Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-12
Warrington Items.

Washington Hens.
4 delegation Of influential Western
: politicians i in Washington, urging hand
holders to accept the sherman funding
bin. The bondholders can't see il,
, The ways and means committee la
voted 10 retain the two dollar tax ON viii,
key, notwithstanding the universal test
meay that such a high tax j. ssHealleet
able. as il is impossible TO proven, fraud
after offering such inducements for them
The ways and means committee hay,
iinallIu1fterminod TO construct the new
tax bilYSo as to provide foOhe paymcn
Of the whiskey tax at the distillcry ware
house. Officials are 10 be held 10 fai
strieter accountability than heretofore,
In the United States Supreme Court
Thursday, David Dudley Field continued
his argument in the McArdle case, il
favor of the appellant, con,ending that
the reconstruction acts Of Congress art
unconstitutional and therefore null and
void.
The Democrats in Congress are try.
ing to make capital against impeachment
out of the town elections in New York
The Republicans tell them to wait foi
New Hampshire, where the contest i,
fought squarely. Both sides at Washing.
ton claim the State, but it is evident tina,
the Democrats have abandoned all hope
of it,
Should Chief Justice Chase claim the
right to vote on impeachment, the Senate
will not permit it, as the constitution
does not accord it to him Even Hend.
ricks and Reverdy johnson admit that
they can find no authority for the Chief
Justice to vote. He may not claim it,
but some Of his friends say he believes he
7 ought 10 De permitted 10 DO so.
The decision in the United States
District Court, Wednesday, by Chief JUS
tice Cartier, that the Georgetown aque-
duct was legal structure. fortified by
more legislative sanctions than any other
corporate structure. will interest all large
coal dealers in Northern ports Its effect
will be TO make Alexandria the shipping
point for Cumberland coal again, as it
was before the war
The finance and ways and means
committees are fast becoming converts to
the theory of paying the fve-twenty
bonds in currency, when they become due
Prominent members of these committees
say that if the Democratic and Repubh-
can conventions are all to take this posi-
ton, it will soon become impossible to pre-
vent the passage Of joint resolution or
bill establishing the doctrine.
Chief Justice Chase informed the
committee of the Senate, appointed to
conduct him to the Senate. at an early
hour Thursday morning, that he could
not preside over the Senate that day, be-
cause he was engaged in hearing argu-
ments in the Supreme Court At the
last moment he gave way to the repre-
sensations of the Senators, and at l o'clock
entered the Senate hail. and proceeded at
once to administer the oath to the SEN
ators When Wade's name was reached
Mr. Hendricks of Indiana raised an OBJ
lection to his being sworn, and a tedious
and in some respects provoking debate en-
sued. The rules adopted by the Senate
did not apply, as the court was not.fully
organized The whole proceeding was a
lawless one. There was but one duty
for the Chief Justice to perform, and that
was to swear in the Senators. He allowed
everybody to talk, those who were I'M
sworn, and whether il was Senate or a
court which be presided over, nobody
could tell. An immense audience was
present and the Senators liked to talk,
knowing that the rules provided will cut
off debate as soon as the court is organized.
!. Meantime, Wade walked over the Senate
floor, talking pleasantly with his friends,
and apparently unconcerned. Several
members Of the Supreme Court were
present, Field was for a long time in
conversation with Eldridge Of the House
and two or three other Democrats The
/ debate at haif-past four showed no signs Of
termination, and Mr.. Grimes of Iowa
moved an adjournment, which the Chief
Justice declared carried.