Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-26

..,p NEGOTIATIONS respeciing the vote CT
,hcee seme two Senators. Investigation
shouid he carried atill further. A caucus
or Senators was held who bad list con.
tanning the names of thirly-five Senators
voting for conviction, and at another time
thirty-six. Now.this caucus ought TO be
not, and all It's doings.
Mr.. Brooks after some further remarks
said the seizure of the kilograms was an
outrage OF private rights and liberty; the
Ike was never known in any coun-
try In time of peace He believed
the managers had suppressed hundreds Of
other kilograms, while those before the
house were perverted or misrepresented
The surrender of those kilograms by the
managers of high offices VAS most disgrace
ful and cowardly.
Mr.. Butler replying to Mr.. Brooks said
| there was not one word gone out from the
committee 10 the public press. TO his knowl-
edge, and oil stories In the press were
either from men who do not know anything
Of the proceedings or who attempt 70 pre-
judice the investigation. There ives mot
one substantial word Of truth In the re-
ported testimony Of Col. Cooper which ap-
peared In the National Inl<ut0enoer. MI.
Butler deienied the use Of the selegrsms
which were mot seized but obtained BY the
simple subpeena TO telegraph opcfasofs.
with request TO produce kilograms nsmeo
or unnamed. 1t was right OF the House 10
take every telegram for the purpose oi Jus
tice. and no honest man would Complain
Of II.
Alter n conversational debate between
Messrs. Eldridge and Butler, Mr. Baker OF
Illinois, spoke against an ex parte inquest
into a girls, OF public transactions. He de-
sired To elevate these proceedings above
| nh nnflay rcrlle1 that the
question was above party. He had heard
enough about party. When We decide
anything it Is party. When the other side
do anything it is conscientious judgment.
lie demanded to proceed with the question
under the operation Of which the resolu-
ton was disagreed to. and the resolution
went over till to morrow.
House adjourned.
SxSArR.-Senator Morton presented
petitions Of seventy mine steamboat Cap
tains and 200 Merchants and Manu-
facturers Of Pittsburgh. setting forth the
bridge at Stubenvills - great obstruction
TO navigation, and praying that no more
bridges bs erected Of less than 6vs hun
bred foot spans over the channel referred.
Mr.. Ramsey moved 70 reconsider the vote
BY which bill to construct bridge across
the Ohio river was at the last meeting OF
the Senate referred to the Committee ON
Post Offices and Post Roads, with instruc-
tions to report general bill requiring all
bridges henceforth erected on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers to have 500 feet span. lie
| pointed out that the Committee had hereto
fore fully considered the subject In connec-
tion with bills to bridge the Mississippi.
and had applied to the War Department for
information; the result of their investiga.
tons being thatlspans Of 800 feet would he
ample and was all that was asked for by the
navigation interests at that time. He said
that Inc railroad and navigation interests
were antagonstic, and some compromise
must be agreed upon.
| Mr.. Morton produced further evidence In
regard TO the injury to navigation from the
bridge at Steubenville; the increased cost Of
bridge OF 500 feet span would be . trifle
compared with the continuous loss TO CON-
merce from these distractions He moved
that all bills on the subject of bridging the
Ohio be referred to the Committee with the
same instructions.
Mr.. Davis conceded In the statements oi
Mr.. Morton, in regard to the injury to nav.
igstion from bridges Of 800 feet span, and
hopedsthe motion would prevail.
: Mr. Morton's motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the judiciary Com
| mittee gave notice that on Wednesday next
I ne would call up the bill for the admission
OF Arkansas.
Mr.. Morrill,. OF Maine. reported from the
Committee on Appropriations the Army
Appropriation bill, with amendments
The amendments were agreed to and the
bill passed.
The joint resolution authorizing the Sec
rotary of War 10 issue supplies to Professor
Powell and party, engaged in the survey Of
| GnOrQtO river uAaeed-ob tn
, The joint resolution donating ordnance
for the monument OF Major General Sedg
wick, of the 9th army corps, passed.
, Several unimportant executive communi
cations were presented and referred
hdiOurned