Senate then spent a good deal OF time /
II the consideration of some amend ,
ments to its own rules which had been
made the special order of the day. AT
its conclusion, the Presidents veto of A.,
the bill amending the judiciary laws, ,
was received and read. Mr.. Trumbull :
said that in his view the bill would not (
have the effect of taking the McCardle .
case u of the Supreme Court. The ,
Democrats were anxious to discuss the
bill, and the vote on passing it over the t
veto, was postponed for a day. !
HoUsE-Mr. Banks, of Mass, on be I
half of Mr.. S~hellabarger, introduced q
bill to provide for the removal of the
remains of Mr.. Coggshsll, late Minister t
of the United States. Referred TO the S
Committee on Foreign Affairs. Z
Mr Ingersoll was refused leave to in e
troduce q bill authorizing an issue of 1
g~reenbacks ofthe denominations zones
and twos." The House then proceed !
ed to consider the Senate amendments !
to the House bill to exempt certain !
manufactures from the Internal ReYe-
nue. tax. A long and spicy debate !
sprung up, in which several from the !.
oil sections strov vigorously and sue
c~essfully for the retention OF theSenate
amendments reducing the tax on oil
products one-half. The House concur- ,
red with the Senate in the amendment a
reducing the tax on coal oils one hall, !
by a vote of76 to 60. II non-concurTed
10 the Senate amendment as to the tax p
machinery contracted for by the r
Government. IL agreed to the propo-
of the Committee Of Ways and b
Means in reference to the tax on sales. l.
The amendment reported by the Com
on Ways and Means, Is a. add 7
tional section, in reference TO WhisSeY o
was agreed to, yeas 81, nays 81. P
The bill then passed.
The bill for regulating the fares and L
freights on the Pacific Railroad vas a
up and discussed until the adjourn v
by Mr.. Price and Mr.. Dodge, -.
both of Iowa, in opposition TO the bill :
and il virdicstion of themselves from Z
implied charges that they were agents VI
Of the road. a
SENATE, March 26.-The Chair sub :
a protest from the Legislature h
of Kentucky, against the wrong done
that State 10 excluding its Representa-
tiyes from the House, denouncing il Z
unconstitutional. On motion of Mr.. a
Sumner, at 70 P. NJ. the Senate went =
into Executive Session. and the treaty a
with Prussia regarding the right of ex- Il
tradition was ratified. Alter the Elk 4
ecutive Session the Senate resumed 4
legislative business, and took up the a
Presidents veto of the Judiciary bill, L
Hendricks, of Indiana, made a Wig Il
speech supporting the veto. Mr.. 81
Stewart, Of Nevada, replied 10 him, o
sud the debate was continued by f
Messrs. Trumbull. johnson, Salisbury, a
and Buckslew. The bill was 81
then passed over the veto by a vote of d
81 to 9. Il
The Senate refused to concur id the D..
amendments to the tax bill, u
aud q committee of conference was sp-
:
HoUsE.-The House refused to second y
The previous question on the motion to -"
refer the Pacific Railroad bill to the -
on the Pacific Railroad, but a,
after some discussion a vote was taken o,
IN the motion, ard was adopted-S3 to Ii
10. Mr.. Washburne, of ILL.,, said he
considered this a test vote in favor of CT
allowing the road to continue its exor- II
Ditant charges. The House voted to II
mint TX mn conias of Ross Rrowna5s oL