Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-05-05
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WASHINGTON.


O House announcing their Willingness
V submit all testimony in their posses
sion, including their pool TO the com
= mittee examining that subject. Th
World else says that on Tuesday, i
= not tomorrow, the resolution of Mr.
Tarbox TO Investigate the Union Pa
cific scandal with which afr. Blaine
t name has been conuected will b.
S adopted.
e The Republican says District Attor
ney Dyer has not 10, warded from st
Louis any recommendation about the
pardon of ex-ColIectol McGu1re, bu
private advlces say that he will not AID
] prove the petition TO the President fol
bis release. 1t is understood here that
J Dyer's declnatiou is based upon polit
zeal 'nsideration. The same answer
Will be made in regard to the applica,
ton for the pardon OF Mckee.
The Senate Is Discussing the pro
posed amendment to the rules govern
ing impeachment trials, 50 as to pro-
vide that the deliberations of the
Senate on the Iuestions submitted
shall re in public
The railroad committee of the Sea
ate net after weeks notice to call
up Hu tington's Southern Pacific rail
e..
A new notice is quired before it can
be con ,idpred 1t is thought that the
effort will De Abandoned
The Western Union have bought
the putbrrn Atlantic telegraph hue
WAsHINGTON. May IN igbt-
SENArE-The Richmond Chamber of
Commerce petitions for metric
| me- asurc>.
The ord"r for public consultation il
the impeachment trial was laid over.
Sherman of Ohio called up the
House joint resolution explanatory of
| the law allowing the G Jmm 8 SiOners of
Internal ReVenue to issue 30 cial
tax stamps to persons C .rrving on the
7 business of retail dealers in liquors,
! tobacco, &c, uDon railroad trains and
steamboats, He sent to the clerks
desk and had read :, message from the
! Commissioners of Internal Revenue
s5atingthat uch licenses expired to-day
and 1t was necessa-> to have the Joint
resolution passed before renewing
| them. Sherman said the only object
| of the rsolutiOn was to retain persons
engaged in >uch traffic from penalties
VIII CHI might be imposed under tile
30 of the revised statutes. The Joint
resolution was passed.
sum"d. McDonald's motion to rescind
the order allowing the respondent to
open and close the argument being the
first business, Blaine, by unanimous
consent, spoke against the motion to
rescind. Hoar, Carpenter and Lord
spoke and the Senate retired. After
consultation Ferry announced the mo-
ton to rescind was overruted and that
hive of the managers would be allowed
to address the court on the question
of Jurisdiction. The court then ad-
jour- ed to Thursday
Inc Senate having resumed legisla-
tive business Boutwell, introduced
bill to authorize the Secretary of the |
Treasury to renew the issue of frac-
tl0nal currency, providing the total |
amount at any time shall not exceed |
fifty millions Referred to the com |
nittee on finance.
Sargent addressed the Senate on
Chinese INN grafton, after which that
body adjourned
HOUsE-Harriss introduced a bill
rep~allug the law requiring the
Speaker to certify to court cases of re-
;usant witnesses.
MorPy intr ,duced bill extending
the time for the @ 'Inpietiou of the
Texas Pc tic railroad from the Texas
line to n poiut.Oup psite Vick4burg
By Riddle, a bill relating to evil
derc Of loyalty b.fpre the Southern
Claims Commission.
BY SINGH ton, memorial from the
Mississippi L gislature for improve
mcit ot the FONT igbce river; also re-
lat1ng TO mafi contract ,rS whose pay
was Sn~pend' during the war.
4 rre,'lu ION dir, ctlng the commit
teas to c,nducs their Investigations
openly fu!td "f = tw ,-thirds vote
yeas 1875, nays los. All the repu iii
cans voted aye.
A resolution to conduct investiga-
tlons with open doors except when ~
the opinion of the commit. the
but any person accused shall 0e allow
I'd to be heard himself or by counsel,
was adopted
Holman of Indiana moved to sus-
peuI the rules and pass the bill to
repeal SO much of the resumption act
as authorizes the resum ption and can
collation. OF United States notes and
the sale OF the United States bonds for
the accomplishment of that purpose.
Rejected yeas us, nays 70, not two.
thirds in the Affirmative
Blaine Of Maine, rising to q personal
explanation, sent to the clerks desk
and had read a Washington telegram
in the New York Herald of yesterday
ref citing upon him in the matter of
certain bonds of the Kansas & Pacific
Railroad Company, aud suggesting
that III his explanation last week he
had proved it too embarrassing to be
announced and had therefore taken
refuge IN silence. He said that al
though he had been perfectly aware
that such stories were circulating in
ma V quarters he had not when he
made his last explanation of the $64,-
600 SANDER made any allusion to them
because he aid not want to have tho
two things mixed up in the public
mind, aud besides lie was waiting for
the charge to be put in some definite
shape a. it now was in the Herald ar
tice. He thereupon proceeded to de-
moltsh Ill general aud in detail the
whole, III substantiate1 fabric and read
letters to himself from M,-ssrs Riddle
a 4 Stewart, attorneys, and from Mr..
kn"witon, a newspaper correspondent
since deceased. who was originally re-
spOnslble Tor the story and from sew
eral other newspaper correspondents
who were IN some degree instrumental.
These letters entlrel V oxonerated him =
IN every respect in giving it publicity.
Ia conclusion he announced that this
was the last time ne would take notice
Of such attacks upon him.
4 letter was received from Kilbourn
statlrg that be was willing and invited
the com mi tter to visit his office and
examine his books. with request that
IF they find nothing wrong or affect
ing puhlic interest they will so report
to the House ard not publish nor allow
to be published our business transac-
tiun~. m winch 10 one but ourselves
and p, rona are interested. Laid on
the table.
The Speaker announced the follow
ing as the select committee to investi
gate h. Federal Offices in New Or
lea S: Gi"B III of LoulsiIs a, B .ckhurn ;
ii X. ntucky, New Of Indian, Va"ce
Of OHIO, Stevenson of Kentucky, JAS. |