The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-10

declaring Mr. Pincnback entitled, rs1rna facie, q
the seat, was negatived without division.
The nrst resolution OF the minority OF the com
mittee that Mr.. PincnbacK was not elected wa
adopted withour division.
The second resolution OF the minority OF thu
committee declaring Alr. Sheridan elected wal
negatived-yeas II, nays las.
On moion oil MIR. HAwLEy, (rep.) OF H., the vote
on the first minority resolution was reconsdered
and then the resolution was rejected by-yeas "a
nays III.
vote was then taken ON the majority resolu
ton declaring that the testimony was not sufncien
TO show the election OF either Mr.. Pinchback oil
Mr.. sheridan, and permitting them TO take further
testimony, and the resolutions were agreed tt
without division.
SUBSTITUTES FOR THE GENEVA AWARD BILL.
Mr.. BUTLER trep.) OF Mass, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported substitute for the Geneva
Award ELL The bill having been read in Iull Mr.
FRYE. (rep.) OF Me-, offered an amendment to
strike out the following proviso: .'That mutual
insurance companies VINO have paid loss shall De
indemnihed Tor the same, such indemnity to be
pay such loss at the time. but no member OF any
mutual insurance company shah be Undermined
Tor any war premium paid IN such COMPANY"
Mr.. rREMAIN, Qep.) or N. u, tnttmated that the
judiciary Committee had not consented TO have
tnat amendment onered and ne asked whether
the chairman tMr. Butler, OF Massacnusetts) had
right 10 admit some ana exclude other amend
ments.
Mr.. POLAND, Tep) Of Vt. proposed to offer a
substitute Tor the bill, but the Speaker announced
that by previous order the business OF the CON-
mlttee on contingent Expenses 81 the department
oil the judiciary was now before the house.
Mr.. DURHAM. (dem-) OF KY, from that Committee,
reported resolution directing the Attorney Gen.
Blake, Clerk OF the Middle District oil Alabama and
the sureties on his bond Tor the recovery OF what.
ever sums may be due. by Blake to the United
States as sucA clerk. Adopted.
JUDICIAL MATTERS IN ARKANSAS.
Mr.. sENER trep.l OF Va. reported y bill to aoo-
lsh the Western district OF ArkAnsas and to annex
II 10 the Eastern district.
Passed without discussion or objection.
M: Semen asked leave TO oner resolution ron
and thorough Judicial investigation into the char
acLer oil the allowance paid at the Treasury De-
partment as ven as Of the claims still due the
expenditures In the Marsna's otfce or tue Western
district OF Arkansas since the lst OF july 1870. and
10 report the result thereof to the House tue
LIST oil May VI next SESSION..
Mr.. HYNEs, trep.j Of Ark, objected unless he was
permitted to oLcr an amendment that no part OF
the claims shall be pail until the department has
been satisfied ol their correctness.
Mr.. SEMEN objected to that on the ground that
1t would permit the department to be the ultimate
Judge IN the matter. SO the resolution was not re-
ceived.
Mr.. sPEER. (dem.l OF Pa, o member OF the Com
m,ttee Oh Contingent Expenses IN the Department
Oh Justice, addressed the House on the subject Of
the enormous expenditures III the Western Judi
mlttee'S report the subject was embraced IN
last Saturdays House proceedings] de spoke OF
e uage g a district a v wn 3
remained IN mat position to mock the adj
minstrati0n OF justice ana wno, IL not personally
dishonest land he believed he was) had been dur
ing his whole term OF office the friend ana bosom
companion OF raScas and thieves. He mad made
an analysis OF the expenditures In that district,
IRON which he discovered that. outside OF large
amounts paid to Witnesses ana jurors, the Marshal
ana his deputies ana clerks mad received IN three
fOnn ntloc AFRO "a
Mr.. CESSNA. trep.l O. Pa, member OF the Judi.
ciary Committee (Which has been investigating
impeachment Of Judge story stated that In iour.
teen months and twenty Gays the Marshals ONCE
OF that district had cost the government q little
INFAMOUS HISTORY OF JUDGE sToRy's COURT.
Mr.. SPEER, IN the further course OF his remarks,
sions were $3.50 day. The accounts bore the
uneraslDle marks OF the bodest and most auda-
clous frauds. He recounied the history Of the
western district OF Arkansas, which had started,
he SAID, with o corrupt judge-a nudge who was in
the habit Oh admitting to bail persons tried and
free Tor ever afterwards; o judge who was SHOWN
TO nave bought the certificates issued for the pay
OF jurors aud witnesses at Q discount OF forty or
hty or sixty cents on the dollar; judge who
was charged with having received bribe
Of 81. 500 for admitting a nOlle pr0SeQui to
whose records were married and informed and
erased and confused: judge who had approved
Judge VINO had allowed the government to be
plundered Of hundreds OF thousands OF dollars.
i was, however, out justice to that Judge to say,
that IN response to the commuters invitation,
he had appeared before 1t and made statement
That statement was lame and unsatisfactory. it
was not the statement OF man conscious OF his
Official and personal integrity, not the statement
or man who felt keenly the Injustice done to
him by such charges, but the statement OF
The next figure IN the frauds was an
infamous and corrupt marshal named William A.
Britton, and the means auopted by him were the
getting fictitious lists OF deputy marshals and
making out bills ID such names; also the buying
up o. youcners or eess on and The doa
ana IN some Instances carloads OF them could be
got at two bits on the which vouchers
ury Department. He stated That, suspicion
having peen aroused In Washington, an invests
was so arranged by MIR. Brltton and the
District Attorney (aso party TO the irauds) that
ELL, avoraoie report should De made ana SO the
moved, was relnsrared by the President IN the alb
sence OF the Attorney General But the Attorney
and had the appointment OF MIR. Brltton rejected.
But sposlnR OF Mr.. BrittOn, worse man was
appointed in the person OF Logan II. Robts who
III mediately organized q national bank at Fort
Smith. became the owner Oh three-tlths OF the
stock and continued to peddle out by the CARLOAD
deputy marshals. Roots then sent these vouchers
for payment to his own bank to the tune OF hum
dreds Of thousands o. dollars and they were paid
at an enormous discount
Mr.. SPEER also referred to the fact that on one
occasion wnen vouchers OF Mr.. Britton's to the
amount OF $4,000 or $4,000 were pending before
one OF the auditing officers In the Department OF
justice, Mr.. Brtton picked up the OF that Official
and gave him clerkship IN Arkansas, with q
salary OF 81 500 year, and after that the vouchers
were allowed. The figures which Mr.. Speer pre-
sented in the course OF hts speech showed that the
expenses or that district Tor 1S7l-72-73 were
s743,023. OF which sum s14,79l was paid to grand
Jurors s32014 10 petit jurors and sl14.l07 to w.t.
nesses leaving $5S2, 10l Tor the marsnas, deputies
and clerks. Taking the year 1872, which the ex-
penses OF that district with population OF
less than 0o0 were 1921, $685. he said that they
all the New England States, New Jersey Pennsyl-
vania and ohio. with population OF 10000, 600.
AT the close oil Mr.. Speer's speech the objection
ton was adopted.
Mr.. SENER reported bill to amend the twenty
third paragraph OF section OF the Act OF the Goth
OF February 1853 TO regulate the and costs OF
Gle ks mars mails and attorneys of the United states