The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-08

secret session. :. The Naval and Indian Appro.
priation bills were considered in Committee Of
the Whole in the House, and the former was re.
ported to the House, with amendments, and
passed. The Louisiana Investigating Committee
was authorized to act by subcommittee, and Mr.
WOODBURY., Of Nevada was appointed to I'll the
vacancy in such committee caused by the with
drawal Of MIR. Hoskins.
joint r solution requesting the President to take
such steps as, in his judgment, may be expedient
to obtain the pardon or release Of Edward
y Meagher Condor, now confined in an English
prison, was passed, as was also the Senate bill
establishing the rank OF Postmaster General as
Brigadier General. Speaker Kerr resumed the
| chair in the House, his health having seemingly
improved. report was made In the South Car
olina case, declaring the sitting
member. j. II. Rainey. to have been duly elected.
A resolution was adopted directing the Commit
tee on Commerce to inquire into an alleged com
bination of the leading railroads of the country
for the purpose of controlling traffic.
THE bill fixing the salary of the Presi.
dent at $4,000 per annum, together with the
| message vetoin the same, was reported back
from the Civil Service Committee in the Senate,
on the 25th, with a recommendation that the bill
be passed, Notwithstanding the objection of the
President; placed on the calendar The lmpeach-
ment question waf further considered, with
ments to the bill authorizing the appointment of
Receivers of National Banks were non.concurred
in. The report of tho Committee on Foreign Al
| fairs on the Emma Mile Investigation was ore
| sented After a review of the testimony, the re-
port concludes that the relations of Gen. Schenck
to the vendors of the Emma Mine were of such a
motives, and subject hi. action to unfavorabie
criticism, but the committee believe that he
was not guilty Of fraud or of any frauduIen in
| tent in such connection; that his speculative
compatible with his diplomatic station and the
maintenance of the position Of honor and useful
ness at the Court to which he was accredited; the
committee therefore offered resolution. and
unanimously recommended its passage by the
House. cOndemning the action OF Minister
Schenck in becoming director of the Emma
Mining Company, and his operations in cOnnec-
| tior with the shares If said company, as ill.,
| advised, unfortunate and incompatible with the
duties of his official position.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the Senate
| bill to create sinking fund for the liquidation
| of Government bonds advanced to the Central &
| Western Pacific Railroad Company, with amend
| ments, and new bill to create like fund in re-
latOn to the bonds advanced to the Union Pa =.
| cifc railroad Company, and for the settlement
| of the claims Of the Government on account of
said bonds, were reported from the Railroad
Commit ee and placed the calenda
The impeachment question was further
| debated in secret session. In the House.
the Senate bill for the relief of G. Ty-
! Ter and IL. l.uckett was passed over the Presi-
dents veto-1S1 to 14-as was also the bill provid-
| ing for recording deeds, mortgages, aud other
convey ances affecting real estate in the District
Of Columbia bull was also passed for the re-
lief Of certain settlers on public lands. A reso.
| ution was passed appointing j. H. Patterson as
Doorkeeper. An appropriation was made for the
| payment OF claims reported allowed by the Com.
missioner of Claims. An investigation was or
dered Tito the charges that money had been ex-
pended by the Pacific Coast to procure the pas
sage of the bill to carry into effect the treaty with
| the Hawaiian Islands.
| THE Impeachment question was con-
| si6pred in the with
9th. and an order was agreed to to proceed. on
the 9th, to vote upon the pending question and
| any amendment that may be proposed thereto.
| Mr.. Patterson wae announced a. member of the
Board OF Visitors to West Point, in place of Mr.
CLAYTON, excused In the House, report was
| made from the Conference Committee, on the
| dlsagreeing votes of the two hou> es on the Con.
sular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, that the
committee had been unable to agree. which report
| was adopted.
AFTER further consideration of the I'm.
parchment question on the goth, the Senate de.
cided that it had jurisdiction by adopting reso-
luton that ex-Secretary Belknap is amenable to
trial by impeachment for acts done as Secretary
Of War, Notwithstanding his resignation of said
office before he was impeached: The vote on
B9gy Burnside, Cameron Pal, Caperton, Cock.
Eo11d,h Ksinsn GordSn namiton HITCHCOCK
Mitchell Morrill, (Vt.I. Norwood. Randolph, Ran,
som, Robertson, Sargent, Salisbury, Sher.
mar, man Stevenson, vH!, Thurman n, Wadle'gh, Wal
Lace. White, Withers, Wright-a7. Nays
allison. Booth. Boutwell,, Bruce, Came.
ron (Wis.), Christiancy, Clayton, Conklns,
Gragin, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Frelinghuysen
Hamlln, Harvey, Howe, ingalls,, Jones FIa.)
Morton; Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Spencer
West, Wlndom-29 Messrs. Alcorn and Barnum
were excused from voting, and Messrs. Anthony
Conove-, Johnston and Sharon were absent. IA.
j'urned to the 31st. In the House, a bill was
passed providing for the sale to actual settlers OF
| the Usage ceded lands in Kansas. The bill to
devote the proceeds of the sales of public lands
| for educational purposes was debated in Com.
mittcc of the Whole. Adjourned to the 31st