The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-03-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

ON Thursday March 18th, the Legisa-
fGive Appropriation bill came no. the
pending question being on an amendment
to increase the salaries of the United
States District Judges to $4,000 This
amendment was adopted. and also an
amendment increasing the salaries Of
Judges Of the Court of Claims to SIS 900.
Mr.. Trumi9all offered an amendment
providing for IKE transfer Of .Bu1 ges from
9He district to another, according to the
! exigencies of the occasion. Adopted
Mr. TrumbulI offered an amendment
/ GPprnpriating Ghe necessary money to pay
tRe increased salaries. Adopted, and the
/ bill passed.
The principal event in the Senate on
Friday was personal explanation by
Mr., Trumuun who sent TO the desk, to be
read, an ~xtrscc rom Washington letter
TO the Republican Banner, published in
Hastings, Mich, charging tEat Senator
FTrumbulll haA illegally pocketed a $10.-
fe0o fee in the McArdle case, in thu Su
preme Court, having been employed to
represent the Omitted States by President
.Cohnson and charging, further, that his
vote on the Impeachment trial was infiu
enced by this fee, and Failing far an inves
litigation into $ke matter by the Senate
MIR. Trumbuli then said that with ff
teen years service in the Senate he had
hnst before risen to personal explanation,
although he had often been misrepresent
e6 and calumniated. He denied the
charge as malicious and preposterous. He
produced letters showing that he was
mployed, not by Johnson, but by Secre
tacy Stanton aud General GIANT, two
m0nths before the articles Of impeach
ment against johnson were prepared !;
and that the fee was fixed by Secretary
Stanton. He argued that his employment
IN the matter was perfectly legal and
4 proper. He changed that the letter was
4 written by m&a in the employ of the
Government, and declared that tae charge
/ had been made for the purpose of iniur
4 ing aim, because he was hostile to the
inf1Gence by which the man was kept in
! Office. He also re$erred to tue resolution
/ "fered by Mr.. Chandler some time ago,
for ga inquiry whether any Senator had
taken fee from the United States con
trary to law, and said that when the
authors of these ISLANDERS discovered that
he had been employed by Grant instead
| OF j Johnson, they would not ask again for
| dens.
Mr Chandler replied. He denied that
he had ever thought that Mr.. Trumbull
had been employed by Johnson, and said
| that his object was to ascertain whether
| the Senator had violated the law He
still believed that he had done so and as
to Mr.. Trumbull's personal allusion to
| him, he hurled back the slime upon it's
Shiny source.
The Vice President called Mr.. Chan.
dler to order.
Mr.. Chandler apologized TO the Senate.
The tariff bill being taken up, Mr..
Sherman in the course Of a lengthy and
exhaustive address discussed the general
| principle of protection and free trade,
calming that the former should be main.
tanned as an essential foundation of our
national prosperity, and closed by stating
that the Committee Gil Finance was of the
opinion that now, when so many taxes
are repealed, there ought tn be general
| reduction OF the duties on textile and
| metallic fabrics, and that this reduction
should be q; the rate Of ten per cent,
| which is about the rate of the aggregate
OF reduction of the tariff duties We ex-
pect to encounter the opposition of those
who favor the maintenance of the duties
OF foreign competing fabrics and .hose
who would abruptly disturb our industry
by sudden and radical reduction of
duties to what they term " free trade
standard" and perhaps both classes of
opposition will unite in repeating the
purely revenue duty on tea and coffee.
Ii this is done, we can repeal no other
taxes with safety to the public service.
ana he would then vote for striking out
the ratable reduction on textile and me.
tallic fabrics. Ho
Mr. Wilson called up the bill to author
lie the President to appoint Paynaster-
General of the Army which was passed. |
Ga Monday last Mr. Carpenter present
ed memorial of 500 officers and soldiers |
OF Wisconsin regiments, and asked for Q |
modification of the land laws in favor of
soldiers.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, from tn. Com.
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
reported, and asked to be discharged
from further consideration of the resolu.
ton Of the Legislature of New Jersey,
proposing that the United States purchase
Independence Hall.and that the purchrae.
money be used by Philadelphia to erect
buildings ter the centennial anniversary
Mr.. Conkling called up his resolution
asking the President for statement of
the recommendations to office made by
Senators from New York, Illinois, Mis- I
sonri and Nebraska. "a lfll a9 +,
The resolution gave rise to some dis
cussion but after several notifications
was adopted. ah at g
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
In the House on Thursday the 18th, a
large number Of private bills were passed,